With him and Booker back for 2015- not a bad start to a squad.

Chapman gone from Frankston.

I heard a couple of teams were after Ben Waldren, who has played with Hawthorn in Big V last couple of years, but don't know if any eventuated..

Any word on chapman and were he might end up?

I could think he'd fit a few programs pretty well...Kilsyth & Sandy come to mind as both need extra bodies as they both had no bench.

Hard to see him not end up at Rangers with his mates down there.
You would hope he left Frankston on good terms. Club stalwart and one of most respected players around the league.

Creek will be at Rangers, wanted to play with Montreal.
Chuck Long to Rangers as an Aussie.
Ben Allen couldn't play for Bendigo due to Uni course will be in Canberra.
Odigie sitting SEABL year out.
Chappy rumour to Rangers happens every year.

Been waiting to here where Raiders players will end up any news. Frankston signed United development player.

THE Arena will play host to a basketball bonanza on the final weekend of March.

The McDonald's Geelong Supercats and Lady Supercats will be joined by the men’s and women’s teams from Ballarat, Dandenong, Nunawading and Sandringham, along with SEABL men’s defending champion Mt Gambier and Albury-Wodonga’s women, for the Foton Geelong Pre-Season Weekend.

Matches will be played on both the Showcourt and in the Annexe on March 28 and 29 a fortnight out from the opening of the 2015 SEABL season.

"We are very excited to have some of the best SEABL teams heading to Geelong for this weekend," McDonald’s Geelong Supercats CEO Dean Anglin said.

“Basketball fans will be able to see up to 20 games of top quality basketball all in the one place over the two days.”

Entry is free for 2015 McDonald’s Geelong Supercats members or by gold coin donation for non-members.

The fixture for the Foton Geelong Pre-Season Weekend will be released closer to the date

Cause they don't have a media manager....

VACANT:


http://www.seek.com.au/job/28087927

Roadkill I'd say.

Mills also gone from the Referees commissioner role too replaced by Carey.

Patton won't play at Rangers.
Apparently Rangers never looked after him as a junior and he left on bad terms before college. Warren Dawson days I've been told. Pretty sure he won't end up at Rangers.

Quinny along with BA staff..

http://www.themercury.com.au/sport/local-sport/hobart-chargers-sign-shane-harris-tunks-for-seabl-season/story-fnj92b0f-1227218062818

any rumors as to who the mentioned US forward might be?

That's no loss.

Its no great gain either.

http://www.themercury.com.au/sport/local-sport/american-imports-cameron-bennerman-and-kyle-hunt-to-click-quick-in-hobart/story-fnj92b0f-1227239740735

"As small forward Cameron Bennerman touched down in Tasmania on Tuesday night, club president Steve Lance confirmed yesterday the second import slot had been filled by power forward Kyle Hunt.

Hunt, from Queens, New York, is a 208cm, 104kg big man who is just as comfortable inside the paint as he is from long range.

The 25-year-old is set to ­arrive in the state at the weekend and will again join forces with Bennerman, who has ­already had a training session with the Chargers.

Two years ago, Bennerman and Hunt were selected in the NBA D-League draft by the Austin Toros — development team for NBA champions San Antonio — which could help reduce the time needed for the pair to find team chemistry with Hobart."

Well hobart played a practice game last night :/ wow, gravely concerned after what I witnessed. Short of 28 points from Shane Harris Tunks (by far the tallest guy on the court) a very much average performance. Tom Wright played very little part after rolling his ankle early and Tiri Masunda was a no show. Canmerson Bennermann looks interesting to say the least, but early days since he arrived in Tasmania, Unsure throwing new import Kyle Hunt into the mix will change much personally, but here's hoping. Most likely starring down the barrel of another horror season.

The Lady Supercats have announced a new signing - after losing Kate Willey & Grace Parker last month, yesterday they annouced they signing of Rosie Fadljevic.

According to the article released by the Supercats - Willey has returned to Brisbane for family reasons while Parker has decided to play netball this year.

Anon...

Same Thread...

"Frankston only running one import.Long season by the bay........."

"Frankston only running one import this season.Very average roster will struggle to compete in SEABL.Bottom 2."

You got an axe to grind pal?

the Lady Supercats do have 1 roster spot still open - so might be another inclusion to be announced or something inseason. Be interesting to see if they do fill that spot or go in with 11.

Frankston Women list now up on SEABL site - looks a solid and tough group. Fryters- McKenzie - Bowen tough front court.

Combined with the reigning league MVP (Garrick) & Kate Gaze in the back court also, they will be strong again.

Nuna signed couple of imports in the men..... Any word on Dandy second import?

Heard the ex knox import heading to Nunawading...not sure who else

Surely not....

Regardless of how likely he is to go wherever people think is a "good level" the fact Bendigo have Tony Lewis (11.6 RPG last season) and now a 7"1 centre has got to be a concern for a lot of teams.

Simon Conn from Nunawading has destroyed many teams simply through his inside presence, and even my poor understanding of height wouldn't put him at 7"1.

For the Braves, this is a damn good signing given the fact that this has been rumoured to be "the year" for the final time under Harvs.

How deep do Bendigo's pockets actually go? Considering they'll most likely have a crack at the womens flag again too...

Conn is 6'8".

Delwan Graham announced at Spectres.

They also have Michael Vigor who is tall.

Is Mitch Creek playing seabl? Where?

Mitch is not playing SEABL..

Bendigo Braves sign Jordan Vandenberg.

http://www.bendigoadvertiser.com.au/story/2922440/braves-sign-vandenberg/?cs=81

You guys may have to split the difference, CONN is listed as 206CM or 6'9" on here:
http://basketball.australiabasket.com/player/Simon_Conn/Australia/Nunawading_Spectres/52551

We all know listed height has a bit of sauce on it too..

Lets say 6'8" in bare feet!

Who plays in bare feet anon^? All basketballers are listed with their playing, or on court height these days.

Well i don't know about you but the only accurate standardised way to measure height is bare footed.

Anyone go to the games in horsham able to some reviews?

Anyone see the Frankston vs Sandringham game yesterday arvo?

I saw 3 and bit of the games in horsham. Some of my thoughts were.....

Bendigo appeared to be at full strength, they have some work to do to be competitive (they only beat Pioneers by 1 who were missing Hill and Daly). Not sure that there import Johnson is good enough.

Nunawading were without there bigger import. Think they will be up there again but will be heavily dependent of Conn, if he misses games with injury or gets in early foul trouble they will struggle. The McDonald/Conn on ball screen is still incredibly effective.

