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it totally amazes me how some people dont read the whole message but are so selective and only read what they want to read. first off all I never said this, that he shouldnt train the player just because he isnt EBBL standard

Then i must point out the irony of your comments based on the fact you didn't look to see who I was actually replying to?

From - Adz (Giants)
To: HoF - Elmacca

And yes he said he wouldn't be a good mid level div 2 player, yet here we have a new player we can bring into the community and help him learn how to play the game properly without any problems we had, yet we have experienced players encouraging teams not to train based on the player not being worthy in their league! It sucks.

This is a player who at least can be a worthy starting slot in an rising team, i dont see many 50000+ pf in my league, really we should be telling this guy to look for another worthy 18/19 C level 7 + prospects with this skillset and train them together, advise him on the merchandise benefit of training your own draft picks, why you need a good coach, etc.

Astragoth, the comment 'elite' wasn't directed towards you, but it says a lot about a man who hears the word 'elite' and then embarks on a paragraph defining description of himself, before commenting on why others have problems. I would describe you as a guy who likes having petty arguments on forums. Elite? don't make me laugh!

Eminence, that is the kind of response that stops you being a great u21 manager.

Comments like this are counter productive my friend, regardless of your experience and undoubted quality team.

Elitism? That comment says more about you than me.

The comment was 'elite', referring to your current status of rank, nothing more dude, i never said the word 'elitism', you are taking this in the wrong context of what was meant.

The point i was making is that you are looking from your point of view based on your ebbl contender role, this guy's trying to promote from div 3!

Last edited by Adz (Giants) at 2/13/2012 9:24:26 AM

I would describe you as a guy who likes having petty arguments on forums.

you are right, it isnt worth it talking to people who make discussions on the forums personal.

And we have an official decision :) We can all calm down now and enjoy our game in a little under 4 hours, hope to see you all there.

Fine. You're incorrect in your assumption on my perspective though, although I can see why you made it.
It's all to do with promotion strategies. Training a club-drafted player who will give you a merchandising edge through representing the NT/U21s is good strategy. If they aren't good enough to either make the NT or be a star player for your club at the end of their training, you'd be better off forgetting you drafted them and simply going on the Market to find a trainee that's the best fit for your training strategy.
Hence, my advice is that this was a player best sold.
Fluff is right, he could be trained into a half decent centre - but other than the thrill of it being a draftee - it's not the smart move.

P.S. Sell and buy back is a smart strategy if you have your club set up well enough to generate the cash to pay a short-term premium on the buyback transfer fee!

Eminence, that is the kind of response that stops you being a great u21 manager.

Comments like this are counter productive my friend, regardless of your experience

Ah yes, the difference between a good and a great manager. On reflection, I'd have been better BB-Mailing Eminence rather than rebuking him pubically. In the context of how long I've known him for on here, it's not as rude as it looks. Honest.

Last edited by Elmacca at 2/13/2012 11:56:31 AM

Do you go through draft and make some kind of list of potential players ?
i`m just curious .and a bit lazy to go through all posts

Kind of, we formerly used BB-stats to go through and find/contact potential players, now I use the US salary database as it weeds out players on bot teams for me. If you'd like I could post the list of top prospects here :)

Kind of, we formerly used BB-stats to go through and find/contact potential players, now I use the US salary database as it weeds out players on bot teams for me. If you'd like I could post the list of top prospects here

it means the database shows you all drafties ?:D

Great HoF Shooting Guard falls into hands of active manager. Hopefully he doesn't have a glaring weakness.

Martin Spellacy (24034529)
Owner: United Square
Shooting Guard
Weekly salary: $ 5 374
Role: draws a paycheck
(BuzzerBeta)

DMI: 0
Age: 18
Height: 6'1" / 185 cm
Potential: hall of famer
Game Shape: respectable

don't worry. I'm hands full on him now.

Jump Shot: average Jump Range: respectable
Outside Def.: average Handling: mediocre ↑
Driving: respectable Passing: pitiful
Inside Shot: average Inside Def.: awful
Rebounding: average Shot Blocking: average
Stamina: mediocre Free Throw: respectable

Experience: atrocious