Not for the Casual Sports gamer
Really you can't say a lot about this game for the simple fact that you really just put game plans together, set up your team and coaches, and then try and execute. None of the actual action done in the game do you control. Basically anyone who wants to see what coaching is like should give it a try cause it is the closest you can get without having actual contact with real people.
The simulation looks pretty good for the most part and they give you a lot of different angles to watch the action from. Motivation really isn't anything that helps from any stance i've seen it looks pretty random whether it works or not. So i stick with the stategical area instead of the motivation. I've seen stuff about the coordinators being dumb in their play calling and i'd say that is true, but what did people expect the a.i. suggests plays off of what u seemed to practice the most not necessarily what is best so go with what you know is best.
Basically this game is a good first step into something better, but i still can't see this game ever becoming a game people look forward to unless you're like me and had been wanting a game like this for some time now.