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Sorry I didn't have the chance to answer your questions earlier.

What do you believe are the major issues holding back the Barbados NT and how will you attack them?

I believe the major issues are a lack of development of potential U21 NT players through proper training and poor game planning by not having a well developed gameplan based on strengths and weaknesses of our team and the oppoent. The former would be addressed by connecting with managers of these players and assisting them in their training programs, particularly if they're newer managers. The latter would be taken care of as I spend more time studying opponents and building the best team possible out of the current team by utilizing the strengths of the U21 Barbados squad.

But to my point Most if not ALL the players on the NT are from teams outside of "BIM" how do you plan to bring them all together? Do you have a system for scouting? Not just NT hopefuls but opponents...Looking at our NT we can be alot better than we are.

In my mind it's all about reaching out and establishing good communication so that you know what the varying managers' training plans are and can possibly encourage them to train their players according to fit them best into the U21 Barbados team's strategy. This obviously starts with identifying and finding all the potential U21 Barbados players out there which starts with research, where I would begin by going through the Draft History and former teams.

The most efficient way for scouting is to simply have a database. Because there is not such a large pool of Barbados players out there, this could be managed easier than most countries.

Do you have a criteria in place to give prospective trainers of NT players something to shoot for?

It is hard for me to say at the moment because I would want to start by evaluating the current talent pool. That would give me an idea of how to devise offensive/defensive tactics for the current team as well as what the future would look like. Once i have strategy in mind, it would give me a better idea of what type of criteria I am looking for at each position. Granted though, there are baseline stats that should be sought out in the varying positions, for example, a Center with pitiful Rebounding is just not going to cut it.

Last edited by A Warrior at 3/10/2013 2:38:17 PM

great 2 see u r so interested

if u dont mind where did u play & what nt did u manage in a former life?

i have coached u21 & senior & senior is much easier

i can also help out the senior coach a ton as i have very detailed lists of every barbados player of note from about 2 seasons ago :D

here is a free sample of the sort of stuff i have got

Season 20 Draft

Draft Round 1
Lloyd-Davies, James hitters club 1 1 BOT
Doyle, Agouloubene barbadoss finest 2 1 BOT
Knock, Joe-Max Garden Starz 3 1 3K 18 PALLSTAR ***
Zahara, Leonard Greeks. 4 1 BOT
Tan, Kevin Grey Ghosts 5 1 BOT
Marks, Steven Dirty Dogs 6 1 5K 18 STARTER
Osborne, Roy NY Knickers 7 1 BOT
Ormel, Stephen Krazie People 8 1 4K 18 STAR
Seddougui, Andy Blue Leos B.C 9 1 BOT
Thomson, Howard DroppedTheSoap 10 1 3.5K 19 PALLSTAR **
Mahoney, Paul Oistins Fishers 11 1 3K 18 STARTER
Ball, Jamie Bajan Gardeners 12 1 3K 19 BW
Mulvey, Sandigui WorstTeamEver 13 1 3K 19 ALLSTAR ?
Conomos, Jonathon Balllerz 14 2 3K 18 STAR ?
Moore, Andy ColdShowers 15 4 4K 18 PALLSTAR ***
Mann, Cheikh Bajan Devil Knights 16 1 2K 19 RP

Draft Round 2
Hussain, Lloyd hitters club 17 2 BOT
Williamson, Tidiane barbadoss finest 18 3 BOT
Parkes, Allan Garden Starz 19 2 3.5K 19 MVP ***
McGranaghan, Ryerson Greeks. 20 2 BOT
Turnbull, Kenny Grey Ghosts 21 2 BOT
Sumner, Iba Dirty Dogs 22 4 4K 19 6TH
Larkin, Fred NY Knickers 23 3 BOT
Simpson, Scott Krazie People 24 2 5K 19 PALLSTAR ***
Martin, Dean Blue Leos B.C 25 3 BOT
Benton-Evans, James DroppedTheSoap 26 2 3K 18 STARTER
Speake, Christopher Oistins Fishers 27 3 3K 18 6TH
Skinner, Mamour Bajan Gardeners 28 2 2.5K 18 6TH
Byrne, Thomas WorstTeamEver 29 3 2K 19 STAR
Williamson, Gordie Balllerz 30 6 3K 19 STAR
Bragg, Scotty ColdShowers 31 6 3K 18 RP
Edmiston, Paul Bajan Devil Knights 32 11 3K 18 STAR ?

Draft Round 3
Franklin, Lee hitters club 33 9 BOT
Ebner, Alassane barbadoss finest 34 6 BOT
McEwan, Thomas Garden Starz 35 5 3K 19 STAR
Leach, Jon Greeks. 36 8 BOT
Dziedzic, Nigel Grey Ghosts 37 12 BOT
Baiad, Leroy Dirty Dogs 38 10 3K 18 PALLSTAR
Cook, Peter NY Knickers 39 12 BOT
Bailey, Mark Krazie People 40 13
Aardoom, Dale Blue Leos B.C 41 5 BOT
Thompson, Christopher DroppedTheSoap 42 6 2.5K 19 ALLSTAR
Sinaiko, Agouloubene Oistins Fishers 43 15 3K 19 6TH
Spann, Corey Bajan Gardeners 44 12 2K 19 STAR
Metcalfe, Christopher WorstTeamEver 45 15 2K 18 BW
Warner-Davies, Jon Balllerz 46 21 3.5K 19 BW
Holden, Allan ColdShowers 47 13 2K 18 RP
Kelly, Chris Bajan Devil Knights 48 21 4K 18 SUPERSTAR lol best guy in the draft is #48

so these r the 6 guys with a good future for the u21 team

Knock, Joe-Max Garden Starz 3 1 3K 18 PALLSTAR ***
Thomson, Howard DroppedTheSoap 10 1 3.5K 19 PALLSTAR **
Moore, Andy ColdShowers 15 4 4K 18 PALLSTAR ***
Parkes, Allan Garden Starz 19 2 3.5K 19 MVP ***
Simpson, Scott Krazie People 24 2 5K 19 PALLSTAR ***
Kelly, Chris Bajan Devil Knights 48 21 4K 18 SUPERSTAR

& 4 every decent player i have their full stats @ the time

Last edited by abigfishy at 3/10/2013 6:08:02 PM