School holidays started early I see. I say this because you have the intelligence and maturity of a 13 year old nug.

Move on and grow up.

JoeM.
The observations with regards to the game against Sydney were valid. The lightning should NOT have lost the game. Leaving experienced players on the bench when stability was needed is a recipe for disaster (and that's what happened). As I stated, even the commentator's were perlexed by the coaching.
The result against Dandenong was also a disaster. If you look at the box score on the WNBL wesbite questions have to be asked about how the coach used certain players. Comments about the owner and his daughter are also valid with regards to what has happened in the past. I am only stating the obvious.

Agree with you Joe. Perhaps you were listening to the voices in your head because I heard different from the commentators and thought Marino played OK. Thought the game was a high quality game with fantastic shooting percentage. The only thing that is obvious is that you do not have a clue!

I thought the post is accurate. Phillips sat too long in the last quarter also. The rotations were up the creek and it cost the Lightning the game. Influence still seems to be being exerted from the outside..

My feeling on the Sydney was that both Philips and Marino were towelled up by Muscles, Poto and (to a lesser extent) Veal in the 2nd half. Valk couldn't find a match up to slow the supply. Needs a defensive PG in the side. What happened to Jess Mahoney?

The commentator (Fletcher) made a call on King in preference to Woosnam in the 3rd. Can't remember them playing philips off Marino like some of the posters suggest here.

Adelaide couldn't match Sydney for aerobic fitness and fell away. They obviously need to find some more- the coaches responsibility. It would be difficult to fault the first half effort. This was praised by all commentators.

Chris,
Please stop posting in here.
Move on. Go and have a cry in the corner.
This is becoming a pathetic witch hunt. Grow up, kindergarden days are over.

Realist you always seem to pop up when you want to defuse a very valid post, are you on the payroll ? If you can explain why was Marino is playing the 2 spot while Phillips is in the point, when Foley is on the bench and playing only 15mins.for the game. Marino is not a 2 man, and only a resonable back up point at best.She also defended A.Poto for a lot of the game for about 30 points. It is very clear Vicki is trying to keep Marino`s happy.

Dear anonymous bunch,
Firstly, I am not on Marino's payroll and I am not in anyway associated with the family. Secondly I do not even like Angela as she contributed couple of times to my team's defeat. I do not claim that what has happen to Chris was fair and just, however I am sick of all you wan***s repeating yourselves every five minutes when something or someone gives you opportunity to do so. You were awfully quiet over couple of weeks when the girls were kicking butt and only popped up when things turn bad. How many times can you say the same thing? We all know by now that you hate the whole Marino clan and whatever they did to your favorite coach. Well, your whining will not change anything. So grow up, move on and let things sort themselves out. I am sure that next year everyone (including players and myself) will have an opportunity to make up their mind and decide to support the team or not. As for now, I would love to see Lightning become premiers this year regardless of what has happened or happens and will support this team to the end because this was always my team and current bunch of players deserve nothing but support as the circumstances they are now in are incidental and beyond their control. Stop winging, sniping and derailing Lightning from their premiership effort.
This year I am a true supporter, as for the years ahead I will reserve my right to choose depending on the situation and all that stuff that was mentioned by all of you before.

Hey, I found some sniping! See if it's familiar...

Chris,
Please stop posting in here.
Move on. Go and have a cry in the corner.

They have all the tools to win (inclusive the owner a big tool).
So when they lose people can ask why, fuckh**d!!!

There's a theme starting here. Both Spinner & Anon12 have been walloped for expressing an OPINION re. their views on the Lightning.

At this stage, we still have freedom of speech in this country, so feel free to express your disagreement with their opinion without all the personal insults.


Thats MY opinion!

Anon, some homework for you: (1) read some Australian rules (AR!) forums; (2) take a look at the corporate support for AFL.

Suggesting that basketball is struggling because people whinge on the internet has to take a fat slice of the Idiot Cake.

I'll also pull you up on your central paragraph which claims that someone who didn't support Lucas as coach but later disagreed with Marino's sacking of Lucas is unintelligent. Surely someone could think that Lucas was the wrong coach for the team, but oppose the supposed method/reason for the sacking? Reminds me a bit of "I disagree with your opinion, but I support your right to express it."

whats shaun marion got to do with the lightning? ;)

People whinge everywhere and about everything. The internet is simply the most accessible record of that whinging.

Do you think a potential sponsor would come here to read this or would have followed the incident via Boti's articles at the time? They were more measured but weren't necessarily positive for Marino IMO.

Where I'd invest $100k in promotion would come back to what I was promoting and who I was promoting it to. In many cases, having worked near a PR company and seeing what they can achieve, my first port of call would be a publicity company rather than sports sponsorship by a long shot and in most cases - just my personal view.

Marino bought Lighting for $113,000.