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121581.9 in reply to 121581.1
Date: 12/11/2009 3:41:03 PM
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"Show me the" Numbers Ali is going to be one of those great "glue guys" to have on your squad. Vocal in the dressing room and the first to stand up for his men on the court and dive for loose balls. As well known for his dressing room pranks as his goofy hair he is bound to go far with this U21 team! Just keep team chemistry in mind before you go making cuts in your roster!

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121581.10 in reply to 121581.9
Date: 12/11/2009 9:05:12 PM
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Thanks Chuck for the invitation. Hopefully Bryan Lacroix can further improve his skills in season 11...

RIP, can you approve me to the forum as I've just registered? Thanks..

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121581.12 in reply to 121581.10
Date: 12/14/2009 10:05:11 AM
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Thanks Chuck for the invitation. Hopefully Bryan Lacroix can further improve his skills in season 11...


He is a really good player... If you are open for suggestions, I would work on his inside and outside d this season (hopefully one position) and then get his jump shot up. I will be in touch as the season goes on as I will definitely want to see how he progresses.

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121581.13 in reply to 121581.12
Date: 12/15/2009 1:14:34 PM
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Also note the change in my alias and also to my team name... You can call me "the manager formerly known as thenewchuckd" for now.

However, my new alias is HeadPaperPusher.

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121581.15 in reply to 121581.14
Date: 12/23/2009 3:36:22 PM
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Well, my fabulous luck as U21 manager continues... The schedule for the first two games of the consolation tournament is up. Guess who we get to play two weeks in a row? None other than the 13th ranked team in the world - Suomi (Finland, I believe).

I was hoping to get some easy games at the start to build enthusiasm. Now what?

At first I thought it was a bug because I did not think you played a team twice until the knockout round. But it seems that I was wrong.

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121581.16 in reply to 121581.15
Date: 12/23/2009 3:59:30 PM
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Finland's talent doesn't appear to be that much greater than ours, and U-21 rankings are very misleading considering every team gets overhauled at the end of the season at players get too old to continue with the U-21s. I wouldn't be surprised if the matches were split with each team winning their home match (assuming they don't put more effort than us in the match that gives us home-court advantage).

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121581.17 in reply to 121581.16
Date: 12/23/2009 9:23:29 PM
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Finland's talent doesn't appear to be that much greater than ours.


Yeah, to be honest I did not look at their team until now, although I am still cautious because the enthusiasm reset has not yet taken place. They may not necessarily have their best players on their roster.

Even if it is their best roster, the key phrase is "not much greater than ours". It seems they match us or better us by a bit at every position, at least salary wise.

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121581.18 in reply to 121581.17
Date: 12/25/2009 10:20:26 PM
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A shock today as Bernier was dropped from the team because of a drunken rampage on Christmas Eve. Because of that, the doctor's say he is not fit to play for at least a week, maybe more.

Paul Perkins will take his spot to open the consolation tournament. If Bernier's game shape improves, he could be called back. If not, Moran will likely be called up shortly (provided he too does not go on a drunken rampage!).

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121581.19 in reply to 121581.18
Date: 12/27/2009 9:29:23 PM
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I'm not going to talk much about the consolation tournament, unless we progress pretty far and the results start to matter. I think all the effort and cheering should be focused on getting RIP and the NT as much help as possible.

Having said that, I will try to post line-ups for every game on the off-site forum. Check out the one for our home game against Suomi: (http://bbcanada.forumotion.com/games-f5/suomi-canada-dece...). I was a bit all over the map on the tactics. I'm not really sure what to expect from Suomi, to be honest.

Run of the Mill Canadian Manager
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