Ballarat were hard to get any read on at all. They were very light on in terms of regular player. Barlett can shoot the ball, with Booker and fisher also come back they are going to be deadly from the three line and I think score a large chunk of their points from there. The swaping of Horton to their new import will probably be similar. I think overall they will be similar to last year and if they dont have injuries will challenge.

Pioneers were missing Hill and Daly obviously pretty significant outs. They might be a bit light on in terms of height in the front court but will be atheltic as hell in the front court. Lee and Johnson will need to stay out of foul trouble. They will tough again to beat because they can get you from so many different spots. Will be up there again in defending their title.

Did Bendigo have Josh Wilcher playing or was he still o/s.

josh wilcher wasn't playing so that will help them! it will be interesting to see how he fits into there rotation. I dont think there import fit is right even more so with wilcher to come back in. Time will obviously tell!!

They're still pretty tough:

Vandenberg and Vigor

Lewis and Johnson

Wilcher and Probert

Plus Kevin Hogan and Taylor Bell

maybe even chris hogan

Bear- I think the 2 games are fine - bit unfair its Bendigo then Geelong the first weekend of the season.- rough start for Ballarat.

2 games is fine.

It used to be 3 games in Tassie with a road trip Sunday morning and a 2:30pm or ealier game.

One year there were 2 Sydney based teams and a team in Wollongong. Played over a weekend. With a night at the Penrith Leagues Club mixed in.

The younger players especially love those types of weekends as it usually leads to minutes. Especially now with the 40 minute game the top 3 players will often play 35mins + when there is just the one game for the weekend.

new hobart import kyle hunt looks to have settled in playing his first club game last week with 26 points/18 rebounds carrying much of the load for his team.

tiri & bj both looking good with 3 consistent games so far. tiri also having a couple solid games for wynyard in the NWBU

harris-tunks and bennerman both look to be struggling even at club level :/

Sandringham beat Frankston. Pretty scrappy affair from both sides. Frankston minus Brandon Polk and Matthew Hodgson. Sandringham at full strength.

NSW used to have 3 or 4 teams in at various times. Various 3 game road trips.
Comets, west Sydney, Penrith and Illawarra.
Then there was the Mt Gambier and Murray Bridge double header.

Why the surprise at Double headers?

They've been happening since SEABL began.

Even, shock horror BigV do them occasionally.

two game weekends are a must for the league to survive in my opinion. They are tough but the clubs must and do prepare for them accordingly. What is important however is that the double game weekends (and there are those that are tougher than others) are equalized between the clubs as much as is possible.I think that is the key. Sure they are tough but if each club has the same load over the course of the season then things are equaled out.

Did Chapman sign at Dandenong with Long?

yes

Bennerman and Ht niggling injuries.

^^ apparently so!

tonight's effort from Bennerman

32:30
FG 7-18 @ 39%
3P 2-9 @ 22%
Turnovers 5
Rebounds 5

thinking hobart got another dud

Pretty good effort seeing is playing injured.

if that was the case and im certainly not questioning it. why would Hobart allow him to play SBL games? obviously they are the ones with plenty to lose should the injury get more serious? especially 3 weeks out from round 1

Playing SBL games is a requirement.

Just looked at the SEABL "Signings", can someone please explain how is it possible for 1st College players, returning for their break be listed in these teams? it is Clearly a breach of NCAA, NAIA rules for them to play in a Pro league. Are Coaches and Administrators at this level lacking in that much intelligence?

Whom specifically are you talking about?

DIvision 2 and JuCo is allowed.

Semi pro league with plenty not getting payed, I'm guessing that's the loophole

Rangers vs Franga Women prac yesterday. Both had key guards out but it was a tough pre-season hit out.
Rangers by 12 in end but both teams to be around the mark this year.

taken from facebook

North West Tall Timbers Thunder 81 have defeated Hobart Chargers 66.
Monzaigo 21 points & 5 assists
Brad 15 points
Kyle 12 points & 8 rebounds
Fred 11 points & 9 rebounds
Mason 11 points & 4 steals
Joe 6 points & 4 rebounds
Lachie 5 points & 2 rebounds
THUNDER UP !!!

was only 1 point in it at 3 quarter time

Finger pointing time already for the Chargers.

The 3 new non local players scoring only 21 between them. Ouch.

So who will last the longest this year?? Coach or Imports?

agreed, hunt looks the goods to me!

harris-tunks and bennerman however....

did BJ play? he has been pretty much dominating the SBL games..

Alice Kunek to Sandringham women. Trying to keep it quiet but everyone knows!!!

credit to bennerman, after a glimpse on instagram/twitter he seems pretty determined to turn his performance around.

I reckon those pix were before last Saturdays game.

With the season almost upon us, what are everyones predictions for this season, conference champions, overall champions, MVP and so on

hobart to finish in the bottom 2

Top few pending injuries: Dandy, Mt G, Nunawading, Kilsyth, Geelong

Ballarat beaten by 20-30 in every preseason game.
Booker hasn't got Ken Horton to help him this year, new American import not looking good enough.
Opposition side will just double team Booker- Going to be a long year after such a great year last year

my tip is mt gambier for the title again. much the same roster so chemistry should be good. I think the loss of Allen and replaced by Lee is an upgrade, very athletic team on offense and defence. Also burdon will be much stronger this year, missed most of last season with ankle injury, and now in much better shape

Geelong and Bendigo have recruited very well- and Mount definitely a force - maybe a 3 sided comp this year

How is Sandy doing pre season?

Albury-Wodonga surely to make a decent showing this year? look to have recruited well and have had a good scoring spread in all the practice games.

Bennerman missed another SBL game last night. starting to become abit of a joke when the SBL themselves are starting to mention it in post match reviews for facebook.

"Grenadiers (4-3) without their import Cam Bennerman for the 5th time this season"

meanwhile Kyle Hunt got schooled by Corey Davie...(23pts, 15reb) vs (14pts, 2reb)

Hobart ladies have serious injuries already.

not expecting much from hobart honestly.

hurt losing cayla and ashton from the starting 5, but alex finlayson and isabelle morgan were both quality bench players.

cant really say the same for the current bench group.

No way Nuna top, they will struggle to make the 4 with that lineup.

Sandringham and Kilsyth both struggle city, neither any depth. The Kunek experiment at Ballarat worked well - not! Bendigo and Frankston to top South as per last year. Might take Bendigo a few weeks to gel but will be fine. Frankston deeper than last year with Gaze and McKenzie. Dandenong certainties to top East in Larissa's swansong year. Not sure where the excitement towards Nunawading is coming from - much prefer Ballarat and Brisbane's roster.

