yes they are the most competitive. i agree that they will demote shortly after as well just like I did. its because when they get up there, they are at a disadvantage compared to the other division III promoters. Ex: I promoted with -300k becuase my division was that intense. I needed to spend that much money to promote. After the 500k bonus, I only had 200k. Many of the other teams who promoted had close to 1 Mill.
Some of the managers int hat league are some of the most knowledgable.
Rouge et Or, Silver Palominos, DLeague, Squalor, Sierra Madre City, Tribe, and MasSoul are all very strong teams who can reach the finals in most Division III leagues. The Big 8 conference is one of the hardest conferences (probably the hardest) in division III (it was even stronger when I was there). im not saying that there are better team managers in III.8, im just saying that it is bad luck that all those managers in Division III are looking to promote right away, making the league more competitive.
In III.7, there are many good managers but I think only around 3 teams are really looking at promoting this season.
As for my promotion, I promoted too quickly. I think I fared decently well in Division II with the limited resources I had, but my team was just not good or young enough.
As for training, what is your end goal? To make the U21, to have a solid salary-efficient player, to have the satisfaction of being the one to develop your own player? youre doing a good job so far and i think you are a good manager who knows what hes doing
and Finally, I just wanted to share how mad I am at being knocked out of the cup in round 1. I forgot to set my lineup, I would have crunched and with HCA and his starting lineup, Im pretty sure I would have won or at least put up a fight.