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If they make that proposed change for SB, he could be a beast.

Yeah, scary. From an unknown quantity to a superhero.

Of course then he'd be just another cookie cutter big man.

The horror. Nah, I dunno. Who knows what his impact is now. He's worth a try. Would've been better if our entire team was better and our competition was better.

Last edited by Stajan at 2/19/2013 6:47:45 PM

All 20 year olds have been scouted for next season's team.
Working on the 19 year olds.

Think anyone will notice if somehow I can keep Heighway's age at 21 again for next season? ;)

All 19 year olds have been scouted.
Working on the 18 year olds.

Then will be depth charts for each position to see how your trainee stacks up.

All 18,19, and 20 year olds have been scouted. If your player was on the transfer list today, I did not need to scout.
If you believe you have a quality player that has not been scouted tonight, please bbmail me the player's attributes.

By tomorrow, next season's extended roster will be posted on the offsite forum, with skills but without names.

Thank you.

U21 potential roster is on the offsite forum under "Season 23 - Roster Discussion" -- please leave a comment on what players you would like to see added to the team for next year.

Thank you.

Next up:

1) Canada U21 training guide -- done
2) Contacting managers for training plans (age 20 -- done, age 19+18 ongoing...)
3) Scouting all the new draftees -- done

Busy times!

Last edited by Kumiko (CAN U21) at 3/10/2013 10:38:00 PM

This year's U21 begins on Monday. The team this year, in a word, is poor. Aside from 5 players who would have made last year's team, it practically looks like everyone took a year off from training.

It will tough to win many (any) games. I will still do the best I can.

The focus of my energy will be on ensuring that this piss poor level of talent on our U21 never happens again. I am meticulously contacting managers of 20, 19, 18 year olds, getting trainer levels, training plans, and future positions sorted out. Next year's team is looking mucho better.

Once I'm done this I will post a U21 training guide (similar to Fewmit's US U21 guide), a practical how-to train someone from day 1 after receiving a player from the draft.

I hope to continue the excellent communication between myself/Canadian managers/NT manager so that we have a solid pipeline of talent for years to come.

You will also find it impossible to find someone who scouts more thoroughly and efficiently. The day after the draft I had all divisions scouted. Previously this took up to a week and was done by different volunteers on a division by division basis. Also, before the draft I had all 18-21 year olds scouted to update our master depth chart of Canadian players.

Age 20 managers contacted.

Barring any missed training (or far better than average training on those not listed), U21 S24 team should be similar to:

Guards: Hernandez, Olvera, Ramos, Watts, Nanyiza, Del Vecchio
Forwards: Spadaro, Kaimakis, Fischer, Eastham
Bigs: Sobuza, Ellis, Nixon, Valliere, Di Silvestro, Daly, Marcotte

Consolation Schedule:

4/1/2013 7:00:00 PM 94 Guatemala U21 @ 25 Canada U21
4/8/2013 9:00:00 AM 25 Canada U21 @ 97 Azərbaycan U21
4/15/2013 7:00:00 PM 23 Bulgaria U21 @ 25 Canada U21
4/22/2013 12:30:00 PM 25 Canada U21 @ 54 Danmark U21
4/29/2013 1:35:00 PM 25 Canada U21 @ 66 Belgium U21
5/6/2013 7:00:00 PM 79 South Africa U21 @ 25 Canada U21

So how many of those games are winnable?

I have scouted all the opponent players - salary only - not fully in depth. I've also went through their tactics/strength of opponents/enthusiasm. I see we need to go 5-1 to finish at 5-3 with not horrible PD to make playoffs.

Estimate:
3 for sure wins
0 for sure losses
3 too close to call

So the difference will be game shape, tactics, enthusiasm, and luck to get 2-1 and not 1-2 or 0-3 out of the close games.

Last edited by Kumiko (CAN U21) at 3/26/2013 10:36:43 PM