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Totally agree. In DIV I'm facing teams that don't know how to manage GS and don't TIE at all.

D5 and D4 are full of bots and some managers that don't know what they are doing but the higher leagues are a completely different ball game.

Then why have only about 3 NBBA teams been able to win a D5 championship? If D5 is full of managers that don't know what they're doing then then what does that say about NBBA managers? It says they're weak sauce, that's what.

Sure, some may make excuses like, "but they were never in D5 to begin with". Not buying it. The only undefeated NBBA team doesn't even have a D4 trophy!! They ran away to the less-competitive higher divisions because they couldn't cut it.

I agree with the original poster.

Then why have only about 3 NBBA teams been able to win a D5 championship?

I can't say for certain as I am not in USA divisions but these teams have been playing for a significant period of time. Perhaps D5 did not exist when these teams started? Or when they started, they were not put in D5?

There have been cases of newly created teams starting in a division higher than the lowest division in the country.

At the end of the day, if you are are looking to hire a NT coach, would you hire a manager of a D4 team or a team that is in the NBBA?? Sure, you might say on paper, the D4 manager might be just as experienced as the NBBA manager, but whats there to back that up? All things being equal, all you can rely on is that a player in a higher league is better because they have proven that they can win and maintain their position in a higher league

Last edited by Monkeybiz at 8/16/2011 1:33:22 AM

Then why have only about 3 NBBA teams been able to win a D5 championship? If D5 is full of managers that don't know what they're doing then then what does that say about NBBA managers? It says they're weak sauce, that's what.

Sure, some may make excuses like, "but they were never in D5 to begin with". Not buying it. The only undefeated NBBA team doesn't even have a D4 trophy!! They ran away to the less-competitive higher divisions because they couldn't cut it.

I agree with the original poster.

Am also not in any US Divisions or am familiar with them but I started in Div 4 and every time I was promoted I had to restructure my team because it was progressively more competitive.

As a probable comparison, I also haven't won in Div 2, got promoted due to Bot cleanup. Maybe the reason they haven't won in Div 5 is that they got promoted early. IMHO i'd rather see how a GM manages a team in the higher leagues that in the lower ones.

I also disagree that higher divisions are less competitive - just my 2 cents. Peace :)

Last edited by DoG at 8/16/2011 2:56:05 AM

to everyone, my post was meant "tongue in cheek". quoting myself:

Sure, some may make excuses like, "but they were never in D5 to begin with". Not buying it.

(lol, obviously you can't win D5 without actually having *been* in D5.)

Technically, the original poster (Baller_Clay) brings up somewhat valid points though. & gave him 1 ball for it.

But honestly, if whatever country's NT team wasn't expected to do much & hadn't been successful for a while.... why not give the Div4 guy a shot? You've got nothing to lose & the "proven" manager hasn't gotten it done anyway. I'm somehow ranked in the top 25 of the USA / top 800 world & don't think I'd necessarily make a better manager than a Div4 guy.

so you are for random votes?

I mean the div 4 team had the chanche to convince people about their knowledge and that he seriously play, maybe is already expierienced as scout etc.

I totally agree with MonkeyBiz, for your NT you want the most experienced and best coach possible. Now there are some twits in the ABBL and there probably are in the NBBA as well, ones that are good at accounting or day trading but not so good at strategy and tactics but you should know who they are. All things being equal I would need a very good reason to vote for someone from a lower league.

I think the U21 team is actually a very different situation though. The NBBA managers know all about $200,000 + players so are perfect for the senior team, but they may not be so hot on the best ways to train an 18 year old rookie. Some probably will be but I think there is a lot less advantage for the NBBA manager there.

I think that it is more the managers that are not involves in the offsite and that kind of stuff that just vote for a GM. I used to do this, but now I am more involved in the offsite, and see that often I dont agree with what they say, and what their plans are.

But honestly, if whatever country's NT team wasn't expected to do much & hadn't been successful for a while.... why not give the Div4 guy a shot? You've got nothing to lose & the "proven" manager hasn't gotten it done anyway. I'm somehow ranked in the top 25 of the USA / top 800 world & don't think I'd necessarily make a better manager than a Div4 guy.

That logic works for some countries, but not for a country like USA, Poland, Italy etc. The top teams are expected to go far and many people in the top countries see the NT as Championship or bust. I don't think that a DIV manager is fit for that. However a DIV manager would be a better fit for a country that doesn't have high expectations. I think a DIV manager can succeed in running a NT, I don't think that you would want to put a guy in that league in a situation where the expectations are that high and sometimes that unrealistic.

Agreed, and it's not like the two main candidates were the same as the rest of the NT managers we've had. One of them already had experience with managing a national team, when we had not had a manager with that kind of experience before, and the other didn't participate in helping with the US national team before, so he would bring a different prospective in to managing it. A lot of the candidates in lower divisions claim that they would bring change to the national team, but the top two candidates certainly would bring it too.

He did promote the last two years though, so he is doing something right

He is doing something right indeed and I don't want to be taking anything away from him but promoting out of D5 and D4 in consecutive seasons is not as impressive as staying alive in the higher leagues. .

For the record, my promotions were out of IV and III :-)

I think the issue that is not being articulated is that, its not about whether a guy is in a upper division or not (Me getting elected proves that) its a matter of what a guy brings to the table.

A D5 or DIV coach absolutely can win an election to be NT coach if he demonstrates an understanding and ability to do the job. But to campaign on "Ohhh, why do we always just vote for higher division coaches, give us a chance too" doesn't carry any weight. Few really care what division you are in, if you can demonstrate that you truly care about the position, understand the game, and have the ability to do what is required. But to want to win on the basis its not fair lower division coaches don't get a fair chance, will never earn you enough votes.

If you truly want to be considered in future elections, you need to develop a real strategy of what you would do as coach, and why you would do a good job, and then spend the next 2 seasons involved in your NT program being active, demonstrating to the others your passion, and understanding for what is required. Then when you run, the people involved and voting won't care what division you are in.