WOLFPACK

Is the GF tonight streamed? If so where? Thanks.

Up the Hawkers!

Ettridge is 50% or even sub 50% now in GFs?

Doesn't seem to handle the GF occasion?

wolfpack

Ettridge is the northern suburbs version of Lacko. No idea how to make in game adjustments when plan A turns to mud. I feel for Billups and Trian because they played their asses off but were let down by an ordinary bench and some ordinary coaching.

Who is the assistant?

ahwooooo

Big bad wolf

that aftermatch gatho tho... ouch. Quite a somber event

Set Up Crew are harmless.

Wolves lost because they allowed the Hawks to dictate the tempo. The Hawks just kept attacking and they were relentless. Ettridge for the 3rd starlight season refused to do anything to change the tempo.

Geez R@ndom looks like a wizard. He called PL as champs after watching the pre season.

Man there are some filth on this forum.

I personally think it's fine for Ettirdge to sulk after the game, he puts a lot of effort into the season, and is probably feeling the weight of expectation every year heavier and heavier. They’ve made a ton of GFs lately, so give them some props. Great program and professional.

Hawks thoroughly deserved to win, they wanted it more. Simple as that, whether it was Parsons pep talks or the underdog mentality. Simply wanted the ball more.

I hate some of the shade Wolfpack were throwing around post game, saying it should be a 3 game series. Right after 2 of the biggest games in SBL GF history...

the qbl introduced best of 3 in 2014. the sbl has only ever had one best of 3 series and that was over two weekends in october 1995 at challenge. 1996 was originally going to have best of 3 again, but ultimately it was a one-game championship decider

Have to agree with Parsons NBL comment.
He at least deserves a crack at it.

What he has done over the last 4 years is remarkable.

Takes a struggling team over and within 2 years has them both a championship.
Don't forget both his championship wins were with their best players out injured (Field & Holmen). and heavy underdogs.

Once your lucky, twice you are good.

BC was huge for the Hawks, looked like he turned back the clock to 2012 when he torn up T. Jervis in the final!

What was the point of sitting JB for so long... get him out there, if he fouls out he fouls out... can't do anything just sitting the bench. Bad coaching.

Etto was heavily out coached, once again.

He blatantly refuses to go to Plan B,C,D and mix anything up.

If Plan A is not working, there is no shame in admitting your losing the chess match and make some adjustments.

His Ego just does not allow him to do this.

3 years in a row they have been favorites and have now lost on the big stage.
Questions do need to be asked.

PS - The solution is not to start pre-season in October, that really is beyond belief!!!!

great wsbl grand final Friday night , a few turnovers and missed layups at crucial times cost Mandurah with out doubt.
also bailey getting her 5th let schagmeyer off the leash.
roscoe,grant had a good battle with palusna and emma klasztorny.
fipps and miholovich cancelled each other out.byrnes solid, brown seemed to run out of steam. played in good spirits as well

Billups having 4 fouls is no reason to bench him until the final 4 minutes of the 4th quarter, that was a regrettable decision.

a point scored in the first 6 minutes of the quarter is worth exactly the same as a point scored in the final 4 minutes of the quarter, if he fouls out he sits, if he sits then he sits, same thing right

Unfortunately the coach made a real mess of it on all levels.
I guess mistakes do happen.

You have to feel sorry for the guy, maybe the pressure of the last few years got to him.
At the end of the day coaches are human too and while he may give off the reflection of being confident/arrogant etc maybe that is just a defense mechanism of his, to the outside world looking in, he certainly has not been able to handle the big stage very well at all.

"Parsons is cementing himself to become one of the best SBL coaches I also would hope he gets a crack at NBL"

yeah ok. win a few sbl championships and get a gig in the NBL? have you looked at the assistant coaches? all are former players or coaches who have developed players. Who has Parsons developed that is on the cusp of NBL or junior national teams? don't get me wrong - he is a great SBL coach, but thats about it. Assistant coaches need background in scouting and development theses day. Computers etc.

Technically Etto would be a better chance in the NBL with his background and connections working with Basketball Australia. If he can't get a gig parsons won’t be able too.

NBL assistants are Matt Nielsen, Kevin Brooks, Mike Kelly (now Head Coach), Judd Flavell, Copeland etc all former players. Of they are Jamie O’loughlin and Justin Scheuller with Australian team success on the junior level.

yeah ok. win a few sbl championships and get a gig in the NBL? have you looked at the assistant coaches? all are former players or coaches who have developed players. Who has Parsons developed that is on the cusp of NBL or junior national teams? don't get me wrong - he is a great SBL coach, but thats about it. Assistant coaches need background in scouting and development theses day. Computers etc.

