279 - Somantics.. Yep 2nd year coaching, whatever, should be impressed with mostly Club Juniors developed to Premier League level.. Pretty good effort I would say. How many clubs have achieved the same and had an end of season run like this and so many away wins to make the Grand Final. Anyone have the stats or history on this ?

Speaking of 2004 time to remember Jacob Holmes stats for that finals series - was like double doubles all the way .

Another Stat to look for would be how many previous club juniors who became coaches aka Maher and Rigoni have taken a team from 6th to GF with a bunch of club juniors. You have to admire it even if you are not from sturt.

Yes CJ Reed has had little or no impact. This is exactly why COTY should include finals.

club policy and it's working. its about feeding player opportunity to college and doing their bit for the state, national and international stage. no matter what you think of sturt you have to admire their position looking outside of the club and beyond. all clubs should be providing pathways to the bigger basketball world. that is what entices players to stay with sturt and for others to move to there. For those that are on the fringe within the club they know that as players move on to the bigger stage their is an opportunity for younger players to move in to. impressive really. Many Junior Div 3's stick with the club rather than move to 1/2 teams elsewhere because of this opportunity. They decide they may be better in a hard Div 3 comp with mainly 2nd years with good coaching and long term opportunities is better than maybe going somewhere they can play 1st years in Div 2 or take a Div 1 spot with lesser coaching in a lower ranked team. If they know that state is limited with numbers and they may be on the fringe even if they did move, why not stay and do the yards and have a future beyond juniors. Its a philosophy many don't get and it is not easy for the kids. But I could list so many that have gone on to bigger things from Div 3 and thankful they made that decision to stay and many that have gone through 1/2 to Premier then college or state to international. And here they are with their ex Boomer Coach giving back. Yep Sturt may be a thorn in people side and a few people int he club that are a bit prickly but they still have those roses we admire and gee it smells good for the Premier League team at the moment. Longevity and building a legacy form the bottom up.

Well I don't think its good when a coach swears at the score bench loud enough for children to hear Like Brett Maher does! It does not show good sportsmanship for juniors ...

Sturt have had an easy run in to finals, scraping by West who had an injured Peter Crawford and just getting by Woodville with no Mitch Creek....

Shame Forestville don't take a leaf from Sturt and play youth ( their own) in the men's program, rather than have all of them playing in every other club!!

341 - "Crawford did play for West" I bet you didn't know he sat out the Over time due to an injured hand....

*Eastern won from 4th in 2004, not 5th.

What continued success is that ?

Sturt certainly has success across the club. Overall from Juniors to Seniors most successful in the State with a program that is showing longevity. It is not all about a few Premierships at CABL/Premier level. It is an assessment of the entire club as a whole and no one can argue their success in that department.

Why shouldn't Sturt members take the time to come out in support of their club?

Surely positive opinions are just as important as results. Cause without them people might not know what is happening.

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