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Having the skills of some NT players doesnt give you that much of an advantage actually. Playing with the same teams all those seasons you can get an idea what a player can do anyway. Having exactly the skills doesnt give lots more information, considering that most of the teams having several foreigner players.

Of course an NT coach have some powers that can abuse, for example inviting a player that is not actually have NT interest just to get his skills, but then we will not elect someone who doesnt have good reputation...

1. Bc Teammate
Anestis Feloukas, Isidoros Mastroyiannis, Stratos Sfaliaridis. Players that are used many times as starting line up.
2. Cyprus Fighters
Nikos Kerkidis, Vissarion Karalikos, Sakis Yiannakakos.
3. Kyriakos Bc
Dinos Veropoulos,Lenos Lemonitis, Thodoros Plexidas.
4. Syntaxer
Mathos Kritikopoulos, Stergios Ftaratos.
5. Bros456
Lakis Deligeorgiou, Tasoulis Charavgis, Ioannis Vasalas.
6. Ekleptismenoi
Nikos Chasodikis, Nikos Kamakaris, Ntinos Panousopoulos.
7. Pistoleroi
Dimitris Florakis, Demis Mpanis.
8. Megalonisos
Nikos Gagatsis.
9. Paphos
Konstantinos Patsoureas, Lenos Stiliaras.
10. Zeys
Thanos Gittas.

So you can see that nearly all the teams have Cypriot players in their starting line up. Which of these are U21 I did not check but if the U21 coach wanted he can have an advantage by knowing their weakness and strengths and change his tactics. Same goes for the NT coach next year of the big boys over 21.
I believe we should think about this very carefully cause nearly no one acts with out profit these days. So some will want to be NT and U21 NT coaches for the prestige, others for taking in the NT their own players or friends players and so on and so forth. I am still not sure if its a good idea to have a manager of CBBA as a coach.
If we decide to take in a foreign coach it doesnt mean he will not be a good coach. We shall pick someone who we believe is great and we shall ask whether he is interested in our NT. As simple as that. I belive we should talk it over with Steve and hear his opinion. If he agrees with the foreign coach maybe he knows someone good enough and willing to help.


Last edited by Pistoleros at 3/26/2010 5:28:03 PM

You can vote everyone you like. I strongly believe that right now Cypriots have the proper experience to take over the NT's, and it doesnt bother me if anyone knows the skills of my players.

More important for me is the community, and i am sure that if one of us will be elected it will brings only good things, and it will really help the communication, something essential for me.

Last edited by JohnnyB at 3/26/2010 5:32:25 PM

How do we state if someone has a good reputation? By its teams strenght? By the wins he makes? in which divisio he is in? By which games he has won? By how good his Cypriot players are? How energetic he is in the cyprus community? All the above? What are the criteria?
If someone is in division 2 it doesnt mean he is not a good coach, if someone losses games cause his team is not a super team it doesnt mean he is not a good coach. If someone made a gamble and it paid once it doesnt mean he is a good coach, if someone played the obious and it didnt work it doesnt mean he is not a good coach, if someone has a relatively new team and he is not winning it doesnt mean he is not a good coach. I assume we all agree on the above.

So what should the criteria be? Not by how much the skills of a player of his increase in a season as some managers train one position and other two positions but by how much he knows about tactics and training. How well can he anticipate how to train a player and reach him to his top limit. How well can he influence the rest of the managers to work their domestic players, how much he is respected in the community for his character, how wiling he is to help other and advise with out any interest. How well he understands tactics not just in approximations. All the above to me they state a brilliant coach worthy of the NT and any NT. And ofcourse how much time he is willing to sacrifice for the NT.

With a few words? STEVE MAKIS. I think the last 2 words says it all.

ok. How will a Cypriot manager help the NT in a way a foreign one (for example Steve Makis) wouldnt? In what ways? You said communication. I assume you dont mean speaking in greek cause most of us speak english very well and the rest of us that do not, is not a problem cause we can give the coach a hand by translating. I dont think that is a problem.
How would we benefit?

That conversation should be continued to the debate threat. Go ahead and discuss there.

My personal congratulations to Christos (aka Ekleptysmenos).

When you will be on-line on msn I will send you the data base!

Congratulations Christos. Lets start the hard work!!!

Congratulations!! and good luck!!!

Congrats Christo. Well done. Lets hope for a good start and an exceptional season!!!

Thanks everyone for your wishes. I will try my best, with everyones help, to fullfil your expectations. I know it will be a difficult and enduring process but with hard work good results will come (and i dont mean only in terms of winning). ;).

Last edited by Ekleptysmenos at 3/29/2010 12:51:37 PM