Yeah I agree. I dont spend that much on scoutsexcept for only a couple times. AND Mugs is right. It was torward the end of the season. I sometimes spend an hr on this forum looking over other manager's Q&A's. I have learned a ton and still learn new stuff weekly it seems. I do know one..Build you're main core of like 3guys and build accordingly around them. Don't fall in love with players. I've done it before and it sucked when I sold them ONLY to get a bigger badder-ass player.
Right now I hope to be set to advance, if not, I am buying a 35k weekly big man and finally sell off 2 or 3 guys to get him.
8 players is a good number and get a couple of scrubs so you can balance out game shape.