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My name is khenry and I'm running for reelection as USA NT Manager.

This past term resulted in another Americas Gold and a Final Pool exit at Worlds. This short podcast, "Beating the Buzzer", has a pretty good synopsis of this past season (https://twitter.com/BB_USANT/status/1159459433912700933).

As you can hear in that podcast I'm disappointed in how this past season went, but I'm also encouraged by what I learned over my term and what we as a community were able to put on the court and what tactics/lineups we were able to experiment a little with, which I don't think we've done enough of in the past as we've fallen off the top tier of teams.

I truly believe we're on the fringe of a Worlds Semifinal and playing for Gold each year, but we have to separate ourselves from the pack. I believe some of the experimentation this past term helps us in that direction. We've also been helping new draftees get a head start compared to older classes with the new training staff and infrastructure. This will be necessary for us to continue to forge ahead.

I can't guarantee a Worlds Gold in this next term, but getting back to Worlds and putting a quality product on the floor is an absolute expectation, especially with what I have learned as a NT Manager this past term and the group of talent we have in the pipeline.

And I know there are some that believe there is a split between offsite/Discord and onsite, but I do implore you to join the Discord(https://discord.gg/cKpNkt2) since that is where the majority of NT planning and tactics happen, but if you don't join that I ask that you BB-Mail me so that I can keep communication with you and get your feedback here throughout the season.

I'm open to answering questions in the Debate Thread(300580.1), and I ask for your vote.

As always, Go USA.