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266440.18 in reply to 266440.17
Date: 1/21/2015 2:49:26 PM
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Date: 1/21/2015 8:59:34 PM
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To all candidates:

Our U21 has utilized a wide range of tactics, strategies, game styles, and plans over the last few seasons. More often than not to decent effect. However there is always room to improve, and more importantly, steal ideas. Have you noticed anything that other U21 programs have done in recent seasons that the US team might be wise to consider and appropriate?

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Date: 1/21/2015 9:25:56 PM
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Don't get me wrong E.B.W. did an awesome job but I think if we go with any of the guys in the offsite that were active we'll pick up right where we left off. Almost every game thread had 40-50 different messages with people contributing their notes and ideas. As great as E.B.W. was for the USA(and believe me I'm not trying to take anything away from what he did), I think anybody who read those threads would agree the best part about that gold is that really was a community effort that got us there.

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266440.21 in reply to 266440.20
Date: 1/21/2015 10:01:24 PM
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I agree to your point MadJordan, that why i will create a forum for suggestions and comments from the USA citizens if i am elected as the manager.

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Date: 1/21/2015 10:28:52 PM
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Well, it seems to me national and even top teams (ex. NBBA) dominace comes from big inside men. I have some experience with training big men, and I can scout and find some top notch big man talent. I will also encourage other USA members, but not all, to train big men, as it seems that even our rival Italy uses the inside game a few times. I think if we can find some high level big men than we can develop a strong force to stop. Although we also need some USA managers to train some solid guards as well, because i've also noticed that most U21 teams have high big men salaries and skills, but fairly poor guard skills and salaries. I think we should remained balanced, with a little bit of big man game bias. That will be a solid plan for victory

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266440.23 in reply to 266440.21
Date: 1/21/2015 11:25:33 PM
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There already is a forum for this purpose, among other things, located at http://s3.zetaboards.com/BuzzerBeater_USA_NT/index/ . All USA managers are encouraged to join and leave input!

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Date: 1/22/2015 1:16:03 AM
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There already is a very active offsite community. General Manager Nick jump in there and take a look around. Definitely take notice of all the communication/scouting/planning that went into the U21/NT games.

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Date: 1/22/2015 6:24:03 AM
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I think the hardest team to prepare for was the Philipines. Big props to Morwood on taking them to a bronze medal this year. They were a big pain because of the way that they moved Musa around in the lineup and varied their tactics. I think that patient could be something that we add as a once in a while tactic. It's a better GDP complement to Look Inside (Slow vs Fast) than Base or Inside Iso. It would also allow us to exploit the low OD bigs that you see on the U21. Only problem is that we need someone to train a JS/JR monster. We didnt really have that last season so it wasn't a viable option.

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Date: 1/22/2015 7:12:28 AM
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I agree with this sentiment. The hive mind at the offsite is a huge advantage for us gameplanning and prepping. If I am elected U21 manager, the one thing that definately wont change is how we approach gameplanning. I love how ebw would ask for opinions on every little thing before making a decision.

At the same time a u21 manager, needs to be able to make the tough call that goes against what most people want to do. EBW made some gut check types of calls that went against offsite public opinion. Without those tough calls we dont win s27 worlds goal.

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Date: 1/22/2015 9:06:24 AM
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EBW set up a scrimmage against Australia. I would like to hear the candidates talk about their opinion on tactics for that game, including lineup and GDP. There's a thread on the offsite or you could do it here.

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Date: 1/22/2015 12:15:52 PM
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Well, looking at the rosters, it seems like australia only has 2 big men to worry about, one of which is injured, and it doesn't look like their guards are too dangerous. On the other hand, America seems to have a strong set of guards AND big men, so America should be fine no matter what strategy we need to use. Obviously I can't decide who I would start etc because I can't see the skills of our players, However as for our strategy, I would honestly just do a simple base offense with man to man defense. Since it is only a scrimmage, it's a perfect opportunity to test out our new roster and see where we stand. We would be able to see our strengths and weaknesses of this seasons teams. As far as GDP goes, I would ask what other people think on the offsite, but personally I would not want to risk it since a new season, new team, calls for new strategies, so it would be very difficult to guess correctly, however I would do research and give it my best prediction.

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