Simple question: What to do in the "off-season"?

[GTOAviator]

I recently took the head coaching job in a lower level league. Starting unemployed, the begin date for my career did not coincide with the begin date for the league I became apart of, causing an awkward situation.

I played through the few remaining cup games which my team happened to have left but after that I am faced with 225 days until next game. My question is, what should I do? Simming the game takes a long time because I have so many leagues going simultaneously, but going on vacation doesn't really seem to be right either since nothing seems to be getting done in the back office despite deferring all training activities and friendlies to co-managers and staff.

What do you guys normally do during long extended off seasons? Do you continue running the office and scheduling friendlies all the time or do you just auto sim until the beginning of pre-season?

Thanks in advance!

 

[Spleen]

225 days? Which league is this?

 

[GTOAviator]

ISL Indonesian Super League.
I took control of Putra Samarinda F.C.

So far I'm actually really enjoying it - yet the 225 days is ridiculous - which brings me back to my original question, what do you do during all this time?

 

[jdenzy]

I'd say Holiday it, Throw a few scouts around the globe, Look for hidden gems, Play xbox/playstation or watch youtube, thats why I never do Asia or Brazil, long breaks.

 

[GTOAviator]

So I tried to holiday it but after a month of simming I started getting a bunch of negative feedback from the board saying they weren't happy with me. Come to find out I was apparently searching for other coaching positions and had applied for one, which got leaked to the press and everyone got ****** off. Thankfully I saved right before so I could revert - but WTF, why is it actively searching for coaching positions on my behalf AND applying to them?

My real question is this: with all training, first, and secondary duties deferred to my coaches - is there anything I need to be worried about in my absence? Do I need to play the occasional friendly v. U21 matches to keep moral up? I don't want to sim for 200+ days only to find out my club is in complete disarray...

 

[jdenzy]

Set your assistant to manage Friendlys and set them up using your tactics, when you Holiday make sure you haven't ticked the box saying apply for jobs.

 

[mdmdmd123]

if you have a director set him to hire staff