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Ahh, difference in being a tad bit lazy and not wanting to read through a thread with so many tangents and things not related to myself and successfully managing a NT. I have managed a NT for the past 4 seasons with basically no assistance (compared to the US support base at least) and have it within 10 spots of the US in the world rankings, I think I know what it takes to research an opponent.

With the way the US roster looked at last check, I would probably lean towards inside offense and MtM defense in most situations. Our guards especially were not built to go outside. The only thing I could promise for tactical superiority is to fairly evaluate all of our players, where as the current regime seems to... for lack of a better phrase pick their own. I'm all for the US owning it's players, it's simply more cost effective, but it's never going to be a factor in my roster picking. (I'm not saying past managers have favored their own players, but they have favored US owned players.)

Some general comments to all that I read in the posts.

- I believe a NT coach is an unity builder! A country needs it's top teams, league I and II to train it's best players. Transfers of NT players should be kept to a minimum. If the own folks don't build on their national team, who would do?

- U21 is a totally different business than the National team. The National team players build up, has to kept as long as possible, financial interesting for the training team. Keep in mind that nomally a NT player is only member for 4 to 6 seasons, while training him to become a NT player will keep for sure as long as 10 seasons. That is more than 2.5 years a lot can happen in such period.

- I don't know the current skills of most of team USA, but I have a lot of knowledge on the different tactics and what kind of players you need for it. I also have experienced with a NT team what difference it makes to have a high enthousiasm or low.

- My plan for team USA is to make a selection of 12 to 14 players, who are just the most skilled/best for their position players and 1 or 2 what I call jokers. This can be a player that has a strange skill set or an older player with very high experience, etc. I like to keep a couple of positions open at the beginning of the seasons to add some needs later on. You never know when an injury happen or an unexpected transfers comes which lowers the gameshape a lot.

- Secondly I like to work with assistants. A discussion between 3 to 5 good managers mostly gives the best result. The coach decides, but to reflect his ideas makes the decisions only better. If I become the USA coach, I would like to have some USA assistants.

- last but not least, I will make in all honesty decisions. I am somebody that communicate in a direct way. Good is good, bad is bad. And never forget, it is a game for fun and you have most fun when you win.


Last edited by Ruaidri at 9/20/2013 6:41:24 PM

Well the most recent news post changes things a bit. It's as if smallfrie can predict future changes to BB. It seems like now there is a disadvantage to being predictable, and the whole "keeping the competition on their toes" bit seems to now have merit. This also makes worlds in season 26 a bit more interesting. I still think we have to build mutltiskilled and sustainable players, but it also looks like we have to focus a bit more on building players who can play multiple tactics.

I just noticed that none of the Top 5 U21 teams in the world (Italy, Russia, USA, Latvia, Phillipines) have a National Team that is ranked in the Top 10. I think this is a reflection of these countries encouraging the primary skill-heavy "arms race" of U21 to trainers of high-potential young players rather than a balanced build for players early on. A recent example is David Aquino (27260671). A manager on the offsite commented that he would train OD/PA for a season if he bought him. Our U21 manager's response? Aquino will "get OD and PS training this season over my dead effing body."

My question to the candidates is: should the U21 team take a (relative) back seat to the National Team when it comes to high-potential players in the hopes of creating world-class, salary efficient players (ie emphasizing training secondaries at a young age rather than waiting to do so once they hit 22 years old)? And if so, how would you work with the U21 coach to enact such a plan when your respective goals are at least partially conflicting?

I should protest that you've taken my smart-ass comment a bit out of context...it was directed about a specific player and a specifically stupid post, and is not a summation of my U21 big training philosophy.

This issue has been discussed for many seasons now, and in my experience each season I've coached U21 I could count no more than two players that have been "NT tracked" and trained in a way that he was no use to U21 (Magiker's Bello being one of them). This only potentially affects bigs with 9+ potential, and I've come around that this really isn't a big concern for either program. I'm just not seeing players being "lost" for NT purposes, and the depth taken out on the U21 roster isn't a make or break problem. I'd be curious if any candidate who feels otherwise can give detailed proof otherwise.

Your example of other countries doesn't hold up, either...both Poland and China's U21 and NT programs have consistently both brought home hardware for many seasons in a row now.

I've actually been creating the scouting groups for some time now, so I'll continue to make that "NT track" group and give it to jfarb. Screw fewmit. Nothing he can do, regardless of who's elected as the manager.

Up yours.

Hmm...interesting

Up yours.

What am I reading? 50 shades of gay?

Does anyone else feel the erotic buzz coming from all this sexual tension lingering in this forum? You guys are taking full advantage of my emotional vulnerabilities. If this continues, I'll have no choice but to drop trou' for the rest of this electoral debate.

As of now, my vote is leaning towards Isaiah. He's really grasped voters such as my self with his innate sense of awareness and his arousing... I mean.. entertaining political style.

What do you think about the new S25 announcements and how do they apply to the NT? The S26 Worlds will probably be the first season with the tactic guessing aspect.

The announcements sound great in my ears. A multi-skilled NT which can be unpredictable is how I love to see it.

To Fermit, I don't see any problem when a manager wants to build his player first to the U21 and than further to NT, when he has enough potential. Only problem, specially with bigs can be the salary, but if a manager doesn't care about that, or wants to accomplish that his player first plays in the U21 and than in the NT, I don't see a problem.

Why is that message in reply to me? lol