Wonder why and what the reasons for stepping down are

that news should make most hoops posters very happy. he seems to be one of the most hated people in the nbl among people here.

"Wonder why and what the reasons for stepping down are"

Pretty obvious he is leaving as the Cats are on the absolute top performance wise, some local vets are close to retirement, the only way is down. So that's on-court. Pay Cotton $$$$$$$$$$$$ so you go out on top. He knew what he was doing.

Off-court with all the money in WA dried up after the boom no one is spending money and soon it will be reflected in the no. of members and tickets sold. Give it a season or two but it will hit the club shortly.

Also no blame when Matty knight ends up in all sorts of health issues.

"he seems to be one of the most hated people in the nbl among people here."

He is arrogant. As a member I can tell you the way he talks to people he views as below him or doesn't need anymore is shocking. Does this to members and also sponsors who he kicks to the curb once finding a bigger donor. He has some sort of management degree, is that where he learned be rude?

Anyway he rode the new arena wave and is stepping down on a high. Shroud but not a very nice person.

Bye.

Wonder if the Hawthorn CEO job vacancy and this move have anything in common?

He won't be interested in another sports role unless it involves a team with a big fanbase which moves back to the city from a woop woop suburb and increases capacity by 3x and take all the credit for it.

"Would any other club be interested in his services ie the 36ers with the new owner and a hungry for success fan base perhaps ?"

Nope. Not after his antics on the old NBL board vetoing every good proposal which would aid the league and all the other clubs. Selfish.

He was even was anti LK until basically told by the rest of the league if no LK Wildcats would have no opponents left in Aus and would need to move to an Asian league that he finally woke up to himself.

You don't normally leave that high profile job without having something to go to. Maybe his bonuses will see him retire?

Bonuses retire... lol

Perhaps Gleeson and Neilson are both getting promotions?

WTF LOL no, they are coaches not executives.

So much bullshit in this thread.

Absolutely. The recruiting sucks. Those four titles the Cats have won in the last 8 years just prove he was damaging the place...

Hilarious how many people form an opinion after reading a few bullshit Boti blogs.

"Absolutely. The recruiting sucks. Those four titles the Cats have won in the last 8 years just prove he was damaging the place..."

Exactly! LOL! What a shitty run the wildcats have had in the Marvin era. I bet they can't wait to see the back of him!

Nothing to do with Boti blogs. Marvin ran the league for years with Perth interests at the forefront. Perth have been outstanding over a long period of time and now he's lost that powerbase he's walked. CYA.

Well Andrew you're not the only one to meet him. He was a rude, abrasive and arrogant to me and many others. One major sponsor who I know walked due to it.

"Marvin ran the league for years with Perth interests at the forefront. Perth have been outstanding over a long period of time and now he's lost that powerbase he's walked. CYA."

Very well said.

"Not sure Mother Teresa is a great example... There is a hell of a lot of critical stuff that's been written about her over the years."

Actually a perfect example. People who don't scratch the surface think both are great, but if you dig beneath both there are a lot of question marks.

Thanks Andrew the Gullible. Your opinion based on one meeting with a dad and a kid is important to the discussion. Thanks for contributing.

And as usual the Hoops dickheads run off foaming at the mouth.

How did Marvin run the league with Perths interest at the forefront?

If he was upset about losing his power base, why didn't he walk away two years ago?
It would appear he and the Cats have thrived just as much as anyone, if not more, since Kestelman took over so that sort of claim is preposterous.

http://www.perthnow.com.au/sport/basketball/outgoing-perth-wildcats-boss-nick-marvin-seeks-new-challenge-after-11-years-with-nbl-club/news-story/62a807eb5c84dc013a7ae75578c22e44

A news article about an NBL exec leaving,you usually don't see that. Such an attention seeker and all about him. Cringeworthy.

Tall poppies...

he is so arrogant

Keep trolling

Actually perthnow.com is always quite good about reporting any wildcats news largely due to Chris Robinson. It makes a difference when a reporter ia actually interested in basketball at a national/local level

"The true measure of a man is how he treats someone who can do him absolutely no good."

please nobody in Perth cares about basketball. Nick himself decided to write and publish that article. /s

Also, look at the picture. Matty Knight is in the background. Nick must have got him out of bed at midnight, made him put this warmups on, then get to the Arena to stage the picture. This just further proves that Marvin has no concern for his health and wellbeing. He is so arrogant.

It's sad a few posters on here try to make sarcastic comments to somehow negate the legitimate comments that he is arrogant. Keep trying but the truth is the truth.

No, its sad that people come here to keep saying he is arrogant and self-centred without a shred of evidence.

