FM08 - Finding the best coaches.

I've heard about people talking about 7 star coaches and things of that nature.. How do I know when a coach is so highly rated and when one isn't?

I've had enough of my rubbish coaches telling me different things, i've got one coach who tells me my young star striker will turn out to be a leading premier league striker, and i've got another coach who tells me he'll be a good signing for Championship sides!

I want to assemble a good group of coaches.. but how do I find them? Preferably without the use of any tool like FMM or the like.

Thanks.

Sorry to bump this so quickly but it's nearly fallen off the first page already!

Their star ratings has nothing to do with how well they can predict a player's potential.

The Judging Player Potential attribute determines how good they are at doing that. The star ratings shows how good they are at training that particular discipline (strength, aerobic, set pieces etc.).

Somewhere there's a list of the attributes needed to have 7 stars in each coaching discipline. I'll post it if I find it.

EDIT: Here it is:

Strength : Fitness > = 18

Aerobic : Fitness > = 18

Goalkeeping : Coaching Gks >= 18

Tactics : Tactical >= 18

Defending : Defending = 18 & Tactical>= 18 or

Defending = 19 & Tactical>= 14 or

Defending = 20 & Tactical>= 10

Ball Control : Technique = 18 & Mental>= 18 or

Technique = 19 & Mental>= 14 or

Technique = 20 & Mental>= 10

Attacking : Attacking = 18 & Tactical >= 18 or

Attacking = 19 & Tactical >= 14 or

Attacking = 20 & Tactical >= 10 or

Shooting : Technique = 18 & Attacking>= 18 or

Technique = 19 & Attacking>= 14 or

Technique = 20 & Attacking>= 10

Set Pieces : Technique = 17 & Mental + Attacking >= 39 or

Technique = 18 & Mental + Attacking >= 36 or

Technique = 19 & Mental + Attacking >= 33 or

Technique = 20 & Mental + Attacking >= 30

Ah, excellent.

Is there any way I can search in game for coaches or scouts with the highest potential judging attributes?

In the staff search.

Filter > Customise > Add > Attributes > Judging Player Potential

Then just set the limit to whatever you want and press OK.

Cheers for this, it's helped me majorly.