The second player is in fact an allstar with roughly 80K$ of cap, but probably you'll get tired with his growth speed well before reaching the cap. However, in terms of height and skills, is the first that should be trained.
About training program, I fully agree on monorole training, but with changes.
1) start with defense first. It is slower than shooting, that can also be trained in a variety of ways. Training more than one player mono role (I strongly recommend 3 with 48' per each per match in usual mono-schema) means that you need some room to add birole trainings at end of season: monorole typically pushes high minutes per week, and as a result 7-low 8 in gameshape, not good for post season (48' in mono spot + 35' in the other spot, as PG/SG or C/PF = 83'). I usually do so.
2) better balance trainings over single season: I love strong defense, but a pure defender is useful to do...nothing. Even a solid shooter (I can still remember my Scuderi, first team, I trained Js to 9, but had 4 in OD: 35 points scored vs 65 opponent's ^^).
3) never ever SB. SB increases salary, grows fast as secondary, and is a SECONDARY skill in a tall man. The price-results effect was observed on a bunch of Italian players over seasons, and at the result is that SB introduces some advantages but at a very high cost, especially for a young player. With a star potential, the result could be to have lower primaries with minimal advantage.
Keng could follow a path like this:
Season 1: ID +4 (7 weeks not too optimistically) with SB +1 as effect; IS 4 weeks means +2/3 (let's say 2), RB 2 weeks (+1), rest with FT/ST. he will end with IS 9 ID 9 RB 7 SB 5
Season 2: ID +2 (4 weeks), IS +3 (6w), RB +3 (5w). he will end with IS 12 ID 11 RB 9 SB 5.8
Season 3: ID +2 (5 weeks), IS +2 (6w), RB +2 (4w). he will end with IS 14 ID 13 RB 11 SB 6
We can argue about balancing over time, as decimals, injuries, or team needs can change slightly things. You could decide t have more IS or ID or RB, but this is fine tuning (if player is fouly you should increase ID).
Salary can be estimated, at current cost structure, and excluding approximation of secondaries for simplicity's sake, as:
Now: 3.6K$
Begin Season 15: 10K$
S16: 26K$
S17: 56K$ (star cap is about 40K$)
in other words, this player will NOT achieve that level: not a surprise, this is exactly why in Italy we don't have U21 allstar in PF/C. So you should finely tune last season's program according to your preferences (some more IS or ID or RB). It will also depends on potential decimals and skilsl decimals, including secondaries. And SB would just take some precious cap out (better a 7 in SB or a 12 in RB?).
If I would the coach, I would ask my scout to do exactly so: set a basic program, than tune it over the time according to reaction, U21 needs, team's needs, and overall adjustments.
This is a balanced program that makes the player somehow useful soon.
Last edited by GM-BlackMouse at 10/7/2010 2:00:03 PM