Isaac
Years ago

Mark Beecroft to be Taipans GM

Cairns Taipans coach Mark Beecroft is to be club General Manager after first being offered the head coaching position. Cairns.com.au reports:

Beecroft was offered the head coach's position after leading the club magnificently in the final two months of the season after former head coach Alan Black was axed when the Taipans were placed in administration.

But he turned down the offer, saying he'd be more value as general manager.
Beecroft said he was thrilled to have the chance to be accountable to the community after it had put so much faith in the new ownership model.
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Are the Taipans rightfully confident of a spot in NBL 09/10 or just a bit hopeful?

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skull  
Years ago

heads up stuff from beecroft,having been in the program for a long time he identified a serious problem in the taipans front office(nobody knew jack shit about basketball or the business of it)
they kept forking out big money to a roster that was disjointed and under performing and they paid the price.
i think the cairns program is one worth pursueing.
in a sports starved city of 120,000 people, beecroft has nailed an important position that will make it work in the future!!

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ANON  
Years ago

Skull - sounds a lot like the 36ers front office where staff don't even communicate with each other, and some don't have any idea what a basketball club is either.

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