Studs?

That's what Bendigo do. They are cashed up. Vigor, Tony Lewis and an import guard (rumoured to be BJ Jenkins) will be a tough line-up. Although they did have Ivan Mcfarlin, Jazzmarr and Garlepp and didn't even make a Conference Final so maybe the problem isn't the players?

Ho wmuch developing did Dandy do. The guy is an import her arrived here selling his services as is. He is now signed elsewhere get over it.

How much developing did Dandy do? The guy is an import, he arrived here selling his services as is. He is now signed elsewhere get over it.

Interesting, I know people who have actually spoken with Lewis directly post season and he has told them he tried to resign with Rangers.

Mentioned things never really progressed as Rangers CEO made the discussions difficult and didn't really want him around

Apparently Toney Lewis and Perry have a good relationship, however Perry was handcuffed to CEO and wasn't able to change or contribute to make it happen for Lewis returning

I was told It was Tony's decision to leave and the above contributed and supported the decision to look elsewhere.

That CEO for Dandenong will be the demise of that club

Not sure that's correct Solid Moves. Agree Perry does support his players however don't discount the attitude of the CEO.

Apparently the old "budget" excuse came up with the TL discussion.
After dominating the league and winning MVP discussions went south when CEO stepped in.
Apparently CEO also tried to mess with players final payments post season which didn't sit well.

Will be interesting if Montreal hangs around? With Tony gone Perry cant afford to lose both. I bet Montreal is really looked after now.

Good luck to Tony Lewis, all around nice guy. Plays hard and has been solid for three years in SEABL. Big get for Bendigo which will see them back in finals next season for sure.

Pud - Current Dandy board won't see through anything, they employed the current CEO, and he's really not been good for this club from day one. Far too many good coaches have walked, and players not returned due to him.
The actual program for juniors is going down the gurgler, they may be getting more teams in all age groups but the quality of coaching is getting so poor it doesn't look good for future years. It's all about the $, they need to look at the long term picture not short term, might be saving and bringing in dollars right now but at what cost.
Already SEABL men are paying dearly.

I've been told Dandy CEO is on a contract that expires in approx 12 months. Hopefully by then He and Mark Wright can cuddle up together and exit at the same time.

Correct - CEO at Rangers is a corporate disgrace. Typical used car salesman. Walks around like he's some big timer and he's a GM of a local sports club run by volunteers.

I heard there was a competition going on between CEO and Mark Wright. "Lets see how many players I loose compared to staff you loose"

Who's Winning?

Confirmed - Tony Lewis left Rangers after losing faith in CEO supporting imports off the floor.

Correct - CEO held final payment back from players.

Correct - He did try and resign with Rangers

Correct - CEO is a wanker.

This info comes from very reliable source and part direct from Tony Lewis.
People cant hate on Braves signing league MVP when Rangers had the chance to resign.

Apparently discussions are close with Montreal, he's been seen at stadium and word is Harms,Odigie,Enge, all resigned. Could be some Nunawading players heading to Rangers as well. United Player Chris Patton is a Dandy Junior so he might end up replacing Hobba.

Perry will have another good group with that list, however losing Lewis will hurt come end of season when it get serious.

Confirmed - Tony Lewis left Rangers after losing faith in CEO supporting imports off the floor.

Correct - CEO held final payment back from players.

Correct - He did try and resign with Rangers

Correct - CEO is a wanker.

This info comes from very reliable source and part direct from Tony Lewis.
People cant hate on Braves signing league MVP when Rangers had the chance to resign.

Apparently discussions are close with Montreal, he's been seen at stadium and word is Harms,Odigie,Enge, all resigned. Could be some Nunawading players heading to Rangers as well. United Player Chris Patton is a Dandy Junior so he might end up replacing Hobba.

Perry will have another good group with that list, however losing Lewis will hurt come end of season when it get serious.

Why would hill go to hobart?

Any news on what Knox are doing? I believe a small group are training just in case.

