So, in response to some of the debate in the u21 election thread, I thought I'd try to get some people more "officially" involved in the NT process. This also stems from the fact that I've gotten busy with a number of things this fall, and would love to have some people involved in several aspects of the NT to help lighten the load.
My concern in doing this is that people will feel like if they don't join the staff, they can't be involved in the NT--this is not AT ALL the case! Game planning will still be a community effort on the offsite, and I will continue to solicit input from all corners of the bb-usa community. My goal here is to find a couple interested people to help in a few behind-the-scenes roles, and in doing some "community outreach" type stuff to help grow interest in the NT.
That said, here are the roles I'm interested in filling:
NT reporter - Someone (or at most 2) to write up brief recaps of NT games in this forum (not offsite). Would be beneficial to be able to watch the games live. Basically, someone to keep us all up to date on who's playing well, who's been slumping, and how we're faring against the competition.
Foreign player scout - We've had a couple people doing this, and I'm hopeful they'll continue, but we can add a few more here as well. Someone to keep an eye on the TL for NT players around the world, so when it comes time to play against them, we can make some informed guesses.
Opposition scouting - Two or three people interested in generating some of the preliminary game plan information. Things like, current roster of our next opponent, what their GS is like, what tactics they've used recently (and with what success), etc. Similar (but hopefully with more detail, and further in advance) to what I've been trying to do at the start of each game plan on the offsite.
Domestic scouting - Several people to act as liaisons to owners of promising US players, to help us keep track of who's training, what sort of training players are getting, to make sure they know we're interested in their player(s), and to offer assistance if any is desired. Not trying to be heavy handed in pressuring owners to do anything against their interests, but much more oriented towards keeping our records updated, so that when it's time to add players to our rosters, we can be as informed as possible. Once the u21 election is over, I'll discuss this role with the u21 coach as well, since I think this will also be useful (maybe more so) for players <21.
If anyone's interested in these or has more questions about what they'd involved, either post here or send me a bb-mail. If there are other jobs people would be interested in that I haven't thought of, I'm open to creating more positions as well.