Surely Chris Goulding will get a fine for his half time attack on the refs.

He loves it.

So clearly the fine has nothing to do with the refs and everything to do with the conflict of interest insinuation.

The fine isn't actually for comments on the referees.

Gleeson threatened a referee in game and no fine.

Goulding and Vickerman both said similar if not worse things than Joey and now action

Also this was from Game 1. Why does it take the NBL so long to process simple things like this.

Remmeber when Joey wasn't so grumpy?

So what if it isnt, he isnt being charged based on record, he is being fined for comments that are truth. He has said what everyone has been saying and been fined for it.

It would have been cheaper for him to punch a player in the head.

Gouldings comments are far more controversial but LK won't fine LK

Gleeson threatened a ref in the 36ers game in Perth. The people I was watching the game also said he just threatened the ref.

And to think two of these guys are full time ref's.. Laughable!

The league is pretty hypocritical. They choose to sensationalize the things that they punish players and coaches for doing and then take a stab at their pay packet while benefiting from it themselves. They want characters in the league but want to punish characters for having character. They might as well script the post game interviews themselves to make sure the coaches can't be accused of wrongspeak. Never thought the NBL would get quite as Orwellian as the society that surrounds it but seems it has.

Joey is a great coach but needs to get his chip off his shoulders. That type of stress gives you heart attacks,

I would suggest that chip on Joey's shoulder is what fuels both himself and the team's intensity. I'm not saying he's a great X's and O's coach but no other coach in the league would've been able to get this team into the GF especially after losing the league MVP in the offseason.

Look at last season a roster most people expected to finish near the bottom of the ladder and they finished top of the table.

Plus Goulding actually 'said' that his team was at fault for 'not adjusting'. He was obviously being sarcastic but he didn't actually say the refs were giving his side a raw deal

If you want to offer something substantial, how about using a moniker?

Wright actually said both teams had their run getting calls. Some sensitive ears choosing to pick this one out as a fine over all the other comments around the league this year.

He did, but he also said both teams had runs of good calls. It was hardly a standout thing said about refs this season when nothing else has been fined.

paul, I think there's a pretty clear difference between saying the refs made errors and saying the refs were in the pocket of one of the teams.

My mail is the league wanted to suspend Joey for the comment.

Can we all just agree that Joey's "give me a tech!" followed by "do a better job!" to Aylen was one of the best coaching moments of this season? I'm sure all of us have felt like that at one point or another during our Div 5 social comps :)

Because Joey asked nicely.

It's a bra and girdle in one.

Joey's comments didn't warrant a fine. He merely told it as it is. What annoyed the NBL(LK) is that the comments embarrassed them. They were not going to sit back and do nothing about it even though it was the truth.