As everyone knows by now, I have been the NT manager the last two seasons and I am running for re-election,
I have learned a lot as the NT coach over the last two seasons, not so much BB wise but more about listening to opinions of others and thinking differently in terms of lineups. With that said, I will be the first to admit that I made mistakes. I completely regret my decisions against Spain and crave for the opportunity to make it up.
For all that followed the NT last season, you would know that we had quite a few GS problems which made it difficult to really run a variety of offenses. We lacked the depth at guard to shy away from the inside offense and the few great shooters we had were routinely in poor GS compared to our other guards. I had promised more of a variety as your NT manager but was unable to mix in different offenses as much as I would have liked. We have had a lot of younger guards who have continued to be trained and should provide the team more options moving forward. If elected, I will continue to look at using a variety of tactics, assuming GS allows.
As far as training, I have hinted at this on the offsite, but I want to create an easier scouting program that will allow the owners of potential players to have better interaction with the NT program. This starts by having more of a "mentor" rather than getting directions through the NT manager. While I would love to help everyone, I would much rather have managers having more sustained interaction with the new NT scouts so that the managers have someone to send questions to and get quick replies from.
If re-elected, there is not much I will change other than continue to add in a variety of tactics (should GS allow). I think many would agree that I have done that so far, but I also know there are others that would like more. I will continue to do what is best for the NT and will continue to work towards building the deepest NT depth chart to date. I noted in my last election that I did not believe we had a Worlds Championship team but was prepared to be scrutinized. I will say the same thing except for the fact that I truly believe we are building something to remember and we will come out on top when my job is done (should I be re-elected).
Thank you to everyone who voted for me last election and thanks to everyone who votes for me in this. It is much appreciated and I am sure all of you know just how important a Worlds Gold is to me.