Anonymous
Years ago

South Australia's best DISTRICT Coach

Who would you classify as South Australia's best junior/23s Coach?

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Anonymous  
Years ago

Gareth Pennington at Centrals.

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concnerned  
Years ago

Boti Nagy

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Anonymous  
Years ago

Whoever the guy is leading Centrals u23 men to a two game win streak!

Miami's 27 & counting could be in danger the way these guys are going...

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Anonymous  
Years ago

Paul Arnott

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Anonymous  
Years ago

HaHa Paul Arnott.

Didn't his team just miss finals?

Seriously, how do you judge such a thing?

Is it wins and losses, development of players, ability to coach more than 1 age group???

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Anonymous  
Years ago

Toby Lockwood and I doubt it's even close.

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Anonymous  
Years ago

On what grounds?

Last year they started well out in front of everyone due to recruiting. Recruited well mid season, and by the end of the year needed overtime to win the GF, then didnt do very well at 14 Nationals.

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Anonymous  
Years ago

Matty Hampton

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Anonymous  
Years ago

Toby won the winter GF (it didn't go into overtime)and the side was the highest SA finisher at Nationals AND has coached a completely different under 14 team to an undefeated summer season. The current team have all been at Centrals for a long time with only a couple of new country kids.

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Dirty Sturty  
Years ago

So hes only as good as any number of Sturt Coaches over the past 10 years. Except that they have done it numerous times.

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Anonymous  
Years ago

sorry that we even considered anyone other than a Sturt Coach dirty..

so any/all Coaches from Sturt

they're just the best

especially at getting kids from other teams....

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fishoutofwater  
Years ago

Benny Mac @ Woodville

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Isaac  
Years ago

Uh oh. Here we go.

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Dirty Sturty  
Years ago

If you are judging purely on results then yes your are correct. Except that both Norwood and Forestville both get more recruits from other clubs than Sturt.

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Libertine  
Years ago

Scott Freer

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DB5  
Years ago

lol, doesn't take long to be a Sturt bashing thread..

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Anonymous  
Years ago

didn't the current centrals 14s make finals 2 yrs prior?

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Lion  
Years ago

I would agree that Gareth Pennington from Centrals is the best coach at that club. Every team he coaches does well. He is the current U18 Girls Div 2 coach.

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Anonymous  
Years ago

Guess that proves coaching must be better at Forestville and Norwood if they've attracted more players than sturt. lol

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Dirty Sturty  
Years ago

Results say otherwise.

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Anonymous  
Years ago

pick the best coach at each club!!

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blue bagger  
Years ago

There is no question that the Sturt coaches are only as good as the last kids they poached from underperforming clubs.

I'm pretty sure Sturt don't poach, it's more like pillage and plunder!!!

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Coeezy  
Years ago

I would have to say Scott Freer as well :)

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Anonymous  
Years ago

Ben Macdonald from Woodville Warriors

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Anonymous  
Years ago

Scott Freer for me

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Hogy  
Years ago

blue bagger

Sounds like they don't recruit as much as Norwood and Forestville.

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Mrs Freer  
Years ago

This was all decided in 2005...

http://www.hoops.com.au/forum/4117-2005-junior-coach-referee-of-the-year/#p47851

You are all battling to be the second best behind my son.

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Anonymous  
Years ago

What a stupid thread. All it proves is that most Hoops posters have no idea. Not one of the names mentioned would even be close. In fact they'd struggle to even get a Div 1 spot at stronger clubs.

Throwing up names like Lockwood and McDonald? I'm sure they are top blokes and are doing their best, but top district coach? You guys must be taking the piss.

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Annon  
Years ago

Having worked with Scott Freer in his Forestville days, his knowledge of the game is amazing.

He also could identify real talent, and remember he was the one that picked up, dropped off, did free indies and spent many a Sunday training Majok in his own time.

Scott Freer is just great at junior level

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Anonymous  
Years ago

Centrals didn't do well at nationals. Are you serious? 6 wins and 2 losses, including a win against Melbourne Tigers who finished second overall. Lost to team who finished 4th by 6 after beating Tigers a few hours earlier and the other team didn't play that morning so were fresher. Also had their captain out pretty much whole tourney so had 7 players and 4 were bottom age.