What injury issues do Hobart have?

Big first game tonight, witha grandfinal rematch between the pioneers and Spectres at the icehouse.

Spectres have beaten the Pioneers twice in the preseason. Will that form continue? Or will the Pioneers recent history of beating them in the big games continue?

It is the Pioneers for me at home to keep the incredible winning streak at home going (I think it is close to 20 in a row!)

Looking forward to Daly v McDonald matchup yet again, I think Daly will carry on his impressive form from the GF and get the nod. Some other great match ups and looking forward to how the additions to each team will impact the structures from last year.

Pioneers with the addition of Lee I suspect will be super athletic at both ends of the court and should play an exciting up tempo style!

Looking forward to it!

Finlayson has an Achilles end of season injury and one of their new players has done an acl apparently.

Upsets looming already.

Chargers lost, Braves will lose as will MtG

Ballarrat women .. wow, so much for them being contenders

Sabres win, Miners and Spectres.
Chargers lose with a score of 61 and Sabres score 64 in 40 min of basketball. Both will struggle if that remains the case.

It's Round 1 - always takes a couple of weeks to get things firing particularly for new coaches with new rosters.

soooo hobart imports, 1 from 2 isnt too bad i guess!

kyle hunt looks the goods, dominant performance that got hobart to a flyer.

bennerman however, absolute spud! wonder how many games he'll last...

Vandenberg only 16mins no fouls, 2pts...

^^^ would have taken that over bennermans FG 3-23 @ 13% & 3P 2-13 @ 15%

or even shane harris tunks fouling out in 12mins!

Step back jumpers he can't hit! It was laughable. At one point all the people sitting around me just laughed at him.

Nice effort sinking those late 3 point shots, but we've seen all too much of that previously from deba. Difference being more often than not he'd hit them and finish with 30+.

Pioneers very disappointing

3-23 isn't very good.

Bendigo never looked in the game against Ballarat.
Is there any Live streaming this year- seabl website is a shocker this year, no pregame previews,- hopefully somebody can get it all sorted

If Bennerman's on the outer maybe look at the Head Coach for hiring both imports and Tunks. 1/3 isn't good.

Will be interesting to see how Ballarat back up against Geelong tonight?

I'm no coach, but a large majority of the shots Bennerman attempted weren't there to be taken. Both court/bench players showed frustration, I think a few words were exchanged by players on a couple occasions, yet Ben Rush continued to let him do as he pleased. Really liking the look of Kyle Hunt tho!

Not sure why but looking at K Hunt on the boxscore makes me smile.

Chargers have Supercats next. Good luck with that.

no deba george for the bandits tonight? injured i assume?

Upsets continue. Miners beat Cats. Gunners lose by 40. Sabres beat NWT and the Sabres aren't that good. Franga lose which probably isn't an upset.

Deba had a family function

playing basketball in melb I thought.

how stack is the mens dandenong seabl team?????

LIke the Bendigo team of recent years. Gotta win it however

There will be blood on the floor after tonights game. Chargers Vs Cats.
22- 38 at 1/2 time. Chargers scoring a measly 7 point in the 2nd and about 7 minutes scoreless.

Didn't think bennerman could play worse than last week, apparently I was wrong

Braves getting smashed.

Melbourne United refusing to release Matt Hodgkins to Frankston for another 3 weeks.Not sure why, maybe its a contract thing.

Chargers have serious issues. Bennerman useless, Harris Tunks more so.

although unlikely isnt hugh greenwood dude back in tasmania? sack one c.bennerman replace with h.greenwood equals happy days

Braves getting done by the Bandits, bit of an upset.

Lady Braves smashing their opposition, again.

looks like deba george had one to forget first outing for the bandits however

Vandenberg with huge numbers!

Tony Lewis was the only one out there who really bothered to play hard, chase a lose ball or take a chance. A couple of guys off the bench played with great effort but the rest of their starters pathetic!

This Vandernberg bloke is a downright ditsy! Doesn't play D, looks lost on the other end and can't rebound. Seriously the worst player I have seen get minutes at seabl level for quite some time. Grant Johnson looks serviceable, but not a huge scoring import which is maybe what the Braves need.

Look at Lewis, he was a beast at Dandenong. Why? Because of good coaching AND the fact DQ takes a lot of attention. Now, he's the man and nobody else wants to step up. Big thumbs up for Tony's effort tonight but the rest of the Braves need to lift or it will be one very sad season.

Poor round one against Ballarat and way way worse tonight against the Bandits

Greenwood is currently living in Las Vegas.

Bennerman 0 points.

Wouldn't read too much into the Lady Braves smashing albury.. Albury will be lucky to get a single win this year. Sad really.

ATM Dandy losing, as is Ballarat. Kilsyth and Sabres neck and neck. Geelong down too.

MOst games now a lot closer.
Dandy up,Miners up, Cats by 1, Specs by 2,Sabres down by 8.

Dandenong lose to Canberra!

Spectres lose. Cats lose, Dandy lose, Sabres lose, Miners lose, hows the tipping going?

" Albury will be lucky to get a single win this year. Sad really."

Smh..You have no clue.

I reckon it was albury women

Frankston down by 20 in the latter part of the 3rd.

Frankston team apart from Page and Polk is Big V standard. Cobras took foot off the pedal as they were out by 30.Going to be a long cold winter for the mens program...

Bendigo and Hobart on the bottom of the ladder. Winless.

and?

Vandenberg could be gone soon from some of the comments.

Frankston, Bendigo and Hobart all have issues. Depth, stability and quality imports are important in the SEABL.

Is Page SEABL standard?

Theyve got nobody else...Tindal was given his marching orders but if you listen to there radio show its all red roses for the mens team.

Page is SEABL standard. The Blues have one import and a bunch of injuries. Bendigo and Hobart have spent money and are in the same boat.

"Is Page SEABL standard"

Really???

Cue the haters.

Pressure building on Bennerman and Tunks to perform.

won't be too many bigger upsets then canberra beating dandy at dandy coming off a game in Mt Gambier.

Surely if Bennerman and Tunks can't put some numbers up during the first away trip it's game over. 4 less than acceptable SEABL performances for high profile signings is enough opportunities, added to the fact neither has done anything at all in a number of SBL club outings.

has he finally arrived?! lets hope so for hobarts sake

http://www.fibalivestats.com/matches/28374/14/43/08/99q5TbIrvUl2o/

C.Bennerman
34:52
FG 19/32 @ 59%
3P 6/16 @ 38%
OR 2
DR 4

Chargers Vs Mt Gambier with no Mick Hill getting belted. Tunks still zero points and 1 rebound. Hunt 5 points. Bennerman 18 points.
Blood on the floor. Rush under the pump.

tunks should hang up the shoes now and call the season over! cant see it getting any better for him.

