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A couple of updates since it's been a while.

1) We had two preliminary games against teams well below our standard of play. As to be expected, we ran both games with an up tempo offense, and did not see too many problems in both cases.

2) We lost our game this morning to Romania. We didn't have a callup in my opinion that changes this outcome, though i would like to have some depth it just doesn't exist. The best big i could call upon is owned by someone who refuses to manage gameshape, so for now we'll continue to trudge on with what we have. More specifically, they set fire to their enthusiasm in this game by Crunch Timing. I remain confident that we can get 4 or 5 wins in this stage of the consolation and make it to the bracket rounds without issue, but the same in my opinion probably can't be said for Romania with likely less than 4 enthusiasm left in the tank.

3) We have 4 games that feature matchups with teams that cannot beat us in the next 5 weeks baring injuries or massive gameshape issues. I anticipate that at worst we will be 6-2 and in decent shape for the top 32. I'll evaluate whether we should really spend anything on the game against Hungary following the match next monday.

FurYak

More updates!

1) Beat Moldova by quite a large margin as expected, with a few of our 2nd and 3rd best callup options to save some cards for later to win with. Wins like this against opponents not managing gameshape are important in the consolation to keeping yourself well ahead of the competition.

2) Beat Hungary because of two pretty significant factors. The first was i used a completely different tactic than i had used up until this point in the u21, and one that i rarely use in general as i don't find it to be particularly good against most defensive schemes. The second and perhaps more meaningful development was that Hungary's top two bigs were not in proper gameshape. I feel one probably could've been a better option than their backup big, but the other was clearly a no-go. So a bad loss to a CT from Romania, and a good win against a good team with a bit of a gameshape issue at a convenient time, means we are right where we expected to be at this point.

While nothing is ever set in stone, this all but secure the next stage of the consolation, so a good chance for Canada to make some noise this season!

We finished the Consolation pool play ranked 9th amongst the active teams. Our reward is the Makedonija U21 squad. Our goal is to advance, not to win this tournament. In order to advance, we will try our best with the squad available, so please those of you with players on the team make sure to have gameshape managed effectively this week.

If Chile and Costa Rica lose, we will be the last Americas team left in the tournament. I believe we can get to the last 8 if we play smart, and top 4 if we get some decent fortune and see both of these teams lose early. We are the 11th best squad in this tournament in terms of talent, so finishing above that would be my goal no matter what.

Next season the America's championship will play in Canada, congrats FurYak!

Thanks to the managers for good gameshape. Haven't had to ride anyone most of the season about it, which is nice.

Should have a good toss-up style fight versus Denmark next week, and then the #1 seed in the consolation tournament thereafter should we get some good performances out of our players on monday.

We out

We ran Normal and PTB and single guessed given their fast pace. They CT'd because i assume they were holding out some hope their regional opponents would all be out after this round.

Oh well, i don't think we had a particularly long run ahead of us in the consolation, so we'll take the home court in the americas and move on to scouting. Thanks for the gameshape management and hard work this season.

Good luck to you.

Didn't get a chance to do much with my players and my own team, but in the end i've about lost interest outside of the u21, so with no team to run for 2 seasons anywhere else i've put my guys up and you can find some homes for them. I'll check mails once every few weeks otherwise.

FurYak