i thought the tactic was quite good in that rees playing physically changed the course and tempo of the game and got the crowd into it.....saying the kings were playing dirty in front of the cameras is a little bit off, but it is a mans game and if they dont want that stuff on tv, then they should not go into the time-outs.
the kings were just way too good for us on saturday night.

Goorj's teams have always played with the moto they will only call 1 out of every 2 fouls.

CJ plays like a bitch, still have the vision of Darnell standing over the top of him after he flopped saying "stop being a pussy."

He plays for the foul and gets the call almost every time, flops on d and gets charge calls, all as Carfino pointed out, complete BS way to play the game.

Remember what happened last time Goorj said he was coaching the greatest team in NBL history?

So I guess you are saying that Andrew Gaze played a BS kind of game. Offensively Gaze was the same. I can still remember Gaze's lean in on his jumpshot just to make contact. Gaze was better because he could cause the contact and make the shot. Therefore if the ref did not call it, 2 points were still on the board.

flopping and drawing a foul are 2 totally different things mugatu. and anyone who expects a coach to adjust what he says in a time out for the cameras is a moron. the game is and will always be paramount to coverage.

I said in a comment on the OzHoops boards that the Sixers might not be training enough in a particular style, and here it's been exposed.

Now, why they HAVEN'T been in the lead-up to consecutive games against Sydney and Wollongong, I have no idea! They're going to have to pick up the pace this week or the Hawks will destroy them the way they're coming together. Saville isn't doing all that much offensively and Wollongong are still putting up big numbers.

I will say that nothing used to annoy me more than when Gaze used to do the big leg kick when a defender was rushing his jumper.

Defender avoids contact only to be kicked by Gaze's legs and thus fouling him.....that play was beneath him but what is worse was that the refs rewarded it.

Flopping and Drawing a foul are the same lockstock. Gaze used to as Kent said stick his leg out or jump into the defenders causing the contact himself. This was deceiving the referee into calling a foul that was advantageous his/her team. Flopping on a charge call is also about trying to deceiving referee into making a call to advantageous his/her team

flopping is bringing the game to the level of soccers bs antics

i don't know how coaches can condone flopping, if you don't get the call your man has a wide open shot. you can't play defense if you are on your arse.

CJ is becoming the next Damon Lowery with hi flopping. At least Gaze did it when he was trying to score, CJ does it all the time.I can't srand someone doing it in the back court or outside the arc.

#61608- that is true the new rules state that if a player intentionally falls for a charge he/she is SURPOSED to get a tech

goorjian is and (as long as i have known him) has always been......a master of mind games.

as an opposing coach, you cannot allow him or anyone to plant mental time bombs in your players' heads.

remember ballers, the game is 80% mental.......that's right, you heard me, 80% mental. therefore, if he can make a few comments or play a style of ball that challenges or chips away at your mental focus and/or toughness, than it's a huge advantage for his ballclub.

do you remember the massive mind games in the nba playoffs played out by phil jackson and pat riley; chuck daly, george karl, and rick adelman.

everyone knows that goorjian puts a tremendous amount of pressure on the officials to call fouls. he knows that they might give you 2 or 3 fouls, but they won't foul you out.

this is the foundation of their defense from a psychological standpoint.

add to that their relentless "in your face", "constant ball pressure" defending that epitomizes a goorjian coached team.

we beat them by spreading them out and taking them one on one therefore doing two things: attacking their defensive principles and in our own right, forcing the officials to make the calls when they fouled.....which was and is often.

however, it's absolutely amazing how different this goorjian team is from the ones that we beat. he has opened the floodgates and they play "OUR" style of basketball..........and if that wasn't enough.....they're pretty damn good at it!!!

like him or not, he has adapted and changed his offensive philosophy while keeping his defensive principles intact.

therefore, in my humble opinion, phil done exactly what he should have because it has to be addressed!

they will meet again in the future.

ps. i've changed my style for you isaac. hope you like it.

As much as I have despised some of his teams over the years you cannot blame Goorjian for the physical way his team plays as the NBL has NEVER done ANYTHING to discourage it. His seeming indignant over Smyth's comments is hypocritical, but Jesus, the Kings have been playing the EXACT same way for 3.5 years so the Sixers have NO excuse for not being ready for it. They had better be ready for Wollongong, who have been playing the same way for eight years.

With regards to the Gaze thing, he was never called for those fouls so why should he stop kicking his legs out when shooting a jump shot, or not barge straight into the stationary defender on a screen? That was ALWAYS the official's fault, not Gaze's.

I have always had an issue with the Fox camera's and microphones honing in on group huddles with coach and players. The coach's comments to his team should be confidential and he has every right to be able to say what he needs to say to them. When Goorjian says he is disgusted at the comments made and aired to the viewing public, the comments were not directed at the viewing public but his team. I think its disgusting that a coach can't speak to his team without being criticised for what he says simply because the public were privy to his comments. Apart from that, I can't see that the comments were a direct attack on Goorjian himself so why mention it. He is the one to make a public issue of it. His problem was not what Smyth said but the effect it had on his team after. As late as it was in the game, the Kings had met their match. It had Goorjian pulling phantom hairs from his head.