Rush has no clue.

Rush subs like an u10 kids game, these guys are athletes and should be expected to play 30+ minutes at full tilt.

^^ hit the nail on the head. a discussion suggesting exactly that between a board member and spectator was overhead during last weeks game against geelong. a few other people in the immediate area had a few things to say about him and his coaching at the time also. behavior wise on the sideline he is an embarrassment to hobart.

^^ not a SEABL quality coach, kitted out with a team that is not SEABL quality. It had disaster written all over way before the season started. Hobart's recruiting has been horrible for 2 seasons now, and with a limited budget, and a results based fan group you can't afford to make mistakes. Home crowds only hanging on right now based on the Lady Chargers results.

Love your thoughts assist149. you were the one that I seem to recall that was so supportive.
Enuff said.

Assist149 said "New coach has good structures in place and expects a high standard of play.
He may have high standards undoubtedly, however its a shame his coaching skills don't match his talk.

Stat not often dissected: Subs Hobart 41 Mt Gambier 24

That simply says no idea. Either that or the side the head coach selected can't get the job done. If Hill had played they would have lost by 40. That needs to be remembered too.

You can blame the coach for selecting them.
They might beat Spartans next weekend seeing as they have lost their import and assuming CJ doesn't suit up. People will be leaving in droves if they lose to Thunder the following week.

No real upsets looming, lots of close games down the stretch.
Bris over Sandy, Canb 1 point winner over NWT, Braves and Spectres 1 point diff at 3q time, Blues 1 pt in front of Rangers with 3 min to go, (upset. Supercats 8 in front of Bandits 1/2 way in the 3rd.
Cobras smash the hapless Hobart team by 22.
Chargers now 0-4.

Ben Rush or Shane Harris-Tunks to get sacked first?

"He's more than just a workhorse," Rush said. “Shane’s a guy who’s going to do some of the dirty jobs so to speak — the screening, rebounding, defending. “He’s also got a great understanding of the game, and his skill level is high for a big guy. “So it’s a mixture of skill, experience and smarts, along with some of those dirty jobs.”
"Part of the attraction of coming to Hobart was getting to play with Rushy again. “We’ve had a relationship for years, so that was exciting to get to play for him and for a coach I know.”
2 points 1 reb in 16min. NO wonder he isn't playing NBL. Rush hand picked him.

Rangers fortunate to beat the Blues in a ripper contest.

Rangers lose today, CoE belted, Miners belted.

Do who we singling out this week to criticize ?

sentences help

i thought we were still ripping into hobart? bennerman is safe for now! but figure we drop ben rush and harris-tunks into the fire

The Coach is doing that himself by getting ejected during the Cobras game. 0-4 speaks for itself.

not surprising at all.

he was given 2 warnings during the geelong game and should have been ejected for his final outburst but somehow managed to stay (most likely due to being a handful of minutes remaining).

considering the number of kids/younger basketball clubs that attend hobart chargers home games i would have thought hobart management would be cracking down on it pretty quickly.

Lot of time spent in the selection process only to find that all the credentials in the world don't equate to people skills and a fundamental understanding of the game.

Supercats showed they are contenders, Bandits were hot favourites with the scribes but went home tails between their legs, licking their wounds.

One great import apparently. George inconsistent.

"We went on what I think was a 19-0 run in the third quarter and our defence was just off the charts as they didn't score for about eight and a half minutes," Richard Hill said.

Steve Blackley will coach Frankston Blues in 2016.

Why would Frankston replace a guy they have invested in for 2 years with another rookie coach?
I believe Simon G has signed for 2 years anyway.

Agree Simon is a very good coach but he is also running on a showstring budget.He would be better at another club with more talent and budget to work with.

Chargers sack Cameron Bennerman.

wow! i thought for certainty either ben rush or harris-tunks would go first :/

http://www.themercury.com.au/sport/local-sport/hobart-chargers-oust-import-cameron-bennerman-after-four-games/story-fnj92b0f-1227327171207

anyone in the know of possible replacements? surely being such an early sacking opens plenty of possibilities

Wrong person sacked. Rush is way out of his depth.

he wont be around much longer if they dont beat brisbane, cant see them winning any of the following 5 games regardless of what happens friday night...

Chargers likely to name an Australian replacement sometime today.

The Mercury reported this morning that while bennerman had improved his performance on court in the last 2 outings, it was ultimately lack of cohesion with the playing group that led to his sacking

I think bennerman was a bad egg from his body language, etc...

Hard to make a call on an import sight unseen when it comes to those things.

I think the replacement is an NBL player from Sydney...

There is no cohesion because the players know that Rush cant coach. No plays for Bennerman at all, hardly any for Hunt and Tunks having more fouls that points and rebounds.
Kevin White in.

He also had a lot of capable support staff around him and a very capable group of players...let compare him to Chris Scott in the AFL, he didn't coach Geelong to a premiership when he took over the club, the players carried him to a premiership and now times are tough with personel he is struggling to actually do the job he was hired to do.

Rush doesn't do himself any favours court side..removed from the stadium against Kilsyth and should have been ejected against Geelong at home also..

Rush inherited a very talented side from Justin Schueller and therefore its his crowning coaching achievement. Other than that he had no coaching success up until a few months ago.
Many totally dislike what he has managed to do to a once successful club in such a short time.

^^ pretty obvious during a home game on the balcony. Regularly overhear discussion of people voicing opinion.

60 a week will be fine if the other team gets 59.

There was an import sitting on the Frankston bench on Saturday night - he didn't play just watched them lose (again). Has Frankston signed him as their second import? Anyone know who it is? Lord knows Frankston need one. Same boat as Hobart - can't score. The players do their best, but it's a roster that would struggle in Big V Champ Men. Are things that bad down there that they refuse to spend any money on their senior Mens team?

White? You can't be serious. Of all of the current players available, he wouldn't rate at all. If he was that good he would be already back in the SEABL. Tunks is trying to get back in the SEABL and a personal selection by Rush. A bust.
So where is the problem? Who selected the imports? If it was Rush there is the problem if it wasn't Rush why not?

I think the question is how many players/coaches can hobart sack this year? Can they do better than last years 3? White won't do the job required, Tunks is definitely a spud and Ben Rush surely doesn't have much faith left in him. We could be looking at 7 sackings within 12 months in the coming 4-6 weeks

President is behind Rush unfortunately.

President will have issues when sponsors start walking away and court side boxes/seating empty due to team performance and a coach with anger issues!

