Well done and good luck South! If there is one thing that clubs administrations can do best for themselves is to appoint coaches and show an unwavering commitment and confidence in them while they have them in the position. It looks like South are doing this.

The New York Bar & Grill will be krankin no doubt.

Still remember a certain former South player, current coach and former security worker enabling free entry for me and some mates into the venue on a number of occasions and for that, at least, South is pretty good.

Excellent choice, congrats!

Who is Kelly Manning?

Does this mean Kelly will be doubling up as U18s coach & ABL coach?

If that's the case, in some regards, it could be seen as a positive move to bridge the gap between seniors & juniors.

Good luck to Kelly in his new role.

All the best to Kelly, I hope she does really well....

Kelly is a guy woogie!

Good to see Boti give it a write-up in the paper, too. More publicity for basketball is always good!

Interesting to see that Leon Karvelis & Luke Walsh have moved to South for 2005.

Hoop Addict, maybe the benches are more comfortable at marion stadium than they are down at the Port.

boti also noted 4 coachs in 4 seasons
with nothing to show and again pick a
has yet untried internal upgrade,who
is only used to telling jnrs,the moves,we hope the new coach puts a hard line on the return of some players,good luck we will watch with
interest,

Oh Mole you are not very nice, Kelly Manning as ABA coach is the most intelligent move South have made for months.
Remember Mum ALWAYS knows best ;-)

but to take kelly over AL GREEN when al was asked to put his hat back in the ring and then reject it,sorry every body has there opinon but don't tell us kelly is a better coach than al,

you mension kosmider u think his game has improved since then? he needs a major pull in after some of his verbul out/bursts to both ref's and his then coach scanlon,that's one reason 2 why we say kelly will have to be harder,we will see we will watch with interest,oh,and mums
don't know what there little boy's do "but that's another thread",the truth is out there,

I think Al is a great coach, far better than Kay lee, i wish he was still coaching the women. As for Kelly being a better coach or not I am not sure but I have watched him over the past couple of years since being back at south and I do think he is an excellent choice. lets wait and see what happens. As for kosmider, well how do you think he was feeling last year? he must have been so frustrated doing so much work to get the ball down the court only to have the big guy Kentloose it for them. And lets face it scanlon didn`t realy know how to win a game. If I was Kosmider I would be pretty fed up!

By the way mole, what are you on about?

"and mums
don't know what there little boy's do "but that's another thread",the truth is out there,"

start a new thread lets hear it

"you mension kosmider u think his game has improved since then? he needs a major pull in after some of his verbul out/bursts to both ref's and his then coach scanlon?"
so judging by that comment molllllllle we can gather that your a ref! so stick to the umpire subjects and dont get involved with what the real players are talking about!

yes and you mension a very relivant point there my friend EGO's under control!which we have been saying all along you will need a strong well
disaplained person to control that and we question kellys stats on that compaired to a seasoned well trained background that al come's from,unfortunatly he will not be availing his vast knowleadge of the game to the players of south,we think thats a loss, and with players
like kosi,and now j,b back there not team player's ,unfortunately souths record with coachs over the last 4 seasons is not good so they may have thought to go with the party faithful,a top 5 a good wish see how they develope in the comeing pre-season,

sorry, Kozzie and Jb not team players? that just proves how ignorant you are mole! Ask anyone who has played or coached with these two indvidual's and they will tell you what great team and club men they are. Just because as you say Kozzie gets fired up at the refs, all of a sudden that makes him a selfish player? Jb is back with some friends so beware the panthers are back!

OK I wanna know how an untried coach (at ABL level) gets the job for three years. The fat controllers up to his old tricks. You cant commit the club to a coach that might not work out. Now before people tell me to go through the right channels at South and voice my oppinion that way, I have spoken to two of the three people responsible for choosing a coach but while Brian Devey is at South it will continue to be a dictatorship. Learn from your mistakes Brian

I ref Kossie, he does have a few things to say out on the court, but they are always left out there and he is very approachable off the court.

As for being a selfish player I think you will find he won the central ABL assist catergory With 6.5apg.

Surely the appointment of Kelly for 3 years shows the club is after some stability. This would let the players know that Kelly is committed to the program. You don't see mant AFL clubs appoint coaches for only 1 year. Hoopin, you don't know as much as you think you do. I doubt you have spoken to the other two decision makers!

who cares anyway....its only South.

they'll self destruct as usual.

South in the top 5.....now thats funny!

I was told, for the head coach job process, the 3 interviewing members make a decision on the head coach job to then be taken b4 the whole committee for comment and discussion. I was also told that the decision by the whole committee was unanimous. Get the facts first!

One of the reasons why Kelly would have been a front runner for the South coaching job was the unanimous support that the players gave him. He was definately the players choice. That's not saying that that was the only reason he was chosen as he has been a fantastic club coach for years with the Panthers. Not taking anything away from Al as he's done a great job at the Club as well.
And to say oh well it's only South, obviously you haven't been around basketball to long as South are one of the most dominant clubs in the leagues history and it's only a matter of time that they'll have another flag hanging from their rafters. If you look back not even a decade you'll see that the top three clubs in the nineties were South, Noarlunga and West. Where are those two teams now? Noarlunga had to merge and West finished below South last year. Every Club goes through a rebuilding stage, look at the NBL or the NBA and you'll see what I mean.
And South this year are taking steps to get back into to playoffs and suprise a couple of teams and if everything falls into place don't be suprised if they go all the way.
And who was the numb nuts who said JB and Kos where selfish? Are you serious! Kos has been top three in the golden hands award the last 5 years and won it twice. Selfish??? And JB selfish, I would like to know how?
Go the Panthers!

Maybe the benches are more comfortable??? like to see you play, if you can/ which i doubt, seriously

who exactly are you referring to here Jigga?