+++++++++++++++

Hahah Yeah NBL really developes players.
For the last 10years we have have one local WA player (Hire) who is in the top 10 players at Perth Wildcats.

my point exactly. SBL doesn't develop nbl players, why take a coach from there?

Thanks Parso

Parson's has come along way since is rookie season as coach at East Perth.

East Perth is a death sentence for any player or coach, that club is a disgrace

i guess the call on wolves not having a matchup for Brian Carlwell was accurate
21pts 18rb 2bl 64%FG

It will be interesting to see how 2019 shapes up for the wolves. their success has really come on the back of illiadis, salinas and huntington in their primes and then adding some decent imports/pro guys around them.
All 3 of these guys are coming towards the tail end of their careers and whilst they may have a few more seasons in their legs, how many will they have where they can be at the top of the league?

I think people will find Parsons is quite happy to stay at Perry Lakes as long as they want him. He would 100% love to coach at the highest levels of ever presented the opportunity but he also isn't sitting by the phone expecting a call. He loves coaching the Hawks and he loves the SBL. He has played at higher levels around Australia (SEABL amd QBL)and has seen the way it works. He’s not really that inexperienced as some like to speculate. He’s won a chip as a player at SEABL level. So he’s been around a bit.

Name the better coaches who would have had 4-5 rings by now? I'm waiting. Clearly he is the standard in the SBL at the moment. Plenty of great programs with good resources don’t win championships. Look at Willo, Gero and Stirling.
Seems like Lol is a former player/coach who is a tad upset at someone else’s success.
Parsons is a SEABL champion whether you like it or not. He will be the first person to poke fun at his playing career. He knows he wasn’t more than a fringe player. You seem to think the above poster was trying to make out that Parson was a star player.
They were actually saying that his experience at the higher level isn’t as non existent as some may think. Not once did they make out that he was a star. I guess when you are unhappy in your own lack of success you like to lash out at others who have had success.

when is the S.B.L awards evening . going to be a few surprises on that night.

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He has done a good job coaching of late and has been extremely fortunate to be in a position where he has the resources to pay for and recruit top level talent. There are better coaches around who haven't had that same opportunity but given it would probably have 4 or 5 "chips" by now.
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Wow, this could not be more incorrect if you tried.
You basically have said the opposite of what has actually happened.

That hawks team that won on the weekend would be the weakest list Hawks have had for last handful of years.

If your winning Grand Finals against more talented teams that generally means you doing a pretty good job.

Have a look of the list of talented teams in the SBL this year.

But somehow... someway...
Purser/Cummings/Smith and a Import who many teams wouldn't even take with their import slots got it done.

I would like to hear from the Wolves coach on what went wrong?
Love to see his take on it.

didnt train at bendat enough

why do the post that are less than complimentary to the sexual predators in the league get removed by the moderators but posts that take snipes at other clubs/individuals remain?

Shame Ben has already signed for 2019.

Maybe a fresh start for all parties is what is needed.

since 2016, the Wolves have taken 4 Ls... ouch

Wolves need to be ruthless.
The time to act is now.

Sack Ben Ettridge tonight.
Call presser 9am tomorrow.
Announce Matt Parsons as coach on a godfather 2 year deal.

Oh how cute, Etto and Lacko have caught up for lunch.

How can you exclude "juniors" like Clarke and Hamilton from PL when they are 18 to 20 years old? Cole Heath is another I would classify as a junior. They have all received real playing time as opposed to a minute a game in blow outs (which is hardly opportunity or development).

Your stat for Redbacks - 10 players playing 316 minutes over 30 games (including finals) works out on average as a minute a game i.e. sub Redhage/Barrow/Roberts/Hussey etc off now we have won this game comfortably and stick our kids on for 30 seconds. There is no pathway there.

^^what a lot of crap, lets manipulate stats and definitions of a junior to try to prove a point!

Guys listen up,
This is how you develope youngsters.


Firstly in the offseason bring in a whole starting 5 from outside your club.
Make sure you pay them well too, this is very important.

Secondly you must bring in people like Alex Loughton to play a handful of meaningless games to start the year, and deprive your locals of valuable experience and minutes.
Make sure you pay him too.

