Listened to the interview and it was very good. What we didn't get was what the lie was DC was told to his face. The other dishonest etc may have been how the coach felt which is not a lie. Love you as a player DC and I reckon the tigers did you a huge favour after the train wreck they had.
As for your comments about Trigger I went to every home game and he was a great scorer but his defence, softness and selfishness is what got him benched (Kobe style). And I spoke recently with Dan Dillion and the reason he is leaving is because of the treatment the board has given the coach. He enjoyed Gleesons coaching.
I reckon another two years in NZ and then DC home to coach the Tigers.
I also think Gleeson and the tigers are not a good fit and should part ways with dignity and common sense. Some coaches don't fit clubs (blight at my saints classic example).

Go Tigers

Listened to the interview and it was very good. What we didn't get was what the lie was DC was told to his face. The other dishonest etc may have been how the coach felt which is not a lie. Love you as a player DC and I reckon the tigers did you a huge favour after the train wreck they had.
As for your comments about Trigger I went to every home game and he was a great scorer but his defence, softness and selfishness is what got him benched (Kobe style). And I spoke recently with Dan Dillion and the reason he is leaving is because of the treatment the board has given the coach. He enjoyed Gleesons coaching.
I reckon another two years in NZ and then DC home to coach the Tigers.
I also think Gleeson and the tigers are not a good fit and should part ways with dignity and common sense. Some coaches don't fit clubs (blight at my saints classic example).

Go Tigers

Listened to the interview and it was very good. What we didn't get was what the lie was DC was told to his face. The other dishonest etc may have been how the coach felt which is not a lie. Love you as a player DC and I reckon the tigers did you a huge favour after the train wreck they had.
As for your comments about Trigger I went to every home game and he was a great scorer but his defence, softness and selfishness is what got him benched (Kobe style). And I spoke recently with Dan Dillion and the reason he is leaving is because of the treatment the board has given the coach. He enjoyed Gleesons coaching.
I reckon another two years in NZ and then DC home to coach the Tigers.
I also think Gleeson and the tigers are not a good fit and should part ways with dignity and common sense. Some coaches don't fit clubs (blight at my saints classic example).

Go Tigers

Listened to the interview and it was very good. What we didn't get was what the lie was DC was told to his face. The other dishonest etc may have been how the coach felt which is not a lie. Love you as a player DC and I reckon the tigers did you a huge favour after the train wreck they had.
As for your comments about Trigger I went to every home game and he was a great scorer but his defence, softness and selfishness is what got him benched (Kobe style). And I spoke recently with Dan Dillion and the reason he is leaving is because of the treatment the board has given the coach. He enjoyed Gleesons coaching.
I reckon another two years in NZ and then DC home to coach the Tigers.
I also think Gleeson and the tigers are not a good fit and should part ways with dignity and common sense. Some coaches don't fit clubs (blight at my saints classic example).

Go Tigers

DC will never get the job coaching the Tigers.

Once he aired the dirt in the media and embarassed the hell out of the club bosses, the existing set-up would never get him back. He'd be a constant reminder to the hierarchy of how poorly they'd acted.

Only if there was a total clean-out by a ruthless new owner, which will never happen.

Yeh we got you the first 3 times

Yea we got you the first 3 times

yea we got you the first 3 times

Patty Mills

God this is getting messy. This is heading to a very ugly place. the only person showing any real class is Gleeson who has said nothing other than he has been stood down. DC love you as a tiger mate but seriously build a bridge. Anstey come out and tell the truth to us loyal fans. Gleeson get your pay out and say nothing negative and leave us fans with some hope.
I want to hear the truth from all concerned and lets then move on.

DC did build a bridge. A bloody BIG bridge all the way to New Zealand. And at the end of that bridge was a nice shiny championship ring. It's not his fault if people keep asking him about the situation with Gleeson. Nor is it his fault if Gleeson handled the situation poorly.

