{"id":494472,"date":"2026-02-21T10:33:13","date_gmt":"2026-02-21T10:33:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/494472\/"},"modified":"2026-02-21T10:33:13","modified_gmt":"2026-02-21T10:33:13","slug":"what-happened-this-year-cant-happen-again","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/494472\/","title":{"rendered":"\u201cWhat happened this year can’t happen again”"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Brisbane Bullets\u2019 tough Hungry Jack\u2019s NBL26 season officially wrapped up on Friday night during their 40-point loss to Sydney.<\/p>\n

That defeat marked their 13th straight loss to end the campaign, which saw them finish on the bottom of the ladder for the first time since the 2017-18 season.<\/p>\n

During the post-game press conference at the Brisbane Entertainment Centre, interim head coach Darryl McDonald implored that the club must learn from this season.<\/p>\n

\u201cI’m struggling to be honest, now that we’re at the end,\u201d McDonald said.<\/p>\n

\u201cFor me, it’s only about winning, and that’s all I want to do, and we don’t have a team capable of doing that, so it’s been a struggle, but we can obviously take some things out of it.<\/p>\n

\u201cI cringe when I look at my record, and we only won one game, but over the last two months, we’ve had four proper training sessions, and there’s a lot that’s happened and for us to reflect back on.<\/p>\n

\u201cI love the players and the group we had, and it’s not their fault we ended up in this position.<\/p>\n

\u201cThey gave me everything they could, and they have been competing and playing hard.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

It\u2019s been reported that the Bullets are on the hunt for a new coach for NBL27, which McDonald called a crucial upcoming decision for the club.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt’s been tough, and I struggle with losing, and initially I didn’t want to do this job,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

\u201cBut I’ve done the best I can, and it’s just been tough with our injuries and not having enough bodies, so that’s the story of our season in the end.<\/p>\n

\u201c[Moving forward,] the most important thing for the club to do is to get a head coach and give him what he wants because you have to let him build the team he wants and trust him.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhat happened this year can’t happen again.\u201d<\/p>\n

The inaugural NBL Ignite Cup Final between Adelaide and New Zealand tips off at 4.30pm AEDT on Sunday, live on ESPN and Channel 10.<\/p>\n

Then the NBL26 Finals tip off on Wednesday, March 4, with the Seeding Qualifier between South East Melbourne and Perth at John Cain Arena from 7.30pm AEDT, live on ESPN.<\/p>\n

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