User Guide

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Cover: Short/Deep – Determine whether you want your defense geared more towards stopping short
passes or the longer ones.
Sega Sports Tip – Altering Your Gameplan Wisely
Setting your gameplan options to the appropriate levels is an important task. Be sure to consider your
personnel. Is your team full of talented defensive backs? Weight your Man/Zone slider towards the left to
take advantage of their athleticism and play a little more aggressively. Does your team have a power back
like Jerome Bettis, or a finesse back like Warrick Dunn? This should affect the way you set your
Finesse/Power slider. Does your team have a QB with a strong arm to go along with a talented and speedy
wide receiver corps? Then set your Short/Deep passing slider to the right and let your team throw long
bombs all game. Knowing your team’s strengths and weaknesses and building the gameplan around them
can make a big difference and cause you have a great season instead of just a good one.
Playbook Manager
With the Playbook Manager, you can create a custom playbook for your franchise made up of all your
favorite plays from any team in NFL2K3. The basic plays necessary to play a game will be automatically
added to your playbook if you do not include them, but be sure to pick out a wide variety of plays that will
cover every possible situation that you might encounter out on the field.
To add plays to the Playbook Manager:
1. At the Playbook Manager screen, highlight ADD, then press the A or Y Buttons to cycle forward/backward
through all the teams.
2. When you get to the team whose play you want, move the cursor (using the Control Stick or +Control
Pad) to the Formation column, then press the A or Y Buttons again to cycle through that team’s formation
options.
3. When you get to the formation you want, move the cursor with the Control Stick or +Control Pad to the
Play column, and once again press the A or Y Buttons to cycle to the play you want to add to your playbook.
4. Highlight ADD again and repeat the process until you have all the plays you want.
• To delete a play you no longer want, highlight it, then press the A Button and select YES to
confirm your decision.
• To discard a playbook entirely, press the B Button and select YES to confirm.
5. When you are satisfied with your playbook, press the START Button.
• You can use the playbook without saving it to a memory card, but you will lose it as soon as you
power down your Nintendo GameCube™ console, or when you play a game without using the
playbook.
Coach’s Card
The Coach’s Card tracks the performance of your franchise’s coach and records stats in nine different
categories with a clear emphasis on winning and results. Use this screen to gauge your performance as
coach and general manager over the course of your Franchise session.
Assistant Coach Duties
The options that appear on the Assistant Coach Duties screen are the same as the Franchise options you
set at the Game Modes screen. This screen lets you revisit your settings and make adjustments if you wish
as your needs and priorities change.
Statistics
If you like sports, then you love stats, and we’ve provided enough here to keep you occupied until it’s time to
begin preparing for your next game.
Team Stats – Check out how your team’s performance on the field compares with any other team
throughout the season.
Player Stats – View individual player stats for your franchise or any other team in the league. Stats are
compiled after each game and are broken down into several position-based categories.
League Leaders – The League Leaders page ranks the top players in the league by the compiled season
stats in all the standard categories. You can track who the best individual performers are in the league at
each position as the season progresses.