Nothing

Corletto was asked about the Tigers in the interview. His answer was very gracious. He said he didn't hold any grudges against the club, including the fans and office (even Seamus!), except he had an issue with Gleeson's comments about him. Fair enough, really.

Good on him for all the success he has achieved with the Breakers. I was hoping we'd see him at the Olympics for GB.

tomorrow is that 1 week mark, wonder what's the verdict

Sorry to see DC go from the tigers but patty mills was the best thing that happened to the nbl this year. After he left so did the interest for many people. The nbl is heading for extinction (dodos) if things don't improve on and off the court. The once proud tigers are a shambles. Ex players bagging the club are doing no one any good. I feel sorry for both DC and Trevor. C'mon tigers get it together

Terrible headline to this blog. More Trevor Gleeson stories. He has done nothing wrong!!! The interviewer is so blatantly not a Gleeson fan and picked an easy target with DC. What is the lie he told DC? Really poor interviewing!!

great post vart.

Chad, don't think that the farcical situation that the Tigers are in is reflective of the rest of the teams or league. Mills was good for Melbourne, thats about it. Go and check his Twitter timeline during pre-season last year and tell me he was good for the league.

Good for the league but I don't know about "best thing."

I'm a gold coast boy and I went to the tigers game and all the kids talked about and wanted to see was pat mills. Chad maybe a bit over the top but mills was the reason Me and my mates went to the game. To be totally honest Aussie b'ball is pretty ordinary and needs Mills type players to give it some excitement and profile. Sorry for being negative but I'm being honest

Mills brought 'celebrity' to the NBL. In no way was it his basketball ability alone that put bums on seats.

Very Good plyer? undoubtably yes,
Superstar? not in my opinion!

Whether 'celebrity' is a good thing or not I guess it up to the individual but for me Ill always go to games for the actual contest rather than the sideshow that goes along with it.

We need celebrity to sell this thing we need razzle dazzle we need excitement because that's what society wants. I don't like it but that's the reality. The nbl is boring and that's also the reality. Who would you rather watch Miami or spurs?

Statman - Mills was leading the league in scoring when he left for China. The Tigers had a winning record, and he was only just getting warmed up and used to playing in the NBL (note his 32 points against Adelaide). He would have been a runaway MVP if he had of played out the whole season.

But he was never ever ever ever going to play the whole season

I saw Patty play for the Tigers when they played the Sixers in Adelaide. Turns out it was his last game in the NBL.

All I remember from the game is a still picture in my mind of Mills dribbling the ball up court. I don't even remember who won the game.

I do remember the general area I sat in the stadium also.

No doubt through no fault of his own, that's the extent of the impression the whole Mills In The NBL experience left on me.

Tweet tweet you don't remember the winner but you remember Patty dribbling the ball. I would say that he left a lasting impression on you (I'm not bagging you tweet tweet great that you made a comment). And no doubt one day you will tell people about it. This is how best to sell a product get people talking about it.
I saw a very below par Roy Jones Jrn box in sydney and I can say to people I saw him live. I don't remember anything much about the night but I remember Roy.
Keep the post coming and lets get basketball back on the public sports radar.

anonymous, but the thing is that's all I rememeber. A still picture in my mind of him dribbling the ball. I don't remember if he played well or not. I can't remember him making any shots or any assists, though I assume he did.

He was pretty awesome that day, 32 points I think.

Anon #363914
The funny thing is that Mills decided the NBA lockout wouldn't end, too, and that's *when* he bailed on the Tigers!

Oh my. I just had a chance to listen to the podcast. Wow, talk about needing a violin DC. Mate, get over it. I can't understand why you'd have a personal issue with Trevor, show me a coach that would choose you over Patty Mills and I'll show you a bad coach. Trevor did the right thing getting rid of DC. He may be able to dribble a ball but unfortunately for him, he's also good at dribbling his mouth. Get over it. I hope Trevor gets a payout and gets out. He deserves better. Let the old boys have their Tigers.