Can Eastern still make finals?

Mavs the new Norwood! Aren't they having cash problems? Obviously not.

Good way to solve the financial issues at the club! Go and sign probably the highest paid player in the premier league!
Looks like the mavs boys will be planting trees every weekend now!

Wasn't Gibbo playing in the Big V comp earlier this offseason? If so and he's now chosen to come back here and play in the SA state league it suggests he's likely coming back to the 36ers.

Lol, completely different Adam Gibson, well done.

Great news for the sixers, not so great if you are one of the many talented Eastern juniors that have committed to the club and lost playing time or selection in the senior team.
A former junior has recently returned from college and cant get a gig even though he busts his arse for the club and there are several more like this in the hills that are frustrated and confused with the direction of the men's team and club in general.
The bubble has finally burst and it is safe to say those long serving juniors will look for another home. Loyalty is a thing of the past in Mount barker!

Mate,

None of those long serving juniors are good enough to get a game in Premier League elsewhere.

This is senior basketball, you get rewarded for your ability and performance, not for how many years you have been playing for the club.

kobe24,

how do you know he hasn't already agreed and the only thing holding it up is the change in ownership and their timing of the announcement.

Sobey has signed just as much as Gibson has.

Neither have been officially announced but are supposedly in the bag to be announced along with Petrie.

Not new from Mavs and not under this president
but had Madgen, Bruce & Hill playing, two of them home grown juniors but all NBL or fringe sure they would have all been paid.

with Peach at Fleages, Creek / warriors, Crawford / west Gibson had to find some where else to play. the kids can learn a lot from him in his time there, take it as a positive and not as a negative. They hve been so close to winning a lot of the time this should get them over the line.

Good quality players that will play 9 games for the club and never play for the club again! Great decision!!
While all the committed juniors who have been through the mavs program for years get either more stuck to the bench or not even suiting up!!
For a club with absolutely no hope of winning the title making this decision is crazy bad!
Why not build for the future and give juniors minutes and see what sort of potential they have!
Signing Gibson which may get you a extra win or two will do NOTHING for the club long term!

Other clubs do the same thing (west Crawford, Woodville creek, norwood holmes etc) Why not the mavs? His experience and leadership is invaluable and will go along way towards making them a better team. Sounds like sour grapes to me.

How exactly will playing Juniors that will never be real Premier League players help the club long term.

Premier league is the bush league Marty Clarke shouldve been reffering too. Just full of bickering women. Enjoy the game and let the best players play.

Good luck to Mavs but the timing of the announcement when apparently they are scrambling for cash seems just a tad strange

Agreed #533501
Not a great endorsement for the current squad who already have an import and 36ers squad member on their roster.
I wouldn't think the Muppet analogy is correct in this competition that relies heavily on a quality local content. Creating a pathway for juniors is important with many clubs changing their way of thinking with squads made up with at least 50% of club juniors. Unfortunately Eastern Mavericks do not subscribe to this method and continue to look for an easy fix, or take washed up players from other clubs that cant get a gig! I would be very surprised if there was more than 5 players in their senior squad that have played juniors at the club?
Mavs have an advantage over other CABL clubs in that they are "semi regional" and can gather community support far easier than a metropolitan based club. Different competition but the Mt Gambier Pioneers in the SEBL are outstanding in getting the community involved, bums on seats and local media coverage. They always have at least 6-7 local juniors in their squad therefore creating a pathway for players at the end of juniors. Coach Richard Hill who coincidently is a former Mavs coach, is a very smart operator and understands that to be successful you need the local community to embrace the team.
In the CABL here in Adelaide, Sturt, West North and Norwood are teams that come to mind with club juniors on there rosters and great club support. Mavs are doomed to be they easy beats unless they change their culture, Wade Hampton who was given the reins several years ago attempted to do just that but was sacked for trying to blood the kids. Just think what the Eastern team may be like if he had been supported then?
Mavericks need to change and this starts at committee level.

Pretty sure Gibson will be unavailable for next week's double header - isn't Jingles getting married soon?

Take luck,

you fail to mention that 7 of the 12 Woodville girls are also multiple club players. And that 2 of the club juniors rarely play.

563, Take Luck has a long history of ignoring the facts to pump up his beloved Woodville.

I wouldn't worry too much. In five years Woodville will be just a memory.

Mavericks Women have only 2 maybe 3 non club juniors and a very strong girls junior program, so this is not a club culture issue

Mavericks men have always struggled with the older grade juniors as country football takes alot and pays these athletes

I don't believe Mavs men will have their juniors miss out on spots but rather have some of their fringe new players from other clubs loose time.

Its not country footy that takes the male juniors away from the sport, its the current coach.

Only 3 of the 18 players in the men's squad wore the Mavs uniform at junior level. Safe to say there wouldn't be another club with this record of losing juniors.

Where are all these Mav's juniors playing then???

Gone because the club doesn't give a shit!

If they aren't good enough to make it, or get recruited, at another club. They why would you think that they are capable of making an impact at Mavs?

It's more of a numbers game that is a problem. Mav's only have Div1 18's and 23's where other clubs go down to div 4/5.
You loose the best ones to College, AIS, SEABl and Football and the number of Premier League standard players left start to dwindle.
There is no point in having a premier league team of juniors if they are getting flogged every game. At the end of the day they need to be good enough to play Seniors or they don't get a gig.

The other issue is once you make Seniors, if you are good enough, you play for up to 10 years or more. There is a constant supply of juniors finishing but no seniors leaving to create vacancies.

Looks like it will be raining on Saturday so not only will the team be stuffed but they will probably all end up catching flu!!
I hope Gibson is making the team lunches and bringing our coffee and smoko considering this manual labour is paying for his wage!!

He might be bringing the fertiliser! I'm hoping the coach is getting his hands dirty as well!

The mavs are no further progressed than three years ago when the current coach took over! No junior development at all just has beens from other teams (now a 36ers) filling out the roster! And still losing! Why wouldn't you lose with junior club players and put in a 3 year develolmental plan going forward!
Instead of just losing with has beens from other clubs! No wonder their is little atmosphere at home games as the crowd don't know who the players are!

Crowed was great, atmosphere excellent

some ex junior Mavs played decent minutes

was good to see Gibo leading and directing trafic, they will all learn heaps and be better for it

And they won

Yes great game best senior game I've seen for a long time terrific atmosphere I'm sure there would be lots if other clubs wishing they had so many juniors come out to watch their games