Hoops

Your thoughts on 36ers Club going forward

Well.....

I think there could be a lot of hard questions asked after this season. The post season navel contemplation would have started and I think the MVP night on Tuesday might be the last official function for some at the Club.

" .. and , that's where we missed Crossey.....
Crossey at PG and Warren at SG...
Anyways , shoulda , coulda , woulda
this season , wins were insufficient.. "

Helliwell's stats provide opacity.
He's screening and stopping bigs from scoring
and that's important to the coach .
Some fans don't give that any attention.

Seems the next 2 weeks are gonna be busy on the phones and in the board room with regards to re-signings.

Warren is the league's best shooting guard
Clarke also mentioned.

harry

I am pretty sure that ever since I have been a Sixers member they have ALWAYS had a $2 raffle to win a signed basketball. Not sure they sell thousands of tickets though - maybe a hundred each game.

That was Clarke , just then, onair@5aa. -
Of the 8 owners - three (3) are left .
8 was too many ( a few disagreements on directions , obviously , as ya would with 8 people anywheres.)
1 is not enough , and 3 is just good/right - he told us.
He'd like an additional assistant coach , and he and the club also wanna get old sixrs 'stars' in more involved , from now on.
Sounds likely MVP - 1) Johnson 2 Simpson 3 Warren
4 Weigh
Seems Weigh and Crosswell are already signed
and is gonna try to sign Creek and Johnson
as well as Ballinger Ng Herbert (other teams wud be thinking the same thing , he said.)
Seems the league is 2 guards - like a Crosswell PG with a Warren SG - he thought.
Seems Helliwell played pro in Europe for 10 years and his experience is handy.

I noticed at the training that Clarke likes Weigh.
' Don't go home with your hard on , Marty . '
I heard somebody shout !

Bizzy, Actually, I must admit I agree with the comments on the coaches. The March 12 versions compared to the January 12 versions are vastly different.

The Sixers still have a few opportunities for improvement in their general play style, but the last few home games I have definitely noticed a "Smarter Marty" when it comes to rotations, matchups, set plays and general feel. Two months ago, you could look at the 5 on the court against the 5 opponents and think "so what matchups are we actually winning?" Two months ago the Sixers would have a shooter knocking down 3's off a fade away with an opponent running at them, so we sub them off to rest them. A few months ago, the Sixers would choke up a 10 point lead with teams going on a zero to hiding run, yet no time out to talk it over.

I know this isn't 100%, but look at the start of the season compared to the last few months:

Month Ave For Ave Aga Result W L
Oct-10 82.3 96.3 (14.0) 1 3
Nov-10 92.8 99.0 (6.3) 1 3
Dec-10 88.7 85.5 3.2 3 3
Jan-11 68.5 79.5 (11.0) 0 4
Feb-11 80.4 84.6 (4.2) 2 3
Mar-11 78.7 82.7 (4.0) 1 2

You could argue that since Feb, the Sixers are probably 3 well executed plays away from the win in most games, or 3 offensive rebounds off the win depending upon your POV.

Steve Carfino commented on One last night that the two top teams for forced turnovers were Perth and NZB.

No particular animosity . This might be an inaccurate , speculative appraisal .
SOS are a little undermanned these days.
I seem to recall that they always replied and also spoke on here.
Probably could do with a top up there , for some passive income , and a bitta work on re-connection.

Johnson (and Creek ,underplayed) are gonna get plenty of offers and seem unlikely here , and we got Weigh for 34mins a game . I just get bored.

One thing I hav noticed/felt this season is the disconnect between the players/coaches/club and the members. The Sixers used to be great at all of this but it seems this has slipped.

Player talent is one thing, but playing style is another. The common thread that binds all good teams to premierships is defence. The Sixers defence is ranked 9th out of the 9 teams. Now someone has to be last, but the gap between 1 and 9 is wide enough for a Toorak Tractor to drive through on its way to Cibo at Burnside Village to admire the biggest pot plant in SA.

If you are looking for improvement, you will never find it within your own industry. May I suggest someone from the Sixers has a chat with Pottsy to see how differently things are done at the Cows.

Financially, the club will always be under pressure. They probably do it anyhow, but I would like to see the club benchmark themselves against other NBL clubs, but more importantly, other sports. The best income stream is passive income. How can the Sixers secure a passive source of income?