A Call from NBA Scouting Director Marty Blake

[zeke41]

I received a bit of good news today - I received a nice phone call today from Marty Blake, NBA's Director of Scouting Services. He was asking about Alex Hill. It's amazing how up-to-speed he was on our team and our players, and even our financial situation. He even said I had a good group of guys that seemed to listen well, and I did a good job coaching a team with limited talent despite our situation - quite a comment from a man with such a background!

Anyway, they are contemplating allowing Alex Hill to the Pre-draft camp here in Orlando in May. I hope he gets the chance - he's quite a talent. You know what's crazy??? He didn't even make any of the 3 All-ABA teams.

UN-BE-LIEVABLE!!!

I think someone suggested that I wasn't qualified to run a pro-sports team. I think I'll take Marty Blake's word over yours, whoever you are (I can't even remember who said it). Apparently I did alright by his standards.

[Fells]

I received a bit of good news today - I received a nice phone call today from Marty Blake, NBA's Director of Scouting Services. He was asking about Alex Hill. It's amazing how up-to-speed he was on our team and our players, and even our financial situation. He even said I had a good group of guys that seemed to listen well, and I did a good job coaching a team with limited talent despite our situation - quite a comment from a man with such a background!

Anyway, they are contemplating allowing Alex Hill to the Pre-draft camp here in Orlando in May. I hope he gets the chance - he's quite a talent. You know what's crazy??? He didn't even make any of the 3 All-ABA teams.

UN-BE-LIEVABLE!!!

I think someone suggested that I wasn't qualified to run a pro-sports team. I think I'll take Marty Blake's word over yours, whoever you are (I can't even remember who said it). Apparently I did alright by his standards.

I am STILL trying to figure out how the All-ABA teams were decided upon. No one from the Sharks or Nighthawks made it, and how Hill didn't still gets me.

It looks like you did well by Marty's standards. Get a team and hire me!! :mrgreen:

[zeke41]

I'm trying to figure out how t oget it done. We are "new" money. Well, let's just say we don't have a lot built up yet. It will take some time. I do know this - if it doesn't happen this year, it will it the years to come. I can see how a solid, properly run minor league team can be profitable. It just takes money to make money. Of course, I'll be hiring people that I know and trust. I would put you in that category. I think one of the biggest missed paid positions by minor league teams is the sports writer. You have to have at least one person (and really an intern or two underneath that person) respobnsible for writing and submitting well-written (PROOF-READ!!!!), quality press releases. In a world where a marketing budget is virtually non-existent, having a paid staff memeber to devote 40+ hours a week to this is a good start to marketing your team.