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279999.5 in reply to 279999.3
Date: 6/6/2016 10:11:35 PM
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And to be even more transparent, I was even on the verge of selecting one of my players (Giulo Cornoldi), that has good GS (the best of any guard in Canada) and skills equivalent to King, with slight better JS/JR and slighty lower inside skills.
He would have been the perfect choice for this game, but I didn't want to be that manager that favors his players.
If he is the best player for the job in a close matchup then yes I will select him, but we did not need him tonight, like I didn't select King or any other "non absolute lock" guards for a game that I knew we would win. At this point of the season it's better to keep spots open if we can.

Last edited by Fwinns at 6/6/2016 10:13:45 PM

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279999.6 in reply to 279999.4
Date: 6/6/2016 11:38:23 PM
Kitakyushu
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Aggressive??? Who got aggresive?
King getting a spot was never an issue. My GS didn't pop off respectable. (BTW..48-65 is the sweet spot on GS) I just thought it was strange to post about the importance of GS and then start guys with bad GS.
Don't you think that sends a confusing message?

BTW.. I grew up in Alaska and lived in Canada for 4 summers while I raced MTBs. I now live in Japan.(I'm a roadie now)
Like I said before. I don't care if my guy makes the team or not. I just want Canada to do well. And I have been playing this gamne since season 7 and was an NT manager for 8 seasons. Was just trying to help. Like the old saying..Actions speak louder than words.....Saying GS is important and then starting guys with bad GS was just strange. And if I saw, I am guessing other managers did to.

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279999.7 in reply to 279999.5
Date: 6/6/2016 11:43:53 PM
Kitakyushu
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And to be even more transparent, I was even on the verge of selecting one of my players (Giulo Cornoldi), that has good GS (the best of any guard in Canada) and skills equivalent to King, with slight better JS/JR and slighty lower inside skills.
He would have been the perfect choice for this game, but I didn't want to be that manager that favors his players.
If he is the best player for the job in a close matchup then yes I will select him, but we did not need him tonight, like I didn't select King or any other "non absolute lock" guards for a game that I knew we would win. At this point of the season it's better to keep spots open if we can.


That is crazy.....WINNING is what matters and if your guy is the best PG in Canada...START HIM!! The popularlity contest finished with the election....now Winning games is your job. I know that if I lived in Canada and Canada was winning, I wouldn't care if one of the starters was your player.
BTW...Good Luck. Was just trying to be helpful with these post.

Last edited by Yellow cake at 6/6/2016 11:45:08 PM

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279999.8 in reply to 279999.7
Date: 6/7/2016 8:00:37 AM
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And winning is what we did, didn't we? I said I would have selected him if it was a close matchup. Yesterday it wasn't.
So now we have a win, AND we have 7 spots left on the team, despite already using 2 to save players from retiring.
There is no guaranty our only two guards with good GS (Cornoldi and Phojun) will keep high GS and stay uninjured all season long, and if the other guards have better GS, they wouldn't even be on the lineup, so I would have wasted 2 roster spots.
Sorry about the aggressive comment, but to me it just seemed that you were just reacting to King's non-selection. I stand by my GS rule, but when you only deal with 6-7 GS, that's pretty obvious a starter will only have average GS.

Last edited by Fwinns at 6/7/2016 8:01:39 AM

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279999.10 in reply to 279999.9
Date: 6/7/2016 12:25:31 PM
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Good effort with all the NT-related things, guys. That goes out to NT/U21 coaches and helpers. Doing well.

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279999.11 in reply to 279999.9
Date: 6/7/2016 1:19:02 PM
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Thanks for the kind words :)

I think only teams that trained GS had a problem (i.e. no effect on GS), but I don't believe that was the case for any of our guards. Poor GS was due to minutes management:
Jarvis - 130min (Beanerz going bot)
Jolly - 97min (his owner didn't have access to a computer before cup game - I checked with him, shouldn't happen again)
Barreiro-Valverde - 75min, average GS is a bit of bad luck, but playing in Naismith has its drawbacks...
Rouillard - 48min, strong GS, lacking quite a bit in skills compared to BV (esp. JS) so only used as a backup despite the stronger GS
King - 48min (bad luck on GS), also lacking in skills compared to Jolly (esp. Pa). With strong GS I would have selected him instead of Jolly, although with the same GS Jolly is superior. Jolly's owner answering to my bb-mail helped me decide.

For optimal GS, 48min is a bit low, closer to 60 is best (sweet spot is 55-65min in my mind)

Last edited by Fwinns at 6/7/2016 1:20:21 PM

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279999.12 in reply to 279999.9
Date: 6/7/2016 2:14:16 PM
Headless Thompson Gunners
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.so trainerman give fwinns a break


Easy Morwood
We are so used to trainerman kicking up a fuss we think every fuss from Japan is him.
Not this time.
This was Yellow Cakes

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279999.13 in reply to 279999.12
Date: 6/7/2016 2:56:41 PM
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Who is trainerman?

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279999.15 in reply to 279999.14
Date: 6/7/2016 5:01:16 PM
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I don't think it is as big a deal with your own player and in a case where it is a game well in hand.

But in the past, I've had disagreements with my player (Sammons) being left off who was substantially better than other bigs that made the team and it resulted in a sour taste in my mouth that had me no longer interested in training Canadian NT players. So these sorts of decisions do have an impact on managers decisions to train/keep good GS for NT players. It is good to maintain that culture of respecting managers that train and keep good GS even if games are in hand, and the merch bonus can be important for managers.

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