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To JuicePats, based on experience and success you're going to be a frontrunner for NT. So based on your team's history, what's up with those cup runs the last couple seasons?

I'm willing to help with scouting/organization w/ whoever ends up NT manager.

To JuicePats, based on experience and success you're going to be a frontrunner for NT. So based on your team's history, what's up with those cup runs the last couple seasons?

I've been concentrating on League these first couple of seasons.

I do hope to start making deeper Cup runs starting this year, but to also be able to do so without compromising my team's PTW.

I do suppose that it's a positive that I've been able to achieve the kind of success I've been experiencing without the financial windfall from a deep Cup run that my main competition has enjoyed - the Cup finalists were both in my conference of the NBBA.

To nickfox45:

With BB being so young and the US not having the largest userbase, how do you, if elected, plan on putting the USNT a step above the competition?

Thanks for the question, I'll respond with two points.

1. With what I can see from a quick perusal, I believe the USA is one of the larger userbases in BB right now, surpassed in great number only by Italy (with nearly twice the users). This being the case, I think this gives the USA an advantage over most countries based on sheer numbers, as we'll have more players to choose from. However, for the sake of argument, let's assume this is not the case, and the USA has less users than most countries...

2. User base helps, but it's really all about promoting the NT within the USA community and educating users on how to best train high-level players that will benefit both the NT and their club team. This starts with helping new users get a training program going, and having good communication with the user base on what players are in the pipeline.

I saw too often in HT how in order to own a NT player, you had to sacrifice the success of your club team. This turned many people off to the thought of ever owning a NT player, because they'd have to bankrupt their team to own one, but I think we can avoid that in BB by training well-rounded players that will have manageable salaries.

Right now it's hard to say how high salaries will get, since not many people have players with those kind of skill levels. What I can say for certain is that the BBs have put a huge emphasis on training well-rounded players, and I think that is the way to go at both the club and NT level, not only for success on the court, but for success among our user base.

Salisbury Auerbachs Fort Worth Flyers 140 - 161
Fort Worth Flyers Salisbury Auerbachs 104 - 127
Fort Worth Flyers Salisbury Auerbachs 103 - 101
Salisbury Auerbachs Fort Worth Flyers 106 - 132
Salisbury Auerbachs Fort Worth Flyers 99 - 80

Some good games there, your good, but i am better! haha jk :D good luck with the election.

first of all, you started in the NBBA. I did aswell. I know how easy it is to stay there. All you have to do is be semi-active and you will win. Eventually it will get harder and more competitive but being in the NBBA does not mean your an elite team. If you look at your cup runs:


In season 1, Salisbury Auerbachs were one of the final 1024 teams in the Cup.
In season 2, Salisbury Auerbachs were one of the final 512 teams in the Cup.

Both seasons you were one of the first NBBA team knocked out of the Cup.

Do i think your a good team? Yes i enjoy our games, i love playing your team. I consider you my favorite rival, you and Stogey. I know your good, but i dont know about the best choice for the USA NT Coach.

i think #2 is your strongest point, but then again anyone that is elected should be doing this. I am the Trinidad and Tobago NT Coach in HT. I know how to run a NT and i know what kind of scouting sytem is needed. Basicly all you need to do is be active, you got that covered.

Do i think you will be a good NT Coach? Yes, but as an USA manager i want the best manager to be the coach of the best country. I do not think your the best. I think you will be good part of the USA NT system helping out alot but for me, i think LCD316 or stogey should be coach. since stogey hasnt registered for NT coach, i vote for LCD316.

first of all, you started in the NBBA. I did aswell. I know how easy it is to stay there. All you have to do is be semi-active and you will win. Eventually it will get harder and more competitive but being in the NBBA does not mean your an elite team. If you look at your cup runs:


In season 1, Salisbury Auerbachs were one of the final 1024 teams in the Cup.
In season 2, Salisbury Auerbachs were one of the final 512 teams in the Cup.

Both seasons you were one of the first NBBA team knocked out of the Cup.

As I stated earlier, I didn't concentrate on the Cup at all, I concentrated on the League. Being KO'ed from a competition you're not really concerned about is pretty irrelevant.

i think #2 is your strongest point, but then again anyone that is elected should be doing this. I am the Trinidad and Tobago NT Coach in HT. I know how to run a NT and i know what kind of scouting sytem is needed. Basicly all you need to do is be active, you got that covered.

I feel that my experience in implementing a training regimen is key to my success, and being able to impart that to the USA community is one of the most important planks in my platform.

Besides helping the USA NT with getting their players optimal training, having optimal training set up for ALL USA users can only help those users also. Not every team will have an NT player, obviously, but every team can benefit from optimal training.

Yes, but as an USA manager i want the best manager to be the coach of the best country. I do not think your the best. I think you will be good part of the USA NT system helping out alot but for me, i think LCD316 or stogey should be coach. since stogey hasnt registered for NT coach, i vote for LCD316.

I'm very interested to hear what LCD316 has to say about their thought and ideas on how to run the NT. In fact, I'd like to hear from ANYONE else.

I too would like to hear from the other potential NT coaches. there are sure a lot of names in the dropdown list, but only two so far have been bothered to post anything....

I was going to put together a more complete set of reasons why I should be NT coach, but they all center around the fact that I'm f-ing awesome. So, ya know, vote for me because I'm f-ing awesome.

I was going to put together a more complete set of reasons why I should be NT coach, but they all center around the fact that I'm f-ing awesome. So, ya know, vote for me because I'm f-ing awesome.

Well. There we have it. Succinct, yet elaborate.

Yes I want to hear from the other candidates..

In the meantime, here's what I am looking for in out First National Team Head Coach:

1. A winner - exceptional win-loss record preferably with rings.
2. A tactician - most teams will probably be at around the same strength so tactics will decide games. What offensive/defensive sets are we going to play? What attributes are important at each position? Why will that give us our best chance of winning?
3. A veteran - we need someone who can hit the ground running. We have an advantage over majority of teams since our league is one of the oldest (meaning we have better players coz we are 1 or 2 seasons ahead in training). Our NT coach should be able to use this to his advantage.
4. A great trainer - We should maintain or even increase our advantage in player talent.

Go Team USA!