Coaches doing players contracts wouldn't be normal what so ever. IMO.

http://www.seabl.com.au/index.php?id=257&tx_ttnews%5Btt_news%5D=10039&cHash=7a43244a61

Can all the wankers who kept on telling us all that the mighty Knox will be back because they had a inside source bla bla bla NOW SHUT UP !

Finally a smart business decision by Knox.

Apparently some within the club tried hard to keep it alive too but it would have only delayed the process of ridding them of debt by spending good money after bad and pissed a lot of people off.

Pretty disappointing all of the above. Knox out of SEABL is really sad. Years of history and a club that should be around supporting a pathway for juniors.

As for Rangers, it's been a sad state for a couple of years. Good staff walked out, numerous complaints about management, unhappy players.

Will see how good a job the CEO has done in 12 months if he's re appointed.

If the above is true and SEABL coach is managing a budget what does that tell you about corporate governance and lack there of at Rangers.

I can share some personal information. My children have done individual training with both Montreal and Lewis. Both players made several comments to me confirming over the past three years they haven't barley spoken to CEO, and when they do it's about him chasing money for court hire.

As for having a dig at a players agent, isn't it an agencies job to source players opportunity? More money or Less a player has to agree to leave.

Very sad for Knox and writing on the wall for CEO at Rangers. I'd be looking on seek if I was him.

One year out of the seabl doesn't mean they are not supporting a pathway for the juniors at all.

They still have Youth League for the younger players. How many of the juniors were in the senior seabl side anyway?

That's good news, thought SEABL may have included Youth teams. Forgot about Big V.

That's good. Hope they come back bigger and stronger and smarter.

They could sit out of SEABL for 2 years and not really impact junior development at Knox.

There's nobody coming through ready to play SEABL in the next year or 2 anyway and the current juniors in the team are benchies at best.

What If - No doubt, I bet they are all lining up to get involved with David Grahame.
Lucky some smart people made DG resign Perry saving the fate of the Men's SEABL program.
Without Perry DG would be in huge trouble.

Ben Allen - sign with Bendigo
Mitch Creek - Dandenong.

#503461....... Yeah right and the pink pigs are taking off from Tula ... You believe what you want the facts are clearly there for all to see, parents coaching at rep level with absolutely no experience, players just out of juniors with absolutely no coaching experience being asked to take on teams.
A CEO who never shows his face,The DOC walks around doing nothing, yes plenty of teams being generated both domestic and rep, they bring in the dollars but absolutely not of the standard of former years. You call that progress.
Staff can't work for the CEO , coaches won't stay for either CEO or DOC, it's jobs for the boys at that place now, which is a shame as Dandenong has been such a powerhouse for so many years.
Don't know any coach that gets to call the shots as to what the budget is for a WNBL or NBL team let alone seabl.

How does Bendigo justify the expense of buying players like they do?

They had Ferguson, Mcfarlin, Garlepp and they couldn't win it. They get Salisbury, Wilcher and Atkinson and they can't win it, so they now go and buy Tony Lewis, Ben Allen, probably an import guard of some description.

Just to win SEABL? Really?

Frankston ..... Who has signed ?

@#503506 - Well said. Hope David Grahame is actually reading the thread. Pretty sure he does look at this feedback.
He has made comments to people he thinks are his friends.

Agree with what you have said. I hope people rally and get rid of him.
His arrogance, lack of care is a disgrace.

Appreciate the honesty.

Interesting concept though worth looking at.

Maybe SEABL needs to look at bringing in a "Local player" policy.

Local player being a player that plays a min of 2 VJBL seasons with the club?

Say min of 6 for metro Teams and say 4 for Country?

It certainly might make the bigger Metro SEABL teams look at their junior programs a bit more seriously rather than letting players leapfrog their juniors, it might also reduce costs and create a bit more stability and loyalty.

The limit is two imports per team,

Bendigo only send there 14s and 16 too VJBL and many of there players actually start at other regional clubs like Mildura, Echuca, Shep, etc. So local content rules just don't wash like they do in town. If they can find a way to fund players and convince them to move to Bendigo good for them!

