One more thing that I would tell rookies...DON'T RUN DISCARDS, AT ALL

...the only exception, is if you only have few in your gym...3-5 total. I mean they are being discarded for a reason. I have seen so many new managers with 60-70 fighters

...all discards and then they wonder why they never get a grasp on the game.
Learn the game first...even if you don't understand it fully, learn the basics, then if you feel you can do discards, then by all means hook it up.
holla at ya boy.