Hoops

Ennis charges dropped

Am I the only one that relates Ennis' name to the cop from the Dukes of Hazard?

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^ Do you actually read what you write? Did any of that sound good in your head? If so, must be a pretty weird place in there...

video evidence cant be relied on. the link goes down all the time when you have a subscription. 2 camera don't pick up squat. the perth clown gets a fine cos this aint the first time. the coaches cop a warning. enough is enough. the next game wont be so friendly both on or off the court.

judas copped shit when he stomped on the brett maher name. this clown thinks he is the bees knees, try the NBA (not in D-League) hero

"I wonder what NBA coaches are going to think... they place a lot of emphasis on character"

Have you seen some of the jackasses running around that league?

I wonder what NBA coaches are going to think... they place a lot of emphasis on character.. this is going to pop up pretty quick when googling Ennis

In the Hoops Diary vid that was posted early on, it's at something like 18secs in and pretty clear...

What is ridiculous is that it was thrown out for lack of evidence; should have either been thrown out for lack of force to constitute an offense or let it stand.

He definitely swung his arm in the melee. With the amount of people involve, and the fact that he didn't connect, how do you determine that he was attempting to strike Creek?

I don't get where people are coming from with this "its unprofessional" nonsense. It's just crap. He's a CEO of an organisation who had a potentially brewing PR issue he needed to get front-foot on. End of.

It probably comes down to whatever the wording of the offence is in the NBL tribunal regs. Any time you're dealing with a tribunal/administrative punishment scenario like this, common-usage definitions of terms sometimes go out the window.

Crazy theories aside, I think everyone has agreed that Ennis threw at least one punch, haven't we? Even (feral) Wildcat fans have not denied that?

I'm not saying they should throw the book at Ennis by any means, but to completely dismiss the charges DOES seem rather ridiculous, even for the NBL!

"Koberulz must be watching another Sixer melee video, where Joey was calm and professional and Ennis swung at anything wearing blue"
No, I'm watching the one where Ennis takes a couple of swings at Mitch Creek, then Joey does something while Tatalovich and several Wildcats players are between him and the camera.

Wright wasn't charged with re-starting the fight, or being a lunatic, he was charged with striking. Unless there's video from the other side of the court, there's significantly less evidence for that than for the attempted striking charge against Ennis. And if there is, I haven't seen it.

"the video evidence showed a couple swings"

It does, but even calling them swings is a stretch. They were pretty non-threatening, not likely to ever connect, and not likely to do any damage or strike with any force if they had actually connected.
So this is not a surprise to me at all.

And I'd be surprised if Joey got much more than a token fine too. A suspended sentence (i.e. something just for show) might be in the mix too, but surely that would be the extent of it.

NBL Facebook announcement comments are filled with roiling psychosis.

The Anti-Ennis talk? so far it seems like a lot of non sensical pro-Ennis stuff! the video evidence showed a couple swings, blind freddy could see that, but my thinking is the NBL doesnt want to see it. The Showman and Marquee man of the NBL has no case to answer... No problem with that at all. The initial charges can be seen as a "dont be a naughty boy James" type moment.

I cant see how for the same reasoning behind Ennis' clearing, they can justify Wright being given any sort of ball busting. Would only smack of Double standards and favouratism.

If he had successfully hit Creek, do you guys think he would have gotten some kind of reward?

If the charges were dropped due to insufficient evidence, how can they charge Joey? There's clear video of what Ennis did, whereas Joey was right at the back of the entire thing.

Of course they had to be dropped. Look at the video carefully. Mitch Creek had a booger hanging off his nose and all he tried to do was wipe it away for Mitch. Nothing wrong with that.

wow. But did the NBL notice anything from that assistant coach? I know details are sketchy on him but it did look like he provoked Joey???