Hoops

Game Night: KO time in NZ

Rick Rickets Aeroplane impersonation was awesome, I'd resign him based on that (so disrespectful that I wet myself laughing).

Grizzard is a difficult one to decide on whether he should stay for next season. The reason being is that he is a great 3 point shooter but the problem is he doesn't use it enough. I commented in a previous post about last Friday's game in Wollongong and how he was shooting an avalanche of 3 pointers in warm ups and making most of them. Tonight against New Zealand he showed again that he can shoot the 3 but for some reason seems to hold back. I just wonder if he needs more confidence within the team. He has only played 6 games with the 36ers and perhaps a whole season with them after intensive training in the pre season will see him open up and become a prolific 3 point shooter. The question is do you risk it or do you let him go and not really know what he may have brought to the team. I would use his performance with the Tigers this season as a guide and release him.

Well, that made for good reading. Fire everyone except Hill, he puts the ball in the hole quite good.

Beagle, Scottie has had one season too many already. Time for him to go right now. He was never going to be the 36ers saviour this season. Not experienced enough at this level. Under his leadership, I have watched a team completely lost and confused on the road. Perhaps its not even Scottie who should be congratulated on the home performance but the fans. Ninnis sends too many mixed messages because he himself cannot work out a solution for them. He has had a whole season of trying a whole myriad to strategies and unsuccessfully. I cannot believe anyone who has followed this season right through could say that he has done well under the circumstances. His performance has been totally lack lustre. I personally do not want to persevere another season with Ninnis as coach. I started following the 36ers the next season after the last championship and I am getting pretty impatient. If the 36ers put up a good fight during their away games, you could have been a little more forgiving. Instead its been totally frustrating watching the team on the road. What was the rubbish they played tonight? One minute they were playing man on man, then switching to zone. They didn't know if they were coming or going. As for the 2 assistants, what do they get paid to do? They appear to do anything but assist. Surely they can see when something is not working well and make some suggestions to the coach. They just seem to go along with whatever Ninnis wants to do.

Another year wasted. Brett will have to come back next season because I hate the thought that this is the way he is ending his career.

"For all the peeps watching at the Stag - have a good one."

Was Skip buying the first round?

Well, it's 4pm. Nearly game time. I know me and a mate are about to sneak out of work, grab a pizza and some drinks and crank the Foxtel broadcast.

For all the peeps watching at the Stag - have a good one.

Let's go Sixers, let's go...HARD.

It ain't over until the fat lady sings!

Do you mean sixers by 11 , TC.
Looks like that pays $12.

Possibly, the odds are the way they are because of the last time the 36ers played the Breakers in Auckland..The Breakers won by 38!

Paora might step up for this. Grizzard is due.
Assuming Ballinger and Schenscher play their normal,
we might be able to get this win.

you may have to sneak into the changing room after the game to get your answer kobe-for-mvp lol

Which outside shooter are you planning to shut down?
Penney will just take it inside, CJ will just take 1 step over half way and it's RANGE, Foreman only has to knock a couple down, Jones will step up like he always does and the Bear is the man. The only threat from our point of view is Ballinger as he can hurt us inside and out, Bretts a mean player but he's just another guard with game to me. In saying all that, this comp has proved that on their day any team can beat anyone (except for maybe tha Blaze lol). Good luck to the Sixers and lets hope the refs let the players decide the outcome and not their whistles.

Are thos Bet Fair odds? Trying to work out where to get some money down - I'll take those odds.

We can do this boys - fire up.

I have not been to much abl the last 12 months - but i was at pasadena last saturday

it was perfectly clear to me - as with last years prelim final - when they play forestville - they have little good outside game going on

the sturt girls are great and are favourites of mine - but something is glaring to me

the bowley girls play great post - high and low

the main guards - dametto and marino are also legends - both gutsy

the sturt game seemed to have a lot of head down , take them on drivining by the 2 guards - if that is stopped by some good defence a feed to a bowley was on

that would work well against a lowly team - and it does - but forestville match up well with sturt and they continually found a well positioned body defending in the drive lane and always put pressure on a post up shot from the bowleys

problem as i see it - no outside game / shooter - forestville continually steaked ahead with jenni screen and ranford stroking 3s

sturt must find some outside options as forestville is too tight in the paint

just an observation