I said I've had direct dealings with him as a member and know a sponsor who had a similar issue. Also many others on here are saying the same thing. Keep on disregarding though since it obviously doesn't match your opinion.

Views you disagree with aren't trolls.

Ive also had dealings with him and found him to be the complete opposite of arrogant. He is very humble.

The people saying "its all about him" or "he takes all the credit" are just full of shit.

"I haven't agreed with his methods, but hes been a great administrator for this club "

So his methods are bad and he's a great administrator. The most contradictory statement this year.

He's only below JvG on the all-time list of execs in terms of how they thought they knew it all without a background in the sport.

He weaseled into that one too.

Yep, terrible exec. Four titles in 8 years, his club has 10,000 members...he really should have walked away sooner.

Listen to all you tough retards behind a keyboard. Marvin is as humble as pie and has done wonders for basketball in WA.

With the high turnover at the other shambles of NBL clubs Marvin and the wildcats recruit and retain high character people. This is highlighted by the massive community work that is required by the wildcats staff.

Speaking as someone in WA who isn't that fond of the cats brand and basketball style you cannot fault the behind the scenes management.

Pretty sure Marvin volunteered at local clubs when he first took the job to learn as much as he could about basketball to help him get up to speed.

I am sure he will get a knighthood ;)

JvG got to admit can talk. No bball background yet an assistant at one stage, lol. Also his last role before Kings was at an NRL club. He's "good".

Marvin is not humble, are people just making things up now to troll? Also place Marvin in any other NBL club and the same success doesn't occur.

People seem to forget Wildcats had to move away from CBD when the Perth Entertainment Centre was closed down, going back to a random suburb in a smaller stadium where demand outstripped supply. He gets in before the move to a 3x capacity return to CBD down the track. Right time, right place.

His legacy will be serving as de factor NBL head, and using that to self-serve his club. The highlight being he was AGAINST LK's $10mil until everyone else told him to pull his head in as he had gone one step too far. LOL @ saying no to $10mil for a strugging league!

de facto*

"are people just making things up now to troll? "

Apparently, yes!

"His legacy will be serving as de factor NBL head, and using that to self-serve his club. The highlight being he was AGAINST LK's $10mil until everyone else told him to pull his head in as he had gone one step too far. LOL @ saying no to $10mil for a strugging league!"

"He gets in before the move to a 3x capacity return to CBD down the track. Right time, right place."

He joined the Cats as CEO in 2006, and the Arena opened in 2012. Thats quite the long game.

"Then how do you explain all the empty seats?"

Most games were full. Quit smoking.

"He joined the Cats as CEO in 2006, and the Arena opened in 2012. Thats quite the long game."

No sh_t, Sherlock. Arena was delayed by two-three years. The point remains - he got to move back to the CBD, 3x capacity.

"Apparently, yes!"

Another troll. At first he turned down the $10mil capital investment by LK. That is a fact, because his club were doing well he thought f*ck the rest until he was told good luck playing in a league against hardly any other teams.

Amazing what a great administrator can do with an owner how will lose millions because of his love for the club.

WTF @ saying there were empty seats at Challenge.

As a member during every Challenge season under Bendat/Marvin years there was only one game which had what you would call a considerable amount of empty seats - the game that was moved back from the country due to cancellation - quickly scheduled to a random Thursday. Other than that every game was near capacity.

"Amazing what a great administrator can do with an owner how will lose millions because of his love for the club."

"To win... you must win!"

Repeating a rumour you read (or made up) two days ago doesn't make something fact.

It happened two years ago when LK came around.

and funnily enough at the time it was mentioned on here.

Denying something you don't like being said by calling it a rumour doesn't make it a fact.

How childish.

Certainly the talk of Marvin not wanting LK involved is true. I for one mentioned it at the time. After that Marvin's involvement was as a club member who voted. The rest of the LK involvement speaks for itself.

I also said something two years ago. Certainly that makes whatever I said true too

LK unlike Marvin actually separated himself from Melb Utd for the good of everyone. Unlike Marvin.

Only once $1mil profit per year was at risk because there wouldn't be enough teams left for a healthy league he yielded. That is his legacy.

Also Wildcats transformation was due to Bendat money. Easy to do if your owner has the funds to do so, which every other club CEO never had the benefit of.

"I'm not sure about 'most'. There's no way they succeed as much as they have in a universe where Perth Arena doesn't happen."

Yay finally someone gets it!

Can someone please explain how criticism is justified over him agreeing to the LK deal?
"oh but he hesitated! he thought about it! shame on him for backing it after consideration instead of just backing it blindly out of desperation!" seriously ... smh ...