Two weeks ago the coach was right behind Bennerman! Fact is when someone is behind you, it's the best position to push you off the cliff. If the President, who weirdly is also the major sponsor starts taking some hits, expect Rush to be next one out the door.

I wish that were true. The President chose to sack Bennerman and not Rush. The president was at both games and in fact witnessed Rush's meltdown and subsequent ejection in Kilsyth as well. Rush is that inept at coaching and managing his own 1/2 time tirade the whole team had no warm up before the 3rd and were in fact late out onto the court.
Coaching with meetings foremost, long warm ups, incessant drills and no scrimmaging is kids stuff. The Chargers have a kids coach who can't coach men.

Someone point the board to this forum. You know you have a problem when 80% of an forum seabl discussion is about the woes of one club.

Bit like Knox...and we know who was right there.

White confirmed.
http://www.themercury.com.au/sport/local-sport/chargers-snap-up-sydney-kings-guard-kevin-white-to-replace-axed-cameron-bennerman/story-fnj92b0f-1227328824227

Brisbane undefeated and both sides minus and import. All of a sudden Chargers gets a win and Rush is a star. They should beat coe and maybe Ballarat where else will the wins come from.

Funny how the knives coming out for Rush.

He's got the ability to build a solid culture in Hobart. Something that has been sadly lacking for years. Axing him now will kill the club.

Previous coaches were handed their jobs on a platter then whining when they're dumped. Rush has the CV so lets hope the player buy in.

I guess his court side behaviour and game day coaching isn't in question either? His a headache waiting to happen based on behaviour alone.

What utter rubbish. The only culture is my way or the highway. He's coaching adults now not kids.

Mitch Chapman - great bloke and well deserved 300th. Shame Frankston couldn't get him from 297 to 300. Played there from U12's.

We are talking about Frankston the "community club".Its three years now since Bill left and the place is in worst shape than ever.Board got sold a Porsche and ended with a second hand Hyundi Excel.

Mitch Chapman was the Captain of the Frankston Blues. The Captain. He left of his own accord. He hasn't spoken to anyone (management or coaches) there about the fact he has left.

chargers win, tunks still a spud and rush still looks out of his league

Some of you guys need to get off the grass. Tunks does all the shit jobs and saved that game. As for Rush, give him a chance after all he is stuck with a bunch off "BOYS" who weren't taught the fundamentals in their local junior development clubs, that's where you should be dipping your sticky noses into and sharing your apparent knowledge in there and actually DEVELOP these kids. Then we wouldn't look so damn stupid. You people who sit there and judge every coach we get, how about you try getting behind them and support your team or go find something else to do with your Friday nights.

Not sure you watched the same game I did?! But if looking like a stunned rabbit in car headlights everytime Tunks got the ball is doing the "shit jobs" then yeah I guess he did.

Rush still teaches drills every day. Day in day out. If they dont know it now, they never will. How about scrimmaging. Tunks still had 2 points. Still a bust.
Whats white going to bring to the table? Defence supposedly. How about scoring consecutive games over 80.
Tunks will stay because he was picked by Rush. Lose to Thunder next week and rush should be joining the unemployed queue. Of course 3 the president sat on the selection panel and pickwd Rush. Conflict of interest anyone.

If you think Tunks can play. Everything else you just said is so wrong.
He may know the play books well but has a dictators mentslity and the personality of a fence post. He is unable to have any decent relationships with players and yet again the board have discussed moving him on. Thsts for the 2nd time.

If you think Tunks can play. Everything else you just said is so wrong.
He may know the play books well but has a dictators mentslity and the personality of a fence post. He is unable to have any decent relationships with players and yet again the board have discussed moving him on. Thats for the 2nd time.

If the board have genuinely discussed moving him on the only thing currently keeping him in the position would be lack of appropriate people willing to step into the job. For the sake of the Chargers season I hope that changes soon...

There would still be no chance for the Chargers if they keep their starting guards. Those two play to much hero ball. Unfortunately Rush must be hitting his head against the wall with the bunch he is stuck with. No wonder he is frustrated, they can't even get in the right positions.

Always was a problem appointing rush. Undoubtedly qualified with kids and ais. Yet once appointed he was always unavailable until early 2015. Pointing the finger at the players after game 2 as being unfit, he was told if they had a decent preseason and you were here we might be fitter.
Their future will be determined playing Thunder this friday. They lost by 15 with a poor Bennerman performance. Losing by anything other than a small margin will finally alienate the fans.

The current board wanted to build a Taj Mahal but with out realising that you need money to do it.State and federal funding dried up so it was never going to get over the line no matter how much spin you put on it. Hopefully somebody with some business acumen will grab the bull by the horns and do a clean out.

Corletto paying for Franga this weekend.

Hobart currently on top of NWT... interested in hearing reports on tunks and whites performance

Chargers choking.

Chargers snatch defeat from the jaws of victory. Rangers in deep trouble.Gunners likewise. Other games all within 6.

If anyone could lose a game they looked like winning it would be hobart.

Must have been an interesting game. Williams scoreless. Neither benches worried th scorers and with tunks getting 4 pon5s and 7 rbs you would wonder how long hes got left. Hunt had 16 and 7.
White 8pts is hardly import quality. 20 to with 12 from 3 players is bad. 4 each to tunks barker and hunt. Ratcliffe scoreless in 22 min.
Kyle hunt quiet with 5.
42 nwt points amongst 3 players 39 amongst 3 chargers players. 59 points wont win the too many games and wright was quoted in the paper saying their defence is better than their offence. Tonight he was (w)right
Chargers better in most categories as well.

Frankston lose again.No wonder they call it the House of Blues!!! Feel sorry for Brandon Polk and the coach considering what they've got to work with.

Has Tunks done enough to keep his spot? 2 bench players put up similar numbers in half the court time...

Might not solve any problems initially, but he would be on a decent pay to have relocated from the mainland. Putting court time into the likes of Willis and Baker makes more sense to me personally. I like the look of Willis at times and Baker has been solid on limited time.

Has Frankston suddenly got a lot of extra money ?

First adding Coletto and allegedly Matt Hodgson and import Eric Williams soon will be in the SEABL team ?

Horse has bolted.Wont make playoffs now.Neither the mens or youth mens have won a game...

Barker will return to college soon. So what then? Assist149 you talk about them not scoring more than 60 and playing great D. Yet thunder going on an 11 -0 run is terrible D and exactly when they choked and lost the the game.
This side is almost as bad as last seasons. Tunks for some reason still has a job as does the coach who personally selected him.

