Try Clicking on the METRO League .

lol..oops

Elbows,

Feel free to speak to your club secretary if you have any problems, rather than criticise BSA publicly and anonymously.

Sorry Paul, but why would ppl start doing that now... they've always bitched on here. 1 Phone call vs bitching on Hoops - don't like your chances, but good luck.

Paul,

How about you stop reading and posting on the forum and get the junior programmes done. Why are they not out yet? A master programme could have been done weeks ago!! There are a lot of pissed off parents and coaches out there. I see nothing has changed in the new structure.

Parents

The message was posted at 8.42 pm!!!
I assume you were still at work then!!
Dont be an arse.

Parents

why don't you stop bitching on here.

you do not know if Paul does indeed read the forum, just because he has replied to a post does not necessarily mean he has read each and every post.

it does mean he has had a post brought to his attention and he has replied to said post.

since we live in a democratic society we can also not dictate what anyone does in their spare time.

Paul Arnott if you opened your f##### eyes posted at 20:52 Monday night which by my standards is his own time.

By what right do you have to say when Paul can read or not read or post on the forum in his own time.

pissed off parents and coaches - you don't take into account the upheaval BASA now BSA offices have had to go through recently, NO, you don't and you'll say it isn't your fault - maybe maybe not however these people till recently didn't know if they had jobs and if they did what they would be.

Besides the biggest reason junior programs change is clubs keep changing teams around

get your club in order first and again as Paul said if you have a complaint take it up through the correct channel.

don't get on here and namelessly bitch

Keep up the good work Paul don't let the turkeys get you down.

To the clowns "Elbows" & "Parents" getting stuck in to Paul, why dont you swap jobs with him for a while?

Give him a call at the DHD, but i doubt he'll have time to answer it as he's flat out!

BTW, Has Colin Thompson retired yet? If so, Paul's job has got harder.

Same shit happens at club level - people bitch and moan but dont chip in. if you're not part of the solution then your part of the problem.

What a load of crap. In any professional business environment people work until deadlines are reached. This is the problem that people keep making excuses for this incompetant him no problems and do it a lot better. As previously stated, there is no reason why the finals program can be done weeks ago, so that people can work where they are playing. Teams can be inserted closer to the date. I have nothing against Paul, just sick of hearing excuses why programs are never done on time. Tony, how are teams changing around affecting a master copy of a finals schedule. Upheavel and change? ok, so whats been the excuse for the last 10 years? excuses, excuses!!

Parents.

having been invovled over times rostering people it is a logistical nightmare.

ok they can have a master program
set up for grades abc playing at stadiums def

but guess what, pasadena at the moment would create a problem. where to roster?

for example now if there is a possiblity (and I don't know) that wayville and dome might not be used for juniors, hypothetically, wayville pulls plug due to money repayment problems and eddie decides to utilise his stadium for something else. what does that do for your master program.

port adelaide is closing, rostering there could be a problem.

unlike your bitching nothing is black and white

i'm sure everyone concerned would love a master program similar number of teams in similar number of grades playing at set stadiums.

but you are obviously and expert and can get it done why don't you offer your obvious (insert very heavy scarasm here) talents.

but then you see things in black and white and unfortunately the world is painted grey.

Even if these finals programs were out, I would put money on them still not being good enough for you "Parents"
You would find something else to complain about... "Why can't I get my kids at the same stadium" "Why do they have to be at the same time at different venues"
I think a relaxation pill is in order so you can sit back and watch your kids play the game they love!

People how exactly are we supposed to know what time someone posts?

Sidebar, recent posts will tell you for some of them.

I can see the picture now, you know the skeleton at the table covered in cobwebs.

That would be Paul Arnott - if 'parents' had his/her way. Paul would die at his desk slaving away 24/7 no food, no drink, no checking hoops, no life, no other deadlines or work.

"Setting up a finals format is a 1 hr job."

#94902, you have just proved how little you understand.

(#94902)

i can say i'm astounded by your ignorance but unfortunately i'm not

I'm guessing Parents was beaten by Paul for the programming job, and so now has to bitch and moan on here in a futile and pathetic attempt to discredit him.

Anyone in a professional business would know there are OH&S matters that have to be addressed, such as suitable breaks, limits to work hours etc. But no, we can't expect those rules to apply now, can we.

Anyone in a professional job would also know there are proper and formal avenues to lodge a complaint, rather than post anonymously on a web forum.

But hey, why let facts get in the way of a good old fashioned bitch fest??

Yogee,

Can i ask, in a non-inflamatory way,
why the Seniors Summer season started one week after the GF was played ?
We are getting old and a break would have been good.

Was the thinking to play as many games prior to X-mas or something else completely ?

Yogee ? anyone know?

Re. Port Adelaide closure (Tony Blair 94857). Can someone fill me in? Hadn't heard about it till I read this post.

Skyhook, why ask me?? I'm not the programming officer, why dont you ring BSA and ask Paul?

I just thought you might have some knowledge on the subject . You seem to comment on a lot of things on here , that's all.

I dont think all of the criticism on here is misdirected either.