I think the idea of making it easier for new managers to find mentors is a wonderful idea. Right now, a new manager looking for a mentor usually reaches out to older teams in their league, or maybe they find someone in the forums whose posts they like. (Or they sometimes ask a BB for help, in which case some of us have to refer them to our assigned probation officers, as court ordered, before we are allowed to be big brothers on account of, oh, never mind.) The trick is creating a convenient way to connect new managers in need of help with willing (and able) mentors (preferably who are of sound mind and not those needing a different kind of help, such as via medication, lobotomies, shock therapy, enemas, etc.).
For now, maybe the quickest way to get something together would be as part of a thread in the Help Forum, similar to the Private League Ad threads, where new managers looking for mentors can post or mentors can who are available to help can post. If this looks like a potentially workable idea, maybe we can get some discussion on this here (if folks think this will work) and then, perhaps as a result, the staff will come up with some ground rules for such a forum thread if it looks like it’s workable.
I could also see creating a more organized Mentor page being an idea worthy of study as a more long-term idea for development, but I have a feeling that this wouldn’t be the highest of priorities for the developers right now. (I keep hearing about this tanking thing that seems to have garnished a lot of attention…) But any ideas about how a Mentor page would also be appropriate.
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