Izulde
05-04-2010, 05:52 PM
All right, so I've decided to kick off another four coach dynasty, inspired by Bryan Swartz's Race to the Top. Unlike his historical-ish setup, mine begins in 2050, for the purposes of allowing me to introduce a group of 25 year old coaches that I'm calling The Four Young Aristocrats for reasons which will immediately become clear. Everything is left at default for the conferences, teams, prestiges, and tournaments, because I'm lazy. With the exception of Icy's RealWorld mod.
Oh, I also eliminated the ability for players to declare early and turned off illegal recruiting, taking the stance that by 2050, the NCAA has tired of being just a minor league system for the NBA and cracked down.
The coaches:
Marques Yeaton
Marques is the second son of Mateen Yeaton, the legendary basketball Hall of Famer featured here (http://www.wolverinestudios.com/forum/showthread.php?t=5439) who also had a short college coaching career of his own, seen here (http://www.wolverinestudios.com/forum/showthread.php?t=6734).
Perry, the first son mentioned in the college dynasty, is now an electrician in Denver. It's Marques, the second son, who has stepped in his father's basketball legacy, although it's worth noting that both Perry and Marques went to the University of Indiana, Mateen's alma mater, and maintained the Yeaton Hoosier tradition.
Marques's strengths as a rookie coach are in his understanding of offense, his ability to recruit, and his greatest ability, a real gift for teaching and developing players. That latter talent is ironic, considering Marques doesn't really care about academics. Some schools are also wary of Marques's surprising inability to teach defense, but that's just never been an area of interest for him.
He's not beholden to a specific system or philosophy at this point in time, but Marques is without question extremely ambitious and hopes to one day coach the Hoosiers, fulfilling a dream that even the great Mateen himself never achieved.
Dwight Arcadia
Not a son, but a grandson. Dwight's grandfather is, of course, Gabriel Arcadia, whose stellar career as general manager of the expansion Minnesota Timberwolves years ago are recorded here (http://operationsports.com/fofc/showthread.php?t=39761&highlight=Arcadia).
Where Dwight excels in his ability to read players and their talent levels. He's also a pretty good recruiter, although he's only an average tutor and frequently looks outmatched in games as he's not a good coach. He'd probably be best as a scouting director or a general manager at the professional level, but he insists on trying his hand at college coaching. Dwight values academics to the highest possible degree, but has only average ambition, as he's well aware that he doesn't have the in-game coaching ability to command a top-tier job.
Like Marques, Dwight currently holds to no specific style of play. Unlike Marques, he has no particular dream job.
Estevan Buboltz
Eldest son of Paulinho Buboltz, who those of you who have taken the time to read the Mateen Yeaton thread know all about. Estevan has made it his life mission to bring down the Yeatons and prove that the Buboltzs are just as good, if not better a basketball family dynasty as the hated rivals.
Naturally, that means his ambition is sky-high and, ironically enough, he's the most balanced of all four candidates, with no strengths or weaknesses as a coach, save for perhaps his fiery temper, one that frequently gets him in trouble.
The first coach profiled to have a system, the young Buboltz believes in full-court defensive press with a fast-paced offense and hitting the boards at every single turn. Estevan also teaches that defense is a matter of man vs. man and zone is for the weak.
He has no dream job, unless it's to get to the Hoosier before the Yeatons. He simply wants to beat Marques in all facets of the game.
Yogi Mentum
Although not a blood relation, Yogi can still claim to be a member of basketball aristocracy, for he is Jestor's most prized and talented pupil and a fierce devotee of his mentor's system.
Yogi is unusual in that even at 25, he's considered the most brilliant offensive mind in the game. Unfortunately, he fails at every other area of coaching, although he does have the rudiments of recruiting and developing ability. He has high ambition and value for academics.
Jestorball is also an unusual system in that it's not about a specific mode of play, but getting certain kinds of players and it is that system that Yogi the Master Disciple will do his best to follow and implement. He's also the polar opposite of Estevan Buboltz, in that if he was any more laid back, he'd be coaching from a lounge chair.
Job Hunt
Marques Yeaton's most prestigious offers came from IUPUI, Stephen F. Austin, and Detroit (20 prestige), but he wanted to go to the school that had the best facilities, and the clear-cut winner there was Kennesaw State in Kennesaw, Georgia. On the other hand, the Owls were a 2 prestige team, far removed from Marques's ambitions of coaching the Hoosiers. So he took the job at Eastern Illinois, which had the right combination of prestige, contract offer, and demands, while being as close to Indiana as possible.
Dwight Arcadia had the same job offers as Yeaton in terms of top prestige, but had several more schools: Yale, San Diego, and UNC-Asheville. Wanting a low-pressure job with as long a contract as possible and to get out of the Midwest, but still in a major city, Dwight accepted the post at Portland.
Estevan Buboltz had Yeaton's initial three, plus San Diego and UNC-Asheville, which led the Yeatons to fear that perhaps Marques's inattention to academics would cost him his shot at the Hoosiers gig. Buboltz immediately signed on to Detroit, which offered a whopping 4 year contract for $100,000 a season and only wanted to avoid last place and win 10+ games.
