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Bill Ashworth

Years ago

Breakers sack Rice Jnr after he breaks bail conditions

Scrappy game so far, suits Breakers. Brisbane sucked into shelter skelter game. 35% and 30% shooting % says it all.

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Camel 31

Years ago

bugga.. was looking forward to seeing his 25 10 and 10.

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Perthworld

Years ago

Perhaps his mother's side is hood rat.

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Anonymous

Years ago

Rive jnr to sign with chelsea big v

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Anonymous

Years ago

Dunno if the volcano or the press release was worse?

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MACDUB

Years ago

"The media would have found out he breached bail conditions eventually. I think this is actually the smart move in this situation."

Yes; and a very anti-Breakers media (rightfully anti IMO just saying).

A lot of media articles would have put the boot in big-time if they didn't announce the termination of his contract. Basically tried to front-foot it because they knew they'd be on the back-foot pretty quick otherwise;

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Zodiac

Years ago

Why did they bother announcing this?

An attempt at good PR they're now seen to be putting their foot down with a problem player and trying to make the club look like it still has some integrity.

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MACDUB

Years ago

"His contract was up any way. Not sure why the need to say he has been cut , when he was going to be cut today from day 1."

Purely PR. Gives the impression they didn't tolerate it (because less knowledgeable fans aren't going to know his contract was going to end today anyway).

In all honesty though, if he still had a few weeks of playing eligibility (Hopson was out for a bit still), I reckon the Breakers still would have kept him on regardless of last night.

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Anonymous

Years ago

Just read the press release

Why did they bother announcing this? Wouldn't it have been better to sweep it under the rug, instead of drawing attention again to the poor decision of signing this head case?

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Anonymous

Years ago

Agree that Shamir should also get a chunk of the blame. He knew Rice Jr well.

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Anonymous

Years ago

Are we only blaming Walsh? The Breakers coaching staff ought to have the best understanding of Rice given the head coach's prior experience coaching him.

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Anonymous

Years ago

"Jail Breakers"

Underrated comment.

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Bill Ashworth

Years ago

A team trying to take short cuts to success usually pay for it. Unmitigated disaster. Talent to burn but still not good enough to get the team W's. Breakers need to develop a philosophy. Work hard defensively, Hopson, Webster carry offence. Coaches need to define Hampton's role. This is key to positive improvement for season. We've got a solid bench to back up. But it takes time and the team would have been better off working this out when Hopson went down.

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Anonymous

Years ago

Hopefully Hopson gets back, Webster gets back and the Breakers make up some ground.

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Wookiee

Years ago

Including him in this round smacked of desperation and only ended up bashing their reputation even worse...

I really hope Rice gets some help, but there's just not helping some people...

Hopefully Hopson can help restore some credibility to this organisation...

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Mystro

Years ago

Hopson is due back tonight I believe so his contract was going to be up anyway

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Anonymous

Years ago

Shocked to see Reality use the phrase "hood rat". Slightly less shocked to see Rice Jr in trouble again.

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Isaac

Years ago

Cue "returned to court" jokes.

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LoveBroker

Years ago

http://www.heraldsun.com.au/leader/east/womens-national-basketball-leagues-biggest-names-weigh-into-competition-debate/story-fngnvmqa-1226563987920?sv=d3b147a51474d210a97c8fa0c45324b0

Check out Harrower's maths in that article. Would be highly controversial if she's right - that BA is only spending 87K on the WNBL this year!

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