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231077.2 in reply to 231077.1
Date: 11/27/2012 6:45:35 PM
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As NT coach I'm interested in what the candidates think of high potential prospects, should they be trained for the NT from the start, or should U21 be the first goal and then go on to NT glory?

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231077.3 in reply to 231077.2
Date: 11/27/2012 6:55:26 PM
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I think they should be build in close counselship with the player´s owning team. If the team is willing to develop and to maintain a high salary player and is committed to the guy reaching NT stage, that player can and shall be trained for the optimum, which means for further NT use.

If a team is interested in "short term" benefits, and plans to sell the player after he´s out of U21 range, I´d encourage the coach to build a useful player for U21 use while keeping in mind what he -may- be worth if he´s still NT material when he´s leaving the team.

Key is keeping track of the players and their teams plans, so that the high proifle prospects don´t end up on free spending foreign teams unwilling to continue with the development instead of teams eager to support the NT campaign.

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231077.6 in reply to 231077.5
Date: 11/27/2012 9:23:08 PM
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Just wanted to chime in and comment on Morwood and his hopes of becoming the U21 manager. All I can say is this guy is a great member of the community and has had plenty of involvement with me (NT manager) and Bballin (U21 manager) in Canada. Trust me when I say that he will be a great manager.

My question is:

Tell me what your planning to play at the SF position? Will you go with a big (PF) type player or a true SF? What do you think the pros and cons of your choice will or could be?

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231077.8 in reply to 231077.7
Date: 11/28/2012 2:02:23 AM
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That is a question that cannot be answered in a "black or white" manner. The decision whom to play at SF is and will be a decisive moment for close games, and I´ve won (and lost) games due to missmatches at this position.

I prefer a game-by-game decision about the use of the teams ressources - I´m not the kind of coach to run a S5 and wait for good things to come but to alter lineups in combination with tactics in different ways and using players - if they somehow fit the needs - on different positions over the course of a season.

While this might fail badly on NT teams, where the players are heavily specialized, the raw material of U21 players and the "holes" in opponents lineups might open up ways of using even a limited amount of overall skill to create missmatches and surprises.

So going back to your question:

I love guards who are able to pass and PFs who are able to defend aswell as PG types with high Driving / Inside Shot at SF. Which of those three types will be used is based on tactics, opponent, player material available and a "mad scientist" influence.

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231077.9 in reply to 231077.8
Date: 11/29/2012 12:52:25 PM
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A couple of short questions.

Why have you decided to run in England rather than your own nations? Not saying theres anything wrong with that, just wondering.

Have you considered that you might get bored or become too busy to stay fully involved during your term?

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231077.11 in reply to 231077.10
Date: 11/29/2012 2:50:20 PM
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Hello,
so I'm not an active member on the forums (I'm quite lazy, but I'll try and change!) and I have the feeling that the English community isn't really involved in the development of the U21 team.
My question is, what are you concrete ideas to involve managers like me? And also, what is the role your scouts are going to have in this?