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Boti on the Conklin-Martin incident

We complain when coaches are boring and dull in press conferences, now we have two coaches giving there opinion, and we are saying they should think first. Big deal they were asked a question and they answered how they felt, good on them. I for one are tired of the scripted answers we get in press conferences from coaches in all leagues. Happy with both coaches responses, should be more of it, speaking how you feel, at the end of the day they are only words.

The comments Gleeson made have been blown way out of proportion. Mountain out of a mole hill if you ask me. Were they unprofessional? Probably. Do they warrant any action? No way. At most he should maybe got a dressing down from NBL and Wildcats management about what is and isn't appropriate to say.


Joey got a slap on the wrist for going beserk and throwing punches a couple of years ago, I'd be surprised if he got more than a talking to.

Pretty sure someone is going to lose their head tonight. Can just see it happening.

If you had a little argument with a colleague at work today in the heat of the moment and swore at them or whatever you would probably be fine. If an hour later you came out and said to everyone in the lunch room that your colleague better watch his back because on Monday your bigger mate is coming in to work with you and he isn't happy what do you think will happen?

I honestly think in sport "heat of the moment" stuff happens and you can be a bit more lenient on penalties. If you come back to it though then the book should be thrown at you as hard and as fast as possible.

I tend to think that the NBL has been rather weak on suspensions and fines for players and very slow too. Looking at historical suspensions as BOTI mentioned in his article it is very difficult to argue that Conklin should even be fined let alone suspended for this.

Personally I think the below would be appropriate:

Conklin - 1 match suspension for inadvertent contact to the head due to careless play plus a fine of a small amount.

Gleeson - 1 to 2 games suspension plus a medium fine for comments made after the game. These were premeditated and meant to cause a reaction from the opposition. Threatening violence can end you up in trouble with the police in any other workforce and likely instant dismissal. I think this is a lot more of an issue than anything that happens in the heat of the moment.

Of course going by NBL history unless the "New NBL" wants to make a stand as BOTI said Conklin should get nothing and Gleeson a warning and a fine. If anything happens tonight Gleeson will be in trouble especially if Jawai is involved!