I'd guess that whatever Walsh said/did was far worse than Weaver's theatrics.

Is this guy simply dumb? What was he trying to achive?

Completely deserved in my opinion.
He acted like an absolute moron when he marched around to have a bark at Loeliger in front of the crowd.
That's the sort of conversation you have off line away from the fans

I think the Breakers are going to be a thorn in the side of the league for a while now but when you lay down with dogs, you get fleas.

Shocking calls from refs..

Walsh invests millions on team only to have flopping rewarded. Embarrassingly next star is punished on world tv.

And the refs did a tv review of it.

This is unacceptable as owners rightly demand culpability that you do when you spend millions.

What would Walsh have to say to Loeliger? I don't understand.

He was screaming at him right in front of fans... doesn't really matter what he said

The leagues press release sounds tough (for once).

Why was Walsh having a go at Loeliger, anyway? He didn't make the calls on the court.

That's what I meant, why yell at Loeliger lol?

He's not responsible for the referees either.

As someone said above, surely a call on Monday morning expressing his concerns, including with how f’ng bad the reffing can be at times in this league, may have at least got Loeliger’s sympathies. All this has done is probably created more enemies for a guy that’s fast running out of friends.

Was his heated conversation in the minutes after Hampton was ejected? If so, he's an absolute idiot.

Yep. Was seconds after wasn't it?

Yep, straight after the announced the unsportsmanlike fouls and Hampton was ejected, Walsh stomped around immediately and went off

Walsh seems like a bit of a twat? I don't follow the breakers too closely but he always seems to have his name brought up, usually in a negative way?

"Walsh seems like a bit of a twat? " Twats are useful ;)

Oluc has video footage on Twitter. Doesn't look that bad. Certainly not screaming at him.

Give me a break. Weaver can go completely mental over very little.

Welsh has a conversation in front of fans, after being completely reemed on a call.

Not right

Does anyone have the link to the video?

https://twitter.com/OlgunUluc/status/1194571335772409856?s=19

Video of the incident

The cap is a pretty cringe look. This video looks like a father having an argument with his son at half time, because dad won't let him go to the movies after the game with his mates he’s bumped into.

Okay see the difference is that Weaver screamed abuse at the refs - and because all the miscreants in here love nothing better that to cry about the refs all day - that is acceptable behaviour.
But Walsh interupted JL while he was having phone sex with his boss - so that is unacceptable.

I think there's more to this fine than just what happened. I can’t help but think this is the league saying to Walsh, you’re regularly out of line, calm down, and stop it.

Agree with 093.

If they bring in Wellington saints, he might just explode.
He probably thought he had all of nz.

Walsh is an absolute dickhead. That culture is toxic, and it starts with him.

It would be good if the code of conduct was publicly available so we could see which part was breached and what the severity was.

I don't no Walsh from a bar of soap, but if he’s spending his money I’d say he has a right to do it his way. I personally think it’s a harsh penalty.

"but if he's spending his money I’d say he has a right to do it his way."

Um no.

I've been supportive of Walsh and really want to see him succeed. I honestly believe that some of the things that the Breakers are doing is positive and the brave steps they’ve taken to change things weren’t easy. But this behaviour makes me think how the hell does he treat his own employees behind closed doors if this is how he behaves in public with the league commissioner?

Walsh to appeal: https://www.tvnz.co.nz/one-news/sport/basketball/breakers-boss-matt-walsh-appeal-ban-fine-hopes-nz-vs-australia-feeling-galvanises-team

Interesting point he raises that he wasn't upset so much with RJ’s ejection, but the fact that no one from SEM was ejected.

Someone make a list of everything thats happened to nz since start of season.

"Interesting point he raises that he wasn't upset so much with RJ's ejection, but the fact that no one from SEM was ejected"

Because no one from SEM picked up a tech AND an USF in the same play.

Madgen flop was of epic proportions.

"NZ's season - what am I missing?"

- Pic circulating of Walsh flipping the bird to a camera at a game with the Kings owner (another quality individual).
- Carmelo Anthony rumours leaking which had to be flushed out on a group chat.
- Telling a journo "I don't care that you're talking about us, as long as you're fucking talking about us"
- Questionable credentials of the "coach"
- The NZ media has completely turned off them.

" Can't be that bad if your players come to bat for you.“

Maybe Walsh has done this all deliberately to fire up their team and galvanise some team spirit? There's stories today that maybe the Breakers get hard done by being in an Aussie league (this is a recurring theme in NZ with all teams that participate in an Australian league). Maybe he’s trying to create a them-us mentality and get the team working harder.

Or maybe I’m giving the guy to much credit and he’s just a loose cannon.

Mike Fitchett explains decision to quit the New Zealand Breakers before start of ANBL season: https://www.nzherald.co.nz/basketball/news/article.cfm?c_id=21&objectid=12285170

Doesn't say much about Walsh, seems that Shamir was the issue for him.

Shamir has handled himself pretty well imo, his assistant is bonkers and Walsh seems to be struggling running the club.
All in all, I think they will storm back and maybe win the title. Delaney is back, rice will stay imo and hopson should be back sooner than expected. Henry will get booted and Loe coming back also a boost in the coming weeks.

Lose the next and win 5-6 in a row.

I'm tipping Nz for the championship as well.

Sidenote.
Greece coach got the flick and they hired rick pitino.

Out of curiosity, what's the worst record a team has had at the midpoint of a season and turned that around to go on and win the championship?

Lots of people bringing up irrelevant comment about not much to do with the CEO fine.

It's relevant to the discussion of why the Breakers are such a mess off the court.

Yes it is.

But not relevant to the ridiculous punishment handed down - that doesn't fit the crime. Or that SEM players were not ejected. Or the fact that the NZ breakers have ever since loeliger been statistically given an unfair treatment from the refs.

What should any SEM player have been ejected for? Do you know why Hampton was ejected?