i kind of was looking for the thread where we were talking about like, the way i consider players by abilities and the 2 ability strengths being required for a great team, not major eliteness, that kind of stuff. i usually don't get the kind of teams that really are a good example of that, but i had one i wanted to post because as a follow-up because i think its a good example of it. however, i gave up trying to find the right place so i am just posting it here.

https://www.whatifsports.com/hd/TeamProfile/Ratings.aspx?tid=14048

the reason i like them is, they aren't great by any measure of talent. really, almost no player on the whole team is great by any measure of talent. its just a bunch of mediocre dudes who nobody gets too excited about. we lean really hard into our fb/fcp scheme which helps, but even in a normal scheme, these kind of guys can do well - they can play on title teams, they can lead s16 teams. the team was a 1 seed last year with a little less good of a team, i think these guys are the legit title contenders, irrespective of their solid start or how the regular season goes (we are using regular season to optimize growth).

i was gonna say, nobody on the board on a team like this, i love things like that - but somehow one of our juniors popped on the board and is 70th. so that messes it up a bit (dolin). but, i still think the team is a good example. these aren't the guys folks keep in mind when they think of building legit title contenders, but they should be!

my favorite way to succeed in this game, like to go for 3 peats and stuff, is to mix a few insanely elite guys (which i define differently than most, probably) with a bunch of guys like this - most of my championships in high d1, after my rookie days when i didnt manage my EE situation - i only have 1.5 expected early entries or so often closer to 1, and almost never above 2. i don't really win with those insane 850 rated teams who have 7 draft picks, because you just fall too far the next season, and you can't really win 3 or 5 in a row that way!

anyway, hopefully this kind of puts something tangible to my theory there. guys i love - sappington (blue sta, no lp/per potential) - paul roberts - dolin - max (good potential left). hanson perhaps if he decides not to suck finally (i think his lp/per mix is not favorable for our fb scheme). you can get guys like, 100 ath/reb/def/sb, ive had them before, with awesome stamina, and they are guaranteed seniors - LOVE those guys! lot of this team is guys we could recruit on d+ to c prestige, to be honest.