Seriously, what purpose would that question have served?

Get over it, accept the fact basketball in the State is in better shape and has a brighter future (off court, anyway) than what it has for a long time.

Perhaps you yearn for the days of mis management, money being blown on inane stupid things, and being slowly sucked into a black hole?

I thought he was very good tonight. It was a very interesting point he raised tonight about his thoughts on the refs. He had a lengthy discussion with Pat Tilden before the Townsville game and asked him what it was that had changed with the refs when Adelaide for the last few years have been the lowest foul count team in the league and this year are the highest while at the same time they haven't changed their style of play. I thought that summed up very well the concerns regarding the refs that I have had for a long time. It was encouraging that it came from someone who is well and truly in the know through many years involvement in basketball. I wouldn't mind betting that tomorrow night's game is going to favour the Sixers from referee calls after they stuffed up big time with the Larry Abney incident.

EC, we changed 50% of our team over the off-season. Someone else posted in another thread about how those five players ranked quite highly within the team for fouls - I think Horvath and Copeland were the highest fouling players in the team and, what do you know, new to the team.

Explains easily why the team has increased the number of fouls it commits in my opinion.

Your right Isaac, Horvath does have the highest foul count. Much of that would come from the minutes he spends on the floor. I don't think he ranks any higher to Rychart of previous seasons. As for the other new players, guess what? The old Sixers so far this season are doing just as badly. Overall verdict, not much change in foul count based on new players to the team.

This years team are older and slower hence more fouls.

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What I find interesting is that people think BASA ran the competition, BASA barely had time to run the competition they spend most of the time cleaning up the mess that the clubs made.

How many times did we hear people complain about programs never being available, that was because clubs were pulling teams out or adding new ones.

Clubs would advertise training (scoretable, refs etc) then they would ask BASA to arrange facilitators - after dates were set - does that sound strange to you??

Sorry but I still believe that clubs hold too much power and were in turn strangling BASA and in turn strangling 36ers & Lightning. I think now that everything is seperate everyone can get on with their own jobs and do them properly, if they dont kick them out. I think BSA needs to be strong and kicks some heads, they might lose a few "volunteers" but then the ones that actually want to advance the game rather than hinder it can come in and sort out the mess.

I bet most people don't know that Mal himself was a referee once and even reffed at the Olympics, although which one I'm not sure.

Please, no more discussion regarding speculation of Mal and Eddy's ownership split of the team and Dome.

Future comments regarding this will be removed.

Why will those comments be removed Issac? Have you had a phone call from someone?

Correct.

Can they do that to you Isaac? I thought this was your site? Freedom of speech hey. Sorry to hear you are being 'hassled' No more from me!