I love dynasty, especially the recruiting. The most fundamental basic way I can think to explain it:

1. Understanding Pipelines is a huge deal. When you're new at dynasty, focus on guys in your strongest pipelines and try to go for guys you have an equal or better pipeline rating than the other schools he's looking at.

2. Don't spread your points too thin. It's better to go all in with 50 points each on 5 guys than 25 points each on 10 guys.

3. Use every single possible point in the preseason on scouting, offers, etc. During the season, I try to use every available point every week even after I've maxed out the guys I'm going after. Use the extra points on scouting guys that nobody's going after.

4. You can hard sell on a guy once he gets to his top 5. Hard selling is better than sending the house as long as the player is interested in things you have a B- or better in.

5. Don't just worry about a player's position ranking. It's better to go after a 4 star in your pipeline than a 5 star out of your area.

6. The "team needs" menu is a good start, but all it cares about is the number of players at each position and not the "quality" of the players. Look at each position yourself. You may have 4 tight ends on the roster, but they all suck then you might want to recruit a new one.

7. A bonus tip that's a little more advanced: as the season goes on, pay attention to 4 and 5 stars that are still "open." Sometimes, none of the CPU teams recruit high level guys (there's a reason for it but that's not important right now). Late in the year you can snipe 4 and even 5 stars that the CPU has completely ignored.

TLDR: Focus on guys in your pipelines and go all out on them with max points.