nice work Jack, thanks for my weekly entertainment!

Officiating this week will have a few rookie guys because there are 10 of the highest ranked umpires not available due to nationals & a party.

good chance for some others to finaly get the chance they deserve imo

thanks Neal

Nice work, Jack.

Some nice similes... you should be teaching English, although I am not sure too many students would know who Don Dunstan was, let alone the safari suit giggle.

Politicians these days are beige compared to Don Dunstan.

I guess a party of refs could be an interesting party to be a fly on the wall at.

Neal or Neil?
Either way, I reckon only a couple of ref's are going to the party so it's not exactly what you would call a ref party.

Saying that this causes a depth problem is a cop out for administration who are lazy and do not develop umpires

Good point 'Nope'

How many years do you give a coach to turn around program??

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You didn't read my post.
I am supportive of a couple of senior umpires having a life outside basketball but critical of the association admin not commiting money in to developing umpires over the years so the cabl is not so reliant on a handful of committed officials.

Looking at Roster all games have one experienced Ref that has been around a while apart from the Central v Eastern Mens game.

You take 3 of last years 4 Grand Final Referees and all bar one or two of the National League refs and it would leave any competition thin on experience.

Looks like they have dragged a couple out for the first time in a couple years to cover spots and giving a couple guys there first games.

Can't really blame Admin for lack of depth when atleast 8-10 Senior Refs are unavailable. You can have a crack at the Admin for solos on Fridays and Wednesdays.

I hear Mildura are looking at joining the ABL next season- has anyone heard the same???

TC... How long is 'a while'??

Just had a look and fairly sure one of those guys on the staplex game did finals last year. Probably about the best you could do with the number of outs and still have all games looked after up to standard. Only time will tell!

The promising juniors who signed agreements to stay? ;)

This week might be a shock for Norwood fans not at the game, they'll be able to follow their team on live stats.

I believe that if the promising juniors are under 18 and parent/guardian has not sighted the agreement that said agreement is null and void also could cop a fine for parent/guardian not sighting and signing

Can someone get live stats score that are not up.

South v Southern

Sturt Forrestville?

Easy wins to Eagles over Sturt in both men and women.

West men 73-66 against Warriors

Millard didn't play for North again...Anyone know why not..

450,
I let you in on a little secret, these reviews are not meant to be informative. If you want information and you want the ins and outs, then read the BSA review.

North 105 Norwood 60. North are very good, but are Norwood also that bad? 45 point margin is a huge win!

Is Tyler Tanis Tigers import? Great effort to get 47

Norwood will not be as good without Cooper in the middle.

Tanis is the American at Southern

Tanis is also the home the the Ark, according to Indiana Jones.

WHEN WAS LAST TIME WOODIES ABL WOMEN BEAT WEST ?

maybe the first time since the watts girls played for woodville?

its not that the warriors women have gotten that much better, its the fact that other teams are much below par than usual.
The competion has gone from bad to worse in regards to the quality available out there. Disappointing to say the least.

I thought posters were complaining about how many WNBL players Norwood have to strengthen them, how Centrals have added numbers to shed the easy beat tag and how Forestville have their giant to come back into an already winning side.
To say the competition has gone from bad to worse is to totally misinterpret what competition is. Competition is having close fought games every week across the CABL teams.
If the teams that have predictably fought over the wooden spoon give reasonable accounts of themselves and push the other teams and score a win here and there then you have a real competition.
Nothing but good can come from having or developing stronger Southern, Woodville, Centrals, Mavs and South teams across all forms of basketball from juniors to seniors because that breeds competition.Every time one of these teams pushes, stretches or beats a higher ranked team our competition is the the winner.

i do not disagree 589, but the competition and quality itself has dropped off substantially.

norwwod, centrals, forestville, and north (maybe) when jo gets back are the only real quality teams in the comp.

These teams have either got all the quality (norwood) or have bought the quality (centrals)

Salary cap questions there!!

porks, beautiful stuff.

alot of teams have lost some quality players. I think this is probably the year where a few of the teams who are usually up top will be down the ladder and some who are usually struggling will be competitive.
Hope these teams make the most of it.

Saw Thunferbirds goal shooter at Forestville v Sturt women game. I presume she may make an appearance late in the season for them and given Minear to return, with what they have already should make them competitive again.

it will be Norwood, Forestville and centrals fighting for the title this year for the womens.

Forestville only!!

If anyone can shut down Pero I will be surprised. Add to this Bond, I think North for men's. (unfortunately)

i agree with everything you have put forward 629. its just unfortunate that teams like south, although they have added a few this year, havent had the juniors to develop for years now.
I wonder how the likes of Norwood and Centrals and maybe even F/ville stay under the cap?? I think I have the answer, they don't!

i do not think Foley and Lewis for norwood are just bit players for the wnbl. Oh and then theres Stabile, and...
They should be alot more convincing than what they have been!

i was mentioning big names not talls..

Forestville have lost Bello which is a big hole in that guard area but addition of Thompson from AIS will stretch a lot of opposition front courts. Add possibly Berago and Minear and they have some offensive game. Still think Norwood clear favorites though.

Where's Scanlon been the last few years? Surely playing somewhere to come back and fire like that so quickly?

I think Scanlon moved to England but I could be wrong about that

i know exactly how much it costs to get an import over. Not allowed to get paid. Ha, who are you kidding. They are over..

Hahahahahaha, imports dont get paid.. What rock have you been under #640.

