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Beantown

Years ago

What if Brett Brown coached the Boomers...

Skull, that is really what I am getting at - the way we play in Australia - our basketball 'culture' needs to change. Thats why I think a high profile guy with the national team might not only change the way our elite guys play (and get better results) but set a new benchmark that will filter down to coaches at all levels.

I think the fact that Goorjian's teams have basically come to dominate the league in the last decade says a lot about the lack of new talent in Australia's coaching ranks. Go back to the early 90s, teams were bringing in Brett Brown, Don Monson, Mike Dunlap, and together with Goorjian, they changed the league with their new ways of doing things.

Since then, looking at the Boomers and the league, nothing much has changed. Goorjian keeps doing the same things, because no-one has come along and trumped him. Until that happens, nothing will change.

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Beantown

Years ago

Peter, Brett Brown was definitely a Boomers assistant some years ago now. Might have been for the Sydney Olympics even?

Definitely agree with the idea of hiring an experienced coach from the US, or possibly Europe (if their English is good).

Goorjian has basically been the best coach we have had over the last 20 years and the last Olympics clearly shows that, for whatever reason, he is not going to get the Boomers to the next echelon.

We need a Hiddink type to come in for 3-4 years and revitalise coaching in this country. Our teams just don't understand how to play collectively and with purpose on both ends of the court. Watching the good Euro teams and the Argies at the last Olympics showed me what a huge gulf there is between us on that score.

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