Then make sure you do a heap of articles praising the young guys, make sure you mention its not the 5 guys you have brought in from outside the club or the one hit wonders that makes this team great, but the young guys.
Also say how you have developed them all.

Then make sure you don't give the young locals any minutes until your up by at least 25 points with 3 mins left in the 4th.

Then do a few more articles.

Then come finals when the guys you have brought in get fouls and have to sit, scratch your head and wonder why the locals cant get it done.

Isn't development done in training and the D League. If you show you can play at the D League level and you bring it in training the chances are you will get a few spot minutes in the MSBL team. Not everything needs to be handed to young players. They have to earn it.
Looking at that graphic which Jnrs did Joondalup play this season? They certainly didn’t play in the GF or in the Finals series.

Is that what Lako does?

Which club charges jnrs for extra coaching? I think you will find that the extra coaching that is done is completely separate to anything to do with the SBL programs. They don't charge kids to play SBL. These coaching programs are legitimate businesses. Anyone can access them. You don’t have to be a WABL or SBL jnr to do them. Not sure how they could be penalized for running a small business that’s separate to the club. If the business employees players from the club then so be it. Every player at every club has that right and opportunity to do something similar if they want.

Solid words from the President.

You might not like 'the Pack', but if you measure success by how often they remain in the top echelon, you’d say they’re going a good job. Look at the Spurs, every year people know the are going to be there, or there abouts. They might only have a few chips to show in the last 10 years, but they have been amongst it EVERY year.

Britt and Hunter are taking professionalism of the SBL to another level, and I’m sure if you asked anyone, theyd want 14 Wolves over 14 Eastern Suns/Eagles.

I don’t like the insinuation that they are driving money from juniors to seniors, or that locking in memberships for next season means they can secure better players. But maybe I drew that conclusion myself.

Think of the teams that you know will be top 8 next year, Wolves will be one of them. That’s success.

im reasonably sure that when r@andom opened this conversation or thread this is not the direction he was hoping it would head.
lets talk about the upcoming awards this weekend/ new coaches entering the frey for the following season .
whats happeneing out in the country regarding their coaches . buccs,giants ,slammers etc.
this conversation at the moment is pointless.

Koberulz - Pls promise us.

is It safe to say that if Lako leaves Perth that Nix would be a shoo in?

Given that the votes exclude finals I'm going with:

Men's COTY - Ray Evans (Buccs)
Men's MVP - Justin King (Senators)
Men's Most Improved - Justin Beard (Flames)
Women's COTY - Charles Nix (Redbacks)
Women's MVP - Ali Schwagmeyer (Lightning)
Women's Most Improved - Jewel Williams (Suns)
Referee of the Year - Steve Diconza
Most Improved Referee - Scott Campbell

Charles nix has that womens side primed for a tilt next season he wont be coaching the men that is for sure.

I assume he would have them primed every year for a tilt, they are far from a certainty, there is a group of about six teams which you can bank on being in the mix next year.

I dont know why the SBL doesnt award a rookie of the year award?

australiabasket does which is great as it at least gives some recognition to the top rookie performer

who do you think the rookies of the year would be for MSBL and WSBL?

Luke Travers from Rockingham is my pick for the Men

depends on rookie definition, Travers is a gun but listed as playing 10 games in 2017.

we are going to have the simmons v mitchell argument over definition of a rookie?

fun fact: The Eagles womens team have won more games than lost in a season 3 times in their SBL history (1989, 2010, 2011). They have also set winless seasons 3 times (1993, 1998, 2018)

Of their 3 seasons with positive records, each have resulted in playing finals, once of which resulted in a grand final appearance...

East Perth, just like Stirling, were a great District association. The women's team contested six consecutive grand finals between 1976 to 1981 (they won four straight championships 1977-80).

Well after reading all that, it will be very interesting to see what coach movement there will be this year.

Would love to hear opinions, both men's and women’s.

I think it's no secret East Perth Men will be back in the GF next year with their Head Coach signing...

MSBL- COACHES

HAWKS- parsons - confirmed,

WOLVES- ettridge - gone

FLAMES - samuelson saved by a semi-final berth ?

SENATORS- no clue

REDBACKS- lakovic -

BUCCS - evans to have one last crack with wunder and ralph.

TIGERS - black would be hanging on by a thread.

