Round 7 Winner

The winner of week 7 of The Chad Medal is the SA Redbacks, or deadbacks as they have become known by those SA cricket followers who have been subjected to their constant shithouse performances.

There are significant problems in SA cricket and have been for many years.The grade system is a joke, with too many A-Grade teams which means that some substandard cricketers are diluting the competition. The response to non performance for far too long has been to recruit rejects from interstate in the hope of a miracle that they will attain heights with SA that they were not able to with their original state. And shock, horror, most of the time IT DOESN'T FUCKING WORK. Since the 1995-96 shield win, SA has finished dead last on SEVEN occasions and has done no better than third twice in that time. Have a look at just a few of the recruits that SA have gone after and tell me how many have made a significant impact to SA cricket :

Aiden Blizzard

Rob Cassell

Mark Cleary

John Davison

Ben Edmonson

Peter McIntyre

Shane Deitz

Matthew Elliott

Damien Fleming

David Fitzgerald

Mark Higgs

Michael Klinger

Tim Lang

Tim Ludeman

Nathan Lyon

Daniel Marsh

Aaron O'Brien

Shannon Tubb

Dean Waugh

Paul Wilson

Alan Wise

Not too fucken many is there?

Here are four prime examples of the blind ignorance of the SACA in recent times

1) Young quickie Chadd Sayers has been a consistent wicket taker in grade cricket for a few years but only made his debut in the last game of this season. This after taking 58 wickets for the year. Is he good enough? We don't know yet, but how will we find out if he doesn't get a fucking go?

2) Mark Cosgrove is a fat pig granted, but he has also been one of the state's leading runscorers in recent times. Yet he was shitcanned and went to Tassie, where he has this season been the 2nd highest runscorer in shield cricket and is playing in a shield final

3)Ryan Harris came off a career best year and wanted an extended contract, but the SACA thought " fuck me we can't have a local succeeding, he'll make our imports look bad " and would not give him this so he went to Qld where he succeeded and went on to win Australian selection.

4) Graham Manou has been a loyal and consistent performer for the state and not long ago played a test match, and had a few years left in him, but he has been pushed out in favour of another interstate reject.

One cunt that should bear some of the brunt for the recent shambles that is SA cricket is Director of Cricket Jamie Cox. How has this fuckarse improved SA cricket since he got the gig?
Quote a letter from Jamie in June 2010 " SACA will continue supporting the excellent work in participation growth, particularly through the in2CRICKET program, however it is equally important that we also focus on participation retention and advancement ". How do you and your fellow fucken drones on the the SACA board explain your pursuit of advancement when you leave young talent to stagnate in the grade system behind a second rate import ? Why are these kids going to stay in the sport if they aren't going to get a go? How do you expect to build a successful and professional culture when your taking cunts from every point of the country and expecting them to gell as if they've grown up together? Get ya fucken head out of the sand ya fucken ostrich. I am sick and fucking tired of watching a team that is laughed at around the country and crumbles like a fucken arnotts biscuit at the slightest sign of pressure.

So the SA Deadbacks are worthy winners of this weeks Chad Medal. I leave you with this snippet from the SACA constitution: Section 3 Paragraph 3.1 states

" The objects of the Association are : 1) To promote and develop the game of cricket in South Australia ". Pity they don't practice what they fucken preach.