what is going on down there! - we are a rolls royce franchise and the last day or two seems like chaos.

coach sacked.

assistants walking.

WNBA import sacked and reinstated.

we have some of the best talent around assembled at present and seem to be going backwards.

The way i read it all is everyone is far from on the same page at Link Lightning - you had better hurry up and get on teh same page for womens' basketball sake.

I opened the champagne with my weetbix this morning when I heard the News to celebrate the first step to SA women's basketball going forward. The Boys Club that runs basketball in this State needs a big wake up call including the Valetta Road Old Boys Club run by Puff the Magic Dragon. More disappointing is that they still stick together, Chris goes - the Boys club follow like sheep. How did he end up there anyway - what actually are his credentials.

Click those glasses and celebrate to new beginnings and opportunities to those that do not wear only two shades of blue in SA

14u2nv - you are a complete tool

How bizarre is this? Good to see a family business in action though. Feeling a bit sad for the team I think that they would need this like a hole in the head - I'm pretty sure they just want to play ball.

If I was the import I would pack my bags and run from this rubbish and pick up a contract in Europe if possible.

Is this comp a professional league? Just checking!

14u2nv - keep us up to date on your employment situation too, eh? I'll put the Veuve in the fridge now so we can all toast your demise down the track? Charming.

Well lets use this opportunity to get non bias people like Damien Weeks into the mix

Well fancy writing this in the paper
In his second year as owner, Marino had told Lucas in the pre-season his daughter Angela, who was with Perth Lynx in 2006-07, would be in his team this year.

"I should have seen the problems coming then," Lucas said. More recently Marino had said:

What a slur on Angela

Why is that a slur on Angela? It's a slur on the owner - Chris is obviously saying he had little/no control over the recruitment of Angela despite there being no need for another player at her position. An unbiased observer can see that, and many made that comment at the time - that there would be rotation problems.

If I were Angela I'd be feeling mighty embarressed right now. It's the professional basketball equivalent of your mum standing on the sidelines in a junior game yelling "don't hit my boy!" or your dad telling your coach that you should get more court time - oh wait, that's exactly what happended.

The coach should be completely independent in rotations and ideally, recruitment. Why bother having a coach if you don't have confidence in him/her to make decisions. Might as well have two monkeys and a midget.

14u2nv - no matter what your opinion of Lucas is, what Marino has done is beyond discraceful.

14u2nv, you are bit misinformed. Lucas played something like 300 ABL games, has coached ABL Men/Women, Junior U20 State teams, Assistant Coach to the Lightning with Stirling as Coach and Technical Asst to Boomers program. Reckon these might be pretty good credintials for the WNBL Eh?

Just goes to show: basketball parents are a special breed at any level.

Welcome to the world of private ownership. If, as a coach, you think that somebody is going to plough heaps of money into something and then not have a say on how things are done, you are delusional. Might be a wake up call for a certain other National League coach!

14u2nv always popping your head up when you can have a nasty bitch about someone - maybe you are a one eyed parent of a player who never quite made it - why so venomous

It is a disgrace when a player can blatantly dictate how a team is run and destroy someones coaching career. Like him or not, Mr Lucas' support staff supported him by leaving this morally bankrupt situation.

Hope the team can pull it together for the rest of the season.

What a load of crap, the girl didnt fit now your putting her back in the team. What the? There are at least 2 others that could go too....

But then again we expect great results and yet Vince (Yes Vince, bot the coach had recruited who he wasnts not what is best for the team) has tried to buy a team of individuals and not put together a team which is cohesive. Im sorry but when a team shoots at such a poor % it isnt the coaches fault! You can put all the best systems in place but if you cant finish off and put the ball in the hole then what do you expect!!

What a slur on Angela

Has an Adelaide player ever been booed by an Adelaide crowd, Shane Heal style?

Sorry if it upsets anyone, but I will start the booing at the next game.

See how long it takes for the Pt Lincoln Goon squad to eject me, eh!

You are a clown if its the players you are going to boo. If its Vince so be it comes with the job as owner. Yes it was done when Ken Cole was sacked I was at that game. It was a great support for Ken that day. The chairman was drowned out when he gave his speech with booing and the chant "we want ken". No never for a player from what I remember?

Wilkins has not been reinstated AFAIK.

Happened last night according to the interview with Chris and it was written in the paper.