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Wildcats Ops Manager becomes Hawks GM

"Game night producer. Is that seriously a full time job?"
Do you have any reason to believe they treat it as one?"
Check out the wildcats website like I did.

"If they didn't have those staff, they wouldn't produce the quality off court stuff which helps keep the members and fans interested, so no they wouldn't be more profitable."
That's a stupid statement to make.
By assumption then everyone else in the NBL is wasting their time then.

"Game night producer. Is that seriously a full time job?"
Do you have any reason to believe they treat it as one?

21 people on the staff at the cats FFS why so many. They are profitable and could be more profitable if they cut a few....
Game night producer. Is that seriously a full time job?
Graphic designer and SENIOR graphic designer. Seriously?
Merchandise manager? Video producer?
Events and game night manager, don't they have a game night producer?
More staff than players and support staff. oh wait they have 6 staff for the team.

"At Challenge most games were sellouts remember."
Not when Bendat and Marvin came in, they weren't.

"NBL has always done well in Perth."
The NBL did well in Perth from 87-97ish, and has done well in Perth for the past five or six years. That's about it.

"Bendat, Perth Arena and the Wildcat supporter base make Nick Marvin and co. look good."
Right, it's not Bendat and Marvin that have done the work to build that supporter base, the supporter base has worked to build Bendat and Marvin. That makes complete sense.

Why did Nick step down? His term of employment there came to a close.. they have so many years of appointment and then have to seek the job again. Perhaps he decided it was time for someone else to step up.

What I find interesting about Nick is that he is from a Management ground, not a Basketball background and he really knew nothing about the game when he became the GM at the Wildcats.

How often have we seen people grumble at sporting clubs around World/Aus about such people being shot into clubs and be complained about because they dont know much about the game or rules. Personally I think its much better idea not to have them involved because just because they played basketball dosnt mean they know anything about running a basketball club.

According to Marvin's interview on the Downtown podcast, the various club front offices are in constant contact, sharing ideas.

Excellent Article thanks for posting.

You are right Anonymous. The league I think sometimes lacks that drive needed to get to that professional level.

Im sure Kim Welch armed with some new and useful marketing resources will really start pitching the Hawks to a wider audience. I wouldnt be surprised if that audience tends to be more family orientated, as that is exactly the Market the Wildcats have wanted. They arnt as concerned with the members of the public who are true BBall devotees but more with the families and kids.