Eric Williams signed with Frankston late last week.Waiting for a clearance from Colombia.At 0-6 better get the whips cracking....

Soo it's Monday afternoon and Tunks/Rush both seemingly still have a job...

Where was Corletto on the weekend for Franga?

Yes. Shame their last last coach was treated so poorly.

"They (the Thunder) are a free-scoring team while we are strong defensively and for most of the game our style was working."

So how is an 0-11 run strong defensively? Was Rush asleep at the wheel when that lapse cost the the game?
Offence averaging less than 60. Sheesh. Talk8ng d up is pointless if you let some go on an 11 - 0 run and you have no go to guy offensivly.
Double down on hunt like kilsyth did and then what. Hunts a great player but he aint no polk.

Corletto has quit United.

Early Days - like the AFL some teams have had a soft opening draw.

People who want Rush sacked are the same ones who slammed the club for axing Davie?!

Where does it end. If a few people would shut up and give him a chance things might turn around.

Sour grapes from the local basketball know it alls who just want to poison the club as they're trying to make positive change.

Sad that such backward thinking keeps dragging the club down!

thats without mentioning his continued faith in Tunks despite him not having even a performance worth mentioning in 6 starts now.

Tunks is hardly a local boy playing for a free mainland trip and a couple meals, by all reports they are paying him solid money. certainly enough to justify relocating from the mainland.

And replacing him with who?

If he was an American he would have been replaced by now. Just like Vandenburg in Bendigo, you'd be just cutting a player who is underperforming and not able to replace them with anyone. Depedning on the contract, you may also have to pay out the rest of the salary.

Sack an import and bring in white. Yes that makes no sense at all. Dont pay tunks the money he is getting and go without.Or alternatively sack him and bring in an american import for the same money.

The club has never had had a culture like the dictator that Rush is.
He simply cant coach adults and the players have no respect and reason to play for him.
How about some accountabilty for player selection? If you are a local you will know that one of the reasons the last coach got the sack was poor on court performances and poor player selections.
Rush is an outsider and has consistently been unavailable pre season to conduct any pre season. He had already accused the players after 2 games of being unfit. He is convinced (himself and the board) they play hard D. Crap. Yet he as a coach cant coach them offensively.
Clearly not the players problem. He runs no plays for Hunt who sits on the 3 point line and he believes thats where hunt can play. Put tunks out there, he's useless inside and Rush believes and has been quoted that tunks needs to adjust to the play. Ffs hes supposed to be fringe nbl and Rush keeps making excuses for him.
The board know they have chosen the wrong guy and pre season should have got rid of him when they had the chance to do so.
Massive time in player selection and a personal choice by Rush of Tunks should see him gone. That wont happen and the board now lnow t hey hot it wrong. Yet another chargers season down the gurgler. Shameful

its hardly good defense, its nothing more than scrappy basketball...

We know. Rush doesn't. Nor those that defend him.

I've just read through the last 200 Hobart posts. I'm starting to form the opinion that you don't think Rush is the best coach for the Hobart program.

No one does. Except his few defenders that will jump when he says jump. Some people like being sheep.

No one does. Except his few defenders that will jump when he says jump. Some people like being sheep.

Stumbled across an old Ben Rush juniors skills camp flyer last night. Even the prerequisite 2 years experience u15s would have been a handful for his coaching ability.

Think someone didn't get the job and has sour grapes!! Your just raving like a crazy crack head!!

When a coach signs a player he is always going to support him in the media...u don't sign a guy and say we had a small budget and coudnt get anyone else with size so he'll do!

Get over it results across the season will determine if he keeps his gig and Tunks as well.

Yet last season the head coach was sacked for poor player selection and poor on court results.
No sour grapes what so ever. Rush is simply out of his depth and the board know it yet wont do anything about it.

Make no mistake he is the highest paid coach the club has ever had and now is worst coach they have ever had.

Can this be changed to the Hobart 2015 thread. Getting boring. How about some real SEABL news.

Obviously new here. The knox thread is 4 times as long from last season. Get over it and dont read it.

Positive news would be welcome :)

What happened to Kyle Adnam on the weekend? Only played 3 minutes saturday and looking at the box score didn't play sunday. Neither did Tim Lang. Will both be right for the weekend? If not do Frankston have a sniff....?

^528228 yes I'm new but why not take your issues directly to the club? Just sounds like sour grapes from one or two people.

Franga big chance vs Kilsyth - I believe Williams and Hodgson are in.

http://m.themercury.com.au/sport/local-sport/coach-refuses-to-panic-at-chargers-tough-task/story-fnj92b0f-1227355908855

Yes the Chargers are clearly as talented as the Sydney Swans , Rush says in the article above. Great to see Tunks improving with 4 assists, 4 rebounds, 4 fouls and 2 points. Yes he didnt foul out so thats an improvement.
With the bench contributing 2 points and 2 players not even getting on court he clearIy has the mix right.

Well done 569. That comment outlines exactly why the Chargers are struggling. The poison that surrounds them at home. You failed to mention they actually won last night in a game they were not tipped to win. You fail to mention that this year the coach has put more faith in the bench than any time in the 6 years I have been watching them.
With fans that shit can them for loosing then go silent or dig through the stats to find negatives when they win I doubt the club will have any hope of looking to the future.

Solid effort last night by the Chargers. Slow start and moment of hesitation at around the 5min mark in the last. But held on.

Nice to see Tiri finally step up and throw down some solid numbers. Kevin White looked magic during the comeback in the second. Chargers still look to hesitate and play with the ball too much offensively. while Tunks certainly performed a lot better he still looks like a stunned rabbit when included in the plays, hopefully a few nice passes/touches in the last do wonders for his confidence. Kyle Hunt fought a solid battle inside offensively despite being double teamed all night.

Ballarat women just lost to Albury.. who was it at the start of year saying they would take the East?

was it anonymous ?

Who was it that said Albury wouldn't win a game?

Maybe the same person

578 you are seriously saying Rush has faith in the the bench who scored 2 points and he didn't play 2 players. If you have been watching this season you clearly can see that Rush has no faith in the bench.

This I don't like Rush guy is awesome.

Someone give him/her a hug.

Lady chargers had 5 points off the bench and 3 players that did not hit the court yet Mark Nash is not getting any hate??
Or maybe someone just decided they don't like Ben Rush and imagines sooking on here will help somehow.

Hard to have faith in your bench when they aren't as good as their starters. Most teams are like that in the SEABL. Ask Rod Popp. Plays his starters into the ground. That's the point. It's a 40 minute game!!

