Hi Kennet,
Thank you for your question! This is definitely going to be more than a 4 seasons project it seems like, I am saying this because I was lucky to inherit a USA U21 team back in S50 where some managers have already devoted their time 4 seasons prior to that S50 Americas' season.
Here is the recap of my previous run as the USA U21 manager:
S50 - Americas Gold (
https://www.buzzerbeater.com/match/56876/boxscore.aspx)
S51 - Worlds Semi Finalist, lost due to PON vs POCT (
https://www.buzzerbeater.com/match/57980/boxscore.aspx)
S52 - Americas Gold (
https://www.buzzerbeater.com/match/59318/boxscore.aspx)
S53 - Worlds Silver, lost against a generational Italian C (
https://www.buzzerbeater.com/match/60455/boxscore.aspx)
S54 - Americas Semi Finalist, lost due to GS issues on our bigs (
https://www.buzzerbeater.com/match/61687/boxscore.aspx)
S55 - Worlds Consolation, effort TIE vs CT (
https://www.buzzerbeater.com/match/62764/boxscore.aspx)
To summarize my tenure as a U21 coach, similarly, I was too confident in some games where I believe in my players too much, and I thought we could advance with less effort. We did make decisions together as a community but as the head coach, I will take the full responsibility for missing out on some crucial games. With that being said, I shall manage the enthusiasm better when is required, to ensure we get to the next stage before worrying about the tactics.
On top of the support that you guys are willing to provide, I have aligned about 5-6 experienced US managers who are willing to train, that's about 5-10 players more in the depth chart give or take. I would assume the first two seasons are going to be experimental where we establish our ways to communicate with each other and share information.
We are going to bring some unorthodox builds to the table in comparison to the cookie cutter builds where we have seen around the world, that way we can respond to different tactics that are being thrown at us.
Last edited by GForce03 at 7/29/2022 8:52:38 PM