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JMc

Years ago

Melbourne Tigers decline in Big V

Gaze and Copeland are both coaching in Big V

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Bear

Years ago

Many Associations suffer at the Big V level as their best talent is better served elsewhere (College, AIS, SEABL, Euro, Asia) however at the same time they applaud those players who achieve at the elite level.

So what you might miss out on the swing you gain at the round-a-bout.

Maybe Melbourne is one of the leaders in this and results may fluctuate because of it, but you will always see them promoting the fact that their players make up state teams and national teams in the juniors then go on to play overseas etc... As they should!

It's not the worst scenario for any Association really, so I don't subscribe to the decline theory myself, more that it is just an adjustment or a period of rebuilding that any successful Association goes through now and again.

Also, it gives others an opportunity to fill the places of those who go on to bigger aspirations, never know what talent you can unearth along the way...

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Smeta

Years ago

Champ level they don`t use imports so its easy to see where the issue is, they can`t compete. They havn`t competeted at that level since the days when the NBL guys would play there in the offseason.

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PlaymakerMo

Years ago

I've got nothing to contribute, other than the OP's screen name is fantastic.

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