You can't criticise a guy for playing his starters and in the same breathe have a crack at him for subbing too much. Rush and the Chargera are on the right path. They are disciplined and play together. They will get more wins - long season ahead.

Rush actually gets more out of nothing than most coaches would from a spectators point of view.

seabl has turned to shit after BA took over, hardly any live streaming. No promotion

Why didn't Bec Cole play the 2nd half for Nunawading yesterday. Injured?

Bec went down with what looked like a bad knee injury.

^773 that would be devastating news. Kid has worked extremely hard to become a fantastic player at WNBL/SEABL level.

Great player who work very hard, hopefully it isn't as bad as it looked and she can have a speedy recovery.

Bec cole has done acl. Terrible!

link?

I'm tipping the kid comes back again better than ever. Made form the right stuff.

https://www.facebook.com/pages/Nunawading-Spectres/497133743654133?fref=ts

Twitter @NunaSpectres

let us not start questioning what the boomers do or do not. the club and the players have some of the best programs in place. time to just extend our sympathy to Bec Cole and to send her the best wishes on a speedy recovery.

Pretty sure its the "other knee" and she used Lars Surgery first time around so I'd suggest she'll do the same this time too - 12 weeks recovery. She'll be back in time for the WNBL season.

Who else from Boomers has actually been injured? Jarry? and Bec Cole? Who has had 2 reconstructions before, if I am thinking correctly? Both before she played for Boomers.
This just seems like an average number for a team of athletes? Doesn't seem like the Boomers are doing anything wrong?

Chelsea Poppens also did her knee while playing for Melbourne.Just an unfortunate coincidence,I think. Hope Bec makes a full recovery like Penaluna has.

Didn't Hegge get injured?

Moult was injured before she signed for Boomers.

Some silly comments here.

You need to look at the type of injury first before questioning the validity or professionalism of a strength and conditioning program.

Are we looking at repeat stress/imbalance/over use type injuries such as hamstring strains, tendonitis, core strains?

Or are they acute injuries that rely on mechanical force to occur such as shoulders, rolled ankles and ACL ruptures.?

No amount of S+C will overcome someone falling across your leg and snapping an ACL or landing off balance and rolling an ankle.

It's funny to see the Boomers zealot on here always saying how they are the best at everything.

How about the kid did her ACL and it's just shit luck? why is there a need to blame people?

Well it would be a great concern if she had LARS in both knees.

Playing Pro Basketball will only form a small part of your life, you need healthy joints for the rest of it, sometimes its best to think long term before jumping at short cuts.

From an article in the Leader newspaper about Cole:
"I was very upset the day it happened, but I wasn't as devastated as I’ve been before because I already knew the feeling from doing the injury previously, I knew straight away it was the ACL,’’ she said.

“It is so upsetting because after all the issues with my other knee, I’ve worked so hard to get back and prove myself.

“It’s another year out, but I’ll be back. I can do it.’’

http://www.heraldsun.com.au/leader/sport/melbourne-boomers-and-nunawading-spectres-guard-bec-cole-out-for-12-months-with-ruptured-acl/story-fnglemo4-1227361289661

Pioneers thumped Kilsyth. Think pioneers might be starting to hit their straps. Kilsyth did look completely out played though in the second half. Is their some unhappiness within the camp?

And then the pioneers travel to Bendigo and come away with the win! A good weekend for them.

A high scoring round, an overtime game, and it would seem most results somewhat more predictable!

No one mentioned the Chargers losing to the Bandits and the Rangers. Oh wait they will get better.

Who picks the player of the week awards - what a joke.

All of those weekly awards are based on stats, I wouldn't get too excited by them anon^

Stats or reputations!!

chargers choked twice over the weekend...both games they should have won

Yes we get it anonymous 980 you hate the Chargers! Did you follow the games at all? They were coming from behind and missed out barely both games to good teams. If you have an agenda to push you won't get far on here. The rest of the world doesn't care!

Blocks and steals are defensive stats are they not? What about defensive rebounds?

But agree little value if given to defensive players by award givers/voters. If it were Damian Johnson would be in everyone's top few for league mvp but safe to say he is not.

Mvp and similar awards
Like weekly mvp are almost solely considered
On the amount of points u can score!

You seem to care anonymous. Are you one of Rush's yes men?
Where were you anonymous to know all this inside info? Just read the box scores like so many here do. Yet really have no basketball experience. No we are not the same posters. Lose by 2 or 20. No one cares its a loss. Rangers and Bandits are mediocre teams this season. Chargers have beaten Brisbane and Nunawading yet fail to beat far lesser teams.
Rush doesn't care about the bench nor the development of the bench. No personal development of the kids cos he lives in Launceston and is never available in Hobart In his own words if you aren't up to this level, pine time.
He's never coached men and is way out of his depth coaching men.

#006 - did you bother watching the hobart games? Or even looking at the box scores..

Hobart had all the momentum at the end of the Albury game. They let them back in solely by playing too deep defensively against a team with a trio of excellent outside shooters.

They led Dandenong by a solid amount and gave it up in the 3rd..definitely no come from behind in that one..

Sure the team are doing some good things. Players haves stepped up to the mark, with plenty of glimpses of magic. But it's quite frustrating seeing them get done on the line when they were the better side on the night...

Is this the same coach that choked in the under 20's grand final. Up 2 with less than 30 seconds to go, fouls to give and managed to do nothing, allowing a score and the loss of the game. Yes.

What local players are actually averaging over ten minutes a game?

Whitey I think you greatly over estimate the talent it takes to play SEABL these days.

The standard of the league has fallen.

Wills,Barker have been far from disgraceful in their minutes.

I don't think people complaints have been he has over used his bench more so the too frequent rotations of subbing three on three off every three minutes.

So when Barker goes back to college what then?
Ffs the bench scored 3 points a few weeks ago.
Rush is never there to do 1:1's like under Stewart.
If the dont have the skills and knowledge at this level why are they playing at all. Sure the talent is poor but blame the Chargers for that ever since they started. Of all the coaches they have had they have all been locals.
Rush is the least able to help local development because he lives in Launceston. He's the highest ever paid coach plus a car, when he's in Hobart he stays with the players. How bad us that.
No one is complaining about the bench, its the childish subbing of the bench like u10's because he had only ever coached kids.

^^ if thats the case, damn i feel sorry for the players he is crashing with... a team should be tight, but regardless of the situation most want to let steam fly away from the court... especially in the current situation

hobart up by 10 in the 3rd. have led for majority of the game. no claims of come from behinds this game. does the rush choke claim another game they should have won?

Maybe Ballararat are worse than the Chargers.!
Yes it's true about Rush staying with players.

