Yeah nice to hear it officially.

Sad to see him leave the Breakers but thankful for the healthy position he has left the club in for the future.
Thanks for the 3 consecutive titles, thanks for signing Kirk Penney, CJ Bruton, Gary Wilkinson, Cedric Jackson and Darryl Corletto. Thanks for resigning Dillon Boucher and Mika Vukona and for developing Tom Abercrombie, Alex Pledger and Cory Webster into the players they are today. Thanks for building a team that regularly sells out not only the NSEC but also packs out Vector Arena.

After being Boomers assistant coach and racking up an NBL three-peat he was pretty hard to overlook. Let's hope he can do a great job.

The right man every way you look at it. Weird that he chose to take on the AIS gig as well though...

I think that the centre of excellence job makes sense for the Boomers coach. This way he can have direct contact and impact on the next level down from the Boomers, with the aim to fast track some of the junior guys into the Boomers program. Does anyone know if the centre of excellence role incorporates coaching the U19 team?

Yep. Hard to overlook his credentials.

With his role at the CoE does that now mean Ian Stacker is out of a job? How does this new structure work exactly? Does anyone know?

With the globalisation of the game and top prospects now going to the US for the last year or two of high school and then prep and college, is the AIS becoming a bit redundant?

The one good thing about having Lemanis being there is that he will teach the kids about being competitive, the importance of in-game effort and other aspects of being a pro athlete in general that the AIS doesn't really help guys with.

I think it has somewhat Mick, and I think that was reflective when Stacker changed the age group to 15-20 year olds recently. I guess with Lemanis now taking charge, the program may change slightly again, and hopefully be rejuvenated. You would think players would be more willing to go there now knowing that they are under the direction of the Boomers head coach.

Given the amount of talent he has developed out of the Breakers Youth Academy in the past eight years, I would say yes.

He did well with Abercrombie, Pledger and Webster.

The AIS is generally pre-college in preperation for U/19's Worlds, not parallel to kids going to college.

alexkrad, Stacker has tried to change that in recent times (see age increased to include 19 and 20 year olds). Not sure how it will alter now under Lemanis. The primary role of the AIS program is to develop players in preparation for participation with the senior national team.

At least, don't have to see his head as often. Winning championships with a loaded team don't make him the right person, bevo should have been. Its not bevos job to put thd ball in the hole. Hope there a few pannel beaters where he is. Good luck

Congratulations Lemanis, can't argue with the credentials of someone who racks up three on the trot. Well done.

Hope he can get us some chockies on the international scene.

Quote Cats82: "Hope there a few pannel beaters where he is. Good luck"

I agree 100%. Bevo can rightly feel slighted over this.

Bevo 'proved' himself at (junior) international level 10 years ago. I don't think he can really hang his hat on just that.

Lemanis leaving the Breakers was first article on the sports news tonight,Richard Clarke said the Breakers Coaching position was a 1 horse race and it's looking like Paul Henare may be an Assistant.

Where was Lemanis born?

Anon 5359 agree 100%!

I don't feel the Breakers were that brilliant a side but they always had belief and I think Lemanis has to be responsible for atleast most of that and if he can bring belief into the Boomers squad and CoE. If he can then I won't have a problem with this decision.

Well done Andrej

The Opals role was offered as a full-time package incorporating both the Opals Head Coach and Head of Centre of Excellence roles.

The Boomers job was offered as part-time, being for the Boomers Head Coach role only. However, the option was presented to incorporate the Head of Centre of Excellence role for the right candidate, thus making it a full-time role.