As I wrote in a previous post...
I think number 3 is the way to go, however its going to take some time to where we can get there. I know a few managers have talked about taking on the project of developing some of the specialty players which is awesome because as proved by poland, specialty players can pose problems but when push comes to shove the only way to make it successful is to still have the meat and potatoes type guards and big guys as a base and then mix in those specialty players to create the advantage they were designed for.
... I too believe that secondaries are a way we can close the gap on the rest of the world.
Additionally, do you feel that there is a difference in how an NT player should be developed early on as opposed to a U21 player?
I do... And I'm implementing that with my pf prospect. Right now the standard is to pump primaries early and get to secondaries later.... I don't agree with this for 2 reasons...
1. For our specialty guys they most likely aren't going to make the U21 anyway so I think getting secondaries trained first is critical because often it is gonna train slower and so while they are young get them pumped out ASAP.
2. The idea of going back and training secondaries last is asinine for the simple reason that you have a huge salaried player that is already hurting your team economy and now you have to play them out of position so they are hurting your team further? C'mon. Get the secondaries done in their first season to season and a half and then pump the primaries. This would apply to everyone but mostly pf's and inside playable guards.
Edit/side note
I think #2 is the reason our bigs fall short... We get them to the point where they are on the fringe of being on the NT and then we tell the manager we need you to play your center at pg to get a passing pop or he doesnt have enough handling etc. And they get frustrated because they have been following our training plan and its still not good enough.
Last edited by southpaw17 at 2/9/2012 4:48:31 PM