I'm in two minds over that one.

Firstly, should the Sixers have to justify themselves to that degree? Surely it's healthier for the franchise to drop all this drama, move on and focus on the finals campaign and the signing of Griz.

On the flip side, I'd love to have concrete ammo to point to and say "You're lying".

Personally, I'd be amazed if Mal fabricated his entire story and had Scotty and Brett back him - especially having learnt more about Hodge's creative writing ability.

Then we would no doubt have cap issues

they don't need to do that, because if there is some fault in terms of paying JH money, then JH himself will surely speak up for himself I believe

JoeM they dont need to make him look bad he has done it himself with his actions and his bullshit.
Listen to what Brett and Scotty said the guy was not committed and full of it from day 1.
It was all about self promotion. How much more evidence do you want. Keep watching this site I am sure the alternative reason for Hodge playing this fiasco out will come out soon.
If he had to be paid on time as he desperately needs the money as stated by him . Would you leave a job for not being paid on time to no job. Get Real Julius.
If you want to feel sorry for any plyrs feel for the Spirit and Taipans plyrs who dont even know if they are going to get paid. Taipans are training at night so plyrs can get some work during the day.
This guy has degraded our club our league and insulted our support and intelligence.
Now the club has got on the front foot and going to get us a immediate replacement . Thanks Mal. Rack off for good Julius. Go rip someone else off

jh is gone,so everyone move on.
i would be more concerned about the 36ers coaching teams theory on TEAM defence.
with or without jh,the the total break down defensively the other night was frightening!!
until they fix it forget it!!

The best thing the club can do is walk away from it as they have done.
From the Sixers point of view its done and dusted, they've moved on and their focus should be primarily on playing ball on court and bringing Grizzard in.

Whats done is done and the club should and I imagine will let it be.

I agree DJ. I'm just annoyed with the huge Hodge backlash when both parties were equally at fault.

Time to move forward!

Thats just crazy, Payroll is a private matter between two parties. A press statement is more than enough.

I agree lets move on but hell King James to say both parties at faultis wrong Whilst we dont know total facts if any fault on sixers part is only minor and late payments occur all the time in sport in business etc.
There is no excuses for Hodges actions or behaviour .

How would you like to been one of his team mates

Isaac, I don't know why you brought up the other important topic of protecting our celery crops from the harmful rays of the Sun, but you need to stick to the current story.

Talk about the Salary Cap or something.

Clever - but no ball for you ;-)

Didn't want a ball, just wanted to provide a laugh.

Sorry Marty, was posting that in response to the ball hog Isaac :-) must have been as you were posting yours.
Still funny reply mate.

GET A LIFE!!

This is the Sixers fault not Hodge's...He liked the Sixers and Adelaide and got messed around by them..

Brett can kiss it, he is only mad that Julius came in and took all his shine, jealousy is a curse!

If you really knew what was going on, you would also know that the other players are not getting paid in FULL either!!

You need to look at Management..

We can't filter Tiger's fans soley by ISP, can we?

I think coaches comment of 'full of you know what' is suspect. Afterall, wasn't he the hero coach for getting Hodge here in the first place? He should have managed him better.

lets just move on

TEN - the players are being paid fine. No idea who you're talking to in believing that they're not!

Dana, pressure from the owner to have his crowd-bringing player on court may have forced Scott's hand a little there.

Tail wagging the dog then Isaac?

After hearing Brett Maher's comments on the radio last night, about Ulius Melvin Hodge being high maintenance, i just cannot believe anyone in this town would be taking Melvin's side.

Its clearly gone beyong anything to do with pay. His refusal to obey a simple team rule of simply notifying anyone when he cannot train is unbelievable.

Dana still in love. Hope you are very young

There is such a thing as privacy law in this country, what a ridiculous suggestion! Get on with it, Hodge is gone and by the sound of it, a relief to the team.

Shabby treatment yet again...

If coach is being 'led' by owner, what does that say about how much confidence owner has in coach???

That's a pretty big leap to make. There's no way anyone but Mal and Scotty know the circumstances behind Julius' re-appointment. Besides, Scotty had never coached him before.

only following on from Isaacs comment as follows:

'Dana, pressure from the owner to have his crowd-bringing player on court may have forced Scott's hand a little there.'

Yeah, I know. It's a definite possibility. And to be fair, that's basketball - Mal needs bums in seats. But I'd debate the franchise administration advising the coach is a case of 'tail wagging the dog'. It's a balance with every team.

If coach is being 'led' by owner, what does that say about how much confidence owner has in coach???

Nothing to do with Phil Isaac.

Fair enough. Do you get my point though about it being relevant to the business side (crowds, expectations of paying customers) rather than Mal's opinion of Scott as a coach? Incidentally, Mal covered his opinion of Scott's coaching in the press conference.

Dana, all Isaac is saying is that Mal is the man forking out the money, and therefore he wants to have a significant say in the make-up of the team.

Bringing in a Julius Hodge for an owner was (at that time anyway) a no-brainer for the extra bums in seats at every home game and all the Hodge-associated merchandise which would have been sold.

I think you will find that virtually every Owner in sports is geared the same way and it really has nothing to do with how good Scottie is or isn't as a coach. The NFL is a great example of where the Owner often has a bigger say on the make-up of the team than the coach, eg. see the Dallas Cowboys.

At an average ticket price of say $16.50 and approximately 3 home games per month the 36ers need to sell 808 more tickets to cover Julius wage, assuming of course that they were "only" paying him $40k per month. If he's being paid more than this which is definately possible then the financial benefit to adding him to the lineup is less convincing. - At 50k per month they need to sell 1010 more tickets, at $60k 1212 more tickets.

Also what exactly did his wage consist of ?
Was it simply a cash lump sum ?
Was accomodation, vehicle, phone e.t.c. included in the "40k" or on top of ?

They've certainly been getting more people through the doors of late, but I'd love to know how many of those people are full paying punters as opposed to freebies ?

Seems a big price to pay for a win percentage that is still hovering around 50%, I wonder how this will effect getting imports into the lineup in the future.
The team may go back to the safe option of letting another NBL team first "break in" an import.

Mal tells everyone who will listen that he is losing a million dollars a season, so I'm guessing we're either blowing the cap by a pretty hefty margin or all the other teams are taking a much bigger hit.