There are two types of imports. those who are paid to play like in SEABL and NBL and in the past CABL. recently I believe you will find some of the imports have been on holidays and therefore are precluded from receiving payment. Different types of imports therefore different standard of imports. Do clubs probably help with billets, and junk cars,food, and some incidental expenses, more than likely do. but do they get paid as imports, who have to be paid which has a minimum, no they don't. So in both cases both arguments are right.

i doubt whether someone would venture over here at a cost of around $4000 return,maybe more, and cover most of their own costs for atlest 6 months. I have been apart of a club where they have bought in an import and it cost the club over $10000.

mildura would be good to have in central.

it would be only 1 trip away for every club - plus possibly a final if required.

a road trip to mildura would hardly blow the budget

why would BSA have to cover the expenses. If southern are required to play centrals at plex do BSA have to fork out travel money? I'd say not. If woodville travel to play eastern in the hills do BSA fork out travel money, nah. Why would they fork out to play then at mildura. years ago riverland had a team in and teams went up once each season to play in renmark or loxton or barmera wherever it was scheduled. It was great opporunity for some team bonding. Riverland had the bigger expense travelling to adelaide every second week to play here. Sure Mildura and BSA would have worked out the logistics if it does indeed happen. Personally I am skeptical as I can't see mildura not playing SEABL.

less travel for mildura - only 440 km to adel - around 550 to melb

Vodka94- Would you drive home from Mildura straight after the game?
I'm sure the Tigers drive home from Starplex and don't require overnight accomodation.
I do agree that it would/could be a good team bonding weekend- hire a bus to assist in keeping players 'fresh' prior to the game

Would Mildura field a Mens and Womens Team?

hanging around in the days of riverland that is what teams did, stayed overnight and hired buses. Hey volunteers like stats and scorers etc went at own cost, including specators wanted to see yourkid play you travelled. Happily travel to mildura to watch my kid play at the highest level. sure you have to stay over night but if ABL ever went national and there has been talk of them or at least sturt or west being included travel is part and parcel. Ask Graeme Burdon if he makes the round trip to the mount to watch eze play and bet he does.

I am sure Mildura would field both mens and womens teams as they always have, watched them play in Melbourne couple of weeks ago, New import point guard is a stud , led the Nation in assists his senior year and was team mate to Wilkinson from NZ , maybe the 36rs should have a close look at him.I think one of the Adelaide teams goes up there every year to play a pre season game.Worth a look i think.

I think the man in the big seat at BSA would see this as another 'positive' for his resume

who is mildura's new import

Interested- Details about one of Milduras imports are already on post from a few days ago.(Kris Clark) The other one they have is Jermain Williams a 6'7 guard out of LSU also very good to watch.

Now you have given yourself away!!

Forestville.

thats funny!!

Sorry...tongue firmly in cheek.

I follow the league quite a bit, normally watch a match each week.

To be honest i don't think the Norwood team has the depth to win the comp. Yes they will rarely be beaten with the starting 5 they have and some strong bench players, but the proven depth really isn't there after the best 7 players

Cara Boothey (A specialist defensive player quite underrated, can nullify almost anyone in the league with exception of a few. but beware as can change a game if not watched. AVG 20 mins @ 7PPG and 3.5RPG)

Jessica Good (Another young player who has come through the system, has the potential to become a good player in the league. Is reletivly unknown and may cause a few problems if overlooked. AVG 18mins 5.5PPG, 5RPG and 2APG)

Jordan Walker-Roberts (An aggressive guard, very unpredicatable. On a good night may hit 20+ points and win her position, however the defensive side just is not to the level it should be. This could be costly if exploited and not on a good night. AVG 25.30 mins @ 7PPG 2.5RPG and 1.5APG)

Lauren Spangler (youngster won't get much time, a few goes off the bench in matches already decided)

Megan Pritchard (Youngster AVG 6 mins at 4.5PPG & 1.5RPG room for improvement with more gametime as the season progresses)

Tess Keenan (youngster won't get much time, a few goes off the bench in matches already decided)



What do other people think?

Im gonna write up a preview of all the matches for this weekend with matchups etc as im bored and need to waste time before its time to go sleep.

It might be, i haven't had a close look at all the teams and we have only had 2 games to go on. Thats why i wanted other people opinions gives a different view on things.

Personally i think Walker-roberts is overrated and would be a bench player only at most teams. Boothey is known to have be injury prone and the rest of the bench are effectively juniors.

In comparison to whom?

I always enjoy a good laugh when I read some of these comments about imports not getting paid.
The fact is the posters here aren't probably lying, they probably don't get paid to play.
But I know that Centrals generally hook up their players with a "Junior Development" Coaching role at the college or the club out there which would add onto what they can pay them from the salary cap.
Just like Rashad Tucker does coaching clinics at Wayville to fill his pockets.
There is nothing wrong with that, it's all legit under the current rules.
But you definitely need to pick the right import to run these types of clinics as some of them tend to take advantage of the system.
I know when David Nurse was out here last year, him and Mitch Creek ran some basketball camps to generate some more income.
Oh and on Scanlan, he has been overseas in Poland for a number of years just working over there no basketball at all. So I guess it must be like riding a bike for some!

Panther, that's pretty impressive. 37 points, second game back in the league.

if you watch the league you would know that if you have a quality 2 or 3 players in your group you will have success. The quality is few and far between these days and there are only probably 3 teams that have this quality in the womens comp.

every club does not have the calibre of players that certain clubs have!! Who are you kidding?
There was no mention that any of these girls are bad at all! And if these girls are told so by coaches then that is appauling. That is not what was said.

@ Anon

Yes there are some players who should be given more attention, but i was focusing on the bench players from direct relation from the previous match.

I totally agree and its across the board that many players dont get the recognition and the chance as those of others. Due to many readsons. It could be junior reputation, coaches, sometimes even management.