Season isn't over for 5 teams. Maybe wait for finals before judging those still playing.

if you are going to review the season and criticize players and coaches , you should at least put your real name to it , otherwise it means nothing

Nice review, thanks. Looking forward to one after GF is over.

Excellent writeup, of course you get the clowns that complain because you must have mentioned a player, coach or team that they have a vested interest in. Why does this person have to put their name up for it to be valid. Seems to be an extremely well written and unbiased review of the minor season.

Generally the source of information needs to be considered when considering their expertise, knowledge on the subject. This is especially true when subjective reporting is provided. I will provide you some better definitions on conisdering the quality of the above content;

"Four criteria are widely used to appraise the trustworthiness of qualitative research: credibility, dependability, confirmability and transferability"

This content has virtually no credibility.

This is an Internet forum. If you're coming here for what you term "credible reporting" I think you have missed the point. Accept it for what it is. Agree, disagree, discuss... I don’t think anything here was over critical or personal, particularly in light of some other posts on this forum.

"This content has virtually no credibility."

Coming from someone who doesn't have their name against it, this is not very credible.

That's not how it works. He wasn't the one making statements about people's performances and even careers.

Whoever did the write up obviously knows their stuff, you only have to read the comments on Brine to know that. Simons knows he is the key to the Eagles winning the Championship

Ffs, the OP is hardly discussing the ramifications of covid on the economy in Bangladesh for married couples under the ages of 40, it's their opinion and observations of the season in nbl1 central. Don't need to show they have a degree in journalism from Oxford.
Once again the whinger will be either a Woodville or South supporter. I'm betting a Whitmore lover, even South fans have got to be embarrassed at their position. But you get to enjoy Scotty commentating the GF, God knows he'll never be coaching in one.

Thanks JT, sure you're looking forward to a few Scotty commentating gems. But I thought the first paragraph was pretty good as well about why a poster needs to prove credibility. But thanks for the compliment!

861 sounds like a fun guy.

HAHAHAHA hilarious come back. He's not fun. Ouch.

OP's post was popularist. There's nothing in depth there and nothing really accurate either. Fun read, but i'll get my feedback from better sources.

Because there are so many NBL1 Central sources out there. What a goose lol

There are plenty actually, maybe you just don't know them. Because they don't hide on here throwing shade at players and coaches.

861 there is something seriously wrong with you.
Do you take everything so seriously?
Chill.

Yeah dozens of Central sources following the league with insightful commentary by basketball purists. Hahaha

#928, I don't how Ross has got away with it for so many seasons, never been much.

Excellent write up OP

For me Maharaj and Coleman probably the best two new signings this year, turned some pretty thin teams into finals contenders.
Centrals could've really caused some havoc this year at full strength, who would've thought we would be saying that at the start of the season.

South and West under achievers this year but most the disappointing team would be Woodville. Even with the injury woes they faced there is no way they shouldn't have won 10 games.

B+ for Sturt? The self proclaimed most elite and respected club in Adelaide choked and crashed out in straight sets, that's more like an F
Long time juniors like Calligeros Nash Reemst Goodall are nowhere which is a worry when you consider they have a great coach in Rigoni and have had all the development we keep hearing is the best in the country
Rigoni is a winner and would be embarrassed a failed season has been marked so highly.

Sturt won as many games as the champions North Adekaide and more than any other club.

Just not the games that mattered

NBL1 men club spend guess form most to least , player payments only not including coaching clinics , camps, school gigs etc , JDO roles, just payer payments

north
forestville
south
norwood
southern
lions
woodville
west
sturt
eastern

Earnest Ross would have cost as much as Norths roster himself.

Woodville, South, Forestville, West in some order are the highest spends.

Woodville got an import from NT so probably cheap but getting a guy in from the USA was definitely not cheap this year. Plus we know Stanbridge left Norwood for more money a few years ago, Boonstoppel shops himself every year and so on. That isn't a cheap roster.

West payments concentrated heavily on two players but they would have been expensive.

Woodville and South definitely the biggest busts.

stanbridge left norwood for more money, Lol , off the drugs mate

not even close

I am not sure how anyone can possibly determine what a clubs roster cost.

