Appreciate the feed back. I'm a sucker for punishment and grinding games, so I don't mind restarting 100+ times if there's a real advantage to doing so. But it sounds like this is a solid start, then.
I've read a beginners guide that suggests starting over until you roll a decent team. I'm at the point where it says I should consider enrolling if my team sucks, but I don't know if this is good or not.