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200170.511 in reply to 200170.508
Date: 1/19/2012 1:04:30 AM
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It's very interesting isn't it Yoda? So many teams battling in the relegation willing to go overs just to survive. Yet other teams who are in the playoffs with the funds available to take out the ABBL title aren't willing to budge a cent since they are content with finishing as non-title contenders.

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200170.512 in reply to 200170.511
Date: 1/19/2012 1:09:44 AM
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It is and that is an excellent point. Looks like except for you, WA IS A DUMO and BLS everyone is content to just hang out in the ABBL and totally lacks the ambition to really try and win. So funny, in Division II people have the opposite view, as Sid said he had a more expensive team to win division II than his $800,000 ABBL team. Lots of people including me are willing to add a major (and expensive) player to have a shot in the playoffs. Is the aim just to make the ABBL and not to win it?

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200170.513 in reply to 200170.512
Date: 1/19/2012 1:20:20 AM
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So funny, in Division II people have the opposite view, as Sid said he had a more expensive team to win division II than his $800,000 ABBL team. Lots of people including me are willing to add a major (and expensive) player to have a shot in the playoffs. Is the aim just to make the ABBL and not to win it?


Thats because in D2 you will know that if you make ABBL you will make more money!!! In ABBL, you know that winning it won't get you promoted any higher to get more money. Hence we all just chill out and let others play for the title especially when you know that you won't have a shot at it and simply having more players will just eat into salary which you otherwise need not have paid

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200170.514 in reply to 200170.512
Date: 1/19/2012 1:43:04 AM
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It is and that is an excellent point. Looks like except for you, WA IS A DUMO and BLS everyone is content to just hang out in the ABBL and totally lacks the ambition to really try and win


Yoda do I honestly strike you as someone who in a couple of seasons time might not of had a decent "roll of the dice" to try and win some silverware.

Fare enough I may not of had the smarts to do it, but Ive never been one to lack determination

Last edited by Sid Vicious at 1/19/2012 1:54:07 AM

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200170.515 in reply to 200170.513
Date: 1/19/2012 1:47:59 AM
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Exactly there is no incentive to win the ABBL.
At least in D2 if you go all out and win you get that 1mil promotion money.

In the ABBL all you get is a shiny gold cup, a trip to the B3 and a better Fan Survey saying my team did well last season. Hardly enough to incentive to spend up big to the 1mil in salary per week to try and win the ABBL title.

Save that money and survive another season in the ABBL is a more wise choice for the hip pocket and for the future.
But then again if your goal was to win the ABBL title, then by all means go for it like what WA is a Dump and Whitebeard did.

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200170.516 in reply to 200170.514
Date: 1/19/2012 4:25:15 AM
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If you survive this season then I imagine in season 19 you will be a middle of the road team like Monkey and Koop then in season 20 you will probably go for it. It will be very exciting and I hope to be back here then as well, but I will probably need lots of luck, the bounce back isn't always easy as Adam, HSDO, V-Cut and a host of others have found.

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Date: 1/19/2012 5:09:49 AM
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the bounce back isn't always easy as Adam, HSDO, V-Cut and a host of others have found


Its kind of ironic because HA was the team everyone thought would stay back down in Div 2 the longest

Adam tanked all season 16 in the ABBL and must have had millions in his kit versus HAs negative balance when we both entered div 2 in season 17, but from memory spent 3 or so mill on an 18 year old.

Avalon Jets, Pheonix 5, The Tasmanian Eagles and South Brisbane Voultures from earlier seasons havent bounced back as yet either.

Dont want to boast but last season I really did nail every move I made.

Should HA lose this relegation series I have my doubts that Id be able to bounce straight back.

Partly because I dont have a lot of div 2 type players on the roster and partly because I dont know if I could keep myself motivated to continue playing.

Hence I dont think I have a lot to lose, should I decide to really roll the dice and buy a couple more beasts to defend my spot in the ABBL

Last edited by Sid Vicious at 1/19/2012 5:10:50 AM

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200170.518 in reply to 200170.517
Date: 1/19/2012 5:23:47 AM
Koopasaurus
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Should you relegate, I'm sure you will bounce to the ABBL in no time. You have the wits and the determination like no other in this game.

If you are going to go down, may as go down swinging. Thats what I did in my first season in the ABBL, and I miraculously have stayed up here since.

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200170.519 in reply to 200170.518
Date: 1/19/2012 5:42:53 AM
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Thanks mate

Swinging I will

Whats the all time record for a teams salary in the ABBL?

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200170.520 in reply to 200170.513
Date: 1/19/2012 5:47:58 AM
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especially when you know that you won't have a shot at it

if you never never try, you'll never never know.


this is also a quote from Get Away i think hehehe

Last edited by datzilla at 1/19/2012 5:51:50 AM

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200170.521 in reply to 200170.514
Date: 1/19/2012 5:51:03 AM
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Fare enough I may not of had the smarts to do it, but Ive never been one to lack determination


losers try, winners go home and f*** the prom queen....


just a quote from The Rock lol..

Yo! Yo! D for D best PF in D Aussie BB. D Name is Kye Duffill (10080211), averages nothing but pure amazing! Vote for Duffman!
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