LIGHTNING- the canadain safe as a house -COTY 18

COUGARS - nener

SUNS - Looking for a new coach

MAGIC - trahair one more year , im guessing

SLAMMERS - looking for a new coach - a new identity

GIANTS - is rubbery really the answer - NO !!

EAST PERTH - adam forde.



WSBL

LIGHTNING - Mansfield COTY and mayor of bibra lake.

MAGIC - miegel gone again ?

REDBACKS - Nix - confirmed

SUNS - Knowles

FLAMES - petrick , unconfirmed

TIGERS - parker a 2yr extension.

SENATORS - Clarke unconfirmed - 3yrs of what

HAWKS - smith

SLAMMERS - harper unconfirmed , player movement ?

COUGARS - Thompson ( figjam )

EAGLES - fischer

WOLVES - looking for coach and help


please fill in the spaces if you know anything or want to share anything

Rumour has Petrik replacing Samuelson as Flames mens coach

More importantly is the assistant at Wolves men's team remaining?

Wolves - Ettridge to coach regular season and then hand over the reigns for finals.

MSBL- COACHES

HAWKS- Parsons - 2018 GF

WOLVES- Ettridge - announced via Wolves web

FLAMES - Cooper (unannounced)

SENATORS- Ellis (unannounced)

REDBACKS- Lakovic (unannounced)

BUCCS - Evans (unannounced)

TIGERS - Black - signed multi year exp 2020

LIGHTNING- Daniels - signed multi year exp 2020

COUGARS - Nener (unnannounced)

SUNS - Kuhn (rumours)

MAGIC - Utley (rumours)

SLAMMERS - Goff (unannounced)

GIANTS - Rubbery (unannounced)

EAST PERTH - Adam Forde (rumours)

lol at parsons developing grida

i dont think he would claim that one.


lol at Mansfield mayor of bibra lake, funny and a great call

lol at everyone referring to Rubery as rubbery

Has anything been released from losing GF coaches post game?

Would like to see Ettridge take on the game?
What went wrong etc etc
Normally they do this.

Is S.Goff confirmed at the Slammers just unannounced?

That is gold

How did you get this piece of knowledge?

so who is headed to malaysia with parso this year?

A bunch of Wolves players are going to Malaysia. Want to know what it feels like to player for a winning coach.

What happened to Catalano?

former goldfields giants coach jeff Williamson has thrown his hat into the ring to coach the Kalgoorlie based team in 2019.

It's been almost a week since the mighty hawks gave the Wolfpack are beautiful hiding. Ohhhhhhh it’s good to be a bit hawkish in times like these.

Waiting for Ettridge's comments.

I want to know how they lost the unlosable game?
How he feels about the 3-peat?
Is that his worse loss as the head coach?
Is he planning on going for 4 in a row?
Will they now start pre-season in September to rectify?

you had me enthralled until "look down on the rest of the League" haha almost believable until then

#13unluckyforsome

Good on him for speaking out, I don't agree really with what he said but also not surprised by it either.

At least he spoke up tho.

He has to accept some of this responsibility.
3 Times he been favourite and talked the talk but couldn't get the result!

East Perth will still be trash. Honestly which players from the Wildcats setup is even close to coming to your club. Considering the only ones likely to be avail for the SBL season will be the DPs ( both of them already employed by their clubs) and maybe Tom Jervis. Everyone else is more likely to play NZBL or SEABL like this season.

Billups & Schwagmeyer MVPs

Purser was the best player in the league last season. People are napping. First team All MSBL and All Defensive team.

Dave Daniels and Craig Mansfield COY. Parsons a bit stiff to miss out

Daniels coach of the year with both imports in sbl first team vrs Parsons who wins the lot witout star import ? Joke

Hawks improved by 6 wins. Lakeside by 4 wins... Hawks went on12 game win streak to finish regular season which included all 7 other playoff teams.

Purser a bit of a surprise in all star five. Even Isenbarger - would have gone King or Ross as a guard spot. Field, Billups and Alexander all deserved.

Top 5 Mens MVP voting:
Billups
Field
Morse (?!?)
Isenbarger
Purser

Coach of the year isn't just about improvement relative to the previous season. It’s about performance when compared against expectations, either Parsons or Daniels are deserving winners and good choices, and given Parsons won a GF last weekend I’m not sure he’d really care about it.

Both teams improved 4 places from last season. Hawks took a much bigger step though going from a perennial 8th seed to the champs. It's a shame they can’t include finals in their votes. I think it’s just a given that any team Parsons coaches now will end up being pretty good. That’s why it will be tough for him to win coach of the year again. Their is an expectation for his teams to produce. His team will need to win 22 + games next season to even get a sniff at COTY.