Yogi Mentum took the job at Campbell, because it was in a warmer weather state, with low expectations and the awesome team name of the Camels.
Up next, a look at each coach and team's specific situation.
Oh, I also eliminated the ability for players to declare early and turned off illegal recruiting, taking the stance that by 2050, the NCAA has tired of being just a minor league system for the NBA and cracked down.
The coaches:
Marques Yeaton
Marques is the second son of Mateen Yeaton, the legendary basketball Hall of Famer featured here (http://www.wolverinestudios.com/forum/showthread.php?t=5439) who also had a short college coaching career of his own, seen here (http://www.wolverinestudios.com/forum/showthread.php?t=6734).
Perry, the first son mentioned in the college dynasty, is now an electrician in Denver. It's Marques, the second son, who has stepped in his father's basketball legacy, although it's worth noting that both Perry and Marques went to the University of Indiana, Mateen's alma mater, and maintained the Yeaton Hoosier tradition.
Marques's strengths as a rookie coach are in his understanding of offense, his ability to recruit, and his greatest ability, a real gift for teaching and developing players. That latter talent is ironic, considering Marques doesn't really care about academics. Some schools are also wary of Marques's surprising inability to teach defense, but that's just never been an area of interest for him.
He's not beholden to a specific system or philosophy at this point in time, but Marques is without question extremely ambitious and hopes to one day coach the Hoosiers, fulfilling a dream that even the great Mateen himself never achieved.
Dwight Arcadia
Not a son, but a grandson. Dwight's grandfather is, of course, Gabriel Arcadia, whose stellar career as general manager of the expansion Minnesota Timberwolves years ago are recorded here (http://operationsports.com/fofc/showthread.php?t=39761&highlight=Arcadia).
Where Dwight excels in his ability to read players and their talent levels. He's also a pretty good recruiter, although he's only an average tutor and frequently looks outmatched in games as he's not a good coach. He'd probably be best as a scouting director or a general manager at the professional level, but he insists on trying his hand at college coaching. Dwight values academics to the highest possible degree, but has only average ambition, as he's well aware that he doesn't have the in-game coaching ability to command a top-tier job.
Like Marques, Dwight currently holds to no specific style of play. Unlike Marques, he has no particular dream job.
Estevan Buboltz
Eldest son of Paulinho Buboltz, who those of you who have taken the time to read the Mateen Yeaton thread know all about. Estevan has made it his life mission to bring down the Yeatons and prove that the Buboltzs are just as good, if not better a basketball family dynasty as the hated rivals.
Naturally, that means his ambition is sky-high and, ironically enough, he's the most balanced of all four candidates, with no strengths or weaknesses as a coach, save for perhaps his fiery temper, one that frequently gets him in trouble.
The first coach profiled to have a system, the young Buboltz believes in full-court defensive press with a fast-paced offense and hitting the boards at every single turn. Estevan also teaches that defense is a matter of man vs. man and zone is for the weak.
He has no dream job, unless it's to get to the Hoosier before the Yeatons. He simply wants to beat Marques in all facets of the game.
Yogi Mentum
Although not a blood relation, Yogi can still claim to be a member of basketball aristocracy, for he is Jestor's most prized and talented pupil and a fierce devotee of his mentor's system.
Yogi is unusual in that even at 25, he's considered the most brilliant offensive mind in the game. Unfortunately, he fails at every other area of coaching, although he does have the rudiments of recruiting and developing ability. He has high ambition and value for academics.
Jestorball is also an unusual system in that it's not about a specific mode of play, but getting certain kinds of players and it is that system that Yogi the Master Disciple will do his best to follow and implement. He's also the polar opposite of Estevan Buboltz, in that if he was any more laid back, he'd be coaching from a lounge chair.
Job Hunt
Marques Yeaton's most prestigious offers came from IUPUI, Stephen F. Austin, and Detroit (20 prestige), but he wanted to go to the school that had the best facilities, and the clear-cut winner there was Kennesaw State in Kennesaw, Georgia. On the other hand, the Owls were a 2 prestige team, far removed from Marques's ambitions of coaching the Hoosiers. So he took the job at Eastern Illinois, which had the right combination of prestige, contract offer, and demands, while being as close to Indiana as possible.
Dwight Arcadia had the same job offers as Yeaton in terms of top prestige, but had several more schools: Yale, San Diego, and UNC-Asheville. Wanting a low-pressure job with as long a contract as possible and to get out of the Midwest, but still in a major city, Dwight accepted the post at Portland.
Estevan Buboltz had Yeaton's initial three, plus San Diego and UNC-Asheville, which led the Yeatons to fear that perhaps Marques's inattention to academics would cost him his shot at the Hoosiers gig. Buboltz immediately signed on to Detroit, which offered a whopping 4 year contract for $100,000 a season and only wanted to avoid last place and win 10+ games.
Yogi Mentum took the job at Campbell, because it was in a warmer weather state, with low expectations and the awesome team name of the Camels.
Up next, a look at each coach and team's specific situation.