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The thing is everyone plays this game in a different way with different ideas of what success means. For you that means winning the JBBL. I will never do that so my whole team has revolved around having and training local players so they can be on the NT and represent. Looks like this week for some reason I have failed.

I accept the fact that Atsuyoshi Kyubei who is about the same standard as Makoto Asada and Takao Shiomi and probably better than 6 others who are on the team, has been left off. Even though he would have the 5th best DMI if he was on the team and managers who look after their players game shape should be rewarded and their players will perform better than those that don't. I accept that for whatever reason he misses out and as a result I have stopped training him.

But why play weak players in horrible game shape and not good players in good game shape? It makes no sense to me.

In

Yoshiaki Amori (21305594)
Weekly salary: $ 8 315
DMI: 22700
Age: 19
Height: 6'5" / 196 cm
Potential: hall of famer
Game Shape: mediocre

Out

Noritada Konoe (18297019)
Weekly salary: $ 17 480
DMI: 153000
Age: 21
Height: 6'0" / 183 cm
Potential: allstar
Game Shape: strong

I admit I am 100% just promoting my own player. My bias is clear and I don't deny it. I am biased!

Konoe's resume.

But here are some facts:
salary 4th
current DMI 2nd

Recent performances:
(After the last tournnment game last season all the 21s were let go and the 20s ran the team)

Nippon U21 vs. Prathet Thai U21 116 - 127 (16832)
3rd top score 2nd top assists 3rd top rating.

Senegal U21 vs. Nippon U21 105 - 112 (16879)
3rd top score 2nd top assists 2nd top rating.

India U21 vs. Nippon U21 89 - 105 (16930)
2nd top score 3rd top assists 3rd top rating.

México U21 vs. Nippon U21 108 - 110 (16999)
Top score top assists 3rd top rating.

10/31/2011 9:00:00 PM 58 Nippon U21 127 - 104 (Replay) 57 Macau U21 Nippon SC
Bugged can't see this one.

Nippon U21 vs. Macau U21 127 - 104 (17058)
Top score 4th top assists 2nd top rating.

Azərbaycan U21 vs. Nippon U21 77 - 91 (17458)
1 bad game but was matched against a $47,000 monster SG.

Except for that one game against the $47,000 monster where he did get owned he has been a consistent top 3 performer for the team. Wolph has already said he plans to bench him. Now he is dropping him altogether.

come in the chat..the coach and 3 others are in here...

Great win tonight and great answer.

I agree that salary and DMI does not win games but when you cannot see the TSP of players (which only you can) that is all you have to go on. We all know how misleading DMI is but it is a reflection of the sublevels of GS and in that way a careful tracking of it can be informative.

You can see easily on Konoe that he has holes. Some I am working on others I never will. He was drafted with very low skills and at 6'0" his path was made. As you know I wanted to make Konoe a great driver so he would be useful in a LI offence, I haven't trained JS for seasons but a lot of DR training also raised his JS very high. I cannot be sure but I suspect he would be the highest or second highest JS + DR on the team.

Defence as you know I am doing this season but already his OD + ID is better than the other guards I have seen on the TL. I wish I had recorded them. Even compared to Atsuhiro Horiguchi he has the same combined OD + ID as well as 15 more TSP. You say you like ID on guards I wonder haw many on the team have more ID than Konoe? I suspect not more than 1 or 2.

I have tried to read all the rules but still I am not sure about capping. You say Konoe is near his cap and may cap this season and I think the same based on salary but I have the "BB Salary Calculator / Season 17 by moutlinho" and I don't know if I trust it or not but it say he is just 1 pop into star from starter and can still get many many pops especially in PA which will be the next priority after OD before he caps, if it is correct he has 2 more seasons of training.

Don't worry about Kyubei it is best that he only trains when I do 2 position now so I can concentrate on Takayoshi Kawagichi. There are better players on the team than Kyubei. If TSP is your measure he is way down at the level of Atsuhiro Horiguchi (exact same number) although he has better potential but Horiguchi is a whole season younger. It is funny that at just 19 Takayoshi Kawagichi is already not far behind on 71 TSP and with NT level potential.

I look forward to seeing Konoe on the floor next week doing what he does best driving to the basket and scoring.

Your response is much appreciated, thank you.

Ok thanks. Hopefully this time next week he will be a defensive giant.

Absolute furor going on in the NT forums about "mutual TIEs"...

11/18/2011 Pressure for PG
Daisaku Kawaida ↑popped↑ in Outside Def. from samuari to ninja.
Noritada Konoe ↑popped↑ in Outside Def. from ronin to samuari.

So good news for 1 U21 player and 1 ex-U21 player with fantasies about the NT someday.