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Now you are being petty. In spite of my disagreements with you over alot of things, i always thought you were at least a decent guy in hattrick and here.

How do you figure I'm being petty?

As for the infamous patient offense game, i had no intention of winning the game.

An important part of NT play, given the small number of games in a given round, is to be able to effectively judge whether or not you can win a game, or whether or not you need to win a game.

The 1st Round of the Worlds played out perfectly in that regard:

- Loss to Australia

- Must win against Italy, played a CT and won by 2

- Punted game against Iran as it was not a game that would determine advancement or any 2nd round records

- Beat Morocco on an obvious TIE

- Beat Germany with a Normal and a 2-3 Zone (against advice of many - one of the few times I've done that but I felt was absolutely necessary, and it was) to ensure a 2-1 record for the beginning of the 2nd round. A loss there and the subsequent events leaves us out of the semis.

Also, our last 2nd round game against Argentina was essentially a must-win, but we were able to TIE comfortably.

Would you be able to read the situation for 4-5 games and and possibly beyond and adapt each game plan to that, while adjusting on the fly as other games affect the needs of the USA?

lastly, the south americans being the incident where you gt baited because they beat you with a foolish CT.

Who? Do they even exist? I have no idea who this team is, but I remember about 50 seasons ago when Brazil actually mattered. Maybe this has to do with that, perhaps?

as for the activity, make it more exciting, be bolder in statements and trashtalk to the other teams. get all the managers involved. find translators to see what they are posting in the italian forums, etc etc

Although I prefer the more subtle route (as referenced a few times in this debate with a team in South America that used to be relevant), I'm not a prude either:

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find translators to see what they are posting in the italian forums

We do that already, especially in Italy, as our U21 coach is a native Italian speaker.

Thank you for the interesting question? over the past couple of seasons, one thing that affected the outcome of our team were injuries, which unfortunatley happened to our best players. I now have a great understanding of this game, and im pretty positive in what im doing for my team, within a week I'm making extremley big moves that will take my team to the top,and also i beleieve we will be a power house. Also I believe my dedication to this game will take Team USA to the top

Last edited by Shot City at 6/5/2009 6:14:00 PM

You only answered one of my questions. To be a good national team manager you need more than just dedication. Also I looked at your roster and you said you have good players, but the biggest salary was around 6k. That doesn't seem that good for going into your 3rd and a half season. By my first full season I had guys that I trained who were almost 10k salary. You also have no evidence that you should be a power house and as someone else asked, what are the big changes you are going to make?
Thank you
TJ

Question for the candidates...

I've noticed that the stamina values for some NT/U-21 players varying quite a bit. Is it more important to train these players up in basketball skills or maintain high levels of stamina?

How important is stamina to winning at the elite/NT level?


Steve
Bruins

I don't have any experience with this, but I would say as long as they are trainable, train them. After they reach their skill cap they should train their stamina. That is my personal approach, but I don't have NT experience.