WOW Good luck girls

Wow good luck to Simon I wish him well. Tough job to come into thats for sure, when the club cant even manage their Facebook page.

From the Bendigo spirit page. hope Simon knows what he is in for:

Isn't that what Bernie has done Gabe ,Maddie,Snelly, Jane etc all from country Vic so this dipstick is going encourage that is he and he is going to change how they play, mmmm Change a winning program 2 championships ,3 Grand finals, yeah right buddy let's see you improve on that. Nobody was more team than Bernie and Kristi. Gunna run a bit more are you pal,mmmm had the best point guard in the world running the team and she new when to push and when to slow it down but you know better pal. You talk the talk let's see you walk the walk, when you have won 3 championships in a row then you have been more successful Than Bernie until then your a nobody. PS hope you get paid. Shame on you Greg Bickley you make it sound like the team was in disarray and having no success at all, there is only one way from the top dipstick and I think maybe you might even be smart enough to work that out Greg but I'll answer it for you anyway and that's . down

Greg Bickley and the entire board are just complete utter idiots who are going to just nail the coffin on this club shut.

I don't expect Kelsey Griffin to return which will be a shame for the entire league, one of the great imports that the WNBL has managed to get and most likely in the top few people to watch when a game is on in the entire league.

Kristi Harrower supposedly not payed a single cent to play last season, raises questions on the board.

http://tinyurl.com/n67px89

I told you the truth would come out.
It is starting to now.

Good luck Simon Pritchard. Nothing against you personally or professionally but you will need it! Good luck getting paid too! Poor bastard you have no idea what you're in for or who you're dealing with.
But I will always wish the Spirit team all the best on the court. It's only some of those crooks in the board room I have negative feelings towards.

It still gets back to the first point.

Bernie was supposedly asking for too much to coach.

He said he'd basically do it for nothing, 5,000 was reported.

Club is in debt, restructuring/etc top to bottom, how does a coach cause that? Simple, he doesn't control the finances the board/treasurer does.

So how do they manage to hire two new people, a GM and a coach while scream about being in debt?

I don't get it.

What ever has gone on at bendigo, the way Caitlin harrower has attacked Simon Pritchard on their facebook page is just disgraceful and totally uncalled for, the guy has accepted a job, not sacked bernie personally, it's time the harrowers began to behave with a lot more decorum, before they loose everyone's respect.

From Facebook

Kristi L Harrower
Wayne I played for nothing this year and in 2008. I still haven't been paid my money for my 2013/14 season. It's only the harrower's that don't get paid which I'm not sure why.
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Am sure this will be denied but the word is that Kristi was not going play so they used the budget available to contract Snell. Then Kristi changed her mind but there was no budget left . So how does that work? Was there a new contract signed with Kristi promising $$ or was there no contract? Don't know but this saga is an embarrassment to everyone. Not so much the dispute as I can understand the unhappiness of Bernie for what has happened. And he is rightly entitled to be unhappy considering his record and what he has done for the Spirit.

It is the behavior and carry on by the extended Harrower family that has the whole basketball community shaking their heads. I certainly hope Caitlin Harrower is a teenager as I could perhaps understand the behavior but if not, stop embarrassing your family by the way you are behaving. If this continues, the only thing that Bernie will be remembered for will be being unfairly sacked, not the outstanding record he has achieved.

Airing your dirty linen on social media is of no benefit to anyone.All its doing is damaging peoples reputations and the clubs brand.

The funny thing about all of this hoorah is that they replaced Bernie with a first year coach who has coached loaded teams in S.A but is banking on that 'winning' as being enough preparation and proof that he's worthy to coach in the WNBL.

Not to mention the blatant butt kissing of the opals program. This guy clearly will do anything to get a leg up for himself. Saying 'we're going to play an uptempo style'. Hang on, super coach. You do realize you have an older, more experienced, less athletic team don't you? That's red flag number 1. Then making his press conference about Tessa Lavey and fitting HER style? Red flag number 2.

How about the team that won titles with Kristi and Bernie? I reckon Richards, Wilson, Griffin and Snell are pretty important. Why would you even mention Lavey when there's multiple championship winners on the roster?

Seems like a typical one of these coaches that tell you they're all about others and the team, but then only do the right thing by themselves. Good luck Bickley and bendigo. You're gonna need it.

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Last part sums it up, still shaking my head wondering how and why they would get rid of him for an unproven coach.

Good luck to Simon, hope he does well.

He certainly has a lot of coaching experience and has a good apprenticeship at WNBL. Would be great to see him succeed.

He lives and breathes basketball.

You would think a legend of the game would have more sense than to post something lime that about a team mate. Disgraceful.

Bendigo
Spirit
Bernie
Harrower
Kristi
Basketball
Coach
Winning program
2 Championships
3 Grand finals
The truth will come out
Greg Bickley
Board
Simon Pritchard

Finished my bingo card.

Well that was the most useless post I've seen ^

I'd like for Roy Ward or someone to get the other side of the story, non board side that is.

All we've seen is spin.