Posted by cubcub113 on 11/27/2019 4:51:00 PM (view original):
Also, there's this weird random decimal thing I am not typing but appears with my posts now, both on my laptop and iPhone. It means nothing. I guess today's is "6.4.1"

Edit: wth it didnt happen to this post

6.4.1

Edit pt 2: WTF when I added the edit it came

It's been 6.4.1 every time I've seen it. I was curious as to what it was too.

Posted by cubcub113 on 11/27/2019 4:45:00 PM (view original):

Posted by gillispie1 on 11/27/2019 2:48:00 AM (view original):
could be a fun topic - best d1 recruits rated under 600, for any purpose. doesn't have to be for a team of yours, or a role for a team of yours. just a low rated player who is exceptionally good for some arbitrary situation.

https://ibb.co/LYc8K9K



role - fb/fcp SG - i see him as a top tier starter on a title contender when he grows up, with that killer d, premium stamina, and extremely dangerous 2 pt scoring.

interesting question with this guy - when hes 50 or so per, do you let him keep going if hes green? if hes blue?

edit: can someone tell me how to embed this stupid image without it being ridiculous??

I'll take this guy as a center on a title team in man or zone and any offensive system but fastbreak. Had his potential limited by a questionable coach taking over after I left, but still averaged 9/8/2 with elite defense on some Top 5 (in talent) teams.

Got him from 850 miles away no HV no CV

6.4.1

wow when i go to quote your message, it quotes mine and the guy i pasted the 1x1 picture of is MASSIVE. how weird is that?

anyway, i really like that center! i am a fan of guys like that in a big way. really i am a fan of any big in any scheme who is strong reb/def wise (abilities, not ratings), and more or less don't care about anything else - except stamina. so, i actually like that big for any scheme, i could definitely see him starting on a championship-winning fb or even fb/press team.

i suspect the right set of sub-600 recruits would be competitive for a title and if its the right scheme/players, could potentially even be favorites.

also, why is there some weird *** language when you go to insert a picture? if i click image, the 'preview' area is like, some notice in italian or something. almost seems like latin or something ancient actually, i just assume it can't be because like, how can you accidentally translate to a language nobody uses? its clearly not spanish, i feel like almost definitely not french, but probably a romance language - not sure what that leaves. hence - italian? i dont think i know 1 word of italian so that's probably my guess even though i really feel like it is latin...

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Put that quote in a google latin to english translator and you get:


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seems like something wardo would say

"Lorem ipsum..."

I remember back when PC's first came out, if you printed a test page to see what the quality and size and color of the sheet would be, or if you experimented with the look of typefaces and fonts, the test page would read "Loren ipsum dolor... etc..." (that entire paragraph). It was just filler characters. Nowadays i think it reads "a quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog."

Following up, from the Microsoft website:

Although the phrase is nonsense, it does have a long history. The phrase has been used for several centuries by typographers to show the most distinctive features of their fonts. It is used because the letters involved and the letter spacing in those combinations reveal, at their best, the weight, design, and other important features of the typeface.

A 1994 issue of "Before & After" magazine traces "Lorem ipsum ..." to a jumbled Latin version of a passage from de Finibus Bonorum et Malorum, a treatise on the theory of ethics written by Cicero in 45 B.C. The passage "Lorem ipsum ..." is taken from text that reads, "Neque porro quisquam est qui dolorem ipsum quia dolor sit amet, consectetur, adipisci velit ...," which translates as, "There is no one who loves pain itself, who seeks after it and wants to have it, simply because it is pain...

During the 1500s, a printer adapted Cicero's text to develop a page of type samples. Since then, the Latin-like text has been the printing industry's standard for fake, or dummy, text. Before electronic publishing, graphic designers had to mock up layouts by drawing in squiggled lines to indicate text. The advent of self-adhesive sheets preprinted with "Lorem ipsum" gave a more realistic way to indicate where text would go on a page.

Posted by gillispie1 on 11/27/2019 2:48:00 AM (view original):
could be a fun topic - best d1 recruits rated under 600, for any purpose. doesn't have to be for a team of yours, or a role for a team of yours. just a low rated player who is exceptionally good for some arbitrary situation.

https://ibb.co/LYc8K9K



role - fb/fcp SG - i see him as a top tier starter on a title contender when he grows up, with that killer d, premium stamina, and extremely dangerous 2 pt scoring.

interesting question with this guy - when hes 50 or so per, do you let him keep going if hes green? if hes blue?

edit: can someone tell me how to embed this stupid image without it being ridiculous??

