I'm devastated :(

FoSoJ has been used before.

Brendan told me over the phone a while back that he didn't think that people should be allowed to refer to Daniel as "SoJ" on the internet. So, he might not be keen on the derivative FoSoJ.

I can't quite remember how Joyce got all the hate on here but It was about 6-7 years ago? What exactly did he do? Someone give me a quick refresh because I forgot exactly why everyone was baggin him in the dirt place

I can't speak f0r 0thers... my devastati0n is m0stly due t0 the clueless things he c0mes up with when commentating.
I h0pe he is a hell of a pers0nal & team m0tivati0n type c0ach, because technically he seems sh0cking.

Ridiculous appointment - has he ever coached women?

Hes never coached in the WNBL or women at SEABL level?

Why not Peter buckle been assistant opals , coached wnbl ,world university games... More experience

Agree this is a dark day in our history, we will look back on this in 20 years time as the bottoming out of the Opals.


Possibly the end of the Opals as the shining light of the international teams that BA supports. Funding will go 1 way if they are not a medal team.

A selfish part of me is relieved that he's now no longer an option for the Wildcats job.

But good luck to him anyway.

How did he land this gig? with so much talent in the Opal team player wise why should they accept a coach who having never coached in womens league, can't get a job coaching within the NBL

On a personal note after what the Blaze did to him its good to see him land some employment, but couldn't he have been an assistant to a much more experienced and respected coach of womens basketball?

At least he won't be coaching EFC when Hirdy goes, eh Lance?

How many WNBL titles did Tom Maher win? Surely more important than NBL gigs for coaching a women's team?

Excellent appointment - he will unite and make them a much tougher and more humble team !

Well lets hope he is a bit more innovative than "Walking the walk" omg straight from a a basic coaching handbook of things to say. Phil Brown would have been an excellent choice and knows better than anyone the strengths and weaknesses of nearly all the Australian women. That all said if Joyce is the choice why didn't Brondello or the likes apply. Was the package not attractive enough to entice the best applicants.
In regards to sorting out the bitchiness in the team I am not sure about what you are talking about but it was very evident that the coaching panel last Olympics where less than happy with each others company. The make up of the coaches will be very important to an success.

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the reason j0yce is not a bad appointment is that he has no prior connections or if u will favorites. he will break up the cliques and bitchiness within the opalsground which iimpacted their performance in london.

How will he do that? Cut LJ or Penny? Start Carly Wilson and play her 40 minutes because she is 'nice' and won't rock the boat.

Shows a lack of understanding of womens hoops. There are cliques and bitchiness in every high level womens team. Team USA would have had the same issues as well as pretty much every wnba team.

This won't end well.

Eddie McGuire as #1 Referee. Seriously?

Its like Team USA giving someone like Flip Saunders or Mike Brown the womens head coaching gig.

Its just wouldn't happen.

Not great news but give him a chance, he cant do any worse than that horror coach Graff.

Buckle?
Lucas?
Gary Fox even?
Someone with half a clue about womens basketball for starters! Brendans last few seasons as a coach in the NBL were not anything to hang his hat on, so how he has been appointed is beyond me. Looking forward to seeing how he goes, but for now, it seems like a dumb move for the Opals!
I'm also happy to be proven wrong, but just can't see them improving enough to beat Team USA under Brendan's leadership.

I would have liked Agier or Brown but it didn't happen. In Joyce's favour is that he shouldn't be affected by cliques and history.

It's a pain that so many of our players have WNBA experience, because there's too much emphasis on isolation plays and we don't have too many who will win them.

Our strength probably lies more in passing and movement. If Joyce can limit the amount of iso plays and get LJ and the others to move the ball and be unselfish then I'll consider his appointment a success.

I notice that in the article that he wants Suzy Batkovic to continue with the Opals. He must not have seen her play in London! Yes, she does well in the WNBL where she can use her size to push others around but she has been found wanting at elite International level and we would be better off putting forward a younger player with potential.

Re Phillips - helps if you make yourself available for training camps.

Can't see that expectation changing under Joyce. Hope not, anyway.

coach


My whisper is assistants to be Brondello and Molloy


cotter

Another Marty Clarke in the making.

We don't have to spend a season together
Use Phillips and Taylor and we'd be pretty good .

Time Will Tell. Joyce will give the Opals a shake up and hard nose approach to the game. Not sure Cotter and Molly - as both have not been involved with the Womens side for a while, but 1 would be good and add Brondello and Lucas - as have all competitions covers(WNBA&WNBL)and a great brains trust. We need to take example from AFL and US Collage system and get more coaches with expertise in different areas involved to be more successful.

Sounds pretty good .

jans line with the wnba was correct at the time in 2005-6 but this is 2013 and the new coach is on the money - the wnba has moved ahead since 2006 and college and the wnba hold far greater profile and development internationally now than then.

who can argue that so many players have improved their handle since going stateside the last few years - phillips, hodges, bishop - jarry will be next

new coach is on the money with that call - and that mentality will keep us up with team USA.

that is why the aussies are doing well and probably doing better than other countries internationals and why we are starting to see some stateside players trickle through to the wnbl here.

friendships and networks will lead to usa players considering the wnbl as an option - whilst we dont offer big money - we have a healthy comp and a great aussie summer lifestyle - which will appeal to some in a northern hemisphere winter.

j0yce makes for a pretty good troll, I'll give him that much. I'm certainly raging over this.

Being busy."Rolling out the red carpet to welcome Erin Phillips back." ADLNow.

I'm wondering when Timmsy's going to step out of the shadows as an assistant and put her hand up for a head coaching job.

If she had put her hand up vs Joyce it's no contest.

"If she had put her hand up vs j0yce it's no contest."
That's true, but probably not in the sense that you meant it.