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He is a fluent Japanese speaker who reads and writes the language (not that we need it at this point with all x-pat users) and has been in and out of our NT system for I think 6 seasons now (U-21 stint). He knows our players, our needs, our community.

By this, are you referring specifically to JBBL?

What you said was:

He knows our players, our needs, our community.

So, players - you mean those in the national squad. Needs... I take to be that of the national team? What are you referring to by "community"?

There should be direct communication between the managers of both the U21 team, the National team, and the community they represent. Taiyo tried that via federation, but it fell by the wayside largely because most Japan users don't have supporter.
We need to start to develop our nation, not simply hope that players fall into place.

Last edited by malice at 7/29/2011 1:26:22 AM

Speaking Japanese is well and good, but what good is it when communication between the representative teams and the teams beyond JBBL is pretty much non-existent?
I think there needs to be a greater focus on communication, period. Your list of jobs are - at this point in time - irrelevant, beyond creating some semblance of community within Japan as a whole.

Just to let everybody know, im not opposed to having a foriegn NT manager.

The problem remains, Japan is very skimpy on the Bigs. And of course it doesnt help that Sharman sales Furuzawa before the beginning of the group games.

But, Sharman doesnt have a stellar reputation when it comes to treatment of Japanese NT players. Had Sharman shown stewardship from the beginning, 1) Soichi Hara would be Level 17/18 OD 2) Furuzawa wouldnt have marvelous ID. But Sharman rules Japan with his iron fist until someone can do something about it.

So when i put my hat in the ring, it is because i know the issues that face the NT team. But more over, some managers in Japan need to make a commitment to their japanese draftees/young talent.

Im doing my part with my player on the NT team. Even as a 23 year old, should a new manager come in and see my player, they will have a hard time dismissing him as a backup. If we have 10 managers each with 1 player they train every week, we will end up with a good NT starting 5.

When i look at Furuzawa with marvelous ID, it is symptomatic of the ills that plague the Japanese NT team. Im down to weather the storm until we get some bona fide bigs. And if i am not chosen, i will make sure my guard can hold his own against the look inside happy BB universe.

But to have a good NT team where we are now, we have to find the MVP bigs from this years draft and MAKE SURE they are getting trained properly. Then maybe, Just maybe, we can compete in the Asian championships.

Because the Look insides are coming and in full force.

If you don't own a Japanese NT player then it7s hard to gauge exactly what our trackrecord on communication is.
Actually not owning any NT player makes it hard to know what normal is anyway.

As far as JBBL vs. II.1 We are a 40 user nation. We aren7t talking about JBBl and a larger community outside of it. We are talking about team7s that belong in JBBL, newer teams and teams going bot. Because of the way teh game is set up, as you pointed out, some teams make it to JBBL which wouldn't make it past first round in II.1. This also means taht teams like yours that should ahve a shot at JBBL every season, are stuck in 4th and 5th in II.1 behind 2 or 3 teams taht really belong up here.

IMO the NT coach has no need to contact inactive teams that themselves never post in the forums from division II ,and you would be an example of someone in div II who is not ignored i nanyway. We are just a small community. The solution is to get it bigger.

Say what Wolph? Because I don't own a NT player, I can't tell what communication is like? So... my eyes don't work now?
I read forums. I sometimes read the JBBL ones too, as well as the Nippon forums.
Please Wolph...
There's no networking. There's no sharing of information. There's no plan of attack to get the users we DO have involved in any way, shape or form. There is no sharing of resources and working together.
So please don't point to some mythical levels of communication.

And really? "We're a 40 user nation". What a load of tripe.
We're a JBBL nation at the moment, and whatever Japanese players we can get together from other nations' leagues.
You talk of the necessity of "getting more users"... That's simply BS. We GET more users, but they bail after less than a month. We have about a 1-in-5 retention rate of new users in Japan.
The problem isn't Japanese language per se, it's having some sort of system in place to get new users on their feet in that first 4-6 weeks. BB isn't particularly user-friendly for the new guy, and it leans heavily on the community to support them.
We have... pretty much nothing.
We SHOULD be talking about "JBBL and a larger community outside of it". Throwing this to the JBBL guys (and I know it's a lil' unfair because you're simply guys playing a game, and have busy lives outside of it): but is there really any leadership from the top at the moment?

True. Izaman shouldn't have to contact inactive teams. But he should be contacting those that are active. We aren't a small community. We're not really a community at all. "Getting bigger" won't happen by magic Wolph.

The problem remains, Japan is very skimpy on the Bigs.
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But to have a good NT team where we are now, we have to find the MVP bigs from this years draft and MAKE SURE they are getting trained properly. Then maybe, Just maybe, we can compete in the Asian championships.

Because the Look insides are coming and in full force.

I hear you. Unfortunately, they're not around in abundance.
In II.4's draft there was a very good candidate - (21305788). But he was immediately sold. He would have fit perfectly in my training program, but unfortunately cash is sparse.
In II.1, dhods picked up the guy I'd targeted - (21305606). But he still has him...
As I said, unfortunately doing our bit for the country isn't that easy.

I know its sad, but that's what happens when we have 40 users. Div.II drafts hopefully gave us somethign to have hope for in terms of this year's 18 y/os.

More of the same Wolph... how do you even know who drafted what amongst the "40 users"? Therein lies the problem... we don't know, and we should.
We should start a forum off-site (because MANY Nippon users don't have supporter), and keep a data-base of who's-getting-what. Then keeping track of it - for both the U21 and NT coaches would be a helluva lot easier.

/rant

I looked at the current team of Japan, more than half the players playing abroad.
All of you writing in English on Japan BB forums.
My opinion is that knowing of English enough to be the manager of Japan NT.

I know the NT system (and I was manager of South Africa U21 NT and Serbia NT).

He knows our players, our needs, our community.

If I become manager of Japan NT, for 2-3 days I will know all your players who can play in Japan NT.
Also, each manager will receive a BB-mail from me with instructions how to train their players (if they want to help Japan NT).

Your needs are probably the same as all the other BB community (to make a better players for the NT team and better place in the continental championship)

My opinion is that knowing of English enough to be the manager of Japan NT.

This is correct.