A little off topic to what I quoted but I promise it'll come full-circle. Coming back to HD a little less than a year ago, I took over a D+ Virginia team in a STRONG ACC (I didn't realize when I joined just how talented the coaches were). I wanted to figure out everything, including scouting and recruiting, entirely on my own. It was a fun challenge but came with plenty of screw ups on my part. For instance, as I worked my prestige up, I suppose I just got locked in on going only for low-level recruits with high-potential. I'm talking only sub-600 players but who were projected for 200+ growth potential. I hadn't even realized I was doing it until I was a B+ prestige. I had just lost in the second round to a very talented Navy roster, coached by Kimball, who ended up making it to the Final 4 with a B prestige. I looked at his squad and the recruits I could see he was going after. I was baffled with first thought being "he isn't going to consistently get those recruits though...". We had the same prestige, I had the conference-advantage, and he needs to fill out his FCP-roster more than I do my M2M-roster. Oh boy, did it hit me like dump truck when I looked at my finished recruiting class on the last day of the second cycle and realized they were about the same level as I took on my first season. In fact, the recruiting class is currently seniors on my squad and I have this irrational hate for them. They remind me of biggest blunder since returning.

So bringing it full circle, there were several sub-600 players I got who ended up being really talented players. Most notably, Kenneth Myers ended up being a major player for me (despite the roster around him being both garbage and thin during his junior and senior year). I brought him in as a defensive SG, but the 35 green PER maxing out at 89 was icing on the cake.

kenneth myers is awesome, for like, every scheme! quite the pickup.

hey, i'm trying to look at knight world to potentially pick a team to co-coach with someone, but its super annoying trying to get the lay of the land without access to an active team in the world where you can view conferences and RPI listings and such. could someone with an active team in knight let me hop on to look around for a day or so?

while i'm at it, if someone with a knight team is looking for a team analysis (doesn't have to be the knight team), i'd certainly be up for that. now that i don't have any solo teams, i definitely have some time for a team review or two. i just ask that the requester 1) picks a team that they put a bunch of effort into building, that is a fairly decent representation of what they wanted to build (not much value in scrutinizing a team that hasn't been coached deliberately), and 2) is up to read a lengthy response. i generally put a good couple hours into it, mostly spent typing, so its a decently long read and there is usually some back and forth.

that is kinda scary when dr gil says its gonna be lengthy.
id kinda like to do that (imagine that back and forth? we might blow up the internet!)
but i never think my teams are what i intended to build. maybe im not putting enough effort into it? probably

Posted by oldave on 12/2/2019 12:53:00 AM (view original):
that is kinda scary when dr gil says its gonna be lengthy.
id kinda like to do that (imagine that back and forth? we might blow up the internet!)
but i never think my teams are what i intended to build. maybe im not putting enough effort into it? probably

we should do it and then make it available online, let people subscribe for access and call it 'masochist dynasty'. million dollar idea?!?!

that said, i'd be happy to take a look at one of your teams! i've enjoyed doing them for a wide range of coaches over many years, but i think i'd really like this one. i wish i saved the one i did with alblack, it would be right up your alley. i've never again been called completely insane in such a jovial and good natured manner.

you know what? lets do it!
but if i win a title im denying you had anything to do with it! haha

also, alblack may be my all time favorite coach. Loved that dude.

Posted by oldave on 12/2/2019 2:34:00 AM (view original):
you know what? lets do it!
but if i win a title im denying you had anything to do with it! haha

also, alblack may be my all time favorite coach. Loved that dude.

to be honest, i consider it an honor of sorts to do a team analysis for a coach i respect a lot, or just one who is really good. al fit both categories, he was awesome! i don't mention the specifics of the team analysis stuff i've done often, but i wanted to hook you (see line 1) and i knew that anecdote would do the trick :) i mean its like, you pretty much have to now, right?

shoot me a sitemail when you have a team in mind!

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damn, i really thought seble was here to weigh in on that half-latin half-who knows what thing. i don't know why, but i was excited to hear the answer...

edit: he's right though, obviously