Frankston lose by 44.Excuse to sack coach this week.

Basically the chargers game was 2nd bottom Vs 2nd bottom that no one cares about except Rush winning.

Rush will never win in the eyes of the anonymous 'supporters' on here. I am pretty sure he has been running more individual training sessions than any recent coach. I have no idea what he is getting paid but I am prepared to bet it is nowhere ne'er the average wage. The board selected him knowing his situation hang shit on them or get behind your team.

I fail to understand how a coach living in Launceston and visits 3 tims a week and one of them is game day has any time for individuals let al9ng with many players that actually work.

Yes that pre season was outstanding starting in Feb. Normally they have scrimmages and fitness underway sometime in Nov.
Rush was building his house and doing u20. Far more important than the chargers.

What has the average wage got to doing with anything? He is the highest paid coach in chargers history + a car.
In game 2 he accused the players of being unfit ffs. One player said, well if we had a decent presesaon we may not be. I guess you either didn't know that or conveniently forgot that.
Tunks is far from performing one import sacked and little contribution from the bench. All Rush's selection. No board interference in selection and he asked for and got more money.
Guess you have selective memory.

Any ideas on why Mt Gambier Vs Frankston is down as a draw on the SEABL ladder???
Mt Gambier smashed them on the box score.

Ballarat sack Kodi Augustus? What a joke. Was a great performer for the team.

He was an issue thou!!

Numbers aren't the full story on this one.

Horton going back there would make them extremely tough now booker is really hiring his stride!!

Always interesting when a player goes for off court issues...Surprised the last remaining hobart import last year managed to escape the season without being let go for similar reasons

You just don't sack somebody playing well on court for no reason- there was obviously issues- On a positive note- I cant remember the last time a player hit 7out of 7 3pointers in the last quarter of a match like Booker did against Thunder- he hit a 3 on the buzzer last year to beat to win by a point. Its taken a while for him to get back to 100% after his injury- If speculation is right and Horton returns to Ballarat- Booker and Horton were the best imports last year- Booker points until injury and Horton on the boards, should be good to watch.

Mark banovic. 2008 to single handely beat geelong in a semi I think.

Yep, Banovic hit 8 3-pointers in his 29 point final quarter in the 2008 prelim. Can't recall whether it was 8 from 8 but I don't remember him missing!

Spot on. Glad someone else knows the truth. Don't believe Rush's sock puppets here.

Give it a rest nobody cares.

So he works out with a footy club to get conditioning for playing basketball, sounds like he is looking for a new career. there is a lot of money in football

They've been better since he left.

Maybe it was the right call???

I agree if he is staying players that's awkward. Surely someone else in the club/ community could put him up?

They've won games without him - not sure what the big deal is. Seems like they removed the problem and everyone has moved on except for a few bitter people who want to continually vent on here.

More Rush sock puppets.

Bennerman was hardly training with footballers...using the football clubs gym facilities which is happened to be shared by a local strength and conditioning coach...

I have found it interesting that Cam decided to stick around in hobart. So he must have a few options open to him. Can't imagine he is just enjoying the scenery.

Bennernan loves hobart and is exploring his options.

Is that a fact or just rumour Hogwash?..any official media release?

http://www.thecourier.com.au/story/3129838/basketball-rush-cuts-jess-may-mid-season/?cs=63

Hardly a surprise, numbers looked awful and she looked disinterested.

Guess its not hogwash eh.

Funny how the 2 highest paid players have been cut or am I reading to much into it ?

How is Jess May a highest paid player ? she is Cheryl Chamber's luggage at Melbourne, hardly getting any court time.

Off court was probably never showing up to do anything, seems like she's still too caught up hanging out at Knox.

Chargers dramas continue.
Kyle Hunt walks out.

http://www.themercury.com.au/sport/chargers-import-kyle-hunt-heads-back-to-us/story-fnj4f7g3-1227393408441

wow. hobart are lost :/

Spend more money sack an import and another walks out. Must be coincidence.
"But he's a great coach I hear"

I guess Rush will have more room with his boy Tunks now.

Absolute commiseration to Kylie hunt for coming all the way to Tasmania as a proven champion basketball player from America and to be treated so badly on and off the court in such a toxic environment. . Without doubt the best player the Chargers had . Gave one hundred percent on the court . And an absolute gentleman off the court. SHAME SHAME to all concerned. No doubt you will return to a brilliant career back in New York.

^^^ if that's the case and how you chose to look at it..he sure made a fool of plenty of the "proven" seabl big men over the course of his stay..

Speaking of low level. Look at Rush,s CV for a lesson in mediocrity.

I would rather be fringe NBA than have a coaching CV like that. Do you play SBL anonymous? Is that the limit to your basketball credentials?
Just another Rush putz yes man.
He has single handedly destoyed a once grat club. He will come back caliming a massive achievment and spuiking we all got the job done and we are as good as the sydney swans (cough, cough) again.when they beat the CoE kids.
Wow.

Grow up moron. Don't waste your time typing with one hand in your dark bedroom. Tell him to his face if you feel so hard done by. Won't do any good sooking on here. The Chargers slide from 'greatness' started years ago not with the arrival of Rush.

I have told him to his face. He simply cant cope with the truth. He knows it and rest assured the board knows it. He has a 1 year contract. Simple. Readvertise the position and lets see if he gets it. He's a prat and ocd. I don't hide behind a keyboard. I will tell him agsin if he's here at seasons end. The sock puppets here are the only ones in town that like him.
Ffs he comes from Launceston. Nuff said.

That must be the problem, he comes from Launceston! Nothing to do with the board that appointed him or presided over the years of decline.

Well one year to go of the dictatorship the. Lets see if it lasts and how much off court support he gets between now and next season then. He is lucky to have the gig now. Long way to go before seasons end. He loves sycophants.

Watched Dane vs F'Ston women and saw Larissa still coaching the SEABL team. Thought she might have handed the reigns over to concentrate on WNBL.
It was a cracking game of womens' basketball by the way.

Frankston Blues on fire 1-11.They can thank the board and CEO for the second rate roster.Pay peanuts you get monkeys!!!

I was expecting some positive posts about Hobart's weekend. On the road shorthanded and come back 2-0. Not a bad result.

F'ston women also the only team in the comp with zero restricted players.

Why would Larrissa hand over the reins right now WNBL hasn't started plus half her team will be in her wnbl team anyway !!!

hobarts efforts on the road were impressive..

interesting to see if they sign a replacement for kyle hunt prior to the albury wodonga/deba's return to hobart friday night..

what would be more interesting is if the real reason for kyle hunt departure became public..