Ex Willetton Tigers Head Coach Matt Foster has been announced as the Head Coach of Hume City Broncos in the Big V.

http://www.broncosbasketball.com.au/images/u/files/MEDIA%20RELEASE%20for%20SCM%20Coach.pdf

Slammers announce coaching vacancy for the men, Shane Goff still a lock?

Correct and that's why I am shocked by the rumours

"Ex Willetton Tigers Head Coach Matt Foster" lol who cares

a major award winner from the M.S.B.L is on the move . looking for richer pastures , not greener pastures however.

Jalen Billups to the South West

In all seriousness please spill the beans

Travis durnin to play for the giants?

Giants were a basket case this year

Travis Durnin won't make any difference, he's not that good at all. Just played on a really bad team. Good stats, bad team guy.

they won 5 games and finished last on the ladder

travis durnin isnt going to turn that around even if he is an up and comer

terribly random ass team haha this malaysia comp cant be too great

Terrible random ass team that would hand you your ass if you ever got out from behind your keyboard.

Quote[So your saying he shouldn't be given a chance in the NBL because he hasn't got experience in scouting or development or computers?
Ok]

Not saying it's right, saying its how it is. All coaches in NBL are either former players, or have scouting/analytic type backgrounds.

And am I wrong? Nbl season right around the corner, who has he signed with? Meanwhile Luke Brennan joins the Wildcats coaching staff, most likely because of his background doing video and scout with the Australian wheelchair team.

The Malaysia thing is good comp, lots of international teams with some talent but in terms of making up the squad... it's just whoever says "yes" when asked (if asked). Not much "Prestige" about it haha

the malaysia select team. definition of small ball!

Bragg
Hussey
Adekponya
Scott
Smartt (player coach)

what a starting 5

TVL back in charge at Cockburn. Anything could happen down there.

Couple of stalwarts leaving the women's team already. Young gun on the way out to.

izzy miotti would be the one girl leaving I would think, I heard she hasn't been happy there for a while.

Wow, no one kicks their youngsters to the curb quite like Cockburn.

this Malaysian team is piss poor, the select team work well together

"Wow, no one kicks their youngsters to the curb quite like Cockburn."

You have no idea what you're talking about. Tell us who you're referring to then... ?

Malaysia team coached by Jamie Pearlman... a lot for him to work on!
SBL team chugging along nicely.

Not his A team - this is not the team that competes ASEAN league.

In the past, Vague, Scott etc.... even Chan and Holmes left (before heading back)....more recently Vinci, Cowan, Miotti....What turns them all off?

Vague left because Adam Ford was the wildcats assistant and the head coach of EP - lasted 6 weeks so he got shafted there.
Scott left with Nener to get paid.
Chan and Holmes went for opportunity but found out pretty quickly the grass wasn't greener at Suns.
Vinci - no one cared.
There's plenty of juniors getting a run under Nener, prob more than there ever has been.

Cougars do not pay players.
Only club that does'nt.

So of course you will get some players going to leave for some pocket change.
Fair enough.

But its very hard to recruit outside talent because they don't pay players, so as a result Cougars more then anyone rely on the juniors 100%.

If Cougars are not prepared to pay some players then maybe in good conscience they should withdraw from a semi-professional basketball league and stop wasting people's time.

Cougars are irrelevant anyway so who cares.

redbacks dont pay any players either

The Cougars women's program has been bad since the 1980s. They have done nothing in the SBL era

Slammers still advertising head coaching role so assuming Goff hasn't got the job?

So which men's job do you think Charles Nix is taking?

great to see and hear about WA COUNTRY product alex ducas signed and ready for div -1 ncaa college at TCU texas Christian university.

know ryan benson and the board need to find a replacement again !! I don't think they would be at all happy with Charles nix movement.
tim rendullic might get a go at it finally , however there would be some very good coaches available to take this team on.

Bensons not envolved with Redbacks anymore, And he was the one that got nixy to the club.
Benson had a fall out with general manager and left and thats probably why nixy left

what a shambles , feel sorry for the womens team .

Isn't Christian Rice the GM there? Amazing that could happen in the women yet Lacko gets to keep the men's job in perpetuity.

if Lakos staying I actually feel more sorry for the mens team, just joshin!

