Sa Country Womens coach buried all there chances through his negative coaching and his love for one or two players. He couldnt even give his captain who is debatably there best player the opportunity to score otherwise she was dragged from the court immediately.

More likely ensured the job for life.

P.Hickey, the global development of basketall is important. I think you raise a good point but I think development of basketball in our region, giving kids the opportunity to play against another country is great.

You can't play NZ in Aussie rules footy!!!!

NT WA SA useless so they have to get NZ

Hoggy: no they are not shite in any way , shape or form. They are kids trying their best to succeed. The coaching staff and BSA have to wear the blame,not for unsuccessful years but for standing still and treading water.

No fresh ideas in the state system for twenty years. Same recycled coaches and managers and in basketball in SA , a job is for life. SA is afraid of change, protective of cushy jobs and proliferates the idea that it is very hard work which no one else will do.

I Don't care about average talent years but the average coaches and administrators need outstanding talent to make play offs and the district scene could not be worse for real competition. The state coaches come from the elite clubs and with one exception struggle with players other than the best. District perpetuates this failing because rarely do the top clubs have to coach because they have the cream of the talent pool and win weekly, loses are rare and their wins are often blow outs. With close games a rarity the only opportunity kids and coaches have of testing their real skills are at state and to a much lesser extent, Classics.

Without a doubt,very few state coaches have the ability they contract to do at state. Never has their been a better time in light of the Sasi demise to effect change for the better. Victoria are the benchmark and it's time to follow football and get the best coach BSA can find to head up the BA junior development program and become the next state coaching director.

The status quo will see us continue to win the occasional medal,sometimes gold but only when the planets are aligned and the talent exceptional because our present trend is downward.

The best coaches in the world can't get success without the players.

If nothing else the recent results should highlight that basketball in SA isn't attracting enough high quality athletes.

You need to have the players to be effective. You could place any NBL level coach into a Northern Territory level team, and they still wouldn't have much more success than the current group of coaches. They will develop the kids sure, but will they get anymore wins? Probably not. On the other hand, you put an SA coach with that Vic Metro team, and they still win gold. They just had the most talented kids.

Yes the Vics are the benchmark (NSW catching up fast), but they also have the players that can play at that level. It's probably time to have a look at how their players are developed so early to be at a point where can can not just compete, but win. All starts from the ground up, get the development right, and the rest will follow soon enough.

Sturt don't create the talented players who come from all over, they help develop it and little more. If you want to place SA further down the list go ahead with the suggestion above and star another decade where communication consists of insults

Seems mavs coaches pick and choose a bit and only coach in good years from senior women down. Always need a break when talent is thin or move clubs.

By all accounts wasn't the only coach/manager to have a run in with the SAC Development Officer..

I think the most important feedback both the boys and girls coach should be given is to stop coaching so negatively. If you stand on the side line and constantly whinge and you will end up going no where with any group. It stood out with the SAC coaches this year. I even heard the boys coach sent out a written apology for acting like a moron after a trial game early in the year. Jason Bald needs to show some leadership and talk to these coaches about communication skills and player psychology.

To me it looks like both these guys were never much more than social scrub players and never played at any reasonable level. Unfortunately they have become ego coaches.

I didnt see the Vic metro coach acting like a SAC coach, nor the SA Metro coach.

The SAM boys should have made the semis - they had more talent than ACT.
Unfortunately BSA are totally unaccountable for their actions, in showing blatant nepotism in appointing coaches only from within certain programs (one in particular!). Hopefully the demise of the SASI partnership will open up the program to more than the "inner sanctum", but most people will doubt it. And our young athletes sadly pay the price.

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I think you'll find there are very few coaches who put their hands up to coach at the next level. If people choose not to apply because they think there is an inner sanctum then they are idiots. What type of attitude is this? Certainly not one a state coach would like to see from their players...one where when it seems to hard to just not try. Are you serious?

Maybe the reason State coaches come out of so few clubs is because only a few clubs actually put any effort into developing and more importantly, encourage their coaches to continuously strive for excellence.

I dont really understand what 'inner sanctum' you are talking about? Were you specifically asked not to attend SASI trainings? Have you asked Neil to attend a SASI session or are you waiting for a phone call? I think you'll find certain clubs are represented more heavily because they encourage their coaches to continue to learn and attend SASI sessions and coaching clinics etc. If a coach is interested in learning and becoming a better coach, they need to take responsibility for their own development. Welcome to the real world. People just don't give you things for being nice.

I think you'll find if you asked Neil to attend a session on a regular basis he would probably say yes.

You mention that our young athletes are paying the price...for what? Having good coaches coach them at the next level? Have you seen the quality of coaching on a Friday night recently? I would be asking the question to the majority of clubs what education programs and pathways they are providing their junior coaches.

You may be right that the SAM boys should have beaten ACT but they didn't. Has your team ever lost a game they could have won?

Once again another person happy to pot shot instead of doing something to better the system…well done.

I also wonder if the SAM boys had more talent than every team they beat. From memory they knocked off a Qld team, one of the NSW team and Vic Country.

That ACT team was very good. Lead well and had the best PG of the tournament so losing to them was not that big a deal....ACT did play in the GF!

While this faceless swiping is always going to happen, maybe if you have a problem with your coach you should go through the correct pathways and write a letter. That way your whinging might actually get some credible feedback or action??

I think people are referring to the coach not being prepared for the 2nd game of the tournament with regards to ACT. ACT had a bye the first day, and rather than organise someone to video them at classics (Sturt U16 finished higher than ACT) where 3 SA teams played against this ACT team. He relied on video of them from 6 month ago when they had a different coach.

I would think that making the effort to get a video could have made a difference in winning and losing this game and hence a silver medal. Not good enough.

324120 - then why do coaches not apply? There has to be a reason, in every other state they are lining up to take a turn. Perhaps all of them are just "idiots" as you say because they do not believe the gospel from BSA...

Making excuses for not finishing in line with their talent isn't acceptable. Simple fact is they lost to a team that finished in the bottom half of the Classic, that had less talent, but a better coach. Of course, this is BSA, so accountability is non-existent.

Wow mate, this is very obvious that you are one angry individual, and have a personal axe to grind about Paul Arnott's coaching. You have tried to defame him, attack his integrety and when that hasnt worked you have gone to a scouting tape he didnt get from the classics. Not once have you mentioned that he did try to obtain said tape, because if you know he didnt get tape you would also know why.You also dont mention what the expectation was for this team (you are obviously close enough to be in the know).Maybe mate you should be more concerned about your own integrity & honesty and clean up your own back yard if what I heard today is correct.