So, a quick recap of things to take care of when just starting out:
1) Determine what you want to train: bigs vs guards, 1 vs 2 position
2) Figure out who your trainees are: guys 'born' on your team, any extra guys you need to buy
3) Figure out who is worth keeping on your team: these guys will be similar to the sort of guys mentioned earlier that you will be looking to buy on the TL if you need to pick up any non-trainees---> 'average-respectable' in the main skills, not terrible secondary skills
4) Look for bargains to fill in any holes in the non-training positions on your roster.
5) Fire/sell all the extra guys on your roster who won't be getting any minutes
6) Improve your staff: 'advanced' trainer, 'competent' PR/doctor
7) Have a plan for what you're training each week and try to follow it
8) Make sure you are scouting 10k-20k each week
9) Improve your arena gradually (as you are able): don't overbuild but don't totally neglect it either. Look at other people's teams and get an idea for what is possible and what is not enough/too much. Set a goal for where you want to be when you promote.
10) Manage your effort, enthusiasm, and tactics to win games.
Following these steps and spending time reading up in the forums/game manual will help give you the foundation you need to get started so that you don't feel lost/overwhelmed, and then it becomes easier to slowly develop your team and your ideas about how you want to build your team, what works for you, etc. There is a ton more to learn about training, tactics, etc. but hopefully this helps things go more smoothly in the beginning. Good luck!
Last edited by J-Slo at 3/22/2010 12:23:20 PM