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190144.11 in reply to 190144.10
Date: 7/23/2011 7:20:20 AM
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I wonder what's the problem with ur team. Even though u started ages ago and spent a lot of time in D.III. u still dropped. What caused that? It must be the money, but lookin at your transfer history, ur in +. How much r your staff salaries and their level?

I'm just wondering cuz u gave good advice to the OP.

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190144.12 in reply to 190144.3
Date: 7/23/2011 11:54:09 AM
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Get a couple (2-3) 18 YO trainees with at least 6 potential at the start of next season... they should be cheap then. Then Single position train them. Good ones should be around 100-150k each. If you single position train them correctly for a 2-3 seasons, you could have 30k salary players. I would try to survive one more season in IV. I was in the same position a couple years ago when i promoted to IV. In that same season I Drafted my PG Carlson (his salary was only 3800), and now his salary will be over 40k next season. you could do the same.

Invest another 100-150k in your arena. It will help you get money a LOT.

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190144.13 in reply to 190144.11
Date: 7/23/2011 12:01:12 PM
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The league I was in was extremely tough. I survived long enough but eventually my team was too one dimensional. I had one player, Vernon Partridge, that I built to be one hell of a defending center but he had to no jump shot so his Inside Scoring took a hit even though he had a high IS skill rating. He was primarily used to defend the paint and give us second chance opportunities, too one dimensional for a player that was scheduled to cost to $70k+ the next season. My last season in III, I took one last gamble and went after another post player to compliment Partridge. Francisco Candia was awesome but his salary combined with Partridge's, I had no balance on my roster. Too much of my player salary was being eaten up by these two monsters, leaving me know room to grow. So that last season turned out to be a bad season because the teams surrounding me were more balanced in their attacks. They were able to attack me from the perimeter because my first two draftees, Lowell Webber and Clinton Cantrell, were my best perimeter defenders and they were crap that season compared to the shooters they were defending.

So, long story short, I ruined Cantrell & Webber by failing to take the time to train their skills in Season 5, instead focusing on Game Shape (I was a noob). Season 8 rolls around, I pick up Partridge from one of the teams in my league that drafted him, turned him into a 1-dimensional monster, spent my money on some bad investments, gave one last run at making the playoffs, and when that didn't happen, I sold them off to prepare for the rebuilding process.

Basically, I've learned a few things along the way and I've taken a whole new approach. My goal is to lose this affinity with my players and learn to cut the cord rather than staying attached to them. Clinton Cantrell was sold too late in his career, making me far less than what he might've given me earlier. Lowell Webber is older now but he might sell easier despite possibly making me more when he was younger. Vernon Partridge should have been sold long before I did when his price was high but I waited, and because of that, I lost out on a lot of potential earnings. I learned people don't really care for 1-dimensional. I may give good advice, but that advice I gave comes from the teachings of many others over the seasons.