Liam

I find this one of the strangest post since this forum started especially after all you and Scott Butler have written recently of just how wonderful things are at Sturt then all of a sudden you are seeking players to fill your teams in the Under 20 men group.
Perhaps you can explain how this has happened I for one are very interested.

Three Seconds,

Not sure why you would find this post wierd. We are looking for players outside of the district basketball domain to fill our U/20 Div 1 team. We have had players leave this age group to pursue other interests or for study reasons (as most clubs do at this age level) so we are looking to 'beef up' the numbers by promoting the squad on this forum and through the BASA website. I think its pretty self explanitory but drop me an email if you have any further questions.

Regards

Liam

It looks to me like Sturt has got them in a position where they have some great assets to market themselves. This is great, agressive recruiting.

It seems obvious that the players that are most likely to be interested in this kind of information at U20 level would be the ones already playing district basketball.

If you were critical of West Adelaide's attempts at recruiting in the recent "is this allowed?" discussion, and been critical of that, you would think that those same people would be critical of this sturt advert.

In the first sentence:

We are looking for players OUTSIDE of the District basketball domain who must be born in 1986 & 1987.

I think there is no comparison.

Yes it is hard to imangine someone who has not played basketball before or has not played with a district basketball club in their junior years just turning up and being able to play in the U20 competition although we do no that if anyone can do it Sturt can

I think you would find that there are many players playing school, church or social ball but who may not have been able to commit the time. They finish high school and may now be able to.

Everyone focusses on the drop off at Under 20's, why not turn the tables and recruit!

Granted, the standard of player will be lower, but there might be a couple "out of the box"!

Incognito,

Just to make things Chrystal clear we are targeting players who are not playing district basketball because they are usually the players that are more likely to be receptive to a program that has more 'game play' with older players and is more empowering and reflective of senior basketball.

I think these players have probably decided at some time that most junior programs (including our junior program) are maybe too 'drill' oriented, and this is a great opportunity for them to come along and PLAY in a basketball program that still has the organisation and the professionalism of district ball but is better catered to their needs.
This forum has a lot of school players who are not district basketballers reading it so I decided to put some info up. There is certainly nothing 'sinister' going on here.

Cheers

There might be players in that age group playing school or social ball that would be quite capable of filling the postion and had never thought of playing District ball. They could be students or workers. I have examples of this happening in previous years on many occassions all the way back to the original USA tours.

What is wrong with someone posting a recruitment notice on this forum? Get of his back I say, good initiative.

Great Pioneer..send them our way!

I agree with Incognito. My first thought when I read this was that this is similar to the West Adelaide issue. The only difference is that Sturt are targeting non District players.

However, based on the sales pitch talk which looks quite appealing, I am sure there might be some current district players think this is good and approach Sturt anyway.

Will Sturt refuse these approaches? If so, no problems; if not then one must question their credibility. We'll just have to wait and see.

Either way I still do not see the problem of trying to recruit players this way.

I think Nick Hambour only played school ball for Pembroke (?) and the only juniors he played was U20's, so he is proof that the players are out there (If incorrect please have a go).

I just knew there would be no show without Punch. Thanks for the explanation Scott

I have just what you need - i will send you an email Liam - couple of good u20s

Northerner once again you are incorrect. Nick Hambour played all his juniors at Norwood until u/18 when he stopped and just played school ball. Then got spotted by the rockets and the rest is history.

By the way Jason Kidd is a hack!!

Liam will Ninny still be coaching Sturt now that he has the academy commitments??

Thanks for that Lommax...

If Kidd is such a hack why did Dallas want him?? They must know Nowitski can't create his own shot and needs someone to pass him the ball??

Lommax,

Ninnis is interested in doing the Sturt job again, but if the Academy is going ahead he possably may step down in which case, Rick will coach the men.

Wow...Sturt U/20's will be great! Good junior development down there....And Rick...what a move

Perhaps if Sturt had retained their u/18 2's this season they wouldn't need to be looking for players.
I hear they didn't field a team in that grade this year.