Me and you, for example, despite being proven as two of the most skilled managers in Canada over the past five seasons, can never really catch up to those people who've been playing for a dozen seasons.
I talk a little smack and I get the invasion of the whiners? Division II just is not the same anymore.
So what are you saying here? It should be easy to get to Naismith and win it all? I don't think so. Do you think that The Mogul started with a 20 million bank balance or something? Even me, it took me a long time to figure out the game and many promotions to Naismith before I finally "got it" and kept the team there for a while.
This was all good and fun until you implied that I had no skill at all and I built up my bank balance simply by being around since season 3. If you look at my team, most of the money I made was through training fantastic players and then eventually selling them. A Cypriot even went as far to say that I was just a farm team and that I was not even trying to compete.
So yeah, I sold my players and used my huge bank balance to try to compete but I couldn't even touch a team that came into the game well after me. Now I only have half that amount of money and I'm nowhere close to where I once was. And yes, my motivation to play the game is in the tank. But if you play the game long enough, I'm sure it will happen to you, too. Personally I'm going back to what made the game fun for me - training players. Oh yeah and talking smack with people in division II. ;-)
What's my point here? This old boys club stuff is pure BS. If you guys are really as skilled as you claim to be, then you will eventually have no problem getting to Naismith and staying there. Eventually you will beat guys like me. Maybe not today. Maybe not tomorrow. But if you can't stand the long term nature of this game, it is better to get out now while you still can.
Run of the Mill Canadian Manager