ANON12
Years ago
Anstey: Boomers never have best side on the floor
(Mod: Removed the first part as it's already covered in another recent thread.)
Found a question and answer from Chris Anstey on the Aussie Hoops USA website which explains a lot about Goorjians archaic(?) training/selection criteria.
QUESTION
With your proximities to the game this question may be a little difficult to answer. A third of the Boomers training squad announced recently (July 12) being from Sydney? Does this not seem like 'jobs for the boys' as Goorjian is indeed both the Boomers and Kings head? The Worlds team from last year also had five of the twelve members from the Sydney Kings. Some of the selections are warranted but really Ian Crosswhite, and to a lesser extent Russel Hinder, and Luke Kendall, as good as these players are, are they world class? And for a little more evidence I believe Luke Martin, whilst a King was also a Boomer (where is he now). Also do you know any gossip, substantiated or otherwise about whether Sam Mackinnon will be suiting up in the NBA next year?
A: CHRIS ANSTEY
My personal opinion regarding the Boomers is that as the training camps are conducted right now, Australia will never have it's best team on the floor together as most of it's best players are around 30 years old. After long basketball seasons, the bodies of a 30+ year old players don't stand up to 5 hours on court a day plus another couple of meetings and recovery. I know that's the reason I can't commit to it, it killed my last NBL season. It's the reason Cattalini doesn't play, Brett Maher may be the same. Older players know how to get the best out of themselves, and sometimes it's not running themselves into the ground. Anyway, I hope the young guys who play do well obviously, and hope that we have a full squad to choose from next year, as opposed to this year without Bogut, Nielsen and CJ Bruton.
