SABRES VS EAGLES MENS MATCH ON FIRST

you would think so, the lady lions beat south by 1 in rd 1 and lost to them by 50-odd the other week. bit of a turnaround. guess thats what happens when you have selfish players calling all the shots.

Selfish players calling all the shots have picked up some impressive wins this year - so give credit

selfish players who will be long gone next season or the season after, leaving others 2 pick up their mess.

"or getting Nicole Cornes to invite Mick Molloy to a family BBQ"...
Bahahahahaha...GOLD!

Carlin not playing for centrals this week... Centrals gets slaughtered without their only big

Please provide other examples of how lions have gone for short term success?

Also hear brad hill not playing so may cancel out the daniel carlin loss, only just though carlin is a gun.

the new girls that shoot 20% from the floor, with the point being the only good player (except cannot shoot and turns the ball over too much) yet they yell at others.

The coach is to blame too. He plays these girls all game with no breaks. No wonder their defence slackens off, they are too tired. That with the fact that they shoot 20% from the floor, you are not going to win games. Pity the coach leaves the best perimeter shooter on the bench and plays 0 minutes.

These girls got the initial coach kicked out when they didn't have a losing record. Since the change they have a losing record. That's karma Centrals. You get what you deserve.

Is it true that these players are getting paid? Wish i could shoot 20% as a two guard and get paid.

Anon 322763 and Anon 322793, couldnt have said it better myself. short term success is all centrals can see. the president was happy to get rid of the previous coach in order to keep the problem players. now look at the mess they are in. i get wanting to do whatever you can to get your womens program off the bottom of the ladder but you need to do it within reason.

Tom Daly is not playing for Sturt this weekend. He is in China on a pre tournament tour with the Australian World University Games team. Also, fellow Sabre, now at Bryant University, Corey Maynard also made the team.

eagles v sabres - both games will be good !

anon,

You dont think a club is going to come out and say we are changing coaches because of a player revolt do you?

That's what they are saying about the Centrals coach but there is more to it.

The new players basically conspired to get him ousted and that's what happened.

Not sure I understand the big deal, coaches get replaced and swapped in leagues all over the world mid season.

Pretty sure Tony stepped down and he himself had stated it was health issues, is he lying?

Players conspiring to get rid of a coach is not a good thing, especially when the coach has got them off to the best start in god know's how long.

One of these players constantly yells at her team mates yet she isn't even that good a player herself. People in the stands have commented about her behaviour.

Players cannot wait for the season to finish as they don't like it anymore. Is that what you want from a basketball club, well any kind of club to be honest??? Especially one that still has a shot at finals.

So i think people are commenting on the entire situation and not just a coach being sacked. Even it was that, did he deserved to be sacked anyway????

Guys get your facts straight, Moore stepped down to ill health, he was never sacked.

Would do well to support Centrals endeavour to lift standard, Moore got squad off to great start, Todd has tough gig coming in mid season but has maintained momentum.

Players whether they are new or old have been set the bar to achieve by both creditable coaches its up to them now to make most of it

Aren't the Lions 2-5 since the coaching change? Hardly maintaining.

i would assume anyone looking at the 1 to 3 positions and their field goal percentage this season. 29%,28% and 29% respectively.

While the shooting percentages of these centrals players are very low it is not much different to any of the guards from other teams that are near the bottom of the ladder. Its just the way it goes in the womens league

Exactly. Those percentages are normal for the bottom teams. Maybe that plays a part in them being bottom. If they can lift those %'s up then they score more from the perimeter and with that comes more scoring on the inside as it stretches the floor. Surely there is someone that can shoot better than that (within the squad that is).

Look at their bigs. One starter shoots approx. 37% (not great) and the other starter around the 46% mark which is decent. They also have another shooting 50%+ (smaller volume of shots) but doesn't get on the court. Seems like they have fairly efficient bigs offensively.

If they increase the % from the guards and get some rotations then finals is def a chance.

annon 865

exactly just got to get rotations right


annon 831

"maintaining" Same deal with todd as with moore 2 wins from 5 to date. shooting % on the improve overall

give these guys a break

So was it coach moore that got them off to a good start or the 4 newly recruited players, think u will find it was the players that have contributed to the wins. Those that are close to the group know that. Those sniping on here are possibly the ones that have run out of practice crying when trainings got a little tougher after the coaching change.

They have won 5 more games this year than the last 3 added together so I think the players deserve some credit.

??? Yep you are right, players need to take some credit and are now the ones to make sure they finish this season exactly how they started

The Lions are definitely better and I think the coaching change at the start of the season definitely would have helped. Also getting these players would certainly help. It seems there are a lot of politics involved behind the scenes that people have issue with. An earlier post mentioned that that these girls have brought trouble with them elsewhere. Do you want that drama at your club I guess. Will they be there next year also. Interesting to see.

They are better due to point (I think one of the best in the league especially if she lower her t/o's) and the import (who's starting to score on a consistent basis, just needs to pick up defensively). The four girl is averaging just under a double double and gets steals for her size. They are not due to the 2 & 3 positions. They have others on the bench that may be as effective if not more, minus getting the negativity that apparently one of these players brings. Who would want to play with someone like that, especially when she is not that good a player herself.

