i think ur taking away a bit from Sundae, he came into the league cashed up, with a Div II ready team, strategically played very well, had a ABBL ready arena and made some very astute purchases - hence why he is 5-1 in ABBL and still in the cup.
sure there wasnt really another team ready to make a move - or was there? Maybe Ho Addicts would have sensed the lack of a team ready to promote and pounched on the situation - Maybe hadders or Corio would have decided that it was their time. very easy to say he had an easy run, but at the same time, you make your own destiny.
This season - well i said a few nights ago that teams were just letting sleeping dogs lie - funnily enough 20 player transfers have gone through the news feed since then, so my timing was impecible.