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Well blind luck still plays a huge role in my opinion but as you get into higher and higher divisions the rookies have no chance of cracking the roster so its only worth drafting them to sell them. In the 3rd, 4th and 5th divisions these are still players you can start and develop easily so they are worth a little more in my opinion. I don't think no investment is the best for someone like you or me, but $20K might have bee too much.

If you're going to finish near the top of your league, I recommend sending less on scouting.

Steve
Bruins

Less than what though? I spend $10K and finish near the top season after season. I scout enough prospects where I have a good chance to get someone who will stick on the roster that I can train and won't hold me back in my league.

I'd say this is a good guide IMO
Good D.I - $0
Bad D.I - $5K
Good D.II - $5K
Bad D.II - $10K
Good D.III - $10K
Bad D.III - $20K
Good D.IV - $20K
Bad D.IV - $20K

I can't really see a good reason to spend $40K. Just my opinion though.

So my opponent for the championship out smarted me.

He ran with 1-3-1 defense to counteract my stronger outside defense and then he ran run & gun offense which didn't play to his strength, rather he played my defensive set up in our last two match ups.

We have both CT'd both games. I thinK I have a slight enthusiasm advantage but that's just a hunch.

So now I need to figure out whether to gamble that he's going to revert back to his strength for this game or that he's going to try and stick with the run and gun since it was successful.

Is man to man a "safe" defensive formation? Do I cover all my bases by going man to man?

Well, if he reads it, he reads it. That's the risk in getting the huge benefit of being able to discuss these things with more experienced managers.

If he does enough of his homework and beats me in the finals, then he deserves the opportunity to promote.

I'm not going to comment on which way I'm going to go. However, I can see benefits to both defense styles.

A) the 2-3 is a strong answer to his most dominant scoring sector and he's likely to revert back to what has been successful for him all season (with the exception of against me)

b) the man to man, doesn't give me the boost to my interior defense that the 2-3 does but it also doesn't expose me to his weaker outside scoring like it did in the last match.

I really do give him a lot of credit for making the adjustment and beating me on the road where I really should've been the favorite. He did a good job of coaching.

As for my offense, I really am a 1 trick pony. My guards scoring abilities are superior to my bigs and for that I have become somewhat limited. I'm pretty much a R & G team who can also have some success with motion offense. Look Inside would be suicide for me.

One question. How much does it hurt me in rebounding to play full court press? I don't think I have the stamina to pull this off effectively. But my rebounders on the bench are almost as good as my starters. If I could still maintain the edge in rebounding, it might be okay to risk the fatigue given that I've been training pressure.

full court press might not be a bad idea. It will noticeably lower both your OD/ID and your rebounding. I'd guess your ID/Reb will be like your playing 3-2, and you're OD will be like you're playing 2-3. But, you should be able to get a lot more turnovers.

Maybe worth considering Motion on offense if youre going to full court press. Slowing down the offense will reduce fatigue a little.

He's very likely going to stick with the 1-3-1 so scoring is going to be very difficult. Need to either guess his attack with a 1-3-1 or a 2-3, or hope the full court press is very effective.

Last edited by brian at 5/31/2009 1:28:40 PM

Look Inside would be suicide for me.

How is the driving on your guards?