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170428.1
Date: 1/13/2011 9:52:41 PM
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I was thinking about doing a lot of one position training this year, and maybe a little bit of two. Right now i'm focusing on my 7'1 rookie power forward, Dustin Jeremy, whom i'm training to become a center. I'm planning on training him a lot this year and see how it goes, i want to turn him into a certain kind of player. In tonight's scrimmage he got 48 minutes, and i'm so releaved that he did, because he almost didn't get those minutes because he got 5 personal fouls. So far he's been an awesome rebounder, but i'll probably work on that later in the year, i want his inside defense and inside shot boosted a lot this year.

He loves to shoot the ball, i'd love to see if i can develop this player, because his potential is weak, i think he's a 6th man or something i forgot. So, which tactic has been the best for you, one two or three position training?

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170428.2 in reply to 170428.1
Date: 1/13/2011 10:05:06 PM
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there is no point in training a 6th man at all.

you can pick up a much better trainee off the transfer market for cheap.

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170428.4 in reply to 170428.2
Date: 1/13/2011 10:32:50 PM
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You're exactly right, i know what to do now.

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170428.5 in reply to 170428.4
Date: 1/13/2011 11:59:12 PM
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A trainee with 1.5k starting salary is simply not worth training, even if it takes a little while to develop his skills. You should sell him/fire him and get another trainee, who's much better. Otherwise you're simply wasting your time which could be spent on a better player.

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170428.6 in reply to 170428.5
Date: 1/14/2011 5:29:04 AM
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I think a simple rule all new players should observe is salary at least $3,500, potential all star and age 21. Never ever train anyone with worse than those characteristics.

Obviously experienced players will break these rules all the time (especially the age with well developed players a new player will not have), but for a new player they should try to stick to those parameters to avoid a ton of wasted training time.

From: kr1shna

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170428.7 in reply to 170428.6
Date: 1/14/2011 5:47:54 AM
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I dont necessarely agree entirely. Especially for new coaches it may very well be worthwhile to train star or even starter potential players as they most likely wont train them to the cap anyway

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170428.8 in reply to 170428.6
Date: 1/14/2011 6:11:00 AM
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I think a simple rule all new players should observe is salary at least $3,500, potential all star and age 21. Never ever train anyone with worse than those characteristics.

I agree with most part of this but not the all star potential bit. New managers don't need to have players with high potential. They simply don't know enough about the game to train a player with high potential (and most likely they won't be capped because new managers are usually in the low divisions, thus limited net income).
But really true, new managers waste too much money on some silly things, and I was one of them :P and I'm pretty sure many of the experts made silly mistakes at the beginning.

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170428.9 in reply to 170428.8
Date: 1/14/2011 7:26:36 AM
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I know someone who started off training only 4 players, two were 6th men one a starter and one a p-all-star. Guess how 3 of those 4 are going now 3 seasons later?

I did completly stupid things when I was starting, had no idea what I was doing, but we want the new players to enjoy the game and achieve some success. Training and "bonding" with a player is one of the ways to make this game very addictive, like a role playing game in a way as people love to see their characters level up.

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170428.10 in reply to 170428.9
Date: 1/14/2011 7:51:16 AM
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I see what you guys are saying, my trainee didn't pop this week, but i got some better trainees with no less than star potential. They're ages are 18 and 19.