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You can hold a NT/U21 manager accountable because they choose to run for that position and be involved. I'm sure there won't be the possibility of someone getting second in Continentals and before Worlds come around they are booted because they didn't win the first phase.

You could also try to make NT coaching great again. While I agree that a local community should be able to remove a NT coach, the whole NT coaching stuff should be more fun in general.

I am currently doing my first and last NT coaching job and it its boring as hell. Its very hard to get the community involved beyond posting critizism, so beefing up the job would be very welcome.

If you have a player pool of like 15 guys that are fit for the NT, you will see for yourself how bad of a fudge up it is, when your 150 TSP guy is out for a couple of weeks because his owner is a donk who has no clue about GS.

This to me is more related to the fact that a guy in a 10 users community shouldn't be able to spend 16m (370k a week) to get 2 NT players that should play in a competitive environment more than anything else.

@BB-Perpete
I might sound like that conspiracy guy but timing seems a little odd. It sounds like an overreaction to the French U21 drama more then a real necessity.

Maybe. But on the other hand - in theory - those managers need the money to train and pay their native superplayers.

Every small/micro NT manager might agree, but what about the club manager that might not ever care about NT involvement and just wants a super big?

Well thats another problem, maybe the merch bonus for NT players should be bigger, I don't know. Feel free to post some suggestions.

Knecht (he will correct me if I'm using his name wrongly) re-suggested that recently and he is not the only one to do so. What happened with France U21 during this mandate (the elected coach who abruptly left the team would have been replaced a lot sooner with this rule and it's possible that some of the current drama would have been avoided) was the last "kick in the butt" to finally implement it.

In S32 or 33 our U21 coach decided to quit and it was quite a mess to get him replaced, as there are no rules how to handle such a situation.

Also considering your staff you should check every now and then who is still active. One of our LAs went bot without anybody from the BB/GM side taking notice.

Well, if it is boring as hell, that says something about your community. It differs for each country. If you feel that you are only getting criticized (fairly or unfairly), maybe you should try a different approach in involving your community.

Don't get me wrong, but most of the suggestions you are doing, are related to problems you are facing and cannot solve at this point. Instead of trying to advocate certain changes, try to find a solution for your problems by changing things you can influence.You'll have more success that way.

We have a small community, just like Austria, but that doesn't seem to stop us from having a lively discussion about the NT from time to time. I am not judging you as a manager, but it helped our community tremendously by inviting people to participate in a dialogue. Give it a try. Maybe people will get more excited and their knowledge of the game will increase, resulting in better players and GS for your NT. Heck, maybe certain views will help you increase your skills as a manager. We can all learn.

You have 120 Users, can't compare that to Austria at all.