Hoops

Aaron Bruce wins NBL Rookie of The Year

XztatiK, put your comments into perspective and not just use the words you want to to make an impact. My comments to you as quote above came after you said these words -

"NO POINT in having a guy like Dusty whether you rate him or not or even if you have a shrine dedicated to him in your bedroom as I suspect you do."

Is that not talking out of your rear end? How could you even pretend to know what I keep in my bedroom and then think it was an intelligent comment? No hypocrisy there. Just a deserving answer.

I believe the word "bagging" came from you. Would you like to rethink who the hypocrite is? No I am not a hypocrite, I have strong views but never use personal insults towards anyone with a different view. I attack the comment not the person.

And I don't go calling people idiots because they have a different opinion.

When Tyndale was released, that was a great opportunity to re assess the team and bring in an import that was going to fill in the gap. At that stage it was known that Bruce was struggling with the pressure being put on him and Davidson was not 100% fit.

Don't ever underestimate my support of the team. I have missed 2 home games in 7 years. I have been to countless away games. I have thoroughly enjoyed the excitement at home with their win record here but that makes it all the more frustrating when they can't back it up away. That always raises questions of how they can be so good at home and so lousy on the road. It also stands to reason that no matter how good they are at home, they won't go far if they can't win on the road.

manbearpig, I am interested to hear about the level of support you have for the team. Do you attend games? If so, how regularly? If your level of support is as good as mine, then I fail to see why we are on different pages. We should be speaking the same language. Regardless of what my ideal team would have consisted of, the team we did have did not perform well overall.

An import point guard came about when the 2nd import spot was not filled with Rychart and the realisation that we could have done better in the point guard department. Instead we failed in both areas bringing in Tyndale. At that early point, I had no idea who Bruce was and what to expect from him. By the way, Davidson did have injury problems the previous season as well as missing all of the preseason through injury. The season hadn't even started and there were already tell tale signs that the point guard position was lacking. His age should have been a precaution against putting too much reliance on him also. Doesn't matter which way you look at it, this past season has been well below expectation and if its good enough for some, it was not good enough for me. I expected that we could have been more competitive than what we were. Even if 4th-6th was a prediction before the season started, I already protested against such a mediocre expectation. I would not have settled for anything less than a home playoff game.

No we filled the 2nd import spot with Tyndale instead. Also a young inexperienced player. Wow, how exciting.

lilleyton, any mention of Kersten having a future in the team immediately causes me to ignore any further argument.

Isaac, with Davidson's injury history and Bruce being a development player means the importance of the point guard position was ignored. My arguments for Rychart instead of Holmes does not relate to the point guard position. Its a separate issue that didn't bear on the point guard problem.

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Also from NBL site, All that aside, it doesn't change the fact that the turnover rate is too high.

Isaac, what's so harsh about what I said. I said he is a pretty good rookie if used as a rookie, hence that's what he has been awarded for. However as a starter, he is out of place.

"why so harsh on a young kid thrown into a major role?" Your comments Isaac only emphasises what I have said all along and that is Ninnis has a lot to answer for for how he has used his team. Let's not gloss over things when you only have to look at the result at the end of the season. Eliminated in first playoff game.

XztatiK, don't know where you get your facts from, the official NBL site has him listed as 6th in turnovers. Where do you get 13th per game and 7th overall? Now whether your source is more reliable than mine, I just have to reflect on the games I watched this season (every home game plus 2 away) and shudder at the number of turnovers I witnessed. That's convincing enough for me.

Mutley, the difference between Maher and Bruce in their first year was the way they were used. This also reflects my comments to Isaac above relating to coach. Also how can you ask if my answser is Matt Sutton when I have said several times in the past that an import should have been looked at in the point guard position if there wasn't a suitable one here.

My problems with Bruce have never been personal to him but the amount of responsibility placed on someone not qualified for that level of responsibility.

billo, lets also talk about where he stands in turnovers. How about trying 6th in the league? Good assist numbers does not equate to good ball handling skills. Do I now qualify as having a "clue"?

You can't have the cake and eat it too. He was either a pretty good rookie if his role was that of a rookie or a pretty poor starter as that's how he was used for much of the season.

he was a deserving winner

Hit it on the nail DJ. Well said.

he sucked compared to who hoops 54?

Congratulations Aaron, hopefully we can retain him for years to come and fans can appreciate and watch Bruce in action. The boy has some skills he's coped alot of flak on here and sometimes his performances are compounded by those failing to catch some of the great passes he throws.

For a rookie put in the situation he was in I was quite happy with his overall performance. Sure there were some bad games, but there were also some great ones and all the while the potential shone through.