Bendigo probably suffers from the same problem most regional centres do in this country, for the boys it is always going to be hard to keep them from going to football.

Once they turn 16-17 they can get a decent whack of $$ playing local football and if they are any good, then it is TAC cup.

Basketball is the loser here, but what can you do about that, it's a great atmosphere and the kids see some future playing footy, but in basketball the pyramid is too steep and the dollars too low.

Steve Blackley to Frankston to coach

Ballarat. Same boat as bendigo. Anthony Fisher, Shaun Bruce, Ash Constable. Bendigo........crickets chirping

Simon G already committed to Frankston.

He might be committed but Scott Christ, Simon Mitchell, Steve Blakley all have aspirations of SEABL coaching.
Who will end up with the much coveted Frankston role

(Mod: Sniping.)

Hey fools Simon G is done, he'll be at Frankston for next 2 years.

Hobart have only signed a coach. None of the players are contracted yet so I'd say they would still be testing the water. Surprising Hobart hasn't signed anyone yet.. I'd be trying to keep as much talent as possible seeing there isn't a whole lot to choose from down there.

"Keeping the talent at Hobart" - the talent that helped them finish next to last in their conference and was absolutely rudderless after the half way point?

Hobart were terrible. This year they were plagued with incaple coaching stadf and zero team chemistry. Itd be nice to see nbl back in Tasmania but Good luck putting in an nbl bid with such a lackluster performance in the second tier.

who is Pioneers gonna get to replace big shot Ben?

isn't Brad Hill import classed?

What is it with Anon and Pud always trying to turn every topic into a Frankston bashing session? Get over it...

Knox will be back. They won't be out of SEABL for long.

As for SEABL, the concern should be more aligned to the league continuing past 2015. The way this BA transition is going, the board may end up being the casualties. Very poor execution and communication with the clubs is hugely questionable. SEABL board may have read their tealeaves wrong so far.

And where are SEABL staff? All been transitioned into BA and doing their BA jobs while the Transition is far from in the bag. ALM will be one to watch.

Who will Nunawading replace Mitch Creek?
Think you should cough up who is going to replace Tony Lewis at Dandenong.
Looks like Pioneers to announce a new player tomorrow.

Well if Creek plays too many mins a game he will be their second restricted player...

How can Dandenong have 3 restricted players?

Pioneers have re-signed Damien Johnson and have announced signing of Tyrone Lee.

With starters of Daly, Burdon, Johnson and Lee signed and it seems logical that Hill would be back with his old man coaching means they have put together a side that will be a contender again

Hobart getting last again.

Later start for the sea on to. Early April.

Both equally clueless then.

I think allowance was given due to the fact Herbert being a local player who had played over X amount of games with the one club.
Not jumping from club to club like some of these guys

Herbert wouldn't have played enough mpg to be a restricted player.

There are 3 classifications of a restricted player.


Each SEABL team can only have a maximum of three A, B or C restricted players - and no more than two A or B restricted players.

An A restricted player is any non-Australian required to hold a Foreign Players License.

A B restricted is any player who averages more than 18? minutes per game in the previous NBL/WNBL season before the January deadline or a Boomer/Opal, or played professionally in another League.

A C restricted player more than 12 mins NBL/WNBL.

As it says, only 2 fully restricted players per team and a C restricted player.

You can have:

A + A + C
A + B + C
A + C + C
B + B + C
B + C + C
C + C + C

Frankston

Oh really? Man i though when you guys came to the Minerdome we were having a practice match or somethin?

Just do better on the imports front this year please... No more "former MVP's" who are well past their use by date.

#Remember the Spartans'

#No one has forgotten anyone, man!

is Mitch a confirmer departure from Nunawading?

Someone else has signed with Dandy from a rival club

Happy Days stop teasing!