Nix leaving is Ariana Grandes fault

Cut the grass and watch for snakes

Ok to be honest, from an outsider looking in.


Wolves/Cockburn/Perry Lakes and Lakeside (Under Andy) over the course of last 10-15years have always had the best system in place.
They play a decent style, always competitive, well respected, hard to play against, have culture, core group is local talent.

When u play any of above you always know your in for the fight.
They don't pay $$$ trying to hit home runs.


PS - Imagine if Cougars were allowed to have 2 imports like every other team over last 10yrs.
Could be another 3+ championships, maybe more!!

Cougars are allowed to and have had good imports!

No, only have free imports.
When I say free I mean they get a house/phone/car.
No cash. Sometimes maybe $100 a week to get by.
Very hard to get good ones with those restrictions.

The years they have good imports they basically win titles.

lol. If Cockburn were allowed imports? THEY ARE allowed Importa?!

Am I missing something. They choose not to spend money on imports 2 imports, every year they've had at least one. The year they did win they had 2, Lane and goode. Both were paid.

Several 'sauces' ? Likely one guy told you.. and he is wrong.

SBL select team, could potentially beat NBA teams

i would be very suprised if kalamunda go back to coach boom boom warren kuhn

although it would be fun to see 7'2 Luke Neville back in the SBL shooting jimmys from 2 meters outside the 3.

Any rumoured player movement yet? Seems to have been a quiet couple of weeks since season end. Usually there are heaps of stories floating around by now.

tayah burrows will be playing for some-one in perth as her family has moved from bunbury - the new girls playing for the lynx are probably already been targeted by local clubs. expect to see perry lakes strengthen further .

"expect to see perry lakes strengthen further" lol the Hawks' Lynx extent will be Toni and Nat, nothing more

Slammers won't field a team next season is what I'm hearing with regards to exodus of talent

nat burton would surely become a non- retricted player next season . this would allow them to grab an import or an Australian restricted player .

If Nat Burton plays in the DBBL again next year then she will still be restricted as it is first division.

DBBL?

^the german women's league

So what are the rumours?

heard carwell is unrestricted now

lol an average coach for an average program

Dion Dagostino? That club is incapable of good basketball decisions, which is a shame considering all the other positivies they have going. It looks even worse when compared to the hire Wolves just made next door.

Dagostino HUGE step backwards from Clarke. He'll get found out very quickly.

Carlwell posted to FB he has his PR. Therefore they can chase 2x imports in 2019. + Cummings + Purser.

Sauces Alexander is heading to the Hawkies.

PG Import
SG Cummings
SF Purser
PF Alexander
C Carlwell

I heard Najee was going to Hawks?

Sources. Sources. FFS.

Hawks rumours are crazy. Not sure where people are thinking they will find the room for returning players and all these new faces. Not really seeing them making many changes. Replace Holmen and maybe look for some bench scoring. Wouldn't say they will change anything major.

The year they enforce the salary cap is the year that pigs fly. The enforcing of the salary cap will completely change the league.

who did dagastino beat for the job at stirling ? they have a talented line-up they need to find 2 good quality imports and they will make playoffs again for sure.
whoever wrote about craig watts at Mandurah may be correct but with the same team and carly boag back from injury they will have another serious crack at the championship.
the biggest improvers will be the wolves , a healthy amos plus Charles nix coaching who will ask the club for 2 restricted players . this would see a line-up.

amos
belcher
martin
kidner
ironmonger
import
import

willeton will need to find some better restricted players there local talent is average at best.

Kalamunda need to secure ciabattoni to challenge I believe she has not committed , however rintala will play on.

redbacks will need to keep steindel or else they will be back in the same boat as before nix arrived

lakeside will need to find a replacement for fipps first of all but will remain the favourites .

hawks need a scoring point guard - they missed Donovan this season but most of all they missed Jeffers without doubt

slammers losing players left right and centre / no coach.
cougars can only get better with another season under the guidance of Thompson ( figjam ) although miotti will be gone ?
eagles need to find some help for their younger players.

depends on who coaches the flames but with the signing of allen is huge for them , also how much the board are willing to spend on imports , this team will challenge for the title. watch for a lot of player movement here . it happens every year. they need bourne back or some-one the same ?@$

apparently willetton were trying to get loch cummings back into the fold because kyle armour is leaving

Cummings aint going anywhere

Who leads the league is most league MVPs?

Is it still Jeff Anderson with 4?

