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You're certainly free to vote for him!

However setting a lineup is not the only job that the NT manager has which is pretty much the only thing you need to do for your club team

I may. (Other than a couple of old league rivals who have run in the past, I generally don't vote frequently). I just think the whole "you wouldn’t have made it out of “D5” in my country" argument is exceedingly hollow when you're discussing candidacy for a job that' much more closely parallels the B3 experience than the D5 experience, and doubly so considering what kind of talent it takes to win the former and the exceptional lack of talent that would make it possible to fail at getting out of D5 when that was an option.

Are you sure that's not a minor issue for some1 whose been their???

Got my vote

Here’s my questions to all.

1) as NT manager what do you do when it’s a crucial game and all of the best players are in poor GS because all of their managers played them 90+ minutes the previous week?

2) What do you do when you have a few managers at NBBA level that think they know best and believe you should do a certain tactic however it continuously fails because truly there aren’t enough players built for it in our pipeline ( that sustain good GS).

3) What do you do when you know you are overly matched but all the fellow Americans continue to believe we have the best team and can beat everyone?

4) What do you do when you look into the pipeline and see that we only have a few great players compared to a whole team of great players for the other NTs?


Last edited by Isaiah at 1/8/2018 9:41:03 PM

The idea of voting for a foreigner is anathema to me, but I’m voting for Sahand for the following reasons.

1. He’s a winner. He’s won every championship imaginable with NT-level players, which implies quite a few things about GE knowledge, player builds, etc.
2. He’s the only person running who is capable of owning an NT player, salary-wise. That may seem like a small deal, but it’s important for there to be at least a small group of owners willing to purchase American NT players for GS purposes, including the US manager.
3. He’ll command instant respect from anyone in the world who owns our NT players, due to his prestige.

To win at the national level, you need a small group of owners at the D1 and D2 levels who are committed to training MVP and HOF prospects from 22 to 26-27. When we were at our peak, Coco, Brian, Wozz, and a handful of others were doing just that. Bringing the forum back to life will do nothing for the NT. Discord is worthless. No one running has articulated anything remotely close to a step by step process to rebuild prominence.

Thus, I’m voting for Sahand.

1),2),3),4). I am guessing these are the worst case scenarios. All are tricky points of contention for those who wish to be in contention.

1) you dress the guys who you must have, consequences be damned. But this would be where I would look at the bench and in the pipeline to see who's GS and DMI suggest who might be able to rise to the occasion and for your Mainstays who are to not be as effective as they might you use them in a reserve role to maximize their efficiency. If this means taking an enthusiasm drop in order to field the best team possible then this is just the way it must be.

2) God could come down himself with tactical advice. But if it is not tenable then you have to go with your gut.

3) look for a weakness and work with the community's to figure out a way to exploit those shortcomings.

4) if life gives you lemons you make lemonade

Last edited by Coach Lambini at 1/8/2018 11:29:18 PM

DMI is basically Buzzer beater IQ equivalent it has nothing to do with gameplay just how the engine rolls the dice.