THE nucleus of the Gold Coast Blaze will remain the same next season with the club poised to tinker only around the edges as they build on the momentum gained by a breakthrough year.

Still reeling from the final quarter capitulation to Perth, coach Joey Wright effectively began season 2010/11 yesterday.

Having met with corporate flyers, who have a newfound interest in the Blaze, he and his coaching staff will this week pencil in the players they want to poach.

An imposing veteran will be among up to three bigger on-court personalities who will complete the squad, which showed it has championship potential.

A reflective Wright declared the season a resounding success, despite the heartbreak of a straight sets defeat in the playoffs.

"Just to get the fans involved and the community behind us was a success in itself, the off-season now is about getting the business community on board," he said.

"It's great that at the start of the year nobody knew who a Chris Goulding or an Ayinde Ubaka was, but they went out there and worked hard and now they are household names.

It shows how far we have come."

Wright will meet with his players next week to discuss individually their performances for the season and offer players the opportunity to appraise the coaching staff.

He will also tell players whether their services will be required next season.

Wright admitted there would be some changes to the squad, but would keep the bulk of go-to men.

"The nucleus will stay the same, imports always come down to dollars and it will be a matter of nutting that out and we will make a couple of changes depending on how many points each player is awarded under the salary cap."

Wright said he would inject more experience on to the court in a bid to give the club a more imposing presence, especially in high pressure moments such as the playoffs.

"We need somebody ready made to get in there, you lose that when you don't have a veteran that has the game minutes," he said.

"Look at what Martin Catallini did last night, he wanted that ball coming down the stretch, he couldn't wait to have the ball, our guys didn't want anything to do with it.

Wright admitted he was still stunned about losing to Perth on Tuesday.