Not too sure when it has happened before in the mens programme?
Is this the end for Neil and the nepatism club or is this a bright new future for Country ?
Lord have mercy
Basketball in SA is in so much trouble :(
I don't want to hear excuses of population etc, i think it is more to do with same old people same old ideas and not progressing with new innovative ideas like the rest of Aust, we are way behind the eight ball and i think Shirl Straun is probably more up to date Living in the 70's than Neil living in the ????? 50's

Maybe Leigh Scott can save the program lol

girls are having their best year for some time in both medal matches

Good to see you've for your premise wrong. The last time 16 Nationals was in Adelaide country beat metro. And have at least one other time.

Oh, and the girls have done very well. Same coach. Same program. Maybe look at what the clubs are producing first. Girls groups did well at classics and 2 years ago in 14s, boys did not.

Soooo let me see, it's Neil's fault the boys are terrible but nothing to do with him that the girls are in the Gold medal game.
I guess if you dislike someone enough, you can always find a way to twist an argument to place the blame on them.

The boys team is very slow and if they can't beat their man one on one then the Dribble Drive offence is going to fail.

Very interesting to note the amount of Post play being used by NSW (Metro playing Country in the Gold medal game) and Vic Metro.

Or it is the clubs fault for not producing good enough players in the boys even though they are in the girls.

The only major difference is that the girls competition only have 8 teams. 3 of which are very good. While the boys comp has 10 teams. Two of which are good where the majority of the players come from.

Maybe food for thought there for BSA.

Don't you think that if clubs had their own full time director of coaching that their players wouldn't look to move to sturt. I don't recall to many Forestville or Norwood player moving there. And I understand that both of these clubs get move kids transferring in than sturt even do. Funny that BSA haven't worked out it might the best way to stop sturt by getting enough revenue into clubs so they all can have someone full time.

Has definitely happened before - I remember 5 years ago now or so in the 16s boys

SA country defeated SA Metro
NSW country defeated NSW metro
Vic country defeated Vic Metro

What do the results of the girls program prove?

I did say I stand to be corrected :)
My apologies for having a life and not being a complete basketball tragic
I do agree country are normally bad, metro are normally a lot better
If the clubs are at fault for not supplying good players it looks like for metro sturt and west must be failing and for country Mavs and southern must be excelling as I believe in these teams this is where the bulk of the kids are from
Basketball is all about basic fundamentals that haven't changed over the years, but playing and coaching have evolved over the years and it seems SA are stuck in a time warp

How do you explain the girls results?

They did well, different coaching, different game plans strategy etc

So how are they stuck in a time warp if they have done so well?

let me guess - average persons blue ray $250, flat screen $500-1,000, lounge $750-1,500.

you cant tell me a youths involvement isn't worth paying for compared to other things you spend your money on ?

everything costs - and you only get what you pay for.

I would have thought to play for your state, the state government would subsidise cost? What cost are people paying to equal $2000?

hey king James
you've got to be dreaming

there is some argument to playing for state and some sort of subsidy - considering moneys splashed elsewhere - but then anyone who represented SA in some form would look for assistance