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I have no stakes in this whole discussion, but I want to point out that there are plenty of ways to reduce the team number to 6 without having the tour be only 5 weeks. If manager quality is an issue, then surely reducing the number of managers would increase the quality on average, for the same...
Pre-season predictions based on managers (please @ me at the end of the season)
Most toxic: Tsundere Tsareenas
Best draft but without making playoffs: Mossdeep Murkrows
Worst draft: TIE between Milk Bagged Miltanks and Viridian Vivillions
Most likely to spend an exorbitant amount of money on 1...