Lets start a rumour that the least effective interior defender/rebounder is going to get replaced by Neil Mottram.

Hey Isaac

I'd bring in Gordon Ramsay to shake things up!!!

He'd either toughen them up or make them cry!!

or they would get lost in the crevase of one of his rinkles

I like that Scott points out that defence and rebounding are constants. They are genuine effort based stats. Shots may drop, may go cold, solid D and board work are usually a reflection of endevour.

Noticed the Hawks had 20 Of boards comp to our 11...

10 extra shots...

We lost by 10pts...


It's like Jazz coach Sloan said when asked if his players had the green light to shoot;

"They have the green light to rebound and play D"

Money makes the world go round! Start docking pays for defensive lapses. They are paid to win games, so if the reason they are losing is slack defensive either charge them for poor D or reward them for Good D.

Would be interesting wouldn't it if players were paid by stats. with a heavy bias towards the effort areas.

Would be interesting to try that - maybe in a pre-season series. Top dollar for a block or steal, but you risk fouling out and curbing your earnings.

Loosers?........FFS!

Anonymous #208142:

Go back to 2nd grade, loser.

just have a clause that everyone gets a bit extra if they hold the opposition to below say 90 points, or do the reverse cut everyone a bit if the opposition scores more than say 95, and they lose. Wonder if that would pick up the hustle

A "commission" type basis is something that I have suggested in the past but that would not really work under the salary cap in that you would not be able to predict to the exact dollar how much you will be spending on the players. If you want to put them on contracts that total less than the salary cap to allow room for additional payments for performance, then you won't get players to sign. Whilst an incentive of additional payment is good, no one is going to sign on a lesser contract to make room for these additional payments. What you really need is good, honest down to earth players that will willingly put in 100% every time simply because they have the passion for the win and know that is what they are being paid for.

like dusty, hey ec! idiot.

DDFan, a return to the war against "keyboard warriors", eh?

gregory, you are an idiot. Your comment doesn't even make sense. Go back to school and get yourself an education.

lol I understood it EC.

you said "What you really need is good, honest down to earth players that will willingly put in 100% every time simply because they have the passion for the win and know that is what they are being paid for."

gregory said "like dusty, hey ec!"

...then called you an idiot.

makes perfect sense :P

No need to call them an idiot at all. For one thing, I'd hope we can all aim for some sense of civility, and for another, what team wouldn't want players who will give their all every game on the road or at home? That wish is hardly exclusive to someone who happens to like Rychart.

No team should ever have stat based incentives.

Give Coops $100 per block and watch him foul out in under 5 min!

Give Bruce $100 per steal and watch him cheat on D all game and the team suffer.

Give Ballinger $100 for every charge and watch him flop more than Vlade! (while the ball handler shoots uncontested shots.)

Give the team a bonus if they hold opponents to under 90, more if its under 80- and watch them play slow ball.

Maybe a simple formulae based on salary and wins?

Just win.

Plus the extra money for playing finals...

You make a fair point, but on taking out non-performers, he did: Brett Maher came off the bench in the last game. Three of the other starters in that game have been doing pretty well and Tyndale hasn't be awful, nor is there anyone fit and ready to really replace him as a starter.

It'll be a very interesting contest Sat night. Perth've copped plenty from their fans for their long scoring lapses, so they'll come here with a point to prove. On their night they've shown they can beat anyone. I'm not sure that we've shown that yet, but it's early days. Having said that, I'm a bit slow & just noted that we've only got 4 carry-over players from our 10 of last season. I've got no gripe with the roster, & I'm confident that when we get through our injury woes, we'll be on track. Winnie didn't get much celebration from you guys when he was signed, but he's definitely got a place & will be huge, when he returns to full strength.
Last season we saw first hand how having Davo out, hurt us badly. From my experiences through last season, you needn't lose any sleep over Davo's commitment. He'd be more frustrated than any of us, with his injury status & would be working tirelessly to get back to his best. Brett's obviously worked hard in the off-season, & looked in great form in both of this season's home games. Brett's the man, he'll deliver.
Adam's a major part of our team, & he too has an injury cloud. I've got massive props for the guy, & he'd be playing through whatever, to lift the team.
I'll let you in on a little secret, players are deadset angry when they lose, you guys get off lightly. ; )
We've had a massive overhaul in the off season (which you guys called for & got), we've had some SA lads return home (which I appreciate), & we're a lot younger than last year (which you guys called for & got). That last win for you guys, brings with it a significant reduction in experience & stability to our game, so take that onboard before demanding miracles.
Love the game, win or lose. Join the team. *** It ain't gonna happen, but I can dream. *** ; )

I actually agree with pretty much all of that DD. A little annoyed that it looks like the first game Winitana will be 100% fit for is NEXT SUNDAY though. 3 of the next 4 at home, I'll reserve my judgement until then. I will say this though, unless the defense dramatically improves we aren't going anywhere.

Speaking of injuries, from an article yesterday:

"Paora got through the session today which was very good," Ninnis said.

"Brett didn't train. Normally he trains on Monday and has Tuesday off but we did it in reverse this week because he had a bit of a niggle in his calf.

"We wanted to give him an extra day to help get past it.

Ninnis said 2008 revelation Brad Davidson still was not completely back to his feisty on-court persona.

"He maybe only did about a third of the session before he experienced stiffness in the lower back," Ninnis said. "We train really well whenever we have him out there."