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The suggestion of putting someone in charge of 22-25 year olds, I think, is an excellent idea and provides managers not only with information on how to train there player to get the best out of them but as motivation to get them at a level where they can make the national team and bring in extra merchandise for the club.

I would love to take on a role like this, however I don't feel I have enough experience training every position. Now I know how to train guards, I've produced a few decent U21 guards over my managerial career (I have had previous accounts) but the problem is I've only ever had one trainee with potential of MVP or higher so they cap far too quickly. I've also trained big men a bit but not enough to provide a manager with a 3 season plan during the ages if 22-25 as I wouldn't want to jeopardise the managers chance of having a NT player or having a player who will end up having too high salary to manage.
I have also never trained SF's, so I would be a bit unsure of this, although I believe it may be a combination of both.

What I am trying to put across is, for us to develop as a nation and compete against teams that are fortunate to not only have a large training base but hundreds of MVP+ players each season of the draft, a role like Elmacca suggested maybe needs filling and I believe it should be a manager who has experience training both guards and big men.

What I am trying to put across is, for us to develop as a nation and compete against teams that are fortunate to not only have a large training base but hundreds of MVP+ players each season of the draft, a role like Elmacca suggested maybe needs filling and I believe it should be a manager who has experience training both guards and big men.

Perhaps it shouldn't be one person then, maybe two of three would be better. Though its probably best if one of the qualifications is an ability to take a differing opinion without spontaneously combusting.

Perhaps it shouldn't be one person then, maybe two of three would be better. Though its probably best if one of the qualifications is an ability to take a differing opinion without spontaneously combusting.

Maybe, it should be more than one as then that person doesn't have the total workload of having too many trainees, they can have a handful. And yes, I do agree with the differing opinions also.


Last edited by js8 at 12/13/2014 12:06:26 PM

As Gully has said and i will confirm it is very hard to get people to sell their prospects of attempt to train them as for some reason they see us as invasive and trying to get players trained how we want them. The sooner that the majority realise that we are just trying to help them train their players correctly the quicker we can move on. At the end of the day the NT is just a bonus.

In terms of the U25 team i think that is a brilliant idea and one that should be brought into the game. There for the most part is a huge leap between U21 and NT especially for most guards/SFs of nations that are trying to compete. It doesn't surprise me that a lot of people dump even MVP+ players at 21/22 because training them from 21 to NT level is still a heck of a long way, in most cases still more work than training them 18-21, a middle of the road U25 team would be a solid way to keep people interested in training to a high level and seeing the players progress through the ranks.

In terms of 22-25 scouts/advisors. We could vote for them on the forums but i do feel like there wouldn't be enough voters and people who show an interest should be given a shot at it, it can't be worst than having no one there at all. I'm happy to work with these people as the U21 coach to ensure my best prospects can move into the next stage of development and will continue to have help if needed from committed managers.

Some very sound ideas on this forum in the last day or so, all of which will help the community. Lets keep up the good work fellas.

Possibly meaningless, but, the two current group leaders in the Euros are Finland and Lithuania. You might recognise those countries, since they're the two teams that qualified ahead of us. Finland beat Ukraine, who topped their group with a 7-0 record, by 31 pts.

Have we got in our not squad similar player to this one (25349473) ?

Last edited by Jakub at 1/6/2015 4:18:36 PM

well, our guys are English, not Polish.

He's not dissimilar to former NT SF Connor Anderson at his peak, some skills are better, some are worse, some are the same

Last edited by Elmacca at 1/6/2015 4:39:41 PM

Instead paying few millions I may buy some young talent and train him to this level. We'll see what draftees will come up after this season.

Sharpling still the best guard in the English NT (at least, for Princeton).
Next season, I'm going to try and get him the EBBL MVP award.

Sharpling still the best guard in the English NT (at least, for Princeton).

And he seemed to get better the longer he played. Obviously a stroke of genius playing him for all 48 minutes. I'm actually not quite sure why that happened; I'll have to wait until I can set another lineup. What I suspect is I'd set him as backup, promoted him once I changed to princeton, and then not put Esposto into the backup slot.

Looks like Finland and Lithuania could well be the finalists in the Euros. By my reckoning that means we can call ourselves the third best team in Europe. :p