[South01]

lyntdawgy_dawg, on Jul 20 2008, 12:12 AM, said:

i hate shit refs and dirty players.
thats all i can think of atm

Tell me about it , on mondays i play in a hack team for practice and we get the worst refs they are all beginners .
Thursdays we get the good refs so its ok .

[Agent 15]

south01, on Jun 5 2008, 09:54 AM, said:

nomisg, on Apr 18 2008, 12:21 PM, said:

Refs who are friends with the opposing team, would happen at least once a month in one league I play in
Players who never sit on the bench, even though you have 8 or 9 players
Players who scream we need to play better team basketball, then proceed to create their own shot at every opportunity
Players who are just straight out lazy, e.g. never get back on D, or you have to wait for them to come up on offense, hence slowing down the whole team
Players who have a few beers and say they really want to play, then don't turn up for 4 weeks
Players who always seam to be sick, but are never sick when finals come around
Losing

Speak to me...lol
Also point gaurds who just come down the court and shoot off impossible shots and create a fast break for the opposition ....
People who say dont do this and dont do that then go out there and do it all night themselves...

lol im a point guard and I come down sometimes, pull up at qtr court and jack a three... thing is mine go on so there is no fast break.

[shotty07]

biggest hates would be players who play dirty but do the most whinging of anyone when they are on offense .
Also biased ref's absolutely shit me . I can deal with bad umpiring ( dont have a choice ) , but when one team is blatantly getting all the calls , that really pisses me off . Guys that think they are heroes and constantly drive with 3 or 4 defenders on them and won't pass are right up there as well .

[Ives]

Players that whinges. Period.

Just shut up and play.

[South01]

Yeah ref haters lol
well i winge when i block all ball and the ref calls contact...

[Ives]

HAND'S PART OF THE BALL!!!

[Agent 15]

We played our first game last night after christmas break... won by 12 points against second place meaning our undefeated season remains at 10-0.

I couldnt shoot though, only had 5 points but did get a nice block which is always good.

[Clink88]

Pet Hates=
People who in a close contested game in the final seconds try to inbound the ball fullcourt while there under the backboard and all they succeed in doing is hitting the board and turning it over.

Inconsistent refs that will foul somebody for breathing on someone, then not pick up on the body check that sent someone flying after they shoot it.

[lurvthisgame]

1. Just about every Australian coach I've ever come across
2. Coaches who coach their own kids to the detriment of players who are better than their kid
3. The fact that if your dad played in the NBL you have a better chance than most of following in their footsteps..... Even if you ain't that good!
4. Representative Bball clubs who accept too many players into the squad so everyone misses games. If you ain't gonna play someone why have them at all?
5. The fact that most coaches egos are bigger than the players
6. The fact that coaches fail to understand that PLAYERS win games... Coaches LOSE them.
7. Short point guards who stay on the floor for a full 40 minutes, take way too many shots and only hit less than half of them
8. Coaches who leave short point guards on the floor for a full 40 minutes and allow them to shoot at less than 50% from the field
9. Coaches who tell a player off for something but let their favorite players do it repeatedly without consequence
10. So called "Elite" coaches who tell lies about players in an effort to destroy their careers
11. Sitting in a near empty stadium watching what is supposedly "Elite" basketball that is really just boring robotic garbage
12. "Elite" coaches who say they don't want "robots" when that is EXACTLY what they want

Need I go on?

[South01]

people that dont have "pass" in their vocabulary ...

[Agent 15]

south01, on 10 March 2010 - 01:59 PM, said:

people that dont have "pass" in their vocabulary ...

Played with one of those last night, and what makes it worst is he played PG...

[marriard]

lurvthisgame, on 06 March 2010 - 08:53 AM, said:

1. Just about every Australian coach I've ever come across
2. Coaches who coach their own kids to the detriment of players who are better than their kid
3. The fact that if your dad played in the NBL you have a better chance than most of following in their footsteps..... Even if you ain't that good!
4. Representative Bball clubs who accept too many players into the squad so everyone misses games. If you ain't gonna play someone why have them at all?
5. The fact that most coaches egos are bigger than the players
6. The fact that coaches fail to understand that PLAYERS win games... Coaches LOSE them.
7. Short point guards who stay on the floor for a full 40 minutes, take way too many shots and only hit less than half of them
8. Coaches who leave short point guards on the floor for a full 40 minutes and allow them to shoot at less than 50% from the field
9. Coaches who tell a player off for something but let their favorite players do it repeatedly without consequence
10. So called "Elite" coaches who tell lies about players in an effort to destroy their careers
11. Sitting in a near empty stadium watching what is supposedly "Elite" basketball that is really just boring robotic garbage
12. "Elite" coaches who say they don't want "robots" when that is EXACTLY what they want

Need I go on?

I can agree with most of that except 4 and 6

#4 - People are unreliable. You have to have more players than a 'team' because there will be games where 3 people get sick, 2 flake and don't show up, 2 messed the time of the game up and 1 got caught across town in traffic. As a coach I'd much rather look down a full bench of players and have the issue of who gets playing time than be staring at the stadium door hoping someone walks in so we can have a team.

#6 - only players who have never coached themselves properly or have not had a really great coach believe this. I am coaching my daughter team which is 1/2 players who have played before and 1/2 that haven't - like every other team in the league. This is the 4th season I have coached at this age group - our teams are 52-6-2. The league started giving me the youngest of the "haven't played" players in the third season. You better believe my coaching staff has something to do with that in developing the players and setting them up for success.

I have also coached up to the college level. I have lost games where some of the players decided to NOT work within our coaching and playing strategies for whatever reason and I couldn't get a time out or a situation where we could get it turned around fast enough. One game in particular is burned in my memory and is painful to even think about. I KNOW as head coach I didn't lose those games - and if you ask the players involved they'll tell you they lost the plot and it cost the team.

The other type of player who believes this is the one who can't take responsibility for his own actions. Willing to take credit for the win when they win but happy to blame the coach (or the referees or even their teammates) when they lose.

7 + 8 - short or tall it doesn't matter. I don't care if they are 7'6" or 4'2" - they need to be taken off if they aren't doing the job. Short has nothing to do with it.

Oh and I got burned big time when I was young by #3. Missed out on an AIS spot because of it. Missed who knows how many opportunities. I was bitter about it for a long time although I ended up playing Div 1 college ball anyway... Then I had my own kids and realized that I will do exactly that for them - get them opportunities because of my connections and reputation. It is still a bitter memory but now I understand...

[marriard]

Agent 15, on 16 March 2010 - 01:19 PM, said:

south01, on 10 March 2010 - 01:59 PM, said:

people that dont have "pass" in their vocabulary ...

Played with one of those last night, and what makes it worst is he played PG...

Only thing worse than the wont pass point guard is the 'only passes to his friend' point guards.

Oh and the non-traditional 'give and go' player - where you give him the ball and go get a rebound because he is shooting it.

[Agent 15]

The non pass Point Guard also makes it tough because when you eventually do get the ball your frame of mind is not right... I am the type of player who needs to have his shots every game, so when I play with a guy who doesnt dish the ball it means when I finally do get it I only have one thing in mind and that is shoot.

[Sixerfan]

The way travel is not called in any form of "elite" basketball these days. When players catch the ball on the 45 they sometimes take 3 steps, change pivot feet as many times as they like as long as one foot is half anchored to the court.