"Questions will be asked of the leadership group and coaching staff if they can't right the ship soon."

Same can be said of North.

Probably a good point though both coaches have runs on the board over a lot of years so might have some leeway.

Would say both are top 3 coaches in the league most years just things aren't gelling right now.

West caught a Tigers outfit at home on the hop first game and have beaten South and Sturt, the two cellar dwellars. Hardly a 'great start to the season' factoring in the opponents. Sacking an import maybe says a lot of where they are at culture wise.

One of those coaches has bought a team while the other is playing club players. Big difference.

Maybe sacking an import shoes club culture is valued.

Or they got the import wrong in the first place.

Corey's 3 years

2017 had the best import in the league and a nutcase bench player who got suspended in the GF.

2018 sacked an import pre season, had Legan who was good but ineffective down the stretch of the season and same with Dowdell.

2019 already sacked one import and the other one has been solid but not in the top tier of imports for the league.

So you would suggest Corey has been hit and miss both in identifying talent and character. Every year there has been some issue, even the year they won so perhaps there is a deeper culture issue.

Coaching is a very fickle business indeed. Haven't Corey and Hawkes been coaches' of the year in the past 3-4 years?

NBL clubs get imports wrong every year and they'd have more resources than anybody in PL would. These coaches are probably searching and researching after a days work so it can’t be an exact science. Tell me one coach that is batting anywhere near 100!

Southern has issues with Mays last year. Maybe Maclean’s just got the balls to not stand for it? Norwood hated Sanders too.

In his case in 3yrs he’s bought out 2 All Star 5 guards. The fact both his imports from last year were resigned says he can’t be doing too much wrong.

Old man in the arena quote is well and truly relevant in this forum!

This year in terms of spend its

Forestville - they may be taking a discount to stay but neither is cheap, neither is Mays, plus De Wit was heavily sought after and an import off the bench.

Mount Gambier - T Daly is high cost (but worth it), S Daly would have cost to keep him out of NBL1, Barkley straight from the G league would be getting a nice bag plus Burdon and a cheaper import. Wouldn't even be surprised if they’re paying Rathjen to skip footy.

Norwood - the regular crew plus Brine who might be the most expensive non NBL Aussie and two imports.

North - Starling highest paid import, Dowdell, McVeigh on a big wage and BJ ain’t coming for free.

Southern - Drmic and Johns on some money plus Turnage would have demanded a bit after last year. Not the same spend as previous years, doubt anyone else is getting more than scraps, of anything.

West - 2 imports, one was shopping around so you know he’s getting paid, Kubank, Thomas... not sure any others would take much.

Forestville - de Wit came relatively cheap given he's a club junior and the Pioneer's situation pre-season. Harris, Rios and Mays on sweet f all. Teys and Majok obviously paid well.

Mount Gambier - Dickson wasn't cheap: Mt Gambier outbid other PL clubs. Same goes for Burdon.

Norwood - spot on.

North - Starling (the most of any import) then daylight. North outbid others for McVeigh.

Southern - Drmic and Johns could be on less since questions have been asked of the club's financial situation (I don't know). Drmic wasn't cheap to acquire originally though.

West - not sure that Kubank is being paid. It's a pretty modest budget either way. Which import was shopping themselves around?

Woodville, Centrals, Mavs also modest budgets. Sturt basically don't spend on PL. South might have spent more if anyone wanted to play for them other than Jonnek.

Forestville don't spend anywhere near as much as North or Southern. Deng, Harris, De Wit all club juniors from a young age and have been coached by Andy since they were u18's. Teys and Rios also have loyalty and have returned after being out on the market. Not sure how much Mays was asking for, but if he these so called 'issues' then it probably lowered his value.

Drmic was in Dandenong earning a HUGE pay packet last winter, he alluded to it on many occasions. Why do you think he returned to play under Dean this year? Do you reckon he enjoys driving 45 mins on his moped down south 3 nights a week to improve his game?? No, he needs $$$$, he has a young family coming.
Likewise for Turnage. Very very good player. Would not have been cheap. And there's the hackham mansion hero Johnsy, have you seen the size of that house !!!
Not to mention recruiting Burns, Omamagho, Calligeros, Spurritt from Norwood/Sturt/South. Yeah they also enjoy a few trips down the freeway each week.


Either way we have a crackking bunch of teams and will be a great playoffs. Gambier, Southern, Norwood and Forestville are all legit. North have the tools but need a better coach, not a fist fighting flog. West looked good for a weeks but have fallen, and those losses could be very crucial and pip them out of the playoffs. Haven't seen much centrals but do they have the experience and veterans to bring them home? Eastern are a feel good story but can't compete with the big dogs consistently. Woodville meh, South are trash, Sturt are trash (but have love, support, and facebook shares)

Game of the round, ARC or wayville???