Tiger Watcher . you are way behind this year with the news :) Anyway who ?

player in question is pretty handy. current club will need a good replacement

From what I've heard the guy is pretty long

Mongoose

Two I know of that will be seaside

Supercats men have completed their roster signings for next year. Good stability heading into next season with minimal changes from 2014; only 2 outs and 3 inclusions (we played with roster of 11 in 2014) - except for their rookie program if they are going down that path again:

Leon O'Neill - Coach
Kimmani Barrett – return from 2012
Ash Cannan
Jack Duck - Albury-Wodonga
Eric Gaff
Alex Gynes
Nathan Herbert
Liam McInerney
Jamie Medved
Nick Owusu
Kristian Rocci
Joel Smith - new
Lewis Varley

seabl has released current signings for the mens & womens teams: http://www.seabl.com.au/index.php?id=257&tx_ttnews[tt_news]=10050&cHash=c70c6b1bd4

I'm not sure if the paperwork hasn't been done for the Lady Supercats yet or if SEABL is just slow with things because they have no players listed for the Lady Supercats - but the article fromt he club today regarding the complete mens roster mentions that Jack is the brother of Lady Supercat Alex Duck - so sounds like she is return, while they mentioned the other night that Anna Teague is returning in 2015. Not sure of other signings, but the roster doesn't appear as empty as SEABL suggest

One of the good young Knox players said to be going to Ballarat ..who will be left , can they still make a good youth league team ?

2 to Ballarat, 2 to Frankston. that covers all the good ones.

All players will be back for Geelong plus a new addition or two with a hint that Willey may not return but my personal belief is she is in also. Geelong top gun signed a multi year contract. You wouldn't hear much about signings as geelong likes to make a splash. I think they'll keep it all in house and announce when the entire roster is complete.

@anon above - Geelong announced their womens roster yesterday. Not all players back - 4 have gone for various reasons and at this stage only 3 new players. Only 11 players signed, so wonder if they have kept a spot open to see of any potential late signings:

2015 Roster
SARA BLICAVS
IZZY BRANCATISANO
ALEX DUCK
GRACE PARKER
TAYLA ROBERTS
MADDI ROCCI
EBONY ROLPH
CAITLIN SHADBOLT
ANNA TEAGUE
KATE WILLEY
CORTNEY WILLIAMSON


In:
Isabella Brancatisano (Eltham)
Maddi Rocci (Werribee)
Ebony Rolph (Geelong Big V)


Out:
Candice Rogers (retired)
Emily Koroneos (Geelong Big V)
Bianca Cheever
Brianna Massey

http://supercats.com.au/seabl-women-2015/

A developing team, it will be interesting to see who the on court leader will be next season. Someone will need to step up and fill the shoes of Candice Rogers, huge loss!

assuming polk doesn't price himself out of the market. The problem for him will be that there are so many Americans looking to play ball internationally and willing to do so for basically costs covered. Presumably this is because of their difficulty in finding employment in the USA. Why pay the coin that I expect he and someone like Tony Lewis are and have demanded when you can get someone of similar standard (maybe better) with a decent scout for probably less than half the cost? Its all about supply and demand, I dont get why the clubs pay the coin they do, there is no need too.

Poll stays with Frankston. Re signed yesterday.

Polk is worth the $$$. Double double each night.

Frankston do have a team. There's plenty of players down here to have a team. Whether they are competitive or not remains to be seen.

Be interesting to see how well Chivers does in the real world.

Chargers may announce an import as early as next week.

Can Quinn step up? He would have done all the work in reality and knows the place inside and out.

Chivers resigned but was about to be sacked as he does nothing. Quinn is a good operator

Sheer to return to Hobart.

His new boss wouldn't like to have been told no, I will do it my way not yours. Walk before being sacked.

The draw is finally out.
http://www.seabl.com.au/index.php?id=257&tx_ttnews[tt_news]=10070&cHash=b3bead4676

any word if Nuna, Bendigo, Ballarat and Mt Gambier will be playing their little tournament in Horsham again this year?

