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Is he pulling a Tony Larussa? Interesting...

Who is running?

Magiker is the only one to declare so far.

Panic and smallfrie are running too.

Correct I'm bowing out. And lets be real, Tony La Russa is doing a Rambo, I started it.

BUT Larussa has 3 World Series....

Bowing out after two seasons? I don't want to pry, but what is behind this decision? Just want to give another guy a shot?

Hello everybody, I'm looking for a manager that want to take part in the Spanish National Team as a worker in my staff. He will be in charge of the relation with the USA coaches, in terms of helping with the trainings, answering questions or making threads for us. Please let me know

*Throws Hat in Ring*

Burned out and need about 14 weeks off to work on some RL shit. Year End is never a fun time in my life.

I thought about running again since I already had my system down and the pipeline looks really good but in the end I think we'll be in capable hands.

Well congrats on a very successful, although short, term. You will be missed, but I do agree there are a few capable managers. We'll be okay as long as I don't run.

So we won gold last season. Question to the candidates, how do you plan on improving on gold? Could we have done better last term? Platinum?

Seriously though, I believe no country has gone back to back in the history of U21, but some teams have established themselves as perennial Worlds contenders. Do you think we are part of this group now, and if no, would you change anything about the system we have in place to help us get there? Mainly wondering what you think of the pipeline tracking Rambo set up, the way we do domestic scouting, mentoring, etc.

Also Rambo has only an 83% approval rating after winning gold? I still disapprove of his performance. Our gold wasn't gold enough. What can we do to build the community more and get Rambo's approval rating to where it belongs (40%ish)?

Oriole, my question to you stems from something that peaked my interest from your speech. You talk about preferring "niche" players over higher salaried "most talented" players. While I agree that certain players fit certain offensive styles, I do feel like at the U21 level it is very hard to be able to utilize this in multiple offenses. In the beginning you on average will have 10-12 players start on the roster. The GS varies and it's hard to fit a bunch of niche players in your roster that are in good GS. Say you decide to roll the dice and start with 16 players and save 2 callups. Then you have already sold out to the fact that these main 16 guys are what you are taking your chances with and crossing fingers on GS and training. In my opinion Poland lost the U21 final partially because of the fact they dropped 4 players throughout the tournament hurting enthusiasm. So since that is bad strategy, I guess what I am leading up to is A.) How do you deploy this strategy with the limited number of roster space? (what will be your strategy for this) and B.) Will you only be looking for niche players that fit one style of offense and make our team really good at that one style?

Not doubting the merit of the strategy. I am just intrigued by that part of your speech and am interested in the answer.