Heard Norwood made a big play for Deng, admittedly loyalty played a factor in returning to eagles. Teys wanted to play with his sixer boys last year, looks like he enjoyed it and stayed or was told of what was coming in. Mays took a discount after North quickly ripped up contract, shopped him around to numerous clubs but they were scared off. Dropped his price significantly because he wanted to stay with his local girl, heard father in law was offering to off set some costs. Don't know how he is behaving at Wayville, perfect fit for them though. Rios goes from being a top scorer, admittedly at Eastern where even Vozzo gets a game, to coming off the bench. Can't be too cheap as a proven returning player. A few other clubs could have used his services, maybe scared off from his mad bombing away from last year.
Norwood probably have had the best recruits with forestville. Not sure how Legan and Brine would fit in with an already dominant perimeter team but has proven great fits and Moultrie could be final piece. If those shots begin to dry up they need a steady inside game. Still wonder who will go to bench if they start Moultrie, coach Webber might be having a few sleepless nights.
North have that inside game to go along with McVeigh, BJ just has to play point guard and not try to be scorer, easy to get inside his head, hopefully with experience he'll work it out. That or Starling having some words in the change rooms if he goes rogue on occasion.
Johns would have to be happy with how career has turned out, not up to nbl but scored a house out of playing at home. Southern have shown weaknesses this year, Max might get a couple of dollars but all the money's tied up with Johns, CJ and Drmic who was on 30k last time he suited up. Losing Brine and Mays have hurt them depth wise and if Drmic or Cj have an off night then they don't have any consistent scorers for them. Don't know how Spurritt gets a mention as a recruit, averaged 2ppg for Norwoods reserves last year.
West are just a mess, thought their locals would carry them but definitely something wrong there. Body language is terrible, arguing with each other on court. McLean is a great coach but very passionate, can they have started to tune him out. When Spud and Truslove are playing big backup minutes then there's clearly no depth there.
Mt Gambier have started to gain momentum, think it will be them and forestville in final.

Son of coach got a gig in the hills on the weekend
Less time for those that don't get a lot now.
I guess he maybe be better and done the hard yards!!!

^^English please

Corey and Hawkes are clearly two of the better coaches with good programs and culture.
To suggest otherwise shows a lack of objectivity and awareness.

Oh dear Mavs

Eagles Pioneers game was indeed very good watching.

Eagles Pioneers game was indeed very good watching.

Great game between Eagles and Pioneers. Harris with 31 and Mays 29 and 14. Pioneers were lead by Barkley who had 23 and 17 and Burdon who had 20

Norwood beats Southern by outscoring them 30 to 5 in the second qtr. Great game by Brine with 26 and 19

West plays North tough but can't pull it out. Thomas with 12, 11 and 9 and Jeffereon 22 and 8. Johnson had 29 for North, McVeigh with 19 and 13. Lack of Depth on North concerns me going forward.


Just like that South gets 2nd win in a row over Eastern. Monster game by Allmon with 37 and 18. Hoppo had 21. Eastern was lead by Morris who had 24 and 8.


Centrals over Sturt. Centrals were lead by Riewer who had 26 and shot 7-7 from 3. Diing and Dau both had 22. After watching these guys play on Thursday at Forestville, I was impressed with them and think they can possibly sneak into the playoffs. Riewer is turning into one of my favorite guards in the league.

Sturt was lead by Meakes with 24


Woodville plays Mt.Gambier today at 3:30

Mavs sucked big time last night.

I think North's depth with college kids returning and injury return is not an issue. I would worry about Norwoods and West’s depth more

Norwood just added an import and have only lost 1 game. No issue with their depth.

Plenty of issues at Norwood when an injury or two hit with their aging line up!

Norwood have no depth at all. They go maybe 7 deep and then have a long bench of players who are not up to it and never play anyway.

As the above poster said, an injury or two and they are in trouble.

Haha any team that receives 2 injuries to their starters is in serious strife. Except Sturt because they are winless.. Don't make it sound like such an anomaly for Norwood, North etc.

498, you might want to go and check the box scores so far. Norwood rely on their starters way more than any other team in terms of both minutes played and scoring output. Literally every other team is deeper than Norwood. Norwood are just better at the top end.

If they stay healthy they win it. If not they are in trouble.

Fewest bench points (as a % of total points):

Southern 12.6%
Norwood 14.8%
Forestville 15.7%
North 16.8%
Mt Gambier 20.5%
Mavs 21.6%

Wait Forestville have a bench?

Interesting. Is this also in correlation to the biggest spenders and poorest at player development?

Can you rank the entire league , interested to see who had the highest

Surely Jordy "Towel Waver" Wilson should get extra points for enthusiasm!
Norwood whole bench is embarrassing with their carry ons.

Panther bogan* corner

How will Norwood coach and president in waiting tell his brother he needs to practice his towel waving when Lycett returns?

Eagles played zone v pioneers for 40min too
Coaches clearing using it as a tactic, zone doesn't mean you can’t guard anyone ,

North have been crappy against a zone for years , not a big deal

What college guys are coming back for North?

Run zones sometimes being the key there.
I think any coach that decided to only play a 2/3 zone for 40 minutes at State, PL or NBL should be questioned.

North scored 81 points, shot <25% from three and you think running zone was the reason West lost?

Never said it was the reason West lost. Just said it is lame to sit in a 2/3 zone for 40 minutes at any high level of basketball.
I have more than enough experience to shut that garden chair down, in man!

Gone are the days where using a zone means you can't guard anyone , 4 premier league teams used a zone for most of their defence on the weekend

Settle down Mrs Wilson, little Jordy can speak for himself.

Zones may be seen as an acceptable tactic against poor shooting teams but they are bad for spectators and take away some great matchups that people pay to see.
Used tactically during games no problem. To sit in one for 40 minutes is soft and from a spectators point of view makes for very boring basketball.

Classic wit Hugh, love the dad jokes especially the pseudonym. BTW, can you ask your mum to check her bedside table, think I left my watch there again last night.

Well, she's so ugly she has to wear more makeup than me and according to you I'm the clown. Better tell your dad to go to doctors, not saying she's nasty or anything but after we had phone sex the other night I got an ear infection.
But seriously Hugh, let's get of mum's. I just got off yours!

This is sadder than Sturts season fellas

Sorry, couldn't help it with poor Hugh.

Resorted to mama jokes. Cut it out children.

Mavs folks have gone quite
Eating some pie?
What a pickle

Mavs have won all their games for this season. Coach sitting on 6 wins in four seasons.

As a an