exactly. and juice has alot of experience getting us to the semis, but has shown no ability to get us past that round.
i think specifics for increasing fan participation have to do more with personality than anything else. i'd take a polarizing manager who made crazy proclamations and antagonized opponents greatly and had the whole world talking, as long as they had the skill to back it up. much more exciting than our usual boring exit in the semifinals which we seem to have mastered.
i am not saying i would do that, but i offer something different
as far as my specific strategies, its different from game to game.
i have offered a few specifics, such as FCP more against weak teams and possibly base offense more against strong teams, but those are tactics.things like player selection in games 11 weeks ago are really almost too minute to bicker over. juice clearly has an information edge over me as well. he might know that our top sg really is only 1 week from popping in both outside d and jump range, where i might not know that this minute and bench that player for someone thats weaker.
so in terms of nitty gritty, of course i cant tell you exactly what i'd do. but i am quite sure i view the game differently than almost anyone. i would be happy to share with anyone that wanted to see it the earliest version of an excel spreadsheet i ran that attempted to rate all the players by position at base offense. pop in the abilitiy levels and you got a 0-100 scale on talent (absurdo players could theoretically score higher than 100, but as a reference, colin harrell scored 96 as a sg at the time of his selling, and whittington was a 94 at pg) my best pg (greer) grades out as a 88 PG and 92 sg (i still prefer him at pg)
and yes, while things like funerals, and weddings will always come first in my life, i still think im motivated, motivated to answer questions from rookies or vets and treat them with respect all teh same
lastly, and i dont mean to demean you, but the difference between a good and great manager in this game is usually minor details. i have been pilloried for setting a patient lineup (one i set too far in advance and couldnt change) because i didnt think i could win a game, without looking to see that UH Rojos was safe in their spot and would also TIE me (i thought they would normal to go for 1 seed last season)
there is no magic formula to being a great manager. each game has 10-12 decisions to make, and they all relate, and the errors dont always show, but you have to get it right more often than the other guys to maximize your chances.
I have different ideas on alot of strategy compared to juice, but thats for you to figure out.
Thats like a politician saying I have lots of great ideas to fix the economy but I'm not going to tell you you have to guess yourself. Gunner from ready all your threads I haven't seen anything new or ingenious that your planning on doing. With out new ideas or an obvious increase in motivation (which we've seen quite the opposite of from you), leaves us only to pick on experience.