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Joey Wright seeking permanent residency

Yes advertising for a skill to prove a need is part of the Immigration policy.
However in the NBLs case leaves the door open to a number of applicants ie Dennis, McLeod, Vickerman etc. As Australian born all 3 have an advantage over Wright. It will be difficult for the Wildcats to prove that 1 of these isn't capable to fill the position.

"It is part of the Immigration Department’s requirements°

I kept saying this in the other thread between all the panicked posts and was mostly ignored. Someone even said a job ad wasn't required. smh

Master Cheif Joey used to live back in the US for half the year in those Bullets days as his family hand't moved yet.

To be fair, it caused publicity - that's good, right?

I'm not sure how it all works, but Joey has been here a long time when you consider his Bullets days. I would've thought he would be well on his way to citizenship by now, considering some American players who have stayed in the country have it?

Classic Adelaide communication.

Sometimes i'm not sure if it's just poor communication, lack of foresight, or just a genuine naivety. I wouldn't be surprised if someone down at HQ thought "we'll just quietly put this ad up on Seek, no one will notice it'll be fine" Babow. Welcome to the information age.

Joey is a good coach but ain't the best coach in the NBL.I rate Bevo higher for the fact he coached Perth for four years and made g/final three times and Illawarra for two years and playoffs in his first year and g/final in his second so that's four g/finals in six years which to me is a sensational record.

Couldn't be that hard for the 6ers to release a statement about this prior and skip all this speculation right? If only there was a medium to reach all of the teams followers in an instant manner..

Paulo Kennedy has this article on the NBL site about the importance of the point guard position and includes a brief section on the failings of the 36ers.

Is it really the point guard, or should teams wing it?

The proof is in the pudding – over the last decade only Wollongong, with Charles Thomas, has won an NBL championship with an import point guard. Darryl McDonald was the starter on the 2006 Tigers’ championship team as a naturalised import, and every other starting point guard for the title winners has been a local.

If you look at the last three seasons the starting championship point guards have been Damian Martin, Adam Gibson and Nathan Croswell. They are all very capable players, but none of them are superstars, and none averaged more than 10.4ppg in their championship seasons.

From about 2006 the NBL changed. It became faster, more aggressive, more physical and more dependent on the three point shot. If you look at the teams who have been successful in that time they have all had one thing in common – depth, athleticism, speed and versatility in the 2-4 spots, with a plethora of players between roughly the 6’5-6’8 mark who can guard multiple positions.

The Adelaide 36ers are a team that simply hasn’t fitted the mould the past two years – Adam Ballinger not quick enough to defend the four spot last year, Jacob Holmes and Jeff Dowdell not athletic enough this year. Until they get more versatility and power into the frontcourt I think they will languish near the bottom of the ladder.