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Just wondering if this has happened to anyone else...
Last night I had just finished the 2011-12 season with Forest Green. I had gotten them to League 1, but the team was bleeding cash and the board was not going to expand the stadium/training facilities/youth academy. It looked like the team had gone about as far as possible (without a several-year retrenchment in League 2 or something).
Stoke offered me a job for more money in the Championship, with a transfer budget and salary budget that I found almost comically high. I thought of the LLM philosophy of maintaining realism - in RL there's no way anyone would turn down that job. So I took it.
Now I'm finding it hard to really care about the game. I hired 4 coaches and 3 scouts and my budget barely blipped. International appearances are a hassle instead of a strange gift from the national team gods. Players that I dreamed of landing for years are no longer good enough to start on my reserve team. It's strange.
Does this feeling go away - will I eventually develop a passion for managing in the Championship? Should I just start a new game in Conference N/S? Any ideas/wisdom would be appreciated.
If Stoke (or any other "name" team) offered me the job without me applying for it I'd give it due consideration and accept or refuse based on that, not any pre-conceived notion.
Well I had job offers from Aston Villa and Liverpool before, Aston didnt work cause of pre-patch problems making the game unplayable the date after I accepted, Liverpool I regret clicking yes even though it's my favorite team.
I guess the Liverpool case was almost like yours, plus I had developed an attachment for my team and the times we had gone through, and I felt I had unfinished business there. Thanks again Jaffa for letting my appeal through~
Aston was well I thought it was a kick-arse offer and I would readily accept as a League 1 manager. Didn't have time to dwell on any negative feelings because of the crash bug.
But I guess if LLM is about a degree of realism, in real life most gaffers would have moved up the ladder to a bigger team, in any sport in any league system. Unless it was about absolute loyalty/love/unfinished business at the old club.
I say give the Championship a shot. It may be harder then you think. I know I'm having a torrid time there!
Lots of managers who don't feel they have the reputation for the high-tier job wouldn't accept. It's very likely they would end up without a job after a couple months. What star player would listen to a guy who managed the local McDonald's team before?
Moderate growth would be most realistic, and not jumping 4 or 5 tiers at once.
Originally posted by colonypod:
Stoke offered me a job for more money in the Championship, with a transfer budget and salary budget that I found almost comically high.
I took a new job - now I don't care 
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