How are player to staff attributes calculated?

When a player decides to retire from football and pursue a career as a staff member how are their staff attributes calculated?

Some get taken straight over, but the most accurate description is "randomly".

Some get taken straight over, but the most accurate description is "randomly".

Taken straight over?

So a world class player could be allocated terrible coaching attributes and a poor player could be allocated incredible coaching attributes? I always just assumed that it depended on the reputation of a player.

I think thier PA is whatever it was as a player but that the starting stats are random, and usually low, but somewhat related to thier playing ability. Ronaldinho won't become a defence coach (IIRC).

From my somewhat limited experience with this, Ackter's description is correct.

I think the players PA is transferred to the Staff attributes, but as with players potential, the whole "randomness" issue of a regen comes back into play. So whilst the potential might be there, the application and/or desire to achieve it may not be.

I have had some rather average squad players turn out to be terrific coaches. And a world class player, turn into an ordinary scout.

I think the players PA is transferred to the Staff attributes.

It isn't.

I think there is a element of "fitting the player they were" as per Vicente's observations, but I couldn't say for certain.

It seems like there is not much conclusive evidence. Has nobody carried out any analysis to dig deeper into the workings of player to staff attributes?

I have no idea how it works but I'd be greatly disappointed if either a player's ability or reputation tracked closely with his subsequent skill as a staff member. Point being, great skill as a player does not necessarily translate into great coaching or scouting ability. Similarly, a great reputation may open a few doors and score a few "influence" points here and there but, again, it doesn't translate directly into management skill. Some great players become great coaches, some do not. Indeed, an argument can be made that it's often a hindrance. I'm drawing on American football here but there have been cases where a highly-regarded former player failed as a coach because he could not relate to the lesser skills of his average squad players. Conversely, a lot of our really great coaches were average players.