how a sim coached team has won the sunshine state conference (smith d2) tourney two seasons in a row?

could be that the coach who beat them in the regular season at normal pace and flat erred when he went uptempo and plus 3 in the CT final?  dont know, but why the extreme shift?

You got in a ton of trouble - the uptempo FB/FCP is risky for that.  Plus you went +3 for some reason.

Your best win was against a team w/ an RPI of 102 prior to that game.  That conference was fair game for anyone, really.  Not a single team in that conference is head and shoulders better than any other.

perhaps the fact that 40% of their shots are 3 pt attempts. and i played them twice in the regular season - winning playing both normal and uptempo.

schedule rollins and we'll see who errs....or join our conference and play us twice a season.

if its working, why change it? the uptempo hurt you badly with your team fatigued down the stretch.

Posted by crazyivan on 3/11/2011 1:39:00 PM (view original):
perhaps the fact that 40% of their shots are 3 pt attempts. and i played them twice in the regular season - winning playing both normal and uptempo.

schedule rollins and we'll see who errs....or join our conference and play us twice a season.

you asked a question and get annoyed at answers that look right - one would expect to win unless either the human coach screws around or an extreme random event happens - could be either or both looking at it

just because a team shoots a lot of threes over the season does not mean that +3 is a good choice - its extreme and rarely in my experience wise

Posted by crazyivan on 3/9/2011 1:50:00 PM (view original):
how a sim coached team has won the sunshine state conference (smith d2) tourney two seasons in a row?

Could it have anything to do with the fact that it looks like last season there were only 4 human coached teams and this season there were only 6.

Plus, it is not like it was the same team that won two seasons in a row. In fact, last year's winner was the best team in the conference, and ranked #15 overall.

Not sure what you need an explanation about, there isn't any problem. 


And, to agree with the previous posters, why go extreme to +3 this time after beating them twice at 0.

+3 is a massive over-reaction.  +2 maybe, +1 probably.  And you beat them twice going 0.  I think it's safe to say that +3 was a terrible decision.

Posted by crazyivan on 3/11/2011 1:39:00 PM (view original):
perhaps the fact that 40% of their shots are 3 pt attempts. and i played them twice in the regular season - winning playing both normal and uptempo.

schedule rollins and we'll see who errs....or join our conference and play us twice a season.

You talk a big game for a team that's been to the NT once in 7 seasons and has an end-of-season team overall rating 19 points lower than my established D3 team...

Posted by abitaamber on 3/11/2011 2:46:00 PM (view original):
+3 is a massive over-reaction.  +2 maybe, +1 probably.  And you beat them twice going 0.  I think it's safe to say that +3 was a terrible decision.

I probably would have gone +3 if I was facing a team that shoots so many 3s, but the problem for his team is that he ran +3 and uptempo with a fb/fcp team with only 10 players (so pretty shallow), and horrible rebounding. The new engine with position v. position rebounding means poor rebounding is a major weakness.

He's already weak on the boards and then he ran a +3, so giving up more space inside, compounding the rebounding problem. Thr off/def is the most exhausting setup in HD. With 2 walkons, he should be going slowdown all season, every game, irregardless of the opponent. 

Posted by dahsdebater on 3/11/2011 3:00:00 PM (view original):

Posted by crazyivan on 3/11/2011 1:39:00 PM (view original):
perhaps the fact that 40% of their shots are 3 pt attempts. and i played them twice in the regular season - winning playing both normal and uptempo.

schedule rollins and we'll see who errs....or join our conference and play us twice a season.

You talk a big game for a team that's been to the NT once in 7 seasons and has an end-of-season team overall rating 19 points lower than my established D3 team...

I thought overall team rating meant nothing...

And crazyivan, that really stinks, I'd be ticked too. I think you probably over-corrected to a +3, because of what you analyzed and because it was a big game. Happens to everyone, pick up and beat them next season.

Posted by tianyi7886 on 3/11/2011 3:00:00 PM (view original):

Posted by abitaamber on 3/11/2011 2:46:00 PM (view original):
+3 is a massive over-reaction.  +2 maybe, +1 probably.  And you beat them twice going 0.  I think it's safe to say that +3 was a terrible decision.

I probably would have gone +3 if I was facing a team that shoots so many 3s, but the problem for his team is that he ran +3 and uptempo with a fb/fcp team with only 10 players (so pretty shallow), and horrible rebounding. The new engine with position v. position rebounding means poor rebounding is a major weakness.

He's already weak on the boards and then he ran a +3, so giving up more space inside, compounding the rebounding problem. Thr off/def is the most exhausting setup in HD. With 2 walkons, he should be going slowdown all season, every game, irregardless of the opponent. 

irregardless. lol

overall team rating does mean nothing - especially with 2 walkons and a jr with a very low WE. that tends to drag down the overall team rating. but look at the avg core ratings (for fb/fcp) - ath, spd, de, bh & pa...60, 54, 59, 46 & 44 - for a c+ d2 team, that ain't bad...take out the walkons & the low WE jr and add 5+ to those averages.
yes, maybe i overthought the conf championship game - but how many of you have beaten the same team (sim or human) 3 times in a season?
still, go ahead and schedule rollins next season - at least the exhibitions, while i still have an upperclass to compete.

rebounds - we don't need no stinking rebounds.

rollins national d2 rankings
offensive ranks
4th in scoring, 91.7/game.
1st in assists, 20.5/game.
1st in steals, 13.7/game.

defensive ranks
1st in turnovers, 24.9/game.

so, we'll give the opposition their +7 rebounding differential.

mr. established d3 (dahsdebater) - i'll tell my athletic director to expect your call - we'll hold you a spot in our exhibition season.

Lots of talking Ivan. Until you can get an rpi under 50, I think you should focus more on your game than your trash talk.