Not that BASA could tell ya.

Neil Poulton. Umpired at the Athens Olympics, in BASEBALL!!!

Does big Kev impression "I'm excited!"

Nah, sounds great, someone who has officiated in any sport at an Olympic level has my instant respect.

Just curious; how does zero tolerance in basketball compare to baseball!!

I have even less of an idea about baseball than i do about basketball.

When you say Zero Tolerance you mean that you will not tolerate anything - therefore it doesn't matter what sport you're talking about. No means no.

I guess now our Charge calls will be strike outs and the blocks will become balls. Coaches must change the way they coach to not saying a word and just touching their hats or spitting.

Play innings instead of quarters. :P

And if a team gets 10 points up, game over! :D

Re: my comment on zero tolerance. I think some of the funniest things you see in sport is baseball where the coaches argue with the refs nose to nose. The ref brushes clean the plate, the coach kicks sand back onto it, the ref cleans in until he has had enough. (and these are supposedly grown men!) Seems to me they are pretty tolerant of behaviour which far exceeds what happens in basketball.

On a serious note the thinking outside of the square with this appointment is a good move. New, fresh ideas on how to progress cannot be bad.

is he a fat guy that chews gum, wears a cap and has hypertensive arguments ?

Jirachi

You stated "While a baseball umpire isn't the best background for the job they really had no choice"

Here is a choice, Up the salary for the position as everybody knows it is not a 1.0 job and more like a 1.8 job. The increased salary may have convinced an ex national umpire to take on the job. 30-35K a year is a pitance of what should be paid.

Good Point. Wish they would have though, then we might've got some real talented Basketball people apply

Sorry cant agree with you on that one. Adelaide is a big place to be divided into two regions. The third does country. If we want them to do a good job of getting out to schools and promoting basketball then you need to have at least four.

who is the development manager??

what does he do?

what is BASA's development plan and where can I get hold of it?

(Mod: I deleted it the first time because it's inappropriate. I'm doing the same thing this time for the same reason. Ho ho ho.)

in baseball - if anyone was reported - automatic suspension - no trial - only penalty

neil if you read this - can you enlighten us ?

I agree 30-35k is mediocre salary - but i do not know what it entails

seems like the new guy is working as though he only earns $30k
Does anyone feel things are going to improve under our baseball friend?

Many things have changed already. Obviously the workload is too big as a number of things have been missed but at least he's trying and I'm sure his actual work hours would surprise you.

BASA dont do anything really with development, they send out people to do development work, but all its about is participation and numbers so that they can keep getting funding to assist basa's ever growing mystry funds. They let there most qualified development officers leave and the development manager is Danny O'Brian, who has a lawyers background and no real coaching knowledge. So development isnt really BASA's thing. They have however promoted Aussie Hoops well to get youngsters involved, but this is really a shinnyer version of Oz Ball from a few years back