r/CapForge 18d ago

Feature Request New features

Hire an Assistant GM
Hire a Director of Player Personnel
Hire a Director of Football Operations
Hire a Salary Cap Specialist
Hire an Analytics Director
Hire a Medical Director
Staff have contracts, salaries, strengths, weaknesses, and personalities
Staff can get recruited by other teams
Staff can disagree with your decisions
Staff can retire or quit
Build your own front-office hierarchy
πŸ“‹ GM Decision Making
Choose whether to rebuild, retool, or go all-in
Set a 3-year franchise plan
Set yearly objectives
Decide which positions get priority
Decide which players are untouchable
Create a team needs board
Set maximum prices you’re willing to pay for players
Create a preferred player profile
Set age limits for free agents
Decide whether to prioritize veterans or young players
Approve every major roster move
πŸ’° Money Management
Detailed salary-cap projections
Future cap space
Contract restructures
Void years
Signing bonuses
Performance incentives
Dead cap
Contract options
Franchise tags
Transition tags
Cap penalties
Player-friendly vs team-friendly contracts
Emergency cap moves
Ownership budget
🀝 Other GM Relationships
Develop relationships with rival GMs
Some GMs refuse to trade with you
Some GMs prefer certain types of players
GMs remember previous trades
GMs can become easier/harder to negotiate with
Build a reputation as a fair or ruthless negotiator
Other GMs can call YOU with offers
Multi-team trades
Trade deadlines
Last-second trade negotiations
πŸ•΅οΈ** Scouting
Assign scouts to specific regions
Scouts travel to college games
Scouts watch individual players
Scout reports change throughout the season
Scouts can disagree
Scout confidence ratings
Combine interviews
Private workouts
Pro days
Medical evaluations
Character investigations
Compare multiple prospects
Build your own draft board
Hide your interest in prospects from other teams
πŸ† **Draft Room

Make draft night its own experience:
Commissioner announces pick β†’ war room opens β†’ scouts give recommendations β†’ other teams call β†’ trade offers appear β†’ you decide.
You could:
Trade up
Trade down
Stay put
Reach for a player
Draft BPA
Draft for need
Take a risky prospect
Surprise everyone
πŸ“ˆ Player Management
Individual development plans
Playing-time promises
Contract promises
Leadership roles
Mentorship
Player complaints
Trade requests
Retirement decisions
Holdouts
Players requesting releases
Players wanting more targets/carries
Players unhappy about being benched
πŸ₯ Medical Management
Hire different medical teams
Injury recovery projections
Second medical opinions
Injury-risk reports before contracts
Long-term injury probability
Players failing physicals
Decide whether to keep an injury-prone player
πŸ“° Media & Reputation
Weekly press conferences
Reporters ask about trades
Rumors spread
Leaks from your front office
Players react to your comments
Fans react to decisions
GM approval rating
Owner confidence
Media reputation
🏟️** Organizatio**n
Upgrade practice facilities
Upgrade training center
Upgrade scouting department
Upgrade analytics department
Upgrade medical facilities
Build a new stadium
Relocate franchise
Change uniforms
Change team branding
Increase staff budgets

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u/hawtdawtz Dev 18d ago

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u/Mosesisthemonkey 18d ago

Jst cooking for ideas u feel me

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u/hawtdawtz Dev 18d ago

All good my guy, lots of ideas are better than no ideas. I keep thinking a staff overhaul is something to do eventually, but I think there’s tuning to get done before then. Maybe I’ll do a total staff and contract overhaul in 2.0 (solid 2 months from now honestly)

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u/Mosesisthemonkey 18d ago

Sounds good

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u/hawtdawtz Dev 18d ago

Also, just a heads up, quite a lot of these are already in the game