I think North spent their money wisely. The first half of the season the players payments were very low and increased in the second half. It's not as if the 36ers were paid for the full year

In addition North lost two key juniors to other clubs as they wouldn’t match offers from other clubs. Similarly there were a handful of players from other clubs which North stepped away from as the cost was over the top

Just because some clubs pay ridiculous money to some players doesn’t mean you should assume that all clubs do.

You might want to consider that North’s junior fees are virtually the lowest of all clubs, have a full time high profile Basketball Director etc and you never hear of them being in financial difficulty. So how do they do it - I would suggest cost control over all programs is the answer which includes NBL1 costs

So North paid less for McDech than South paid for Hulldronja? If that's the case it takes South’s 9th position and the people making those calls to a new level of failure

If my mail is correct North and South paid similar for their 36ers. South paying more for Starling, Johns and I heard rumours even Davies than what North paid for the rest of their roster.

It all comes down to who the agent is remember , all 4 players repped by the same bloke so similar money

All this talk about money when we are talking about next to nothing for almost all players who don't have club associated jobs.

The NBL guys have more to lose than gain financially by playing in most situations.

Why a negative???

Well because the junior members of said clubs who spend all this money on players aren't receiving sh*t in return for the fees they pay when they are spent on senior teams. If senior programs were making money it wouldn’t be a problem.

So let's scrap senior representative teams then. Happy?

Alex Starling wasnt really paid but was.... South brought his $15K debt from North racked up by individuals court hire etc ... He was and still has a car supplied by Club a car as well.

Still cost South that money no matter where the money went.

Don't know who manages Mudronja & Hulland but if he got them the same money as Mc Veigh and Dech then he’s wasting his talent in NBL1

When it came to Alex and Owen it was very much supply and demand , starling went down injured , the price for the DPS went up , south paid it

Were they not signed and playing before Alex was injured

Well before.

237 with the innovative way of demonstrating they have no clue.

Correct , it was when south sent the import back to darwin not Alex getting injured , same supply and demand situation re price , Agent got top dollar for both

Nice recovery.

Anon #182

Other option is to be fiscally responsible.

How much realistically would John's be on these days. His best is way past him, certainly handy but not worth more than a few grand. Apart from South, who would pay more than that for him.

Why do you care what Sam Johns is on from
south? How much do you get paid anon261?

It is pocket money for anyone that is lucky enough to even get paid at local level.

The exception are those paid proper wages (still at low level award rate) for other roles at their club.

Big trouble in Norwood land.

Coach not being renewed for another season, the players like him.

CJ and their import big both going overseas and won't be returning.

How can they sack him after his season was independently graded an A-?

Ask The Family why he's getting sacked.

A Webber retired and returning as coach?

I don't think the big guy is a huge loss. CJ is a different story. I thought he was being chased interstate.

not only did they sack him they did it over email, surely he deserves more than an email

what is Wil Smith doing as GM?

Wouldn't Will be the one hiring and firing?

Anon1 what is far fetched ?

Nah, head of the Family is returning and expecting his starting spot back.

Adelaide 36er fans: That's a shitty way to fire a coach!!!
Norwood Flames: Hold my beer!!!

So there's now openings at Central's, West, South, Southern and now Norwood and should be shaky at Woodville and Eastern. Shuffle the coaches or new lot come in?

Who is this idiot that keeps using multiple full stops? Obviously English isn't their first language because they rarely make sense but ramble with a few ... between sentences.

Other clubs have tried that in the past, with little to no improvement bought to clubs through NBL1 or the equivalent league at the time.

At various periods, Eastern and Woodville have spent big amounts of money to win and after all the money is gone, and they are in debt, someone needs to come in and save the club from extinction through improved fiscal responsibility.

What do Southern have to show for their PL and NBL1 success? There hasn't been a corresponding sponsorship boom, they've lost the coaches and players from those successful teams, their juniors are performing worse than previously and they have fewer teams, plus their domestic competition has grades with predominantly South teams.

Doesn't mean I think that they should spend nothing on NBL1, but how can they possibly spend more and more money each year when the only long-term outcome is insolvency?

English is me first language? Glad that makes sense. Whats a 270 pivot?
Wow.

Well played. You are either indeed an idiot using may instead of my, or a funny person. Methinks that you are an idiot.
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