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From: Veoz

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327040.34 in reply to 327040.33
Date: 6/24/2025 9:39:16 AM
Aubel Nation
BBBL
Overall Posts Rated:
3232
Second Team:
Sclessin Fever
Pretty disappointing season for me I have to say.

Bad luck in some games on the one hand, poor decisions in some other games on the other hand, plus the games that I voluntarily gave up in order to try something in the tournament, led me to a hard-fought second spot I didn't even believe in anymore a couple of weeks ago.

I wasn't able to win the tournament but I also needed Kelmis to be a bit unlucky at some point there, unfortunately for me (and fortunately for Dartreb :-)) he was able to steer his boat perfectly which means he's very likely to win both the championship and the tournament for a second season in a row.

This season made me realize that my team just wasn't good enough to win anything, meaning that I was in a delicate situation. I had an expensive roster but wasn't able to win anything, definitely not the place you want to be in. So I had the choice between going all-in and emptying the bank account in the next 2 seasons, or dialing back the quality of the team in order to save money while still trying to stay in BBBL. Next season will tell if that was the right choice!

Best of luck to everyone for the playoffs and playdowns!

From: Dartreb

To: Veoz
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327040.35 in reply to 327040.34
Date: 6/24/2025 5:16:09 PM
Kelmis Spartans
BBBL
Overall Posts Rated:
154154
Second Team:
Eupen Scythe
I feel bad for you as I always seem to step on your feet lately. I have a "superteam" which is something I always was pretty much against, but too often have I been in your shoes with a roster strong enough to reach the playoffs but not enough to win anything.

I changed my way of managing and yeah, it really works, but it only relies on brute force.

That being said, I can't sustain this forever, even with the wins, I'll make one or 2 seasons and then I'll have to think of something else because my bank account is getting slowly drained.

Nowadays anyway, I don't think you can still win with a good roster, as one team around will be paying premium to have a fantastic one (I'm spending 1,16 M on wages) and beat you.

@Giodeb : Nice work on surviving your first BBBL season like a boss ! You have a good team, not very old, you can be proud of you.

From: Veoz

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327040.36 in reply to 327040.35
Date: 6/25/2025 2:46:28 AM
Aubel Nation
BBBL
Overall Posts Rated:
3232
Second Team:
Sclessin Fever
I feel bad for you as I always seem to step on your feet lately. I have a "superteam" which is something I always was pretty much against, but too often have I been in your shoes with a roster strong enough to reach the playoffs but not enough to win anything.

I changed my way of managing and yeah, it really works, but it only relies on brute force.

That being said, I can't sustain this forever, even with the wins, I'll make one or 2 seasons and then I'll have to think of something else because my bank account is getting slowly drained.

Nowadays anyway, I don't think you can still win with a good roster, as one team around will be paying premium to have a fantastic one (I'm spending 1,16 M on wages) and beat you.


You don't have to feel bad, at the end of the day you planned this better than I did and you fully deserve the trophies! And I actually find it quite impressive how well balanced your team is. Looking at wages, it might have seemed like my team (before I sold players) wasn't that far behind yours, and for a time I entertained the illusion that maybe I could do something. But it's more complicated than that, your team is more balanced, with very complete players everywhere, which makes them very cost-effective compared to what they bring to the team.

So I finally accepted that I wouldn't be able to compete with my current players + the cash I had on hand to improve the team. It would've cost me an arm to rebalance the team efficiently and even then I wasn't sure I could do something.

Now Picard is still rather young and I've never had (let alone built) a player like that so I'd really like to bring something home with him at some point. If I can stay in BBBL for say 2-3 seasons close to the salary floor, then I should be able to come back with some nice guys around him...

From: Dartreb

To: Veoz
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327040.37 in reply to 327040.36
Date: 6/25/2025 5:29:11 PM
Kelmis Spartans
BBBL
Overall Posts Rated:
154154
Second Team:
Eupen Scythe
Yeah, Picard is a fine player to build on. I hope you can set up a good squad around him. I think it's not easy to maintain a BBBL spot while making money. That was an option 30-40 seasons ago, but the level has indeed risen.

From: Eagle

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327040.38 in reply to 327040.37
Date: 6/30/2025 12:49:55 PM
RSC Eagles
BBBL
Overall Posts Rated:
107107
I think it's not easy to maintain a BBBL spot while making money.


I think the only team having successfully been able to do that, is Paros Bulls

Last edited by Eagle at 6/30/2025 12:50:54 PM

From: Dartreb

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327040.39 in reply to 327040.38
Date: 6/30/2025 2:32:56 PM
Kelmis Spartans
BBBL
Overall Posts Rated:
154154
Second Team:
Eupen Scythe
They did even better than that, they even won 4 or 5 time the tournament. That was back when Asingratitos was still around ...