My pick - u/16 boys, B. Goorjian

I wouldn't be so critical on the head coaches, but perhaps they should look outside of their own club and mates and get someone who perhaps coaches in that age group, ie one of the top two or three teams. Do many of the coaches who are coaching at state level actually coach a club in that age group or is that not allowed (conflict of interest?)???

If a coach plays a run and gun under all circumstances such as the 18's metro girls coach and loses with this play, fails to use his talent pool, can't see transition failing and still only plays the outside game where 3 and 4 shoot, its no body's fault but his. He should go.

IMO - you can say "the coach needs to go" all you like but until someone presents a better candidate, those posts are pointless.

Panther,

My thoughts on that are posted here.

"Hoop Addict", I pretty much agree. They definitely need someone who is involved in that age group, as I think sometimes it would be hard to pick the correct team without some sort of local knowledge.
From there, it is the skills and experience of the Head Coach which will shine through.

Panther, what if the assistant coaches are involved in the age group? Whats to stop a coach not involved with an age group going out and watching games of that age group? I would like to see State Head Coach not coaching Junior teams at all for the period of their appointment.

To be honest Mikasa, I would say not too many Head coaches would go out and watch games prior to selection of the team. I for one know for a fact that Richard Hill didn't come and see any South games, whether that be to watch South players or aother players we were playing.

16 girls coach doesn't do anything else either. Doesn't watch local kids play at all and if there is any doubt on a player choose a North one.

So no alternatives put up!

Just what I thought.

Raving on with no better plan.

I would suggest that if the likes of Hill and Wallis are not getting out to junior games they should be.

my quilt, Plenty of alternatives but not giving you the satisfaction of having other people being slagged on here. Thats why you started this topic wasn't it? So you can shoot down other coaches in this State?

you would be surprised, Wallis did in fact see a couple of u16 games during the year - even coached the north girls in State Champs GF for the win. His 2 assistant coaches also are sasi coaches who see these kids week in weekk out.

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I haven't slagged anyone off?

What are the alternatives?

We can slag the current guys and say we can do better, but who really CAN do a better job?

Not one name put up so far.

Just rhetoric!!!

Didn't one State under 20's men assistant coach in 2007, hired by Richard Hill, was told a fortnight from the championships that he was not able to continue cause SASI would accredit or approve of him?

What does that say? SASI has no confidence on who the head coach has as assistants?

SASI and BSA appoint the head coaches, but they don't have the confidence in who he or she hires as assitants?

who was that? was it Dale Fletcher?
always wondered why he was there and then wasnt

I think your original thought was spot on, my pick is u/16 boys, B. Goorjian as well!

panther how long have u coached junior basketball for? or is this your first season?

Just a thought.
Mark coached the majority of this years metro 18 girls to 4th spot last year in the 16's and they failed by 4 points against Vic Metro which would have put them in a Gold medal playoff.
Say what you like but the man has tactics and game plans that , wait for it , he's prepared to change as the game dictates.
This seems to have been the problem with the 18 girls this year, no plan that worked and one dimensional coaching mindsets with assistanbt clones.
So the question should be, how could Mark get the best out of virtually the same group of players, with a couple of girls starring and all contributing BUT the present coach not?

allquietonthewesternfront,

Thanks for that S Richards. At least he hasn't fallen to the ground and made fun of a 12 year old girls who has injured herself while coaching.

Maybe you should put your name up.

Sorry I didn't answer your question Booga, I have coached Juniors for a season prior to this one a few years back but this is my first year back into it.