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Anonymous
Years ago

Hodges' agent talks

* waits patiently to hear where Hodge signed...probably a week ago *

EC
Years ago

Pardon my ignorance but what does Phi Smyth have to do with all of this? I can't see what benefit there was to Hodge to go running to Phil except that he may have been the only friend he had in Adelaide and looking for some support.

EC
Years ago

No admission of error on Hodge's or his agent's part in providing the wrong banking details which delayed the payment. They put it down to lack of trust. Well trust goes both ways, trust in the organisation that employs you and trust in yourself to provide the right details. I actually work for a bank and one of the forms that is submitted by customers to my department states that incorrectly filling out this form will result in delays.

Anonymous
Years ago

Cheers. Been around on and off. Season ticket holder for 10+ years or something. Center aisle, row G behind the scorer's bench berating Haines until I can't speak to be precise.

Anonymous
Years ago

The only person who even remotely intimated players weren't being paid is Hodge's agent, which I pay about as much attention to as those freaking Metropolitan Plumbing commercials.

I'd assume Mal's office transferred funds to the specified New York based account. The US bank says "No dice - 4 digits short", causing a delay exacerbated by the festive season. Money bounces. Mal does everything he can on this end to make sure Julius gets paid - opens an Aus account, physically shows him the money to put it to bed 100% and get on with ball.

Hodge's agent pounces on the opportunity (if he didn't create it in the first place) for an out clause and -hey presto- his man is free to pursue more lucrative offers.

Griz arrives.

We win the flag.

Hoops SA becomes the most successful website in history before ending the world as we know it in a SkyNet-esque frenzy.

End.

Anonymous
Years ago

Now, that's a point, Dazzler.
Can we play Grizzard without releasing Hodge ?

( Tigers- when I asked, at half-time where Hodge was.
I was told, he's gone for good, over late
payment, to Melbourne)

Anonymous
Years ago

Gaze, for what it's worth, stated categorically and in person to a member of this forum (apologies - I forget which one) that he was disgusted with Hodge's behaviour and that he would never wear a Tiger's uniform.

You'd have to imagine that'd hold some serious sway.

And aside from that, I can't see FIBA / Chuck Harmison allowing that to happen. Not sure where the Melbourne angle initially even came from, but I've never given it any credence - makes no sense to me.

Years ago

AD, is that true? Where did you read that?

Years ago

If this is true (debatable), and Adelaide can't afford to pay it's players, then what hope has the league got of going ahead in any meaningful manner? Really? Surely this year, with the crowds up a bit, we could at least scrape together enough moolah to pay the players? I'm no financial expert, nor do i know how the stadium deal works (do we pay for using it?), but surely the money coming into the club, should be paid to the players first and foremost? Am I wrong?

Isaac, how true! If Hodge stayed the rest of the year, going by the $40,000 quote of his agent, that would've been around $160,000 - $200,000 just for him, for half a season! What are the others being paid to stay under the cap then? We will get screwed.

Anonymous
Years ago

$40,000 a month? Jebus! Personally, I don't buy the above story.

Years ago

The leadership pack of the Hoops SA/CustomTel ABL Tipping competition dropped a member this week, leaving B_Rett and Yep ok as the top duo on 58 points. Doddobird, Old Bull, TommyJR, passback and thedoctor sit in equal second on 57.

Strong tippers near the top of the leaderboard were jimmy de bas with the only perfect 10, and eli with 9. The average score for the round was 7.3.

You can see the tipsters ladder here.

Round 9 sees 12 games and a few tough tipping choices. Games are spread over three days giving fans an excellent opportunity to catch maximum ABL action. On Saturday night, the Hoops SA promoted game is Eastern (5-2) hosting West (4-4) up at Mt Barker. For those staying nearer the city, the Centrals (3-5) men will take their ex-Warriors to the Dome to tackle Woodville (4-3) in an attempt to arrest a three game losing streak -- if you're looking for a nail-biter, this could well be it.

On Sunday, a re-vitalised Norwood outfit should be challenged by the Rockets (actually, if you were really quick, you could even catch the Eastern vs Woodville game first!). Then on Monday, the only game is Sturt vs Southern at Pasadena (you know that Badgers Badgers Badgers animation on the net? Sing along: Bowleys Bowleys Bowleys Bowleys!).

Whoa! Before you start mapping out a way to see every game, get your tips in:

www.hoops.com.au/sa/tipping/

 

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