Creek to Rangers is the rumour.

Pretty sure that it has been confirmed earlier that creek has signed with the rangers

Hill confirmed as returning to the pioneers.

they have a strong first six again with

daly
burdon
hill
d johnson
t lee

and sutton of the bench.

Will be contenders again you would have to think!

?

anymore info around ?

SEABL 2015 Signings...

http://www.seabl.com.au/index.php?id=257&tx_ttnews[tt_news]=10050&cHash=c70c6b1bd4


Nice of them to post this days before it was published.
(Hint: look at the date at the top of the page)

Where is Creek going?

Nowhere 36's keeping him in Addy..

Interesting, wonder if he will play in the new Premier League

Some of the information for signings is also wrong - Tess Madgen had signed with Sandringham, but earlier this month Phoenix Mercury signed her (her deal is not guaranteed meaning she will have to win a roster spot at training camp in May); and she has withdrawn from the upcoming SEABL season.

Surely think they could have gotten that right, especially as they have been able to update the late changes to the Lady Supercats side with Grace Parker & Kate Willey being recent withdrawals from the side.

I guess a lot is dependent on the clubs actually confirming arrivals/departures with the league. Surely it's not all the leagues fault, they shouldn't have to report every rumoured signing.

Yeah, he's also talking NBL. Neither has happened in recent years despite several opportunities.

How are the Spartans women looking for their defense of the title?

If the news isn't great for Frankston Men - how are the women shaping up? No news on SEABL site?

Why is there 2 seabl 2015 threads?

Mitch Chapman to Sandy??? Guess he didn't want to come off the bench at Dandy.

Geelong SEABL preseason tournament sat schedule.
12pm SANDRINGHAM MEN vs DANDENONG MEN
14:00 GEELONG MEN vs BALLARAT MEN
16:00 NUNAWADING MEN vs MT GAMBIER MEN
18:00 BALLARAT MEN vs SANDRINGHAM MEN
20:00 GEELONG MEN vs MT GAMBIER MEN
20:00 DANDENONG MEN vs NUNAWADING MEN
10:00 GEELONG WOMEN vs DANDENONG WOMEN
12:00 ALBURY WOMEN vs SANDRINGHAM WOMEN
14:00 DANDENONG WOMEN vs BALLARAT WOMEN
16:00 GEELONG WOMEN vs ALBURY WOMEN
18:00 BALLARAT WOMEN vs NUNAWADING WOMEN

Patton
Walker
Long
DQ

Who starts? Who sits?

Wow, plenty of cash at Dandy, maybe they will be the Duke of the SEABL? Maybe all the cash they hoard is now going where it was intended? Maybe SEABL is the new NBL and maybe they should look at a salary cap?

Nunawading season preview on SEABL site interesting read. Women preview states Cole-Romeo could cause mayhem together - not sure they enjoyed the best of times together at Boomers. There is only one ball!

Team full of guards too. Very slim on bigs.

Rush quits.

http://www.themercury.com.au/sport/local-sport/hobart-chargers-to-search-for-another-coach-after-ben-rush-resigns/story-fnj92b0f-1227515993829

players, officials and fans are throwing a party no doubt

Absolutely. Good riddance to him. A cancer and has done untold damage to the local associations co operating with the Chargers. The fans the players, the volunteers and anything else we can find to blame.

Let's hope his personality failures and coaching skills aren't a factor in his new job. Far more suited to coaching kids how don't have opinions and will do as they are told.

No nash and no rush. Lets hope the ads are already out for far more suitable applicants this time.

Spartans are pretty hated by local Brisbane clubs and no love is lost in juniors and support from other clubs to have them back in QBL isn't strong!

It's more a bit of well if your really nice to us we'll have you back but got a number of bridges to mend first!

SEABL may be in trouble if the CLB takes off.

CLB is an 8 week season for elite level players, it won't impact SEABL one bit.

CBL is summer league and no where near the standard of even the Big V!?