"LK unlike Marvin actually separated himself from Melb Utd for the good of everyone. Unlike Marvin."

bwahahahahahahahahahaha

I guess that is like Donald Trump saying he is no longer involved in the Trump Organisation.

LK gave NBL $10mil of capital yet look at the hate. Same trolls who think Marvin was a messiah. WTF

Bruce, were just taking notes at the NBL board meetings or were you under the table offering wristies?

Err what. Spencely AEG LK etc. have only been in ownership for a few years. No one has had the benefit of long-term $$$$ ownership of Bendat which is now in its 13th year. Eddie Groves also didn't own his club for that long. Most benefactors in NBL only last a short period, Bendat the only one over a decade now. Long term sugar daddy + new arena = success.

You think it was Groves' money!

Of course I don't, we all know it was money he stole from ABC Learning, which was mum and dad investor money.

#GLEESON4CEOMD

LK owns the League for the moment. Nick is still a dick. Same, same.

Nick the Dick said "Let's try to get four championships in the next four years. I think any other mindset is unacceptable."

"I'm not sure about 'most'. There's no way they succeed as much as they have in a universe where Perth Arena doesn't happen."

What a dumbass comment, and of course shows you know absolutely nothing about what Marvin as done at the Wildcats.

Melbourne has 3 times the population of Perth, and as had continuous access to bigger venues, yet they still suck.

Venues and money have done absolutely nothing for other teams.

What you should be asking is how Marvin managed to triple Perth membership almost immediately when moving to the Arena, and how has he continued to grow the membership despite Perth's declining population and money.

Spot on Very Old, hardly any competition for the sporting dollar in Perth. Like it was said before - right time, right place.

I don't think the decline in memberships is over yet either. Leaving at the peak is always a clever move.

"I don't think the decline in memberships is over yet either."

The decline in memberships hasn't even started. They got record members last season.

Are you predicting that number will one day come down? Wow, what a genius!!

Melbourne - 9 AFL clubs
Sydney - 9 NRL clubs
Perth - 2 AFL clubs

/thread

Wookiee correct, but no doubt someone will counter that with some sort of stupid argument that it doesn't matter.

Good table of team numbers, kr.

I blame Nick Marvin for not having more sporting teams in WA!

yep if KRs numbers of teams is correct then
nsw pop 7.8m
vic pop 6.1m
wa pop 2.6m

so divided by no of professional teams
then
nsw has 410k population per team
vic has 390k
wa has 470k

so that is balanced way of looking at it. Certainly Sydney and Melbourne have the arenas the size to match Perth's for basketball if they could get the crowds there.

So in Perth each team theoretically gets more of a proportion of population share. Just as I thought.

presumably because people who live in Broome probably have more in common with Cairns than Perth. populations of the respective cities would be a much more meaningful comparison.

"presumably because people who live in Broome probably have more in common with Cairns than Perth"

bwahahahahahaah good one. made my day

Stop being anonist!

More things to do in Sydney. I live in Perth and it's hell boring :(

"Perth people are obsessed with the east coast and do have an inferiority complex."

hahahahahahaha what? Perth people couldn't give a shit what happens over east.

"Sydney people aren't pre-occupied with any other state"

Sydney people are in a perpetual war with Victorians about which state is better, which has the more liveable capital city, which one calls the random food item the right name etc.

^^^
thats why Canberra exists!

"hahahahahahaha what? Perth people couldn't give a shit what happens over east."

Yes they do. Born and raised in Perth. Everyone has a complex about the east and how they don't even know we exist.

I'm Perth born and raised too and I dont have a complex about anything over east. Definitely no obsession.

Oh well that disproves everything then... lol

said complex includes denial of it

Love the Perth fans. Memberships go up by 1/3 and everyone loves it.

Yeah Perth is clearly fiscally responsible. Please secede.

"WA should leave the Commonwealth"

Bye bye feral Wildcats from NBL then.

"Love the Perth fans. Memberships go up by 1/3 and everyone loves it."
you must be talking about membership numbers since membership prices haven't changed for a couple of years. yes having more members is a good thing so of course everyone loves it. why wouldn't they?

"Perth Wildcats managing director Nick Marvin has conceded the club has put its ability to attract new fans "at risk" by raising membership prices up to 31 per cent. Prices for new memberships for the 2015-16 season will increase between 11 and 31 per cent for those buying tickets in the silver, gold, platinum or captain's club categories."

^what is your point? The cost of renewing your membership hasn't changed for the last three seasons, meaning they are looking after the existing 10,000 members ahead of potential members.

I think you will find it is only 2 seasons.

I have paid the same price for the past three seasons.

Yep that's what the quote says.

Give ore take its not about the or any more.