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294838.10 in reply to 294838.9
Date: 7/23/2018 2:03:30 PM
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Yes thanks for ur hard work training...

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Date: 7/23/2018 2:03:46 PM
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Yes thanks for ur hard work training...

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Date: 7/23/2018 5:31:32 PM
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There is no such thing as stupid question or wrong opinion! Welcome to the forum and by all means - say what's on your mind

To the candidates:
- how risky will you be with GDP. What are the two most important secondary skills for big men, feel free to separate by the tactic if you believe we have depth for that.

Will you call up BPA or look at age as well.
Are you looking at options of rewarding players that do the best job of training NT prospects by having them play in season ending srimmage(s)?
Prediction contest with the same reward?

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Date: 7/23/2018 8:38:23 PM
Pszczyna Team
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how risky will you be with GDP?

As risky as is necessary. I know that's a bit of a non-answer answer, but GDP usage is a circumstantial thing. If I feel like the team is almost certain to lose against an opponent I'll always gamble on GDP since it's a low risk move that can pay dividends. I'm never playing GDP when we're the heavy favourite and evenly matched games will be determined on a case by case basis..


It was poorly worded question on my part.
I wanted to find out what is your mentality when it comes to maximizing enthusiasm even if you risk taking some possibly unnecessary losses.
When I was NT manager personally had the 'all or nothing' mentality, so under no circumstances did I use approach other than TIE before semifinals, and even during semifinals often took risks (worked beautifully in Americas championships but might have cost us a semifinal of World Champs). Looking for the same in the potential candidates because our players are simply not good enough to go head to head with some national teams under normal circumstances

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Date: 7/24/2018 4:14:23 PM
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(I'm just curious, trying to understand if my way of thinking is flawed)

Last season I was faced with a dilemna for our last U21 game. I TIEd all previous games (which cost us an important victory, but that's another story), but we needed a win (+ a few points) in the last one to make it to the semis. The opposing team had the edge skill-wise, so on equal effort it was pretty much a guaranteed loss.
In the same situation, would you tie that last game, to save enth for the semis/finals, and possibly go home empty handed with a sky-high enthusiasm, or do you crunch that game to ensure a place in the semis and live to see another day?