Yeah, I think so, too.
If nobody of you want to take the job, I could offer myself,
although I think you and Jake would be a much better choice.

Nevertheless I hope we get the team rolling =D

Then I won't apply
We also need a thread for the Players.

It's official: I'm the NZ National Coach.

Just hope to God I don't go backrupt before my tenure is up. Getting knocked out of the Regional Cup so early this season was really NOT helpful! (Thanks a lot for that, Jake!) But I'll do my utmost to hang in there, even if I have to sell just about everything I have in the process (Training Centre is already gone; Youth Academy might be next, although I'll probably look at trying to cut some players first).

But enough about my financial worries. Time to address matters of the national team.

First issue: team colours. Maybe an all black helmet, or a black and white one, seeing as those are the traditional NZ colours. Any other thoughts though?

Secondly: team name. I'm not sure whether we can actually have a name officially added to the NZ team page. What about the Black Helmets? (If in fact we go for an all black, or at least predominantly black helmet.)

Thirdly: Offsite forum (to discuss detailed team business in secret). If enough of you are on Facebook, then I suggest a closed Facebook forum that you can only get into by invitation. However, if you're happy discussing players, tactics, formations etc. right here, then fine. An offsite forum should at least be considered though.

Finally, I have made some team selections. Not 100% happy with it, but we really don't have a massive player pool to choose from, so in some areas, we may be forced to make do. I've made some detailed notes about the players I've chosen so far, which I could share in the Players Thread or wait until we get an offsite forum. There are about a dozen slots that could still be filled, so a wee bit of room to move.

I suppose another thing we could do is communicate by private message. If it's basically down to me, Jake and Smoke, that might be just about as good as a secret forum.

The coaching position is now up for grabs. (I haven't resigned; all the existing coaches have been "fired" as the second World Cup cycle gets under way.)

Happy to do it again if no one else wants it. Struggling a bit for solvency though. (At least I have a bot in the Regional Cup this time, but the damn thing doesn't start nearly soon enough for my liking.) If someone else (Jake? Smoke?) wants it however, then I'll be happy to back them.

With our limited pool of talent, managing the NZ side is a pretty thankless task. But if we get a more favourable draw next time, then who knows? We did at least manage to upset Italy under my reign, the solitary highlight of my tenure, and a personal highlight of my entire time in Grid-Iron.

Someone else will have to take over the coaching role this season; I'm in deep financial shit, and with a second consecutive away game this week, I'm toast as far as bankruptcy goes.