Props to you for doing that. My keys are worn out from entering spreadsheet data, but for this it has to be done.
No, I do not update anything on the offsite. It is sad, but seriously, it's a failure. Who reads it? 5 people? 6? The same people every week. Even going back to Kumiko, who really tried to get things going by relentlessly posting on the offsite, no real communication boom or community togetherness ever really happened.
I spend 75% of my time on this entire site 1-on-1 with our U21 trainee managers because that is who is training our players. I could spend 3 hours a week on the offsite, for what?
That's 3 hours lost putting data and team lineups and everything down on a page nobody reads.
That's 3 hours lost not talking directly to people who train our players.
---> some don't need any help and just an update of pops or future skill trainings is in order
---> some have the jist of it, but need a little encouragement or a little finesse in getting more pops by training things in elastic order or organizing their training sched for things like weak/strong opponents or short 2 game weeks
---> some don't have a clue but have really progressed in their training capabilities by asking questions, following advice (which is given best for U21 and best for their team, and they make the final choice)
---> some don't have a clue and will never have a clue, and are encouraged to sell, but rarely do, and MVP/HOF/ATG are wasted far too often
Most weeks I'm even plugging in same lineups for both my club teams and just making sure my Canadian players are getting their minutes at their training positions. Finishing the arena was a huge step, but with transfer list prices through the roof, it's going to take longer than expected to field a team to move up to Naismith with the amount of cash I have. Was mucho easier before!
I even WAAAAAY overbid on our top TSP 18 year old this season (allstar only, but still OK by 21 for U21) because it was against a new team that signed up TWO DAYS before the auction ended. I did not want to see him go to some newb in Lithuania or wherever it was and see a potential top guy for U21 wasted. Project 1a is Watts and project 1b is Curtin.
Again props to you for informing that many managers about GS. For me, I look at the age 20 guys that are ready to promote to the U21 team. If they are not GS 8 or 9 a few weeks into the season, yes, they get GS pointers/reminders/etc. On how GS is important, OD 14 all of a sudden is more like OD 10, and how that awesome player they have can't play or even be put on the team if he's useless with poor GS.
Every 18 year old when drafted got an initial message from me asking for trainer level, understanding of BBs training system (training by position by minutes/single vs double position/GS/DMI/height vs position considerations/season plan/long term plan/etc) and follow up mails were sent as needed.
It's fair to say either of us can do the job right, which is actually good for Canada. You've proven some people wrong with your strong league play and at this point it's in the hands of the voters who they want for the U21 position.