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Can you expand on your experience at the top level?
I haven't followed your career closely the last two seasons.

Bahahaha.. I cant fault you there.

Absolutely. I WILL respond to this tonight.

I see some "southern temperament" here, might be the best election topic in years !

I get the feeling I'm going to look like an idiot here but I don't know what you mean by southern temperament.

Stereotype dear friend:

- Hot Head, first act then think etc

- It is quire opposite to Anglo Saxons that keep distance are rather cold etc

Thanks. I don't even feel like an idiot after all.

So as mentioned last time I ran, I had a good first and only term as coach of NT Canada. We went 9 and 3 in my first year, winning on bold decisions and good game shape... we had a mix of old hounds and young guppies. We lost twice to host team Brazil. BECAUSE of a great season we went to last chance qualifier and lost in a tough draw with Poland and Australia... I was hoping to continue but legend RIP came back and after a tie election he won because of experience.

I STill have more to prove but think I definitely showed I could hold my own and tried hard to keep community involved behind scenes. The chatting with managers and incorporating their input was the best part.

Hope that made sense..thanks

Now you can honestly say that your remark was not acceptable. In the last 2 seasons I did not have any negative situation. I respected all the ideas. I still believe that being a GM is not a big deal when comparing with being a human. Now I cancel my registration. After 2 succesful seasons this was not the message I wanted to see. Ok I step aside. Good luck to England. Young players are really good enough to compete at higher stages. Now England is at the 14.th spot of the world. It was 33 if I am not wrong, when I took the team.

You certainly did a very good job and I think you did earn our respect and trust over the last 2 seasons. The approval reflect that and the results definitely reflect that.

I think you have been a very good tactician and, compared to other NT managers who have been also successful, you showed an excellent ability to scout, assess the relative strengths of teams and translate that information in Enth, lineup, tactics and GDP management. I was very pleased to see a NT manager use Enth when needed, as this has been a point where I often disagreed on NT choices in the past: I think the all or nothing attitude (i.e. TIEing every game irrespective of the matchup situation) is suboptimal and a convenient excuse if things go south. Communication was also better than average.

In short, I think the GM remark was acceptable back then, but it certainly proved to be a non issue with you. I hope you reconsider as I'm sure the community would be behind you and you'd definitely win the election if you decided to run here. If you plan to run for Turkey I wish you good luck, they will be lucky to have you. Personally, as someone who didn't vote for you last time I'd definitely back you, if you decided to come back this season or in the future.

You can definitely be proud of your tenure. Thanks.

There were a few posts yesterday that I agreed with and meant to backup and add a few of my own thought, but Lemon has done a better job summarising what I was basically thinking, so this is a bit of a long winded +1

I definitely think it'd be a shame if you didn't run for either England or Turkey this time Bora, I'd vote for you over anyone currently standing in this election for sure.

...and the part of me that thinks I can do a good job also is tempted to stand given the lack of a standout candidate, but in a moment of clarity - in the shower this morning (where man does all his best thinking...scientific fact) I've decided I won't run for the senior NT until I at least win the EBBL once. So that's the goal for now I suppose.

Good luck all but come back Bora! You started a good thing.

No surprise really that someone demanding approval responds tobegging to come back. Your approval rating isn't at 80% now but I guess you can say it was when you originally entered the election.

Also was your post in the speech thread a new speech? Didn't look like one to me, it looked more like a reply. The speech thread is for speeches only. If only we had a GM I could ask.