10-Dec-2012, 03:57 PM
(This post was last modified: 10-Dec-2012, 03:58 PM by deliverance.)
I think Taha's trolling a little, and Paul's partially right (I never felt that Merv got pissed off when you didn't follow his advice). People will be passionate, and sometimes they may sound like they're rushed or agitated but they're trying to tell you something quickly without wasting a timeout in between a goal or something.
I played one league with Merv & Dan K and my game elevated immensely from that one league. I won most improved player thanks to both Merv & Dan.
Never did I feel that they were pissed off or annoyed at me -- during tight games it helped me play harder and pay more attention to my play, since I knew I was the weakest player on that team and I didn't want to be the reason we lose. We lost the league, but won the playoffs after 8 weeks of them training me.
Leads to my earlier point that allowing someone to play with a highly skilled player benefits you greatly since you can see first hand what they are doing and start to emulate their movement (even if you don't understand 'why' they're giving/doing a certain defence/pass/shot/etc).
Even if you don't agree with the delivery of some people, it's invaluable to get a chance to play with any of the top 5 guys at OFA, even if it's just for the DYP.
I played one league with Merv & Dan K and my game elevated immensely from that one league. I won most improved player thanks to both Merv & Dan.
Never did I feel that they were pissed off or annoyed at me -- during tight games it helped me play harder and pay more attention to my play, since I knew I was the weakest player on that team and I didn't want to be the reason we lose. We lost the league, but won the playoffs after 8 weeks of them training me.
Leads to my earlier point that allowing someone to play with a highly skilled player benefits you greatly since you can see first hand what they are doing and start to emulate their movement (even if you don't understand 'why' they're giving/doing a certain defence/pass/shot/etc).
Even if you don't agree with the delivery of some people, it's invaluable to get a chance to play with any of the top 5 guys at OFA, even if it's just for the DYP.
- Casti