You can be given instruction on how to train a player and do it perfectly for 2-3 seasons and then have the script flipped by a new manager with a completely different mindset. If this was all in an enough to develop players mot players could maintain it would be fine but typically it is not.
As the U21 NT manager for the USA, I can tell you that although this can sometimes be true, in the USA at least, it seems to be a very understanding and helpful community, specifically on the offsite. I know that fewmit did a fantastic job of giving his perspective when asked for training advice while also letting people know that in the future there will probably be a new manager with slightly different viewpoints on training. In general though, I don't think that varying view points are that much of an issue for U21 NT roster spots, since ultimately if your player has been trained well, we can usually find a spot for him on the team assuming his manager is easy to communicate with and his player remains in high GS.
Also I'd be more in favor of a 2 season rotation of WCs so that every draft class (18 year olds) could get a chance to shine.
I believe that this is already a thing. That is why there are elections every two seasons. If you think the manager is doing a good job (And if that manager has been given advice on how to train your player to make the team), you can re-elect them. The worse situation would where there is a major problem with the U21 manager and that nation is stuck with that manager for 4 seasons.
I know specifically of two examples where this would have been terrible. A couple of seasons ago France had a manager that completely ruined their U21 NT and seemed to make a big joke out of it. He had under a 30% manager approval rating, but they had to stick with his bizarre coaching style for 2 seasons. Now Poland is in a similar situation where they only had one manager run in the U21 NT elections, but he has only a 22% manager approval rating for the Poland U21 NT. They are stuck with him for 2 seasons. Having 4 seasons of the same manager seems problematic, if there is not a reelection somewhere in between those seasons. 2 seasons between elections seems appropriate to me.
As someone who hates national teams and wants nothing to do with them, I think this could potentially help maintain the user base and perhaps attract new ones. It' not a terrible idea.
Sad to hear you want no part of it, as we would love to have you on the offsite to help out with the National teams, but I can understand if you don't want to help out.
Now if we could have more intuitive training (like SF defensive training the covered OD and ID)
This has been talked about before, and I personally would be in favor of it, but some people argued that it would either be an overpowered training tactic, or not good enough, where simply training ID and OD separate weeks would still be more effective. Not sure if this would ever get implemented.
I am still neutral on the idea of a U23/U24 NT, but will be following this thread closely to see how my opinion changes.
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