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There it is, my first win as Scotland NT-Manager. (60886)

Lyle leading the way, again! He's impressive. And great that we've reached an agreement regarding his training. Spens with a great game as well, David Doles with a double-double. But I guess it's going to be Doles last season due to skilldrops. It was definitely Charles MacGillonie's last game. I'll keep an eye on the other players, some of them have changed teams so it's not clear if their gameshape is managed well. But I sure hope that'll be the case ...

As for the others: all of them with pretty good or at least solid games! Boyd needs some more work though. He's not exactly a C but should at least aim for two digits in his ratings at every position ... but he'll get there, I'm sure!

So, first two games are out. Brasil is impossible to win, Paraguay almost impossible, despite us playing at home and being ranked higher. We‘ll need perfect GS next friday, so everybody please manage the minutes well!

The first 11.5 players are also nominated for this season. Tavish might not get sold, them he‘s sure to play on monday. If he does get sold, I will first have a look what his new manager is like and see if he manages GS well....let‘s see if we can snatch a win in an official game this season and not just in a scrimmage. But the team does look promising, especially for the next few seasons to come, so watch out, TRUF. You’ll be expected to win the european tournament soon, I guess (ok...just a bit kidding...^^)

Have a great season everyone!!

Alexis, we are closely following your work and wish you a successful season.
I also want to find out why the player was not called to the first match
MacArthur (44588258)

Alexis, we are closely following your work and wish you a successful season.
I also want to find out why the player was not called to the first match
MacArthur (44588258)

With the first match you mean today or last week? You might have missed it, but I wrote:

Tavish might not get sold, them he‘s sure to play on monday. If he does get sold, I will first have a look what his new manager is like and see if he manages GS well...

I will call him today, even though he might get sold later during the season which is not great because of the GS-drop. But I'll have to deal with that when that's the case, not before. But I didn't nominate him yesterday because IF he got sold, his gameshape would have been screwed for todays game. And when I nominate him, I can't fire him if his new manager doesn't manage his GS well. Those were my thoughts.

Well, I took a gamble, playing LI because I expected them to play a 3-2 zone defense. Let‘s just hope that more effort and home court advantage will be enough for us to beat Paraguay who have a better team than us. (For now, we‘re definitely on the right track.)

Having doles injured after 6 minutes doesn’t bode too well. Our best inside shooter and the tactic was supposed to use his experience and offensive skills....at least MacKersey had an ID-Up, so the defense might not be too damaged. But on the offensive side I‘m hoping someone else will pick up the reins and keep us on track...

There it is, my first win in an "official" match as Scotland's NT Manager! Everything worked out pretty well, despite David Doles injury and also despite Lyle not playing a single minute (which was not intended, he was supposed to be a substitute at SG ... but since MacShimes is great for LI (and will become even better suited the more his training advances), that's ok. I'm just sorry that Lyle couldn't continue to add points in order to stay competitive for the top leading scorer this season. But he'll have plenty of time in the next couple of games.

MacKersey did a great job substituting Doles with 15 boards and 11 points for a double-double. Spens had a great game with high scoring percentage despite only arriving with gameshape 6. But that his manager Gaahlpest acquired a sports psychologist and will now set the lineups in advance to prevent Spens from playing more than 100 minutes a week. This week also was great, we had 5 green arrows (and two more in FT). Doles had a down, but if we continue like this, the team will improve a lot during the season.

Thanks for helping me achieve the transformation of the NT ... and have a good week!

We were very lucky with the draw.
It is very likely that this will not be the last win of the season.

Well, the draw is pretty good. But last season we also had a game that we could have won an didn’t. Therefore I won’t promise anything. But sure, every win I can collect is great and very welcome.

Great job, coach!

well done!