I don ' t think it is usually that direct . What usually happens is the GM will pass along to the coach that they ' re trying to get an extended look at the younger guys , so they ' ll tell the coach that some guy on the bench needs to play more over a veteran that is better . This way they can tank without the coach actively being part of it . It ' s still not fair to the coach to hold him accountable , but I doubt they actually told him to tank on purpose . Of course this is all anecdotal from a fan with no connections or inside information whatsoever , so take it with a grain of salt . <| sep |> While I can get components , it seems difficult to get specific ones like H 4350 or varget . <| sep |> For a beginner , this is probably the ideal setup , it hits inside a entry level pricepoint reasonably enough perhaps ? and seems to have enough controls to get by as a entry level HOTAS in a way that that Thrustmaster HOTASX utterly failed to do . That being said , for anything other than entry level , the single hat on the stick and lack of handy buttons on the stick itself combined with the single , awkwardly placed rotary control on the throttle make this setup pretty difficult to want . I would honestly rather a X 56 and suffer the potential technical problems and maybe put some kind of insert on the handrest of the stick to mitigate the make or break ergonomic issue that I could probably just suck it up and deal with anyway if it means having all the controls I need to fly a good variety of aircraft without having to assign a million modifiers to a single hat . One thing that kinda made me chuckle . There was no mention of this being made out of plastic . That is not to say that a HOTAS being made out of plastic is ever bad in itself , just that most comparisons to the Warthog usually include some variation of it ' s plasticy ! or something like that . Interesting that none of that popped up here .