i'm playing USA Elite tonight in the Cup -- the team just recently went bot -- but it brought back some memories.
i remember they had an unbelievably low team salary that produced a very stifling defense -- they used the 3-2 long before i realized how effective it could be. i forget the precise skill mix -- it was something like the guards had high ID and big men very high OD, something strange like that-- and they were never good enough to get past DII, but they had a wonderfully distinctive team.
i am afraid one result of the evolution of the rules is to rob us of these very distinctive teams. too bad.