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ps Elboss has shared with me the players we have available to us, and I have to be honest, it is alot worse than I expected... Especially the fact that most players are trained in a similar fashion... It leaves for very little tactical room. We should win 2 games, and I will try to win 4. That is the maximum I think anyone would be able to achieve with these group off players...

yup. i am still thinking about doing that. Not so much 18 year olds but mostly 19 year olds. I would do this in the second season, not in the first one. I havent looked at all players yet, but I think there are quite a few players that are 19 and that are better than 20 year old players, or they will be alot better at 20 than the 20 year old one is now. I have had a look at the drafts for the EBBL for season 6.7.8. And like 10 players from the 144 players drafted are being trained... And when I say ten that is alot... :( Like you said yourself. A 19 year old player that is being trained is more valuable than a 20 year old player... Why not give the 19 year old player the experience for playing so we can use him when he is 20 or 21 than use a 20 year old player that isnt be trained and will be useless once he is 21???

that is something I am more than happy to discuss, but I have had a look at the NT too. These players are so much better than the U21 team and from the list you have given me, I doubt more than 5 will get into the NT within the next few seasons and if they do, they wont be much better than what you have now... So why not groom some players that might come 1 or 2 seasons later in the NT but that are better than the current NT players??

probably. but I need to think about succes for the U21 team too. if the community is happy I work as a "farm" team for the NT I am more than happy to do that. but I am afraid I will be judged for results I have with the U21 team and not for how great players I get ready for the NT... And I think the way I want to follow, like you say yourself a player would be rdy for the NT at 23 or 24 at the latest. The players you have now, will last surely for many more seasons too come and are properly trained and are hopefully still trained not?

yes, i didnt say 10 in total, 10 every season. means 20 players in 2 seasons time that are 20 and 21. and than every season get 10 more that would be a start. Off course you want to have plenty off players to pick from, but that is never going to happen. I talked to one or 2 other smaller basketball countries and even noticed in the USA U21 debate the BB developer charles said that the USA is behind china, italy or germany for example when it comes to enthusiasm on the forums and for support to their national teams. we have to start somewhere. and 10 would do me for now. Now I have only 7 or 8...