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Well.... talk about a bad start.
I have a 2 games hole i need to dig out of and its not even cross-conference games yet. This is gonna get tough

I'm still trying to balance out my roster and get rid of old guys. Vasil will be gone, either he's sold, or fired.
Any other advice?

Attendance sucks when losing, but i'm hoping to put an end to it soon. Gotta start winning some games for the fans!

Last edited by Bluejays at 09/25/2013 17:16:20

I don't know whats your bank like, but it looks like you're off to a decent start.
Vasil Dragoychev is only 32 so he MAY last another season before any major drop offs, but his salary can be hard to keep up with.

Otherwise you only need SF/PF filled once you dump Vasil. Basically from my experience any starters not in the 25000+ salary is likely to get abused (with the exception of SF position). Your bench could use some very serious work too, you currently have the weakest bench in this division at $ 28 645.

You most likely can survive with your current roster (or a few minor moves), but your pay roll is ridiculously huge and you're 0-2, so chances are you need major moves ASAP (Gameshape will be a b*tch) or you'll most likely be fighting for relegation & not making money at the same time, or you could pseudo tank with a shitty roster and grab a good pick and bet it all on the draft. Demotion penalty will be tough when you're back in d3 though.

I'm gonna get a new sf/pf once vasil is gone... yeah, bench needs work.

I'll see how it goes and maybe be sort of mediocre in the 5th/6th position. Gonna try to stay up though, no point in demoting intentionally (tanking.)

Thanks for the advice!

Last edited by Bluejays at 09/25/2013 17:21:52

Your conference is pretty tough actually, Royal Windsor, Cheetarian, Harlem Strikers are all very well managed teams and Super Slam Dunk has a weird management philosophy (29 players roster?) but has a very stacked team from 1 to 10. Toronto Knockout has been in a slump the past seasons but it seems like hes picked it up and made some pretty solid moves this month.

Which honestly leaves you, kk, lynx.
KK seems locked for relegation at either 6th or 7th, i don't see him moving to 5th unless one of the aforementioned teams decides to not give a f*ck and give up.
Lynx has 5 players on his roster, his arena isn't big enough to sustain the team in his conference.
And theres you, you have an arguably "better" roster than both KK and lynx but with the problems i mentioned, its only a matter of time before your team goes down (age or $). Given you are already behind + rebuild (factor in transfer GS) you can't seriously start "competing" until another week or two.

But who knows, Calgary Spitfire was like 7th or something by ASG last season and he came back in a blaze of glory into the conference finals only to lose by 4. But his case was losing close games, where as yours are management problems.

Good luck!

EDIT: but you are positioned well as your arena is nearly D2 ready. So its not as grave as it seems, but you can't make a lot of wrong moves and time is running out on you.

Last edited by Tedix at 09/25/2013 17:37:53

Very good analysis.

Agreed.

We actually use the forums in d.2!

Yeah but there's not enough trash talk yet :P It's too friendly!

Ok, You're going to get killed next game Fwinns, prepare to get beat

I don't think so :P I hope you'll be my first victim this season (let's face it I could have win the first 2 games easily, but I don't want things to be that easy ;D), I have a surprise for you ;)

Last edited by Fwinns at 09/28/2013 19:00:48

Day 3 (Saturday 28 September 2013) : Performances by (http://www.buzzer-manager.com)

Night results
Jugglers 75 - Grant Raptor 90
V.A.W.T. 85 - Calgary Spitfires 105
Emo Squad 82 - Toronto Assassins 96
East Side Rangers 95 - Ashcroft Xerocoles 112
Super Slam Dunk Thatll Make You Sore the Day After 86 - jk704 67
KK Borovo 69 - The Cheetarian 110
Royal Windsor 104 - Toronto Knockouts 98
Harlem Strikers 88 - The Lynx 73

