Fitness training seemed the most economical way especially since when I started the game was choc-a bloc with managers complaining about the huge wages they had to pay (So if I went down the wrong path , "you guys got me ) on account of the offensive and defensive skills.

BTW I kinda have a question....People following defense first/ fitness first /offense first(Are there any?havent seen any1 recommending that) training strategy are probably not going to get to kicking coaches before their 2nd or 3rd season...And the kick / punt distance apparently depnds only on those 2 skills ...So during this period

1>do you use a low talent guy to be your "stop-gap" kicker( Since you would probably waste 2 seasons of training anyways) till you buy a kicking coach

or
2>do you use a talented player (3.5+star talent) and train his kicking skills
or
3>do you spend money buying a kicker (i did not see "cheap" kickers in the xfer market) and train his kicking skilss

Both 2 and 3 seem to result in a decent amount of time when your kicker doesnt improve at a reasonable pace. Are there any merits to following these approaches?

For the kicker: i tried to have one with high teamwork, this saved me from byuing a kicking coach. Valid for my punter too.

Fitness first here. I understand the defensive coaches for the reasons you stated. However, wouldn't that hurt you long term? There are 2 problems I see with this strategy (I could be ,and probably am wrong lol). 1. By putting so much into fewer skills the players will become more expensive faster. 2. I think it is important to develop the players to the style you are playing at a steady pace. I would hate to train with that defensive coach and get to D3 and need to pass, but would have to wait while I train to be competitive. Sure, this strategy would help being competitive at D4 and D5, but if passing is as important as many state...I would rather have 10's across the board (except kicking). Gives me more options on how I train my guys.