Wasn't wild about Brantz as the NBL on 9 host. She's not a bsketball person and I don't think she knows a whole lot about the NBL. I would like to see someone who really knows the game, not just some random host.

thats excactly what i said ages ago, she has no clue!

Sturty...are you okay with this?? I thought you were first in line for the job in the title...

I'd be up for it. (Don't know that the Boss would be too happy though!)

I was expecting a video from youtube or something.......

Damn!

From what I read when NBL on 9 started up there are a few people on this forum who wouldn't mind "boning" Stepahnie Brantz themselves.

so she's gone from cricket coverage, & basketball?

Pretty tidy

I don't think punter liked the fact that she has a deeper voice than him thus refusing to be interviewed .

That's it I am never watching NBL on nine again. Hey, I know, let's start a petition. No, lets make a banner........

I blame Phil

Knob.....

Looks like you have sand in your vigina again sturty6er

Phil's fault?

Isn't everything Phil fault?

Nine have boned another presenter now as well. Majella Weimers has been sack because apparently the boss doesnt like blondes!!

http://www.news.com.au/entertainment/story/0,23663,22921745-5013560,00.html

how is it phil's fault??

Moe  it just is. Don't worry about it; always Phil fault.

Joe's being sarcastic. Unfortunately, new readers and probably a fair share of existing ones won't realise and chalk it up as the exact opposite of what I assume they're looking to achieve.

I think it's fair play she lost her job, shouldn't have been hired in the first place. No disrespect but clearly former international cricketers will be able to provide more insight and interest to the coverage than a token girl with no background in the sport.

i like the alleged line "with a name like Spiteri you should try SBS."

Chivalry is not dead!

FWIW, and in light of the 'she don't know nuttin' claims presented so far, Brantz is an ex-State rep in basketball, netball and swimming, according to a bio here.

I'm guessing it was an under-age state team she played on - but I'd prefer to think there's a clandestine State-based model basketball league out there, similar to that nightclub full of models George 'inhabited' on that classic Seinfeld episode.

Ahh the old..if you havent played..you cant commentate line.

Which of course stops 99.8% of posters here at Hoops from making any commenbt on the NBL, the head coach, and for quite a number of them, anything outside themselves.

Give me an educated and intelligent interviewer who has done some research and actually thinks things through, rather than some meathead who was amazingly talented in a sporting pursuit...but has trouble reading the corn flakes packet in the morning.

just as an aside, im petty sure i never saw Bruce Mcaveney (sp?) play AFL or run the 100 metres at the olympics. so hopefully we wont hear from this imposter again.

But Bruce is "special". You just ask him.

"Which of course stops 99.8% of posters here at Hoops from making any commenbt on the NBL, the head coach, and for quite a number of them, anything outside themselves"

I think it's a bit different comparing posting comments here and working as a paid sports journalist. Prime example is interviewing players, the Australian cricket team are more likely to be relaxed and give honest genuine answers if they're being interviewd by Tubby or Heals, players they're mates with, than if the questions are coming from some journalist they don't know - more likely to get standard meaningless answers in this instance IMO.

They wouldn't hire a msn with no background in cricket to join the commentary team so why should they hire a woman with no background in the sport?