I'm expecting Brown - Weaver - Neilsen and then maybe it wouldn't surprise me if he brought along a 76ers assistant coach given all his talk of bringing in his guys.

It's understandable for Brown to want assistant coaches that are already on the same page as him, but how much of his system is he really going to be able to implement in a 6 week period? If the Boomers retain many of the plays that gave them such a strong offensive system, an assistant or two familiar with it might be useful. It's a worry if the plan is to completely disband the system in place of familiarity for Brown.

I don't mind Longley no longer being involved. He and Lemanis seemed on the same page with selections, culture and so forth. With Brown coming in and a new approach to how the National program operates, better to change it up if Longley felt he couldn’t buy into coming changes.

In his own words from article on Pick and Roll "a clean break from the previous staff is what we’re after, as opposed to a half-pregnant situation where there are echoes of stuff"

I'm just looking forward to gloating when this blows up in BA's face next year. I feel sorry for those who will have to deal with both the Boomers' failure and the shattering of their world view.

You guys realise we have never medalled right??? So who cares who he brings in....Lets watch this space and see what happens... Ben Simmons wasn't going to play for Lemanis anyways...

This all seems to be based on 2 diametrically opposed views.

1. The NBA is the epitome of the sport and therefore we should only use NBA talent; and

2. The NBA is not the be all and end all, tournament play is under FIBA rules, so we need to be ready for FIBA games.

Personally, think we need NBA talent where possible in the playing ranks, but with FIBA coaching and strategies. Most NBA-based Australian players can adapt to FIBA games, so they should play the big tournaments. Some don't adapt well, and we might be better off with Euro or even NBL based players in a few positions (Motum, Landale, Bogut, Kay, Creek, Goulding but not necessarily all of them). Some NBL players will need to represent in qualifiers, so should at least be invited to trainings to stay within the system.

"Yes, I would draft in both Josh Green and Makur Maker for the 2020 Olympics. Youth is relevant if you are good enough, look at Lemelo and Doncic, both dominate their league at such a young age.

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Except neither of them are LaMelo or Doncic. There are always going to be outliers but neither of those guys are proven to be better than adult professionals and I wouldn't waste an Olympic spot on them.

"Josh green much better than lamelo. Be staggered if he aint in the boomers team for Tokyo. He is the dynamic scoring guard that is needed."

Above who? Patty Mills? Chris Goulding? Potentially Bryce Cotton?

(I'm just looking forward to gloating when this blows up in BA's face next year.)

Wow what a sad existence you have.
What are you going to do if the boomers do well, get angry?

Brown not smart enough to keep any old coaches. I predict no Nielsen , no Forde and sadly no Weaver. The man is arrogant and foolish and doesn't realize how much he could use those three. Also no one talking about which NBA Australian s won't sign back up for this upcoming disaster. Why as a player would you sign on for a coach you don't know after he got everyone you liked fired. Definitely won't medal. Why go embarrass yourself.

The wheels on the BA bus are shaky, very shaky...

"They are good enough and should be in the 2020 squad. And Brett Brown is no lamanis who picked players based on relationships (eg sobey, gliddon )"

I can guarantee you, assuming full availability, Josh Green wont be on the team.

"Brown not smart enough to keep any old coaches. "

Will Weaver has already said in a round-about way that he will continue on as assistant.