John Rillie starts the healing

After taking a day or two to mourn their NBL Semi-final loss to the Dragons, John Rillie is back in the blogosphere with his thoughts about what went wrong. Having seen all three games, I couldn't agree more with his assessment that the series came down to game 1, not game 3. Opportunity knocks, you have to be ready when it does. Click on the title below to read the full story.

Like Townsville coach Trevor Gleeson says in this article, the Croc players should hold their heads high. They had a good season and should be proud of their efforts.

One final note, I knew it already but its great to see John mention below that he'll definitely be back for another season. If you watched him over the last two months, he's playing way too well to give it away now.

JR, On Fire

I've been in playoff detox for the past 48 hours and like any good addict, it never gets any easier to get over it as the years roll on.

It was another season where we did not achieve what we set out to do. Sure there were not too many people that rated the Crocs at the start of the year, but I always felt that if all things feel into place, we would be a chance.

No doubt we needed luck and things to fall our way, but if I felt the team I played on never had a chance, it is time for me to give the game away. (While on that, there has been some speculation that this may have been my last year. Not so, I'm here for another crack at the title.)

We were very close to making it happen here in Townsville. One game short of making the Grand Final and maybe surprising the Melbourne Tigers. It was not to be, but we had our chances and we just did not capitalize on them when they were presented.

Many people will always remember Game 3 and how the South Dragons over ran us in the end. I would like to turn your attention back to Game 1.

With perfect basketball shooting technique like this, its way too early for JR to retire. Mika Vukona can just watch on as Rillie drains yet another triple.