Option 1

Hoang’s been around English speakers now for longer than he’s been in his home country, so his grasp on both the language and the dialect has been a progressing point of pride for him. Friends detect a noticeable Upper-Midwest sing-song accent to his sentences, a growing sign that Minnesota has rubbed off on him. Still, the Monarchs’ brass did him no favors in acquiring just one Anglo-sounding named player in the S79 Draft (one born in Japan, but one named as such nonetheless), Grindle Waters-Johnson. The thought of getting up on stage again to announce Normand Marineau’s name makes him sweat, nevermind Dieter Frühstück’s acquisition round, or Ela Solberg in the 2nd. Still, he’s a good sport about names, always deferring if he feels it will put him in a tough position, apologizing as he learns lessons the hard way. Another local custom that Hoang has picked up, being “Minnesota nice”, is paying off.