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However, do you have SUPER DUPER Buzzerbeater best friends? I wonder if just "best friends" is enough to win?

My question is this:

Since percentage wise very few US players care about the National Team, what is your plan for making them give a flying squirrel about it?

The guy that answers this question better gets my vote

The adjective that best describes Edju is___________________

I want at least 2 sentences with at least 3 reasons why you like that adjective.

Not running, but I think that I shall answer this.

The adjective that best describes Edju is juicy.

Firstly, and most obviously, Edju is juicy because of his old name GM-JuicePats, and there is no way that anyone's name on BB can be misleading towards their actual selves. Secondly, I find that Edju is an overly scrumptious name that has a delicate ring to it, and anyone that hears that name for the first time is instantly craving a nice dinner of a juicy steak and some fruit punch flavored Juicy Juice (I know I did!). Lastly, and possibly the most appropriate reason, is the recent Super Bowl loss of his beloved team the New England Patriots. It is rumored that Edju, after crying for an hour and smashing his TV with a hammer, tried to decide how he could have prevented the loss. He decided to get juiced up on steroids so he can take the field next year and be the most intimidating middle linebacker in the league until he fails his drug tests.

And that my friends, is how I would describe Edju with one word.

A couple questions for all candidates:

1. Why are you running?
2. Why are you the best candidate?
3. What do you think went wrong with this season?
4. How could you, as NT manager, help fix the problem(s)?

I have a question regarding farm teams.

I know there are many teams that are primarily training u21 and NT players for other countries without any regard for winning or promoting. Seeing as one of the main problems for our NT seems to be finding users willing to shoulder the burden of training NT players despite how expensive it gets, how do you feel about this practice?

From my club team's experience, 3-2 zone can be a detriment (compared to M2M) if you're going up against 1 or 2 good shooting guards and the OD on your SF (defender) is shaky, as you basically go from playing a matchup guessing game in M2M to having your worst outside defender get consistently shot on. And it's pretty bad against drives and obviously there's the overall inside defense penalty. So while I don't think it's an awful defense, i don't think it'll make sense in many of the tactical situations we can expect to face.

The research out there on 2-3 seems to suggest that shot blocking is the glue that makes it come together. Our roster isn't strong on shot blocking. Therefore, I don't feel comfortable with 2-3 for our team.

1-3-1 has no practical use in a LI-driven world.

1) I'm running because I feel I have sufficient managerial (in an organizational management sense, not a BB tactical knowledge sense) ability to organize the great rolling circus that is an NT.
2) I think I'm the best candidate because I'm willing to focus on the strengths of our training program (dedicated managers in a position to improve their club team with rounded players and players that are salary efficient but can create mismatches and score points at a world class level), instead of fretting about the weaknesses.
3) Bad breaks in terms of schedule timing & results luck, compounded by RL.
4) I don't think the "problem" needs a drastic fix, as I think the major negative results of last season weren't something directly controllable by the NT manager.

1. Because there needs to be more managers from the offsite in the running.

2. Am I the best candidate? No. But I am on BB night and day and I would do everything in my power to turn the NT around and get back to one of the top teams. Also, our NT is a few seasons away from really being competitive again and I am prepared to take all of the weight on my shoulders. I will take the blame for not being the best NT out there because I know while I am getting blamed for failure that the NT will be getting set up for success in the future.

3. We weren't prepared enough for the future. I feel we felt like we had some of the best players in the nation and it kept us from trying to really get better. We didn't think much about long term a couple of seasons ago and it really hurt us. We are starting to think straight though now and are preparing for the future and that is what it takes to be successful on the NT level.

4. How am I going to fix them? Well, it ultimately comes down to the willingness of owners to train these players as well as keeping the high salary bigs on their teams. The NT manager, whoever it is, can only do so much because we cant control what the community does with the players but i will definitely motivate the owners of players to keep up the training of these players. A lot of people dont really realize that when you have one of these types of players it really helps your team compete.