He intimated in his press conference that reffing playing away games was in issue he was aware of.

Will posted on Twitter about a productive discussion with the NBL in the aftermath.

I wonder if Joey got to have productive discussions with the NBL or did they just go straight to making hella funny memes out of him?

I'm with Weaver. Anything that might make the reffing fraternity take a look at what's being called and what's not can only be good in my opinion.

Way I hear it Weaver's pressure gauge reached release point with a non-call on a push that was the latest in a long line of missed/no calls that I gather included just a few of the multiplicity of moving screens that are missed/ignored every game.

Personally I blame poor timing and cutter footwork [= poor coaching and execution] for the moving screen malaise, because when the cutter doesn't rub the defender successfully the screener feels obliged to 'chase' the defender. Whatever.

If Will's reaction helps get an improvement in the reffing [one can always dream!] and in particular moving screens at least reduced [too much to hope for them to be called every time] I'm with him.

If only basketball referees were afforded the respect rugby refs receive. It is so much a part of our game now I don't think it is likely to change. Who would want to be a ref? The abuse starts at U/10s and goes on from there. The talent pool of NBL refs is shallow, as someone else on here said, but it is difficult to get kids to continue through to senior reffing when they are treated like shit for years. It would be interesting to hear from some active refs on what it is that motivates them to strive to ref in the NBL or higher. Probably not money.

WW welcome to the NBL. I have been calling this out for many years now, the acting and flopping that goes on and is rewarded. No matter what you say Will, you won't change NBL Headquarters.

If you can't beat them, join them!!!! Start to teach your players to accentuate the contact - a flick of head back, indicates to the Ref a foul needs to be called.

The more whiplash you do, the more fouls you get called.

Was Dean Vickerman fined last week for kicking the chair into the crowd and hitting a mans face? I thought the bloke was going to jump the fence when it happened. That would have been a hell of a story "Aggressive Coach knocked out by fan"

It just goes to show how utterly frustrating Vaughan Mayberry is.

" It is so much a part of our game now "

Hairs - basketball culture has been this way for as long as I've been paying attention to the game (35 years). Check out the thread on USFs and how deliberately committing fouls is classed as "smart play". Then ask yourself how many other sports' fans complain that way about players not being allowed to deliberately break the rules of the game.

So true, was thinking about the exact same quartet today, some of the greats like:

Eddie Crouch
Billy Mildenhall
Mal "Hollywood" Cooper
Ray Hunt

Had the respect from both players and coaches... even us fans.

What happened?

Also Scott Butler retiring early was a big loss.

Willy Weaver got his willy in a wonker. Took his bat & ball & went home. Got told no 2nd helping of dessert! One of the worst dummy spits ever. He actually looked like he was outside a nightclub trying to take on the bouncers. All that was missing was removing his shirt to show off his 25 kg frame! Oh dear u were 5 & 0 & u do that??

How embarassment...

Probably worth the $500 to screw the NBL refs. You watch, Sydney will start getting the calls. That's why coaches do things like that. And those refs are going to have the whole basketball Community and their bosses looking over their shoulders now for every call. I say good.

My original point was meant to be along the lines of hope something gets done about the reffing.

My reference to Weaver is that he has come to Australian basketball like a Knight in shining. Spent time with the national team, US basketball and apparently well versed in basketb. Every-one likes him.

His team is 5 and 0, so he's not just lashing out to blame any-one else for his team's bad results. I am genuinely hoping that the NBL hierarchy really looks at the issue.

As I wrote earlier. We are not talking Joey or Gleeson. We are talking about Clark Kent (in all his guises). This guy is squeaky clean. He bitches, I want the powers-to-be to listen to him, at least!

And from the penalty he received (very soft for THAT outburst) I think that they (the NBL refs) may have conceded that there is a prob. I understand that the first reaction is to do what's always been done. Blame the competitor, not the cop.

Let me put it this way. As much i love LK and what he's done, if he is coaching a team and gets calls like we see, you think nothing gets done?

All coaches work the refs. Part of the job. Casper had 11 free throws in the 2nd half. Seems like the tantrum started working immediately. You act like you've never seen a coach tossed before.

"Look into when and why he changed his on court demeanor"

How about just tell us.