Many NBL players playing seabl will hopefully be playing CLB. They will certainly clash against seabl games.

What the hec is CLB?

Comical Lame Basketball

What is the CBL?

Rush has destroyed the Chargers. Probably now broke. Worst decision they have ever made in the 18 seasons of the club. Expect big changes shortly. Assuming they stay afloat. Such a greedy little man.
Stick to kids and lets hope you don't stuff that up as well. Good riddance. A cancer on Tassie basketball.

Thanks anon for the random bitter twisted comment!!!

Gotta love an anonymous person commenting on another anonymous persons comments.
Nothing random about my comments. Chargers are up shit creek thanks to the cancer that was Rush. Watch this space then tell me I was wrong.

It's old ground he is gone so move on and look for positives moving forward

Not old ground at all. The Chargers are on their knees thanks to Rush. So close to folding and expect BA to be involved. The positive from now on will be survival at a great cost. Feel free to tell us your thoughts on what will transpire.

Did the coach set the budget and write cheques? The women team didn't pay anyone?

Cmon takes more than 1 bloke to bring a club to its knees in just a year.

Can any Hobart fans tell me how good Zac White is in the NWBU and how good that league is please.

I hear he is a freak of an athlete but not quite SEABL level and may have got a raw deal at Hobart.

Zac White was/is a very capable player and definitely fits the freak athlete category.

i know nothing of the "raw deal" but he did get rushed into the team and play his first away games carrying injury.

given a spot and time to settle he'd have alot of potential at seabl level

Think Zac would be ok offensively but may struggle defensively.

Surprised law suits aren't floating around with some of the stuff written.

Zac White would be a great fit in a big V or QBL as he is certainly an Athlete who'd get 20/10 in those league with his hustle. SEABL against bigger bodies maybe not but he was hurt so it's hard to tell without a run of games.

Strange how the President of the club, was involved in the selection of Rush. Totally wrong from the outset.
A large % of the players budget went directly to the coach. He made that decision himself which the Board allowed.
The women were indeed paid and the resulting debt is the result.
Crowds dropped of to the point of there only being 150 at a few games. They hated the style of play, hated the coaching style and his childish behaviour on the side lines. he alienated the fans, the volunteers and believe it or not the Board who chose him. He jagged a job in the North with BA and if he didn't he would be unemployed in the South.
Zac White was a victim or circumstances and with an early injury compounding his arrival he wasn't going to last. He's athletic, a nice guy and deserves another shot somewhere. SEABL level? don't know.
Law suits aren't required if the truth is told and it has been.

Crazy how the entire thing is being blamed on one poor bloke!! Regardless of your personal issue it appears they've had a tough year so let's hope they get it together on court with the changes heading into next year and sponsor / crowd stick fat as it can't always be roses every team has tough seasons due to things not working no need to slam people on a personal level.

I would be pretty certain it would be only one or two individuals on here driving the knife in. Most of us in Hobart think Basketball is a game played for fun and don't see SEABL as the pinnacle of the sport. I went to most of the Chargers games this year and can honestly say there was not one game where there were only 150 spectators. The crowds were not big but no smaller than last year or the year before for that matter. More to the point I would find it hard to believe that Rush was getting a large % of the players budget but even if he was a percentage of peanuts is smaller peanuts so I don't think he will be retiring on what he got. Don't get me wrong I was not a fan of his coaching style but the attacks on this thread are a bit over the top.
Can't let the truth get in the way of a good story!

They are on their knees and that has already been validated. Expect massive changes and when those things surface please apologise here.
I will be more than happy to do so as will all the other haters here too I am sure. However despite your protestations only the truth has been told with no abberations from the truth

150 at a few games??? You lose all cried ability when you say that. You are obviously a volunteer or somebody who thinks they have inside knowledge and are prepared to undermine anyone to get what you want. Don't do it here and expect to get results. It's a blog site. Vent, get over it and go live your life. Or do something about it where it can count.

