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Love training more than anything else but..
You can train and win, quite the juggling act.
You need to purchase trainees with skills, not 18 year olds.
They need Defensive skills to compete and not foul out
perhaps the challenge you're looking for

Absolutely 100% agree. Throwing out a standard lineup game after game doesn't really do much for me, but when you're trying to figure out how to hide your trainees against good competition so that you can get them up to eventually play for you is a great exercise.

How about training free throws to get even more Friday arrows? :)

Thanks Dr. J

The plan was to begin rebuilding next season as you suggest. There is no point in me acquiring a couple of high potential trainees for my position of center now as they will have missed several training weeks. So, I will wait until next season to get 18 year old trainees to have the maximum possible number of training weeks available.

I have placed Granell on the market for way above his value. the reason being is that I am in no rush to sell him. So, if he doesn`t sell at that price then that`s fine he`ll keep playing for me, no problem. But, I have been playing this game long enough to know that some managers will happily pay way too much for a player so if anybody buys him at that price then that will be great too. So, if he stays I win, if he gets bought at that price I win also. Already, now that I have decided to re-build, my enthusiasm for the game has returned and I am excited about the future of my team. I honestly don`t understand it when you see teams who do no training, it`s the best part of the game.

Thanks to all of you for your comments and good luck with your teams.

i tried training on season 21 and i find very fun to do and i cant wait to get a new batch of trainees and try to train them to be dominant

so excited to see wat pops i will get this week

I think there are two ways to train:
- If you want to win, you have to add trainees slowly since you don't want to have a hole somewhere each game
- If you don't want to win, you can buy three trainees at once and focus solely on them

First option is a bit complicated and that's the route I took; adding a trainee every 2-3 seasons and promoting to D.I along the way. The problem with this approach is you have to take some compromises with training. Not the minutes of course, but the training order.

Second option: With experience I have after 10 seasons of playing, I'd pick up 2nd option instantly and go for three SFs with different heights and superb skillsets. It's hard to pick up such talents at once, so buying all three could span over a season, but not more than that. When they are finished, I'd add a PG and C with few touches of my own training and go for the top of the world.

Also one of the problems with buying trainees every 2-3 seasons is they get very few playing time together as finished products. My PF Navršnik is 24 and he will be 31 or even 32 when my 18y old HoF completes the training.

I've actually been working on a boom-bust cycle strategy. I love training - I especially love training homegrown players. I've tanked a couple of season to get the first overall pick. Right now, all 3 of my trainees were drafted by me. Once I finish up a trainee, I will probably shoot to get a top 4 pick and try and find another top homegrown trainee. I think I'm at the point where I want to get back to div III and stay there.

Also, another fun thing is trying to fix these holes on homegrown trainees. It's always interesting to see what kind of player the lottery-draft gives you.

Good luck with your training!

Thanks for all the great posts folks.

I just love training players. Theirs nothing more satisfying in this game than getting a player who has a few thousand salary and developing him and gradually watching him become a star for your team.

I`m not sure that promotion is even very important to me. I got promoted last season and I had absolutely no chance of staying in that league as all the other teams had players on much bigger salaries than any of mine. therefore I was losing every week and had no interest for the game. Developing players is more fun than promotion for me certainly.

I`ve never trained a draft pick of mine because I have always had dreadful draft picks. Even last season when I had first pick. Maybe this year I might just keep my picks and try to see what I can make of them no matter what they are like. That might be fun.

yeah i know wat u mean im waiting for a decent trainee to keep and train.

I have had atleast one decent pick a year (perenial allstar potencial with 40+ skillpoints i count as decent one) but the season i tanked inm div 3 for draft pick:D seems if you want to get one badly u wont get. drafted my best draftee number 16 pick:D and others like 12-14th picks.

Also a tip for drafting. cooperate with one of ur league mates so you can scout all the posible picks in the draft, atleast all 18year old ones and sometimes nearly all 19year olds investing 20k a week, by sharing information:D

Last edited by Gajus Julijus Cezaris at 1/6/2013 7:52:34 AM