considering season ticket sales are ahead of where they where last year same time, shows that people are more positive and more faith in whans happening,

if ticket sales where less then same time last year then maybe they have a concern but on that they dont

they are doing the righ thing with ervin even blind freddy can see that

So everyone would prefer us to take a chance and hope NBA lock out occurs and maybe get a Mills or Import that might stay for half season .
So T doing it this way will get us above Perth and Melb. who have squads assembled you believe .
Blind Freddie giving us 50 -50 with Ervin or 60 -40 or what and when.
When we were successful we were settled months ahead.

so that championship we won when Garrison came in half way through doesnt count #howsoontheyforget

KB3 wins this thread.

Though to be fair, we had Willie Farley in his prime in the first season he came to the NBL - dude was a sensation and a nightmare for opposition defences.

Sorry bretts, pretty crap thread. The merits of patience have been explained a few times. Perth picked their squad early because they were locking in a good import from past seasons. Melbourne poached known quantities from Cairns. Adelaide are trying to grab a known quantity from Wollongong (who is waiting on Europe - so be it) but the fallback in a possible lockout year is a valid plan. Unless you're impatient like many 36ers fans, I guess.

Also Perth are far from locked in, they are actually in a similar position to the 36ers
signed are
Lisch
Robbins
Trueman
Wagstaff
Knight
Tovey
Martin

No second import
Redhage a massive unknown
No replacement for Weigh

3 massive holes they are yet to fill. Also a lot easier to re-sign a successful group than an unsuccessful one. Points to spend is the Bout the same with out doing the maths.

People are really stressing out way to much over nothing.

On paper last season the blaze should have dominated yet were not that much better than the Sixers.

While only yesterday , " The NBA Draft and lockout have implications , now. "
Ervin told Clarke.
"It's gonna be a long wait. " Clarke told us.

We lost a lotta Schenscher fans.
They are looking at Adrien Sturt that sounds prudent.

That's a different point though. If they are going for an MVP lauded by many last year (very different to Homicide!), that seems like a reasonable choice to me. Hawks are short of money, Kings have loaded up on guards, so I think Europe is the main competition left. That's out of our hands, and of anyone making the decisions.

The rumours I've seen on here that may have some weight are Dowdell and Holmes possibly gone, and maybe something about Ballinger? I think we have SG and SF locked in and I like Crosswell as backup PG. I heard the money being put to Ervin is pretty solid - if he doesn't come through, put it to someone else.

Haven't seen an update recently, but last article I read suggested that the NBA and the players were still far apart on their negotiating positions. At at least makes things interesting. The big dollar players would just sit out the year, but benchies and fringe players would suddenly be considering a strong AUD.

Many times I've often wondered why Wagstaff told Perth media that Ballinger will play for the Kings this season.

Ballinger won't leave Adelaide for Sydney this year.
He still has unfinished business here.

Agree we lost a few fans from the handling of Schensher a couple of seasons back. And even though I love my Sixers I don't blame the fans.

Believe Ervin is about 60 percent chance of saying yes to us, Holmesy even though a top bloke don't see him being signed this year by Adelaide, didn't do enough last season.

I do believe that SOS has made mistakes but is doing everything it can to change the fortunes of our club.

Is it impatient or is it concern we are going to stuff up again.
Good post Sixer fan yes SOS have tried hard just concerned another bad year will put club in jeopardy again.
When you look at melb. shit year --- new coach --- totally new team all within months picked out signed and already people will have their money on to win lot.
That would be nice for once.
I think Clarke worked out who he didnt want early but for many reasons has not
got what he wanted .
Surely posters dont really believe NBA will be in lock for full season.

Melbourne replaced most of their team last year and it didnt work very well for them. Patience is a virtue, there are no points up for grabs in June.

Maybe not having the team settled at this late stage is an integral part Marty's well thought out, executed three year plan.
Seriously, I take everything said above on board but it's pretty hard to justify having a "three year plan' when you're still running around at this stage of the year (your second as coach) trying to build a team.
We could catch a star in the NBA lockout fall out by watiting and get a stud for part of the regular season, but somehow I don't think an NBA lockout was in Marty's three year plan that he drew up when he first got the job.

Isaac, what's with this Ballinger thing? Is the club trying to get rid of him or the coach? If so absolute disgrace, end of story!

Paul other posters my point below has nothing to do with should wait for Ervin or not .
But off season is where most teams become successful or not .
Think of all the trades and drafts that have won NBA titles and even this year should have got Miami their result . eg Jordan -- Bryant etc etc
Off season is extremely important period of any club. Locally look at Judd trade to Carlton
Also whether Tigers go all the way or not as a supporter you would be happy with that squad and how effeciently it was assembled .
Now we hear murmurs about Ballinger it is not so much about being critical it is about concern and getting it right

There are two import spots left of the three spots remaining. Does anyone care to research at what point of the off-season playoff teams over the past decade have contracted their import players?

I think youll find many of them are quite late in the off-season.

Isn't getting it right usually associated with taking your time and making a well thought out decision rather than rushing in and taking the first available option?

I seriously don't understand how people could be upset with the roster so far, it's not like we only have 1 or 2 players signed. They have 7 signed! with only the imports and a bench player left to come.

I am not in the position to own the Adelaide 36ers but I'm greatly appreciative of the group who were willing to invest/lose their own money (and possibly their freedom where university resources may have been misappropriated) to provide me the opportunity to choose whether I will watch a 36ers game in person or not. That opportunity was nearly taken away from me.

I accept that they will experience both success and failure, it comes with life, but at this point I choose to have faith that the current owners and staff are doing their best to deliver success. That is why I renewed my membership. I'm thankful that I have the choice to make this decision.

I also appreciate the value of this forum particularly when it is used properly but its value is substantially diminished by users who treat it as a vehicle to subjectively rant (and provide no credible refrences to support their opinions) or intently distribute incorrect information.

Big Ads,

that's the most sensible post on here, way above the other tripe being muted here

well thought out and well delivered, now if only 80% of others could do so

Big Ads totally agree with you mate.

I do renewed my season tickets because if my butt isn't in the seat who will. Sixers fans need to be true Sixers fans win or lose.

Big Ads totally agree with you mate.

I do renewed my season tickets because if my butt isn't in the seat who will. Sixers fans need to be true Sixers fans win or lose.

didnt mean to post as anon above...sorry

We need Balls.