I think that rotations play a big part and Centrals have very few, hence their fade out in games.

They should realistically be pushing for a finals appearance and it would be good for the club and competition if this happens. Question is, will they get there. Time will tell.

Womens
Eastern vs Centrals:
East up by 2 at end 1st, 18-16
Centrals at the half 38-26
Mahony halftime stats...
8pts, 8 rebs, 8 assists!!!

Did the Centrals coach have a read? I mentioned one of their talls that has shot 50%+ this season and how she gets no time. Tonight she play 26 minutes and second top scores with 16 @ 75%. Also had 10 boards. Great job!

See Mahoney had a blinder 18 pts, 17 re, 12 as & 5 stls. They are fantastic stats.

They did only win by 12 though to the bottom team that are winless and who they beat by 40 first time around.

I see the two guard that yells at her team mates all the time managed to keep up her great field goal percentage, shooting 2 from 20. That's a massive 10%. Does that mean her team mates get to tear her to strips in the change rooms like she normally does???? They can question her why took more shots than anyone else on the team when she couldn't hit a shot. Maybe she should have looked to distribute a little more, rather than shooting. Only 1 assist in the game.

great game in the men at pasadena - lot of momentum.

got down the last shot from D Ng - thought he was fouled on a shot a few seconds earlier though.

Tucker and Mottram played well and no. 14 for the eagles hit great shots in the clutch.

very entertaining game - could have gone either way

Not bagging anyone at all. My point is that no player has the right to treat his or her team mates that way. This person is not the best player on the team and even if she is, she has no right to point out others deficiencies when she has some herself. That's my point, not trying to "bag" anyone.

There's a coach and assistant coaches to utilise for this. If a player wants more from their team mates, surely there is a more proactive and constructive way to go about it. How can a player back themselves when in the back of their mind they have to worry about whether a team mate will have a go at them.

The competition would be better if a club like Centrals can make finals so hopefully this is a start of a run.

madgen away with national uni team for sabres - interesting world uni games on during ABL finals....

So who won at PAS?

f'ville won the men by 3

women last I heard was equal but that was in the 2nd - I'd expect eagles to win with no madgen for sturt.

Borrego is wnbl material

Lions men over eastern by 7

A double dakking then

woah anon ! - that is a big win for the rock-its

Norwood women won in OT, North Men won by 6ish.

Apologies for no live webcast tonight, every time we tried to start webcasting the stats, the program would crash.

The big lion lady you speak of rolls at 50% from the field because she drops the other half of the dimes she is dished by Mahoney, she is slowly finding her feet in a team that is now more structured and requires decent knowledge of the game to get court time.

All of the points ate from finishing penetrate and dish moves not by post up back to the basket creations or jump shots.

Huge win by the Wockets, well done

where you at crowfan, bit quiet tonight, didnt you see your beloved rockets win.

Thanks again Jack, (Rome)

Sturt scrapped by in the end winning 75-78. Some obvious fouls and travels not called in last quarter that could have changed the outcome but ultimately poor 4th quarter shooting lost the game for Woodville

South women took care of Southern by 20 odd. Sarah Peddle with a huge 27 points, 9 boards, 9 assists, 8 steals, shot at 50% and drew 7 fouls. Whopping efficiency rating of 50. Ashleigh Spencer dropped 31 and pulled 15 boards.

South men by 10 too. Southern had multiple opportunities to close the gap but couldn't put the ball in the hole.

Peddle would have enjoyed that against her old club

why did brandon brine only play 4 minutes?

have a good look at yourself #5

Just some good old friendly banter :P

???, now i'm a rockets fan? Last month I apparently was a Woodville player or had a kid that plays for woodville lol... And no I didn't see it, was at pasadena, great game.... Tucker is very talented, first time seeing him play this year... Very unselfish

Crows_fan67 would you have tucker in the Sixers team as a cheap import?

who do u support then crow, gotta support a team, u must have ties or roots at one club? Or are u a tracksuit collector?

I would take Tucker as a cheap import for sure... Especially over the imports they had this year and the fact that he is already here is definitely a plus... And ??? u are really interested in me aren't u lol... I'm flattered and for your info I was at Norwood from juniors on up but hold no loyalty to any club... I see a lot of North games because of where I live it is either north or centrals and I am not gonna waste my time in gawler watching the Lions lose every week.... I know your a centrals man and i'm sorry for that but its true

Oh and I am a basketball fan. Period.

It looks like DJ out did Peddler's amazing game with his own massive tripple double. 39 points, 18 rebounds and 10 BLOCKS!

Big win for woodville men over westies on sat night by a point, as a west fan i was very impressed with the young woodville guard #33 i think it is?? (anyone know of him) his first quarter was great and really thought he should have played more mins but when came back on did turn the all over a few times which hurt his playing time... Also was shocked at how bad the west crowd is, never really noticed it before and was ashamed to be following the same team on the night... SCUM!!

Anon - a little too obvious with the shameless self-promotion. I'm sure you're well aware of the number you wear.

Please don't pretend to be a west fan, nobody's buying it.

Hahaha buddy talking about yourself on hoops will not get u more playing time, nice try tho... Especially when u have Cam and Jared Graves ahead of u... Pretty pathetic

West have one of the best atmospheres there are at their home games.