
Should the NBL suspend Jacob Holmes?
Referees police screens pretty woefully overall IMHO. Too often players setting the pick get away with pushing their hips out that little bit further because to ensure they make contact with the defender when, if they (and their ball carrier) did it right, there would be no need to move, or players get there that little bit late but no call. Just watch Redhage in action!
In this case, Demos ran through the screen? Fine, call it. But if Holmes deliberately grabbed at the leg, then that's a different situation. In real-time, Holmes would likely have done this whether or not Hogan had called a foul - there wouldn't have been enough time for Holmes to decide "Hey, Demos just got away with that", so he went for his own payback.

It looked pretty intentional to me, from the clip, but the key point from all this is: call the first foul.
Would solve so many of the league's game-related issues.
Would also make the refs' jobs easier and result in much better baskeball because the players would be [more] confident in the officials' calls.

Suspend him? What for? Two players get tangled up and Demos carried it on trying to be a tough man· I think he came of second best·



What's wrong with that? Demos knocks Holmes to the ground and then gets tangled up in Holmes's right arm.

Lots of talk about Bear as a coach but he is still in Lovedays shadow. If Loveday had Dusty he would have won. And he built the program and coached and developed these kids thru junior. Self promoter Justen jumped on at the end. Let us see how he does without Dusty for half a season. But he still has a big budget team to cover Dustys lost. This guy has done nothing alone in junior basketball at 3000 clubs. Not a teacher. Who has he alone developed.
