Shit I lost my reply post..
The offline game is beyond a doubt, where its at.
Anyways.... We are using custom sliders right now. Just some minor tweaks to passing, overall everything is at 50/50 as far as I know. Our franchise won the cup in its first season, and we're 1/2 through the 2nd season, right in the middle of the pack. We were close to missing the playoffs in our first year, so glad we made them and tore it up. Still have no idea why some players are so incredibly good during the playoffs and some just turn to shit. I think its half momentum... anyways.
I'll have to check these new tuners out, competition has gotten pretty light in offline mode.