Sobey is a long way off the level required.
As is Teys.

I dont think anyone should ever be criticised for going "one season too many" . Play til you can't, you can't knock a bloke for wanting to get everything out of his body and career.

Why would you contemplate retirement when you are still capable?

+1*

* unless they are rubbish

What indication was there last season that Loughton was going to become a much lesser player? It's really easy to say all this in hindsight.

U put Wilbekin in with these Cairns guys & they are top 2 again. He brought them all together last season. Just a shame we lost him.

Of course Fearney is gonna keep a squad together that finished top last season. Starks can flat out hoop but he aint Wilbekin!!

I think you also need to take into consideration if any of the players you listed are still chewing up a lot of Courttime /starting 5. If not their career is probably effectively increased by about 3-4 years, as their aging body is better capable of sudden bursts of energy.

Redhage in particular I think could go another maybe 2-3 years as long as he remains a Bench player.

Burston still starting. Loughton and Tragardh have something to give but Fearne has cast them aside to prioritise Worthington and Burston as better defensively, I presume.

Haven't seen much of Redhage.

Carter had been shooting well recently.


I imagine Sobey's minutes are down because he isn't fitting smartly within the rotation? IMO, that's almost always the reason players are underplayed - weaker D and basketball IQ.

Loughton showed last season why he shouldn't have been brought back. I suspect (hope) he's cheap but that's not really a good enough reason to keep him. Makes too many poor and costly decisions on both offence and defence.

Redhage, Burston and Trigger still have 1-2 years to offer off the bench.

Sobey would be a gun if given the green light like Goulding.

redhage of the bench still has plenty to offer

Larry Davidson is the big one that stands out for me. He used to be a great player, but he's just looked so out of touch this season. The Hawks could really use his height, but every time I see him play, he is a negative. None of his weapons work anymore.

The good thing about Basketball, with 5 on and five off, is that there's a role for guys who only play 5 minutes when everyone's fit. Plus in the case of Veterans, its their ability to play huge minutes that fades as they get older.

For a team like the Cats, the points are the limiting factor. Next season, Redhage could easily drop to 6 or 7 points, which with his loyalty bonus makes him a 2~3 point player. Fantastic value to play 5~10 minutes off the bench.
(The only thing that might count against him playing on is the logjam of forwards on the bench.

Different for a journeyman, but I still think young guys get opportunity if they warrant it.

Schenscher has been knackered by injury this season, and whilst that can be a factor of age, I don't think the Crocs could have predicted it when they hired him. It may well be that he retires, sometimes that happens, players have the decision forced upon them by repeated injury. But when you finish a season having played 30 games @ 17.5 minutes per, you can't fault a guy for thinking he can play on.