Want to rethink that ignorant comment you idiot. Get your facts right before you sell the boys at Centrals short. Moron!

Oh and in summer that season before recruiting they beat Sturt with one top age player.

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Anonymous  
Years ago

Centrals didn't do well at nationals. Are you serious? 6 wins and 2 losses, including a win against Melbourne Tigers who finished second overall. Lost to team who finished 4th by 6 after beating Tigers a few hours earlier and the other team didn't play that morning so were fresher. Also had their captain out pretty much whole tourney so had 7 players and 4 were bottom age.

Want to rethink that ignorant comment you idiot. Get your facts right before you sell the boys at Centrals short. Moron!

Oh and in summer that season before recruiting they beat Sturt with one top age player.

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Anonymous  
Years ago

Scott Freer is an absolute legend of SA Basketball!

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Anonymous  
Years ago

anon,

Sooo, your saying that Centrals didnt perform as well as Forestville did in the Girls then?

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Anonymous  
Years ago

Where did Centrals finish? In the top 10? If so, well done.

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Anonymous  
Years ago

Scott Freer once saved my whole family from a burning building by carrying us out of the fire one by one in a defensive stance.

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Deimos72  
Years ago

Freer 4 PM

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anonymous  
Years ago

I reckon John from north had alot to offer .He tried to implement the same intensity as the best,but fell a little short with balance.Give an a for effort.

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Anonymous  
Years ago

cares about them hey...

1. How do you assess a coach w/l ratio? give any muppet a top quality team they should do well.

2. Most people can assess talent sheesh not hard to be in a position to recruit and refer to 1.

3. What has the clubs overall w/l got to do with one coach?

There are plenty of the District comps best coaches developing kids with great skill out there in the MUCH lower divisions so some D1 coach always guaranteed to be able to pick the strongest team gets their best shot..

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Anonymous  
Years ago

What about Peter Berry with his Etch-A-Sketch board? Haha

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Anonymous  
Years ago

The messiah Corey MacLean?
Good old Toby Lockwood? Haha
Michael Rogers? John Della Pia?

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Anonymous  
Years ago

ALL STURT COACHES!!!

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Anonymous  
Years ago

John della pia Hahahahahahaha

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hydra  
Years ago

I saw the etch a sketch board on the weekend and it is great. I want one too!

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Anonymous  
Years ago

A coach called john della pia
Had little to zero idea
he'd just scream adnd shout
with eyes popping out
and suffer from verbal diarrhoea

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Bear  
Years ago

Threads like this make me so proud to be a Victorian!

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Anonymous  
Years ago

#791, if I was Corey Maclean I'd be pretty annoyed at being included in the same post as those other three names.

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Getoveryourself  
Years ago

Thanks Corey stop posting about yourself it's getting tiresome as you have done it so many times before

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annon  
Years ago

Gareth Pennington is the WORST coach I have ever come accross!!!

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Anonymous  
Years ago

And your spelling is probably the worst I've come across!

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lollypop  
Years ago

most easily out coached coach going around

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cat  
Years ago

does he ever outcoach the coach who outcoaches him?

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Anonymous  
Years ago

Only when the coach who coached him, coaches him.

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starman  
Years ago

Interesting post re John from North
Have gotten to know him over last year OR so and he is obviously a coach who cares about his players and team. Gives a lot to the sport and his players play hard for him.
Hasn't had a lot to work with over years but gets the best from his outfits.
Last year he developed a great competitive group of U16 Boys and assisted 3 of those boys to make State teams.
Respected by many of his peers and a very passionate person however don't be fooled he is a tough man.

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annon  
Years ago

Corey really has he developed or just recruited kids from other clubs
Time will tell!!
Previous record not flash even with a competitive team!!

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annon  
Years ago

Interesting call Starman!!

Like Scott Freer work with Majok, Dellapere worked with the 2 Sudanese boys to give them an opportunity at Nationals.
He is a loyal worker at North and has a talented daughter I believe coming through early age groups.
Probably not considered up with the Sturt clan of so called super coaches but certainly respected and it would be good to see him have a crack as a state coach or assistant.

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Anonymous  
Years ago

everyone hates john della-pia

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annon  
Years ago

Not everyone!!

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STEW55  
Years ago

Played under him hard but fair!!
Gone to girls side this year and involved in Senior women's program.

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