That was all due to their development program and had nothing to do with their WNBL team recruiting in a period where the same teams played WNBL and ABL. Just ask them.

Basketball professor

Number of reasons!

1 the Mavs have a very good player, she was involved in a minimum of 56 points, take her out of the team and they become very ordinary.

Tigers girls are very young, starting 5 consisted of 2 girls over 20 years old, 2 18 year olds and a 17 year old, the rest of the team are 17,18 or 19!

They could have shut up shop but to their credit they persisted and actually won a quarter.

Restricted player rules need to be looked at so only 1 per club,

No zones no comp

A lot of drivel above, the comp has always been lopsided just look at the results over the last decade. The top five clubs haven't changed that much and the reasons are varied but essentially there are not enough women playing basketball and those stocks are reducing. It's not a problem just a fact along with having more teams than a town like Adelaides can afford to cater for. If you want a competition get rid of at least two clubs. Make it conditional that a district club has two teams per grade and that to have a senior team you have to field a div I team in every section. Problem solved and some clubs wouldn't have an ABA team in women

Anyone who thinks any of the top five ABA sides coaches would provide better results should examine their palms for hair.

Christian Bell the worst coach in charge of an ABL womes team this season

I'd say Leigh Scott might be competing for that one as well. Looks way out of his league.

I would bet Simon Pritchard would do no better than Christian or Leigh or Vicki if he had their Squads, Christian and Leugh have good under 23's that are mostly playing ABA, once those kids get some experience they will be competitive! Everyone said the tigers wouldn't win a game, they have 2 already and if they get 4-6 for the year then they have done well same with woodville, south and Centrals playing for the spoon, south in huge trouble as even vicki has said they have no juniors, Centrals got themselves in trouble hopefully have learnt their lesson.

Big difference in age groups, top 5 teams have experience players that are 25+, the rest are playing with kids, helps not only with experience but body shapes as well, in a few years time it may flip the other way.

Think people should get off the backs of these kids and new coaches and give them a chance otherwise they might just stop playing, then you will all start complaining about not having a competition

I think the point anon is no one would care if they stopped playing because less teams would make it more competitive. The bottom five share their wins with the bottom five and that's not progress just status quo. The girls playing are average players playing against better players so while they will improve they will always be streets below the opposition. The juniors that succeed in abl are almost exclusively the better state junior reps and the starters for those teams. The gap doesn't close unfortunately despite playing and gaining experience but occasionally there is a late bloomer but usually they are late maturing males. Like in real life there are just not enough great girls around.

All top 5 teams have either 1,2 or 3 quality players. And I mean quality. The bottom 5 teams do not. That is the reality. There are not a lot of quality players going around and the ones that are left are with the top 5 teams. Spread out the talent and you will find a much more even competition.

freddy you dont know what you are talking about....again.

you have had it in for southern since Leigh got the position.

you dont hire a coach because he is LIKED you hire the best coach available.

2 people applied for the position, the best applicant got the job.

No one said the tigers would make top 4

the reason Leigh wasnt LIKED by last years group was maybe he told them the way it was! There was a reason last years group of girls went from 2nd at round 8 to not even making the finals.

they were undisciplined and selfish.

of the ones that left

Teressa Kinross playing, she asked for more money than what she was being paid last year, the coach was not willing to pay her the amount she asked for so she left.

genna anderson left, she now is a bench player at north getting limited minutes and hasnt really gotten any better.

Ciabbotini went to college, got cleared to south but is back in adelaide and not playing - wonder why!!!

Simone Nelson not playing anywhere - the tigers are getting more out of Stana Zecevic and Haley bunce and Shayde Quintrell anyway so no great loss.

Keep having pot shots at 17, 18 year olds you will be proven wrong

Wasn't Leigh the assistant last year to Willie?

Then he needs to accept some of the responsibility for that team slipping from 2nd to 8th.

They have a very long 5 years ahead of them as with the expectationof Shayde none of the other juniors have been through SASI, State or any high level programs.

You can't improve overnight to ABA level without some background ability playing at the higher levels.

tall poppy syndrome

filthy mexican you goose tess is a mavs junior DER