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My questions were of course directed at everyone.

When it comes to depth chart this is what I meant:
we have (had?- I am sure I could pull up a link somewhere) off-site forum where when I was NT manager, and couple of others before me we were doing depth chart of all Canadian players with slightest shot at NT. 18-32. Of course the higher we go with age, the smaller the shortlist go but it was very extensive.

Also, another project of mine that I tried to get going, and had some success before real life got in the way was creating training groups. Players from depth chart, let's say 26-27 and younger were split into manageable 5-10 player groups and then managers could sign up to 'supervise' them. Their job was to stay in contact with the owners directly, getting updates, advising on training, etc.

Also reward for getting highest amount of pops (or efficient training since some skills are faster than others) was participation of the player in NT scrimmage.

Again, it was just a pilot and never grew for longer than 3 seasons due to lack of time but I wonder if ideas such as this one will be resurrected and put in place.

If so then I would be up for helping out.

For a while was considering throwing a hat in the ring myself but I have 2 weeks at a time each month that I won't be reliable so it's not possible - it takes way more activity than that to make it into Worlds

I would love to use an external forum to have more discussions and also to store the skill set, that not every manager has to start form scratch again. We have the same in Germany with folders for the age 18, 19, 20, 21, and 22+ and with subfolders for every position. I liked that a lot and could give a good start for the community.

The split in different "manageable groups" I see critical. With decreasing numbers of managers in BB overall, I don´t see the potential to recruit enough people. What I would suggest is, to have 1-3 scouts for every age class named above and position, for the 22+ maybe more. But the training in 22+ will go slower, so it is still possible to run it with 1-3 person per position. From my point of view this would work better with less people.

For the rewards, I started the Folder "Project Team Canada" where I listed the players with the amount of pops over the last season. I already have finished the seasons end list, I have just to put it in good format (which takes a while unfortunately). I hope to finish an update over the weekend. But a database like Music_Chick has proposed was also in my minds, but I am not the IT-man to do this on my own.

So, what do you, or the others think about that ?

I think you would be surprised just how many managers will be willing to help, especially since it takes only 30min or so bi-weekly. Plus we have a decent groups of veterans.

By my estimation, easily 10-20 managers would help out, that gives 100-200 trainees constantly followed.
I don't mind the idea of scouts. I do believe they need to have list of players assigned to them though. Users are rarely first to contact NT scouts, especially among newer users

Indeed, this is a surprising number. I know just the opposite: "Uh, that is so boring. " I just want to be the NT manager .. or nothing.
[quote Users are rarely first to contact NT scouts, especially among newer users
That´s why scouts usually contact the managers of the players directly after the scout - like in this week. We had always good response and if the connection is set, the managers often contact the scouts for question. But of course, if you can split it in more groups, that make live so much easier.

I think this is a great way to involve the community and would support it completely. Having more users in the know on what proper builds and player development looks like greatly increases the talent pool we draw from. To me this is one of the bigger issues - there are few Canadian users to start and even less that actually know how to train quality players.

this is a great idea, and one that I had envisioned too, but I guess didn't articulate correctly . The key here is dedication. I don't mean by me (because it's already implied I will be dedicated as Coach)... but if I become coach, it's important that the scouts/mentors not only say they are going to help, but stick to their words. Like you said, if even 5-10 managers dedicate themselves as scouts, we can not only keep track of evolution of players, but get currents plans and awareness out as soon as possible.

Lots of BB mails will ensue for sure!!! AS it's important for us to reach out to the owners and show our interest in their players.