Asunto: U18 Canada National Team

It's remarkable how messages sent to the rest of the Canadian PPM leagues get intercepted by the few and quickly become the property of those who feel a need to always speak. Out from under the carpet. I don't think DDT could smoke you out as effectively.

Well, you can rejoice that normalcy to the international game in Canada has returned to normal. It seems mat601 saw the same writing on the wall as other potential candidates do. Welcome back to the throne Bobby and may you be able to fix all the faults that you found in your predecessors game planning. I am very sure that you know best...

I am truly sorry that your perennially poor comprehension of the English language has left you with such a limited understanding of the concepts of free speech and democracy that are such important parts of our Canadian culture.

Je suis vraiment désolé que votre compréhension toujours médiocre de la langue anglaise vous ait laissé avec une compréhension si limitée des concepts de liberté d’expression et de démocratie qui sont des éléments si importants de notre culture canadienne.

What?! Free speech? God no Bobby, I want you to use it! Like when mat601 sets up the team in a way you don't like and you start immediately chirping on this board. You finally run against a real opponent, lose (to a rookie at that...) and then immediately start complaining. God no...I want the other managers to read it.

As for my above comments, they were simply marveling at how certain insects come scurrying out once you and I start a dialogue. I will use my free speech as well.

I am sure that you have special advanced tactics for the U18 team. Just like your club team. You have cleverly upgraded from "old, broke and relegated" to "young, rich and relegated piling up on high draft picks" in the Sammy/Scammy-like exploit a PPM loophole manner. I am sure it will provide temporary relief. Unfortunately, I really doubt this great game will be around long enough for the wheel to turn and Free Agency bankrupt your club again and the relegation that will likely come with it...

Roedb

Lol dude. You should be happy my team got bankrupted. That's the system at work. I don't know what loophole you are referring to. I am not trying to do anything. I am just trying to stick around so we don't lose another active manager even though my interest level is at an all time low. As for the comment on the same people coming around, if you haven't noticed yet that only 4-5 people ever post on here, idk what to tell you...

He's referring to the loophole chapter entitled "Common sense, and the effects of simple math on OTR"!
The advancement to Division one followed by a subsequent relegation to a lower Division two league, can have
devastating effects on a team's OTR if it is repeated several successive times.
A team that advances to a higher division where it is only capable of winning a single digit number of games,
will have lost more OTR value than it an recover the next season, even if it goes undefeated the following season after relegation to a lower league.
Repeat that a couple of times, and the effects on attendance, souvenir sales, and loss of sponsorship revenues can cripple a team for more than a few seasons.!!
No wonder team managers are asking me if there is a way to avoid promotion, when they know their team is not ready to compete at the higher level.!!
They know that promotion will not help their team OTR, but are afraid of the sponsorship penalties they will incur if they deliberately lose in the playoffs.
It's a simple matter of what strategy is best for your team long term at the time.

Il fait référence au chapitre sur les failles de sécurité intitulé « Le gros bon sens et les effets des mathématiques simples sur l'OTR » !
La montée en première division suivie d'une relégation en deuxième division inférieure peut avoir des effets dévastateurs sur l'OTR d'une équipe si elle se répète plusieurs fois de suite.
Une équipe qui monte dans une division supérieure où elle ne peut remporter qu'un nombre de victoires inférieur à 10 % aura perdu plus de valeur d'OTR qu'elle n'en récupérera la saison suivante, même si elle reste invaincue la saison suivante après sa relégation en division inférieure.
Répétez ce scénario plusieurs fois, et les conséquences sur l'achalandage, les ventes de souvenirs et la perte de revenus de commandite peuvent paralyser une équipe pendant plusieurs saisons.
Pas étonnant que les gestionnaires d'équipe me demandent s'il existe un moyen d'éviter la promotion, alors qu'ils savent que leur équipe n'est pas prête à concourir au niveau supérieur. Ils savent que la promotion n'aidera pas leur équipe en OTR, mais ils craignent les pénalités de commandite qu'ils encourraient s'ils perdaient délibérément les séries éliminatoires. Il s'agit simplement de déterminer la stratégie qui convient le mieux à votre équipe à long terme.

I'm not sure that mat601, with experience of 4,162, and a designation of "expert", would appreciate being referred to as a "rookie".!!

Je ne suis pas certain que mat601, avec une expérience de 4162 et une désignation d'« expert », apprécierait d'être qualifié de « débutant ». !!

Contrary to what you preach, I sincerely appreciate the effort that mat601 put into last season's U18 team.
He has some good ideas that I think are worth exploring further.

Contrairement à ce que vous prêchez, j'apprécie sincèrement les efforts déployés par mat601 pour l'équipe des moins de 18 ans de la saison dernière. Il a de bonnes idées qui, selon moi, méritent d'être approfondies.

Hello Samuel, what a treat!

I will thank you for nothing first of all. I was talking with Bobby and you interrupted us. I never discussed your finances. I merely mentioned your "south-of-the-border" extended vacation to rack up draft picks, like Bobby. The "common sense" move". Beyond that, I wasn't talking to you. Go retire or something.

As for Bobby, I have never heard "disappointing hot dog sales" as an excuse for ones bankruptcy. Usually its FA, since the money there is big, but I guess based on your history as Canada's Division 1 version of a yoyo that you would know best. My suggestion to this problem, as most teams do, is to stop being the PPM yoyo. We all go through a couple of seasons of transition and then settle down, usually in the higher league. But I guess with your arena's hot dog issues that never worked out aye? Man, that's tough.

Well, load up on your kids Bobby. If nothing else, the next time Div 1 sees you your team will draw lots of oooohs and aaaahs. So many that the FA bidding prices will go through the roof and you can start the whole yoyo show again.

My point was that I think the national teams deserve better...

I don't recall ever going bankrupt, and I certainly wouldn't use low hot dog sales as the reason.
Once again, I suggest you fire your research assistant for incompetence, or at least get her to stop explaining her findings to you in either of our two official languages.
You seem to be able to recognize only some of the words, and appear to have less than a rudimentary knowledge of what they actually mean.
Maybe she could try using really simple pictures.
Also, you might consider contacting some of the managers who are now struggling with the yoyo issues that are far more pronounced with less teams.
They will tell you it is a different set of circumstances now, than when you were in the same position.

Je ne me souviens pas d'avoir fait faillite, et je n'invoquerais certainement pas la faiblesse des ventes de hot-dogs comme raison.
Encore une fois, je vous suggère de congédier votre assistante de recherche pour incompétence, ou du moins de lui demander de cesser de vous expliquer ses conclusions dans l'une de nos deux langues officielles.
Vous semblez ne reconnaître que certains mots et semblez avoir une connaissance très limitée de leur signification.
Elle pourrait peut-être essayer d'utiliser des images très simples.
Vous pourriez également envisager de contacter certains responsables qui sont actuellement confrontés à des problèmes d'effet yoyo, beaucoup plus prononcés avec moins d'équipes.
Ils vous diront que la situation est différente aujourd'hui, par rapport à l'époque où vous occupiez le même poste.

[Grunt grunt, snort]

Perhaps Chinese characters would be more suitable Bobby. Those simple drawings are the ones I can deal with. I haven't figured out that tricky "AI thingy" you do that allows someone to translate their Grammarly-assisted writing into French...

To think that I engage with you shows the low station that I have fallen.

And I am ashamed.

It's kind of like taking the fat one home from the bar at 3 am cause you know it's her or nothing...

Do you understand this is an open forum, and not a direct message or something? It's impossible for anyone to be interrupted in a forum.

I wonder how sad your real life is that you continue to come here and screech bitterly about the same bs season after season.