Expect to spend a year in the game before your team is ready to be competitive without sacrificing its future
Which my first season in division 4 I was disappointed toss my cup game to focus on relegation series and rebuild my team to the youngest in my league. So far I have only one player from division 5 that stayed on my team he gets 10 rebound a game every so often. I have consistently maintain a competitive team from day one in division 4. I was in the 4th spot last season I met my goal and made the three spot this season. Now my goal is 3 or higher more preferably 2 or higher in my division my side of the conference. I know I can beat the 2nd team Dinkle Smurfs in my league playoffs if he continues to play base offense man to man. My team is only going to get better each season and salary is going to go higher. Plus I am about finish with my lower tier/luxury boxes. My next goal for the team is to complete lower tier to 500 seats and then work on bleachers and courtside seats. Like you said before finish higher priced seats first then go build lower price seats.
Heading on the right path so far. Are you?