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*Looks around wondering who wants to field that one*

*Sees no volunteer and goes: "Oh well, I'll take it then!"

First, you drafted him as a 19 year old. Strike one.

Second, you seem to have mostly played him at SG, which means you probably were dual position training him (The only single position training at SG is Jump Range, and by the looks of him, he didn't get a full season's worth of single position training). Strike two.

Third, he's barely a pop over what some of the best draft picks will be next season (the strong in Jump Shot). Which means that an 18 year old drafted next season will haev roughly the same skills as Bourque. Strike three,

Finally, this isn't a strike, just a general comment. In two in-game chat sessions, I've seen you spam him on the chat twice each session, and be told he wasn't good enough each time. I'm usually a patient man. I also understand that there's a learning curve to this game, but this implies that there should be some learning going on. This is just getting ridiculous and that's the reason I don't run for the NT manager job (I probably wouldn't get it anyways if I did run, but that's another can of worms.)

Continue enjoying the game, read the amazing game guide by Rip88 and the FAQ by Naker Virus here: (144856.1) if you have any questions about the game.

But, please, for the love of everything holy, stop asking whether Bourque is good enough, he wasn't then, he isn't now, he will never be!

Cheers!
Martin

*slinks back to his hole in the ground* :D

Last edited by RiP at 6/20/2010 10:25:10 AM

All Hail Harfang? :D

Cheers Rip, thanks for noticing and correcting my mistake! Pobody's nerfect!

I guess I woke up just a tad grumpy this morning!

I know you're stoked about Boruque but be careful not to over value him. He'll be 20 next year and once you get your economy up and running and get some solid draft picks you should try to replace him with a better prospect sooner rather than later. Maybe pump up his jump shot along with some other young players with the intention of selling them for as much as you can get?

I am also not sure if you need a trainer with career extension, particularly if you're training 18-22 year olds. With young players I don't think it really provides any advantage (but I could be wrong).

Finally, I would suggest taking a look at the off-site forum to see what kinds of skills the U21 team's current guards have to give you some ideas of both where your players stand and what sorts of skills other managers are valuing. Also feel free to send people messages asking for advice - I know it helped me to try to talk through ideas with more experienced managers and lots of the more senior Canadian managers are very friendly (or at least willing to politely tell you they don't have time to talk) and I'd be willing to share some (admittedly underdeveloped) thoughts with you if you feel like you need help.

aw boo... he lost an entire year with no training

I will be taking a run at him. He is significantly better than anything in my draft class :(

Thanks for the post RiP!!

how is he on national team? hes only 5k salary and 18 lmao

how is he on national team? hes only 5k salary and 18 lmao

When a manager goes bot his players are lost unless they have a certain skill level or they're on the u21 or full NT in which case they go onto free agency. Since good, young prospects often don't have the skills needed to go into free agency on their own NT and u21 managers will often add these players right before their owners go bot so they can "save" them and hope that a good manager picks them up to train them. The NT/u21 manager then releases them after a new team picks them up. That is what's happening here.