Have a look at the Mercury's photo from a few month's ago if you don't believe me. There were more players and officials on the court than spectators on the bench side. Ask Adam Smith who wrote the article about the poor crowd figures if you don't believe me. pretty easy to find him. He's on FB.

Let's not get the facts in the way of people simply ignoring the written evidence and photographic evidence for that matter. Isaac can photo's be posted here? I have one that will shut up those that weren't there once and for all.

It's a shame that todays Mercury article isn't online. The changes are already happening after a crisis meeting on Sunday.
Community model now on the agenda with the Chargers admitting their current model can no longer be sustained. Certainly current talk around town is that the women will be dropped. BA looking into the finances now.

When was the las time you read anything positive about the Chargers in the Mercury? They have absolutely zero interest in basketball except to highlight the Chargers woes or get Hugh Greenwood's story out again. I wouldn't base my evidence around that.

The community model appears now to be the best answer. This is despite the Chargers withdrawing their imports and Tunks from the rough nature of the local ball.
Totally alienating all the local clubs is the last thing that the Chargers want, yet this schism was allowed to occur at the behest and insistence of the Chargers president. Go figure.
The low income level has for several years been subsidised by the president and his business partner. Certainly if their cash input didn't occur the Chargers would be extinct seasons ago.
However running a dictatorship is far from ideal.

http://m.themercury.com.au/sport/local-sport/hobart-chargers-womens-program-in-trouble/story-fnj92b0f-1227549580550

The article above sums it all up.
There has been limited association involvement over recent years but that was effectively concluded with last seasons debacle with Tunks refusing to play in such a rough local league. And the imports being withdrawn too. Women next season unlikely as previously mentioned.
The doubters here simply have no understanding of the impact of last season.
"Nash said sponsorship, ticket sales and fundraising were the three primary sources for the club"
Chargers have essentially been a stand alone club since inception. The financial model has always been a challenge and clearly last seasons off court dramas has forced the Chargers organisation to revisit their model.
It's unfortunate that the despite the women's success the Rush involvement has brought about this current crisis. Rush's demands for next season were over the top and he was never going to be invited back. Now the few loyal fans, followers and volunteers will have to pick up the pieces and hopefully restore the once great club to somewhere near it's former glory.

Looks like it has been building for a few years and reached a head this year. Hope they get it all together in the short/medium term as only 12 months ago ppl were talking NBL back to tassie which looks crazy based on the tissue SEABL teams various issues in the last 3 years

Back page of the paper and on all the newspaper billboards around town. Crisis time.

So Ho are we doing now Ho? Wrong again it seems.

Ho said "Here is one: "the chargers are on their knees thanks to Rush". Easily disproved, and potentially opens the person who said this to all sorts of action.
Easily proved in fact.

Ho, please avoid the temptation to judge all Hobartians by that one. School holidays down here ATM ;)

Yeah it is.
The other thing that's been mentioned here previously is this."Unfortunately the model isn't sustainable, it is really difficult for a volunteer organisation to sustain two teams financially, but also from a people management point of view,"

Great stick to things you know about.

http://www.themercury.com.au/sport/local-sport/hobart-chargers-face-big-bill-for-womens-team-to-survive/story-fnj92b0f-1227551349808

That was me. Gave me the shits when I read it back, but I didn't think the person it was intended for would notice.

Guess no women's team next year. Looks like Rush didn't take a massive amount as claimed by ppl on this forum!!

Go read the above article anonymous. "At the minimum he took $15K". Closer to $25K with a car.
Hard to argue with the facts isn't it.

Facts are not things you make up and add to what is published to help your argument.

Most coaches take that much or more so don't blame him. Appears to be bigger long term structural issues that hope Nash can fix

Wow, 15K as a SEABL coach....

Outrageous..!!

Count the crowd.
http://imgur.com/a/FRwpW

Hint of sarcasm there?!

Here's another one for all the people that claim there was no crowd issues and who were never at this game either. This one straight from The Mercury. Can't ague with this one.

http://imgur.com/0rg3SP6