Well, since this is meant to be a history lesson, and I am bored, I may as well give a bit of a recollection of some of the seasons, starting with the 'stone age'
(Obviously with a bit of a bias towards my own team
).
Season 2 barely counts. From my quick count at the end of the season there were only about 6 real teams in the ABBL, and the rest bots. I only joined just before the playoffs, and got wiped out by a bot. That bot team was given to the Eagles, who then went on to win the title against another bot. Therefore after playing two games in the ABBL, the Eagles had a title. I expect this is a record.
Season 3 the Eagles were the best team by a clear margin. A couple of teams in the great 8 had better records, though I expect this was due to the differential between the conferences (none of the great 8 teams aside from Coolcats I even really remember, while there were a few big names in the big 8 such as Dire, myself and the Eagles), and a cup run for the Eagles. After overcoming a 1 point scare in the quarter finals against Dire, the Eagles smashed the Brisbane Lions in the final. On a personal level, I was again knocked out in the first round of the playoffs, this time against a real team.
Season 4 was were things started to get interesting I think. 3 of the 'big 4' that would dominate the big 8 for seasons to come started to flex their muscles - the Eagles, Dire and Avalon Jets. My own team struggled (having to go through a relegation series, because I couldn't figure out that rebounding actually was important), but would go on to join them in a couple of seasons. Some of the players we now see as all time greats started to show their game to - Darby Walters, Grigg and Gafa were three of the top four scorers, and other names like Lamar Nash and Robby Lacy also appeared on the leaderboards.
Yet again, the Eagles were probably the best team, despite Coolcats better regular season record. However, as happened quite a few times to the Eagles, they took an opponent too lightly in the playoffs. Back in those days, effort for the playoffs was the same as in the regular season. The Eagles TIEd in the quarter finals, Aussieroos Crunched, and the Eagles were bundled out by two points. Aussieroos again CT v TIEd in the semi finals, and made it through to the finals, where with shot enthusiasm they put up a valiant fight, but were downed by Coolcats. This started a bit of a trend of the big 8 teams bashing each other up, and getting the title pinched by those pesky great 8ers. I think this may have also been a bit of a trigger for the change to playoff enthusiasm...
Season 5 the Eagles started to come back to the back, and were trumped for top position in the big 8 by the Avalon Jets. In the great 8, some names like WA is a Dump and Doncaster Flames started to shine, and brought the conferences a little more even. From an individual player perspective, Darby, Gafa and Grigg were again the top scorers, while Lamar Nash had a great season, and dominated the MVP.
In the big 8, the Jets comfortably accounted for the Eagles in the conference finals. They would face Coolcats again, who showed themselves to be a class above by dominating Doncaster Flames in their final. Coolcats wiped Avalon in straight sets, though both were close games, to take the title again. My team again struggled, facing a relegation series again.