Hoops

Game Night: 36ers against the 'Goons

OK Isaac, it seems to be stuck in your throat, so I'll spit it out for you, "on your" forum.
I recall politely asking both you & admin, to withdraw the filter.

Forgotten that? ; )

DICKO:
"DD....not controversial.....pointless.

In a thread about last night's game you don't need to mention :-

a) Issac's filtering
b) The ex-coach
c) Potsie
d) Potsie's promotional balls
e) The clubs ownership"

You missed KingJame's bad-mouthing on OzHoops?
My bad.

What goes around comes around.

DDFan:
"Hey Isaac, how come you changed the code on the "Valdermort" filter?"

Isaac:
"It was no longer a contentious/common/frequent topic of discussion. This happened months and months ago, by the way."

You & I know that, but go on, tell the rest on here how it came about. ; )

Agree XY. Adam has every right to be proud of his game. On court, off court, practice sessions, whatever, he gives it everything he has.
Anyone who beats up on Adam, has no clue.
Fans outside of Adelaide were prepared to give the 36ers some love with Adam in our team (they were shitty we snatched him, but Phil wanted him). Let that sink in. ; )

KingJames, it's a controversial post, that's why I was curios as to how long it would stay.

BTW, you're a real stud on OzHoops, & I called you out on un-necessary Phil-bashing. What thread was that again? Looser. ; )

KingJames, please point out what precisely is the rubbish that I've posted. Be the man.

Anonymous #211533

"Scotty is trying to change bad habits from years of poor coaching and the skills need to improve.

A dragons fan"

Mate, we've only got 4 (well 5 if you count Eze, who didn't play) carry-over players from last season. They consist of Brett Maher, Adam Ballinger, Brad Davidson & Dave Cooper. Do you seriously believe those 4 (1 plays limited minutes anyway), are the downfall of the 36ers this season (& on Phil)?

In no particular order:

With DICKO, don't expect Tinnie to get paid out any time soon.

Someone bagged Balls for an inconsistent game? WTF. Let me guess (no Poxtel), he was man handled, scragged & hammered (Wortho?)until someone coughed up another turnover. Tough call wanting Adam to score without the ball, & rebound with an arm around his waist.

Wasn't Burston a benchie for the Wildcats, yet kept Luke out of the game?

Someone called Scottie on the lack of timeouts? The ones he did call, immediately brought more turnovers.

Bag Phil all you want, but he didn't have players shit scared to have a go.

Bag Phil all you want, but did we play this badly with a full squad?

Bag Phil all you want, but .......

Bag Mr Hemmerling all you want, but we still don't have a new import (new owners, Eddie's gone & all's well?).

Hey Potsie, still blowing up those promotion balls with a compressor?

Hey Isaac, how come you changed the code on the "Valdermort" filter?

Let's see how long this post lasts. By my clock, it's 11:50 Thursday 13th Nov '08.

Wouldnt it be interesting if Phil Smyth was unsucessful at retaining the coaching position in Adelaide and took over the Melbourne Tigers instead..... COuld you imagine... Wonder who from the 36ers he'd drag to Vic with him.....

Very, very disapointing effort. No hustle, sloppy ball handling, looked totally inept trying to break the press.

Scottie needs to call more timeouts for sure, and I hate to say it, but Tyndale does not seem to be the right fit. We need a defensive, slashing 3 man IMO.

DDFAN - Big Ads hit it on the head "Confidence, hussle and sacrifice. These were the three areas that the Dragons outclassed the 6ers."

Not only is that an area the Goorjian teams thrive at the Sixers had NONE of this.

No Big Ads,
you are not wrong.
I am a big fan of Motts. He is welcome back anytime. Hope to see him next year when Coops' contract expires.

Just a quickie DJ, do the 36ers look as if their playing without confidence? That's how it's coming across to me.

Not a lot of good news from tonight DJ. Most of what you've mentioned is how it looked on the live scoreboard. I was wondering how much help Aaron got, & it sounds like it was stuff all. As you say, the subbing didn't do anything to help either.
Pretty disappointing going in with a full squad & no discipline.
Our offence sounded ugly too. Had a lengthy discussion last year with a 36 fan that was adament that defence wins games. Not without putting the ball through the hoop more often than your opponent it doesn't.
We've got a lot of work to do. Pity I'm barred from sitting in on the practice sessions this season.

Couple quick points after coming back from the game.
Bruce stuck bringing the ball up the court often with a half court trap/2 defenders on him - no help not even a half assed screen. Tyndale was the 2 man often and had no clue in helping bring the ball up.

The first time Sixers looked to press, straight away Dragons sent someone to help/screen (Scotty did you not see this!)

Worth as predicted was all over Ballinger.

Burston had a night out at Lukes expense.

Brad Hill and Maher seemed the only two players to play with much passion.

Dragons had hands on everything, deflections everywhere and Luke really struggled to catch that thing in the post where he should really have dominated and had a 20 & 20 night.

Subs seemed to unrest the team more than help and it was really hard to see much team work going on between these guys.

Looking at Tinnie's stats, it didn't look like he wanted to shoot at all. 1 of 3 inside & 1 of 3 from the stripe. What worries me more, is that he only copped 1 foul, with zero steals & zero blocks. Doesn't read like he brought his usual hustle game.
Did Poxtel paint a better picture?

How much time did Luke & Adam spend together on the ciurt? Unless I messed up following the live-scores, it didn't look to be much at all.
It also seemed to me, that Aaron was played without much help from Brett or Brad.

Dirty word of the week - TURNOVERS : (

Not looking forward to Scottie's interview.

We were up 6 to 3 at after 4mins.. Goorjian time out and away they went.. wonder wot he said..
We dont call many time outs ..do we..

Can't win games with that many TOs.

Should have clarified more, Wortho size as in being smaller is an advantage in this matchup IMO. Balls will struggle to contain him even though he isnt exactly quick he stays well composed with the ball.

However if Horvath is out Dragons should struggle to defend our inside presence as long as we go to it often, this will work even better if our guards can hit their long range shots and is the key to the Sixers success this season. Having that inside outside option that forces teams to gamble on one or the other, at the moment I'd be gambling on the Sixers outside ability and defending hard in the paint.


Just heading out the door now for the game. Go Sixers! And for those in Adelaide that don't have Fox surely must be going to the soccer, so go United (although that will be a long shot! maybe the heat can be a factor).

DICKO, are you just reading the Melbourne press?

Both teams were missing key players..

If we can beat the Breakers in Auckland, we can beat the Dragons in Melbourne.

It's just a matter of them putting in the effort to do it.

Wortho's size will trouble Balls and could well be the key.

I'm lik'n our chances now that we've got a full squad. Horvath's been a factor for the Dragons & he'll be missed. They've got plenty of options to chuck around just the same, but so have we.
My vibe is for a tough close game, but a smack'n to Goorj & some of their tool fans (not you DICKO, but you'd know who I mean), would be a nice surprise. : )
Scottie, Jake & Hillster's reception could be interesting too, not that I'm expecting boos by any means (the opposite in fact).