Sami is going to look good in red

the only dual MVP winner since Anderson is Cooper Land. Sue Arthur won the women's MVP 6 times

Cummings isn't leaving the Hawks. He will be back next season to help them try and go back to back.

Armour back at EP huh? 2014 reunion?

Blake Srdarev would be a great candidate for a WSBL head coaching gig.

Watts announced by Magic http://websites.sportstg.com/assoc_page.cgi?client=1-4810-0-0-0&sID=83492&&news_task=DETAIL&articleID=63374959

srdarev - I do not think so , leave him to the younger girls.
the WOMEN which seems to be getting less and less these days would eat him up,spit him out

Reynolds announced by Flames https://www.facebook.com/RockinghamFlames/photos/a.454356261261970/2114511691913077/?type=3&theater

when and where was Forde confirmed by EP?

Petrik announced by Flames https://www.facebook.com/RockinghamFlames/photos/a.454356261261970/2116040911760155/?type=3&theater

Any announcements on who has jobs at the world basketball academy?

Is the World Basketball Academy even real?

Teny Puot returning to the South West

any word on who might get redbacks women coaching gig?

Timmy Rendulic for sure.

Yeah, sky is the limit for him I reckon

word on the street is that the club has procured the services of an external consultant to source their next women's head coach

nothing new they did it last year. Andy Stewart i beleive.

the redbacks went thru the same procedure 12 months ago when they were looking for a new womens coach.they firstly chased a " big fish " but were unsuccessful .
they then bought in a independent group of people to interview the coaches including tim rendulic.
if this is the same situation I cant see rendulic getting the job.

little -kranz
srardev
triscari

He will get it

BIG moves up at Wolfpack in both Mens and Womens, rumours circulating around ex-Wildcats players and current Lynx players heading that way.

Probably standish following nix

Probably standish following nix

wolves really want that 'chip #3peat

Armour confirmed at Lakeside and there is no way Cummings is going to East Perth just because Forde is there. I wonder how many wildcats promises or training gigs will be handed out to get guys playing there? You can rest assure, Dech will be back at East Perth this year.

Cummings is back at the Hawks.

settle down. its october. no one cares about your bush league

it hit me the other day whilst sitting back to watch the Perth Wildcats taking on the Denver Nuggets that we have multiple players from the SBL on an NBA court playing in what is the NBA preseason proper.

Im not talking about Damian Martin who is a NSW product who played a handful of games one season for East Perth, or Jesse Wagstaff who had a great season with the Redbacks but was also an eastern states product and already a wildcat. Im talking about true local WA products who came up through our system and are now taking on some of the best players in the world in this fantastic initiative by the NBA and NBL.

Tom Jervis from East Perth got dominated by Rudy Gobert when they played the Jazz but what an opportunity! To be fair Gobert does that to a lot of contracted NBA players. He played with a lot more confidence in the Denver game and did a great job matching up on Jokic. Lets not forget, winding the clock back only a couple of years and the toughest competition he got was on a saturday night down at Morley vs a 40 year old Ben Pepper or a mid 30's Justin Brown or Damian Matacz. Now Im sitting in my living room watching him on NBA TV.

Greg Hire from Wanneroo/Joondalup
Rhys Vague from Cockburn Cougars and East Perth. I remember watching a young Vague play D League for Cockburn and just getting torched. Now he is matching up against Paul Milsap and I thought how awesome is this

It just started to sink in and made me realise how little media there is around these guys and being products of our league. We do knock the SBL a fair bit but this is one of those great news stories.

In my opinion they did us really proud

wa state league a strong and growing comp . crock go enjoy your SEABL buddy !! oh that's right there is no SEABL.

Those rags don't cover bush leagues, despite themselves being bush league when it comes to newspapers.

The Western Suburbs Weekly had coverage of the men's grand final

https://www.communitynews.com.au/western-suburbs-weekly/news/sbl-perry-lakes-hawks-clinch-grand-final-spot/
https://www.communitynews.com.au/western-suburbs-weekly/sport/sbl-grand-final-perry-lakes-hawks-upset-joondalup-wolves/
https://www.communitynews.com.au/western-suburbs-weekly/sport/perry-lakes-hawks-win-first-flag-since-2004/

TheWest and Perth Now has done so in the past, but nothing this year.

"Wow, the playing stocks of WA are awful."

Um did you miss the part where Greg Hire touched the ball on an NBA court and could have scored if only circumstances were different and he could shoot a basketball?

