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If I knew I will put my name up here I would have gone for a split in our games instead of winning them both. Good you don't hate me for that

Because nobody is debating anything, I'll answer a question that might arise at one point.

I do intend (at least at this moment) to play my own player, Jean-Francois Joly (796086) in NT on point guard position. This, however, should not be a problem since he played already every game for NT Canada.

If other players will arrive and are clearly better than him, he can either play from the bench or not at all, I'm not stubborn about it, especially since there is no current bonus for that. I know they say it's an experience boost, but, if there is, I haven't seen it yet. In 2 seasons, Joly never managed to gain a level in experience with all the games our NT team played.

Yep, Joly will continue to be a no-brainer starter as long as his training continues and his game shape is reasonable.

Anyway, point of order... no need to debate yourself just to keep things active. If no-one cares, no-one cares.

If you're elected I wouldn't mind helping you out on scouting or giving some advice if you're interested. It would also be useful if Oueftete can give the winner some advice on what to do and how things are run just because he has the experience.

Yes, help from people in community would be a great asset, scouting, offering opinions and so on.

Last edited by uflorin at 5/8/2008 5:07:10 PM

If you're elected I wouldn't mind helping you out on scouting or giving some advice if you're interested. It would also be useful if Oueftete can give the winner some advice on what to do and how things are run just because he has the experience.

Yes, help from people in community would be a great asset, scouting, offering opinions and so on.

I won't deliberately not give people advice or share information... but sometimes I'm busy, and sometimes I'm just lazy. So I'm not making any promises on how helpful I'll be.

What do you think are the most important improvements to focus on for team Canada, and how will you work with the teams that do have players on the team? Also, how do we build the player base that is required for a thriving national team?

That I would be able to say once I have access to the players. As it stands I don't know the stats so I can't say where we need reinforcements. I could start guessing from the stats in previous games, but that's just guessing, a lot has to do with the way the game was set up.

How will I work with them? I am not sure I get the question completely... I will encourage the owners to train the players with as high coach as possible and maybe suggest the areas that they would benefit from being trained in. However... I strongly believe that the training regime is up to the owner himself/herself. I would not impose a certain training regime on players or they are out, for example. As long as they are being trained in skills that are relevant for their position it's good. Also, if new players show up with better stats, they will most probable take the veterans' spots.

As for the third question I'll leave that with the BB, I don't do strategies for enhancing the customer base for a commercial application. Yes, BB is free, but it's there because it is a business. And campaigns for increasing player base are their responsibility really not NT coach's.

Only 4 people have registered so far. Just a reminder that even though the election runs until Tuesday night, registration closes tonight (Saturday) at midnight.

If the other candidates say anything, I may give them a vote. A democracy is no fun without an opponent.

A little disappointing, indeed, I expected more people around.

Anyway, thanks for the votes to those that plan to give them to me.