official source?

There's been a lot of smoke for some time it seems

Do the tigers have to pay out Gleeson's contract? If so, whynot keep him on in an admin role given you have to keep paying him anyway.

Nothing official yet, but the rumours are growing and the drums are beating...

Anstey "might" be a good coach at this level...but as a tigers "legend" he has bought himself at least 2 seasons of grace to prove he can coach!

The thing i don't understand is just because you could play doesn't mean you can coach! We have seen it in all sports, before becoming a head coach you really need to cut your teeth at the lower level or become an assistant coach for a few years to prove you can coach as man management is not a skill you require when your playing and really is a vital skill to have when coaching!

Would Anstey have to give up playing and coaching his Big V team this season?????

god help any team that has chris anstey as a coach.

Anstey currently coaches Camberwell in Big V Div 1 and they have started the season 4-0 he has also played a bit.

Dumb decision by the dumbest team in the league.

Not to say that Anstey won't be any good (i know nothing of his coaching, but know that he didn't seem like the kind of player who would become a good coach...a big man who was scared to play in the post..?), but Gleeson is in the top tier of coaches in this league, and his team was dismantled from underneath him by Seamus mid season losing his franchise guy in Ubaka, after already losing his previous franchise guy in Mills...

Tigers brass obviously over-estimated their talent this year, they finished exactly where I expected them to finish. I didn't have them making the finals even WITH Mills sticking around...

Also, what is your source here? Post anonymously if you have one...

Just a thought: but if this does happen and Gleeson's contract has to be paid out, then would it be worth Adelaide looking at him now, given they might effectively might not have to pay him for the upcoming season?

They would still have to pay him, but that would be a damn good pick-up for Adelaide if so...

But it wouldn't be his full price Mick, like the Ubaka situation with Wollongong.

True. Either way I think they should go for it, for sure.

Gleeson won't end up in Adelaide, so stop dreaming!

Marty will get this last year of his deal as he is the key in the negotiations with a few signings!


In respect ot Anstey 4-0 in Big V Div 1 doesn't mea much as it is a micky mouse competiton with little scouting etc. Really you need to cut your teeth at Champ level at least or SEABL level.

These players names who keep getting thrown around whenever a coaching position opens up should really spend some time as an assistant if they are serious about it.

So has anyone got a source on this yet...?

Or just the same rumours that have been floating around for weeks?

Not to say that Anstey won't be any good (i know nothing of his coaching, but know that he didn't seem like the kind of player who would become a good coach...a big man who was scared to play in the post..?), but Gleeson is in the top tier of coaches in this league, and his team was dismantled from underneath him by Seamus mid season losing his franchise guy in Ubaka, after already losing his previous franchise guy in Mills...


Mick: did you really, honestly think Mills was gonna be there all season? Gleeson cut Corletto to get Mills for a few weeks during the lockout and then bitched and moaned like a school girl in the media when NZ picked him up lol. His team was already on a downward spiral when Ubaka was sacked and he never righted the ship

Good Lord!!

New owners are absolutely disgraceful if this is true. I hear they're trying to make Anstey head coach but they can't afford to pay out Trev so I expect them to sneak Anstey in some sort of role. Anstey over Gleeson, that's hilarious. They should change their name to the Melbourne Clowns. If I was Trev, I'd want to take my money and get out of that organisation.

I know for a fact Trigger was also behind Al's sacking last year and is the reason behind Gleeson's trouble as well.

Trigger wasn't behind Al getting the flick, it was obvoius he had lost the drive to coach Melbourne and needed a fresh start (I think he'd be great at Sydney!)

Gleeson has been fired. I can confirm that much.

@natwhereyouat what's your source? So have the Tigers paid out Gleeson? Couldn't be cheap to do that. Good for him if so, can't imagine what it would be like working with Anstey!

Gleeson hasn't been sacked but they will employ Anstey as Director of Coaching. They're trying to push out Gleeson because they can't afford to pay him out. Dirty, ruthless business people own Dodo so I feel for poor Trev.

Won't it be funny if Anstey ends up sacking Trigger? Wouldn't that be a slap in the face to him considering he was the instigator of all this!

Not sure why everyone assumes Trigger was the cause of all the issues and forced the Tigers hands on either coach!

