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Bendigo Spirit appoint Simon Pritchard as new head coach

You would think a legend of the game would have more sense than to post something lime that about a team mate. Disgraceful.

Good luck to Simon, hope he does well.

He certainly has a lot of coaching experience and has a good apprenticeship at WNBL. Would be great to see him succeed.

He lives and breathes basketball.

Am sure this will be denied but the word is that Kristi was not going play so they used the budget available to contract Snell. Then Kristi changed her mind but there was no budget left . So how does that work? Was there a new contract signed with Kristi promising $$ or was there no contract? Don't know but this saga is an embarrassment to everyone. Not so much the dispute as I can understand the unhappiness of Bernie for what has happened. And he is rightly entitled to be unhappy considering his record and what he has done for the Spirit.

It is the behavior and carry on by the extended Harrower family that has the whole basketball community shaking their heads. I certainly hope Caitlin Harrower is a teenager as I could perhaps understand the behavior but if not, stop embarrassing your family by the way you are behaving. If this continues, the only thing that Bernie will be remembered for will be being unfairly sacked, not the outstanding record he has achieved.

What ever has gone on at bendigo, the way Caitlin harrower has attacked Simon Pritchard on their facebook page is just disgraceful and totally uncalled for, the guy has accepted a job, not sacked bernie personally, it's time the harrowers began to behave with a lot more decorum, before they loose everyone's respect.