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I think Dlight would be a great coach for the South African NT. But, he should answer some questions:

What would you have done differently this past NT campaign?
How do you plan on getting SA owners to participate more in the NT?
How do you plan on getting more users from SA involved in BB?

Other candidates, you can answer those questions, as well as these:

What qualifies you to run the South African NT?
What particular experience in the Italian V or IV leagues prepares you to continue the development of South African NT player talent?

Last edited by MagicMan at 5/8/2008 8:11:25 PM

thx gerrtv for the confidence and yes i have lots of questions to answer i'll start with yours:

1. The first thing that comes in mind that the previous NT coach didn't do was to constantly send messages the the SA player owners, what are they training, training individual/ 2 positions/ 3 positions/ hole team, the level of the trainer constanly see if the players are improving and try to convince the owners to train them if they stopped. As for the team it really developed good from a bunch of old guys with respectable at most to youngster with 10 000$ salary. Also there arent enough center/pf trainers besides TopCat. As you all know centers and after that pf are the fastest growing players with the top salarys which in our NT roster doesnt show so i would ask on other countrys if they want to train C/PF from SA and promise them if they keep up the good work they will be in SA team in no time.

2. We must stick together i know the old mates preatty well so im sure they would answer when i'll ask for their help. As for the new ones i've send some messages but no response...something if fishy around here i'll keep sending them messages..other than that i really donno. Could use some advices myself here too...

3. I'm gonna go to some games forums and post there were they can find this game and hopefully submit new players, also i'll tell the guys with whom i go play basketball about this. There are other methods like flyers but thats kinda last resort.

If anybody has other questions feel free to ask i'll try to answer asap also i log into this game atlest 2 times a day spending more then 30 min so i think the answer will come quick.

Cheers!

I also would like to answer your questions...

I know that's not easy to get a strong NT but I think I could do a good job, I will try to communicate more as possible with SA coaches. I will prepare specifics trainings for each player of SA NT and for whom will be part of them.

I've already taken a look of SA NT and of new players coming form the draft and in my project the NT will be formed by a mix of young player and player who already are in the NT.

You said I'm in the IV league..yes it's correct, it's not one of the best but I think even if it's only a season I've been playing I have the necessary knowledge to be a good coach.

Don't hesitate doing more questions...
I will proud to answer all of yours.

Greetings

In light of my recent addition to the race I will submit responses to the questions posed.

1. What would you do differently this past NT compaign?
I do not wish to belittle anything you accomplished this season gerrtv90, nor do I want to speculate on your thought process or decision making. As a 31st ranking is nothing to scoff at I would only look to build off your accomplishments. I will say that in the future I hope to win all the games we should win. I know this sounds simple and meaningless, but although we don't gain a whole lot of respect for beating someone like Cyprus, we lose a whole lot from losing to someone like Prathet Thai. It will be tough to win against the heavyweights like USA and Italy and obviously we should try in every game, but if it is a losing cause I want to at least seal up the victories that we should collect.

2. How do you plan on getting SA owners to participate more in the NT?
I would like to personally greet every member of the South African league (5 leagues I believe, not sure how many are bots at this point). Obviously, I can't make them participate, but as I described in my speech, I would welcome any extra insight and participation. I would also hope to seek help any support from members outside of South Africa in order to maximize our potential.

I will answer the remaining questions and any additional questions later.

Thanks!

3. How do you plan on getting more users from SA involved in BB?
Obviously this is my greatest deficiency. I neither know anyone from South Africa nor do I have any way of meeting people from there. I do not believe this is a large problem however because I think we have enough players to be competitive.

4. What qualifies you to run the South African NT? What particular experience in the Italian V or IV leagues prepares you to continue the development of South African NT player talent?
Being completely honest, I don't think there is anything particular about any country that makes it harder or easier than the next country. Some are on a larger scale but you are basically instituting the same policies no matter where you are coaching. I think my biggest attribute will be rebuilding the team and focusing on training and developing. As mentioned before, I think I have come up with some astute ways of quantitatively measuring who will be the best player for each individual situation. I think this is where I can help the most. I think in order to stay competitive in each game you have to pay attention to details and feel what you think your opponent will choose to do next. As a newer member I think I have already learned a lot about turning around and rebuilding a team as I took a hopeless last place team destined to be relegated and returned to USA D.III the next season. Given enough time I think I can enact similar results as the National Team coach.

Thanks!

Let me start this message giving my thanks to gerrtv for his great job as NT coach and excusing me for my terrible english.

As a SA player owner, I disagree with you about the communication NT-manager.
imho it was what it had to be, although is possible a specialized scouting team did a better job by following the SA players evolution.

But I'm writing this message because I'd like to make you a question as a NT candidate:
I'm training nowadays Uuka Moloa (21y) in jump shot, what did you tell me if I considerate changing his training to Inside Shot?

Hi everybody friends....

I'm a candidate for national trainer, but the frist of all it's a question that I hope you can answer.

Why the actual national trainer have only 17% of popularity....¿?¿? He did something bad or is the people who want to be the new national trainer who voted against to him....
:-¿

Greetings.

Raúl.

While I'd love to hear the answers to that question, I don't think it should be the focus of this thread.

Why don't you answer my questions above?

Also, for all of the candidates:

Without goals, your campaign could appear like a ship without a rudder. So, what are your top three goals for the South African NT if you are to be elected? Please explain your reasoning.

Last edited by MagicMan at 5/10/2008 4:41:34 PM

Without goals, your campaign could appear like a ship without a rudder. So, what are your top three goals for the South African NT if you are to be elected? Please explain your reasoning.

I don't understand what want you say with goals..., I don't understand your sentence or question....
Very sorry.

Greetings.

If I will be elected I only promise that work very hard for up the national team to the better level that is possible, I understand that is difficult but maybe can try it.

Raúl.