^^^ LOL. Nice one!

Vinny was training with the Hawks in July and August. He knows Parsons well

what's everyone’s thoughts on brad robbins making a comeback with rocko?

His weight?

Earnest Ross heading south

Tigers have signed Adrian Forbes from Auburn University (ex NBA D league) and Scott Elder Lander University (Tigers junior)

1. Andrew Black
2. Damien Scott
3. Jay Bowie
4. Scott Elder
5. Adrian Forbes

Cody, Noordhoek, Burston and Evans off the bench

Bowie not returning
word on the street is tigers have signed barrow from redbacks

elder is a handy pickup if this is accurate

garbellini has also been picked up by the tigers

^^ thats Utley rubbish re suns coach

Utley announced by Suns http://sbl.asn.au/2018/10/15/mark-utley-announced-as-eastern-suns-head-coach-2019/

Great appointment for both parties.

and i think pretty off as well with Travis Durnin, returned back to Perth and is a part of the Wildcats Development Academy - hard to see him giving that up for Kalgoorlie

big exodus at Willetton - crap culture and with stadium being re-done, all games will most likely be played out of Cockburn's Wally Hagan Stadium

Barrow switches sides, joining Willetton http://websites.sportstg.com/get_file.cgi?id=36571735

Follow all the confirmed off season movement on the 2019 SBL Transaction Tracker event via Facebook

barrow is a good pickup but the question is how will they cover the loss of armour?

in all fairness the club would be better off having stephen pull the boots back on and run point for them than coach. maybe he could player coach

Lets just say Barrow isn;'t the only ex-Buccs player heading to Tigerland. Look for Armors replacement to be announced shortly.

Wrensted is a great replacement for armour

who is the better coach, Utley or Clarke?

dumb post

@287

You guys tried the 'build from within' approach last year, and got slaughtered...

Maybe time to try something new, otherwise what else are you using SBL for? Helping players go to Wildcats or Lynx? Last I checked there weren’t any on that path in recent history. So if they’re going to spend money on recruiting, it may as well be to win. Otherwise enjoy coming 17th or whatever it was again..

I don't get it, so should Wolfpack turn away Denehey and Miotti to allow some U18s play? I legit don’t know any decent D1 or U18s in the women’s pathway up at Joondalup. The men are killing it with Curtis, Wellstead, Gaspar, Strelein, Chamberlain.

I’m sure Nix was given a brief to win, and with Denehey and Miotti, plus 2 import spots, he’s going a long play if he can retain Martin et al.

Pretty rough putting the Suns women in with East Perth. The Eagles have only three winning seasons ever and Suns have almost all of 11 seasons including a grand final and five or six semi finals appearances.

WOLFPACK

Wolves do not accept sponsors that discriminate against the womans sbl program, that is a great stand up club with ethics who treat females equally

^^^ errr ... righto, except for their juniors?

^^^wabl or sbl thread?

But D1 leads to SBL

Juniors are a glorified domestic comp that sbl clubs run with high fees so they can pay there elite players

Domestic Juniors can develop there game just like WABL juniors, and go on to play D1 if they are good enough.

WABL juniors pay overpriced fee's so SBL teams can pay elite players...facts

The leap in quality is huge from domestic to WABL (I'm talking Championship division, maybe not D3 and D4)
The leap in quality is large from WABL to D1 (mainly because boys and becoming men, bigger bodies and open division)
The leap in quality is HUGE again from D1 to SBL.

the wolves love their announcements don't they

Jackson Hussey? Michael Vigor? Earnest Ross? Jameel McKay?

all names I've heard...

either Hussey or EJ. Definitely not McKay

wolfpack
the strength of the wolf is in the pack

unless you are already in the pack and not good enough so they just recruit another wolf in who is better than you

http://sbl.asn.au/2018/04/13/mens-sbl-preview-week-5/

Ross...... Wonder if the "pack" did there homework here. Watched a lot of buccs games this year and to say he is a front runner is an understatement. Disappears when gets tough or just takes some shots that make you understand why he never made the next level.

All in the master plan for ettridge to lose another grand final

looks like Etto did his geography!
Classic quote form anon 511 link
"I might need to get out our Australian immigration map and work out where all these places you can come from and not count as an import," Ettridge said.

"the little Tongan point guard, Earnest Ross"

new thread

https://www.hoops.com.au/forum/43994-wa-sbl-oct/

whats the rule?