People really need to look at the management of the Tigers as opposed to players/coaches as it really comes down to a lack of good management structures that got them into this mess!

(I know Al won't get Kings gig but thought he'd have been top of the list if i was head hunting for the coaching gig)

Bring him in to replace Radford at the LEAST. He might also be willing to sign head Coach for cheap and reduce Clark to waterboy

It's going to be a fun season watching Anstey and Heal fail spectacularly.

a bit slow answering who my sources are, but i can say they come from anstey himself who is telling people he has the job 'but don't tell anyone'.
they don't want to pay out gleeson so they'll slowly push him out

I cant see Gleeson just accepting this and walking out? I would think he will push back and expect to see this one end up in the courts.

How exactly do you slowly push someone out without paying out their contract?

Is this just going to be a case of the board breathing down his neck and giving him no decision making ability until he resigns?

The reigning coach of the year...?

Anstey should be ashamed of himself if he's playing any part in this.

Don't you think it's a coincidence that Gleeson made the playoffs year after year with undermanned Townsville sides and then makes a shift to the Tigers and all of a sudden struggles.

I think it's clear where the problem lies, and it's not Gleeson...

I always admired what Gleeson was able to get out of his Townsville teams. But there has certainly been something very badly wrong at Tigerland this year. They still got more wins that us though!

Mick - there's a post on Ozhoops stating that Anstey has been made "Director of Basketball" at the Tigers

Just checked the Tigers' club web page and it's announced there. So that's pretty official.

I wouldnt get your hopes up on adelaide getting him. his whole reason for moving to Melbourne was because of his sick wife wasnt it?? so why move to adelaide to be away from his wife? he may aswell have just stayed in T'ville.

Isnt a new melbourne team starting up for next season? if so he would most likely be on their radar than anyone else i would have thought.

both statements above are pure speculation

http://www.nbl.com.au/tigers/news/article/2012/april/melbourne-tigers-welcome-back-chris-anstey/

Townsville was one game away last year and what Trev built over 5 years is continuing to reap rewards and will for years to come.

Trevs wife had surgeries but I think she's done with all that now. He has a young family so am sure he would go where he needs to. Having said that, if I were him I'd stick it out considering he signed a 3 year deal!

Wow, Melbourne Clowns is right! Can't believe they go to all the effort to bring Gleeson down to Melbourne, sign up another dumb, unbalanced roster and then sack the coach when it all predictably falls apart!

I must say, TERRIBLE decision by the Sixers to lock DJ up when they could have got into an exciting bidding war with Anstey for his one time understudy! What were they thinking?!?! ;-)

If the Sixers could get Gleeson cheap enough to pay out Clark without compromising their roster, it'd have to be worth a look.

Tiger Watcher, which players do think might not sign if Clarke isn't in Adelaide next season? Newley? Creek?

Newley has about the same chance of signing with the Sixers as I do...

I think that's exactly what they seem to be doing....certaintly doesn't seem legal. I hope Gleeson has a good lawyer and takes it to them.

It all depends on the wording of the contract. If that doesnt expressly specify position within the organisation then the Tigers would be within their rights to change his role as long as they met the obligations of the contract.

Have been told his contract is a great one in terms of him being head coach but the loop hole is that he doesn't need to have a say in the team selection. So Anstey can pick the team but Trev is the coach of them. What a joke and how can that organization demand respect when they basically have 4 coaches. Pretty difficult role for Gleeson when he has no say in the team.

Don't like all this hating on Anstey, I wish him all the best if he has got an opportunity to coach the Tigers.
Seeing what he has done with a fairly average Camberwell Dragons BigV roster the previous season and 4 games so far this season proves that he can obviously coach. Good luck to him and to be honest I'm fairly happy Trevor Gleeson has been replaced if this is true.

Considering that other NBL team players were saying this on Saturday, I'm surprised that it's not an early announcement this morning.

BB- Will Anstey stay on as player/ coach with Campbewell in Big V or will he hand it over to someone else to concentrate on the Tigers??

JJ- I wouldn't know what Anstey is going to do, I am just a follower of Blackburn in the BigV so have had a good look at the Camberwell side over the last year. I don't actually know Chris personally so wouldn't be able to say. It would be good for BigV and for Camberwell for him to continue on though.