Best collective performance of the evening
Points : 112 : Ashcroft Xerocoles
Rebounds : 55 : Calgary Spitfires, jk704
Assists : 28 : Toronto Assassins
Steals : 10 : The Cheetarian, Grant Raptor, Toronto Assassins
Block Shots : 7 : Grant Raptor, Toronto Assassins, Calgary Spitfires

Personal best performances of the evening
Points : 32 : P. Mihaylov (The Lynx)
Rebounds : 21 : P. Carnevalli (Royal Windsor)
Assists : 8 : V. Pajcek (The Cheetarian), R. Nogueira (Grant Raptor), J. Blain (Royal Windsor), G. Eichicht (KK Borovo)
Steals : 3 : S. Yuankun (Harlem Strikers), Ž. Beinorys (The Cheetarian), O. Villand (Grant Raptor), C. Creech (Toronto Assassins), A. Hilel (KK Borovo), N. Jaran (jk704)
Block Shots : 3 : D. Qingping (Jugglers), F. Keczeli (Super Slam Dunk Thatll Make You Sore the Day After), K. Seo (Grant Raptor), A. Castellar (Calgary Spitfires), K. Shcherbatov (Ashcroft Xerocoles), D. Molokutsko (Ashcroft Xerocoles)

Top 5 of the evening
Point Guard : E. Kondo (Calgary Spitfires) (20 Points, 5 Rebounds, 3 Assists, 2 Steals, 1 Block Shots) : Efficiency : 25
Shooting Guard : Ž. Beinorys (The Cheetarian) (25 Points, 4 Rebounds, 4 Assists, 3 Steals, 1 Block Shots) : Efficiency : 28
Small Forward : T. Roda (Toronto Knockouts) (29 Points, 8 Rebounds, 2 Assists, 0 Steals, 0 Block Shots) : Efficiency : 27
Power Forward : Z. Villardefrancos (Ashcroft Xerocoles) (20 Points, 11 Rebounds, 2 Assists, 0 Steals, 0 Block Shots) : Efficiency : 31
Center : P. Vásquez (Toronto Assassins) (25 Points, 8 Rebounds, 0 Assists, 1 Steals, 2 Block Shots) : Efficiency : 33

MVP of the evening
P. Vásquez (Toronto Assassins) (25 Points, 8 Rebounds, 0 Assists, 1 Steals, 2 Block Shots) : Efficiency : 33

The bad performance of the evening
T. Menand (jk704) (0 Points, 5 Rebounds, 0 Assists, 1 Steals, 1 Block Shots) : Efficiency : -6

All kinds of statistics
The player who forgot to remove his mittens : L. Nian (The Lynx), O. Avrilenko (Super Slam Dunk Thatll Make You Sore the Day After), A. Cieza (East Side Rangers), S. Dubiela (Emo Squad), B. Lovrinšek (KK Borovo), A. Hilel (KK Borovo) : 5 Turnovers

Player targeted by the referees : B. Bylica (Jugglers), G. Williams (Jugglers), P. Mihaylov (The Lynx), O. Villand (Grant Raptor), P. Vásquez (Toronto Assassins), P. Harley (East Side Rangers), T. Roda (Toronto Knockouts), S. Abrams (Toronto Knockouts), K. Shcherbatov (Ashcroft Xerocoles), R. van der Ham (V.A.W.T.) : 6 Personnal Fouls

The iron-man : M. Vilep (Jugglers), A. Schum (The Lynx), L. Nian (The Lynx), H. Chaliba (The Lynx), M. Gerontidis (The Lynx), P. Carnevalli (Royal Windsor), O. Getsko (Royal Windsor), G. Eichicht (KK Borovo) : 48 Minutes

The shooter : T. Verspeak (Royal Windsor), G. Obaseki (Toronto Knockouts) : 4 Three points

The best performer : V. Tare (Royal Windsor) : Rating : 16.5

The worst performer : K. Kotov (Ashcroft Xerocoles) : Rating : 4.0