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Post by DefyingGravity on Mar 18, 2020 13:59:11 GMT
I've loved the debate and discussion over it.
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Post by 2NFR on Mar 18, 2020 13:59:55 GMT
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Post by 2NFR on Mar 18, 2020 14:13:06 GMT
Def, reminds of the good old days when people didnt mix their words... ..They'd just tell ya to ... gan f#ck ya'self on here ... Oh, how I miss those halcyon days  |
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Post by foxprorawks on Mar 18, 2020 14:18:31 GMT
Its an interesting one! I actually had to double check online as I thought the statement was a piss take! Incredibly crass. I'm more curious about what BE decide....will post in the NBL thread! I honestly did think it was fake news and disregarded it. Are you saying that was the real thing? Yes, it's the real thing. Don't shoot the messenger |
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Post by Deleted on Mar 18, 2020 14:49:07 GMT
Def, reminds of the good old days when people didnt mix their words... ..They'd just tell ya to ... gan f#ck ya'self on here ... Oh, how I miss those halcyon days Yeah, then the Chester mafia moved in and banned free speach. And where are RG and Ole these days? Looking for their third club. |
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Post by DefyingGravity on Mar 18, 2020 15:28:26 GMT
Glasgow Rocks. Laughing stock of the league.
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Post by foxprorawks on Mar 18, 2020 18:02:08 GMT
After all the years of following the Rocks, with no silverware to show for it, my heart would certainly want us to be awarded the league title.
However, in the cold light of day, my head disagrees.
That being said, I see no point in postponing the league - it should be ended, just as the WBBL has been.
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Post by youngrocks on Mar 18, 2020 18:43:20 GMT
I find it all amusing. Well done scorchers flyers and (i suppose) nix for taking the piss.
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Post by 2NFR on Mar 18, 2020 19:19:06 GMT
Def, reminds of the good old days when people didnt mix their words... ..They'd just tell ya to ... gan f#ck ya'self on here ... Oh, how I miss those halcyon days Yeah, then the Chester mafia moved in and banned free speach. And where are RG and Ole these days? Looking for their third club. Jeez !! ... talk about holding a grudge Dave, let it go mate, It's ancient history |
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Post by Deleted on Mar 18, 2020 19:46:59 GMT
Absolutely not.
They never even acknowledged they were out of order.
When i have to start rationing my blog posts, i might reproduce our email exchange, it should provide entertainment.
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Post by massiveridersfan on Mar 18, 2020 22:43:05 GMT
After all the years of following the Rocks, with no silverware to show for it, my heart would certainly want us to be awarded the league title. However, in the cold light of day, my head disagrees. That being said, I see no point in postponing the league - it should be ended, just as the WBBL has been. I think you are right. For all sorts of reasons (e.g. changed rosters/personnel) nobody would be happy with whoever was awarded the league championship if it all began again in the autumn. |
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Post by connors on Mar 19, 2020 8:11:33 GMT
That is certainly a bigger problem for top level basketball in this country compared to other sports. The turnover and movement of players, due to short term contracts etc makes it nigh on impossible to restart now, after a lengthy break, with any degree of consistency.
I think the problem we are all going to face in general is applying our normal logic to what is an abnormal situation.
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Post by DefyingGravity on Mar 19, 2020 13:41:15 GMT
The club are getting worse. Please stop now. Please.
Glasgow Rocks owner: I'll go to war to make sure my team is crowned BBL champions
GLASGOW ROCKS were on course to make history this season, only for the coronavirus crisis to snatch it away from them in the home straight.
The Rocks were sitting top of the British Basketball League (BBL) with only five games to go, only for the global pandemic that has called a halt to almost the entire sporting world to end the BBL prematurely, with it announced earlier this week the 2019-2020 season has been postponed indefinitely.
Glasgow Rocks owner, Duncan Smillie, however, firmly believes his side should be crowned BBL champions, and he will fight to the last for his side to be awarded the league title, which would see the Glasgow side become league winners for the first time in their history.
So rather than the current position which leave everyone in limbo, waiting for the league to be completed at some unspecified time, Smillie wants his side to be confirmed as champions, and he will stop at nothing to ensure it happens.
“Rather than this postponement, I’d prefer for it to be decided that the league is finished early,” said Smillie.
“We’ve completed 75 percent of games so we’re well through the season.
“I’ll be going to war for the players to make sure we get this championship. These guys are professional athletes and this just isn’t right.
“This could have been an historic season – although it might not have been, you just don’t know because there was play-offs to come. We’ve never won this championship and we were in a strong position to go on and win it this season. Unfortunately, now we’ll never know.
“It’s a frustrating position to be in but it would be even more frustrating if the season was to be red-lined. That’s not fair on fans, coaches and especially the players who have devoted their lives to being professional athletes. To have this taken away from them would, I think, be unforgivable.
“Everybody is in survival-mode but that doesn’t make it okay to shaft people.”
The BBL, as with many sports, have, for now anyway, chosen to suspend their league rather than cancel it outright. The short-term future of Smillie's side is particularly uncertain with the Rocks’ training and match venue, the Emirates Arena in Glasgow, closed until at least the end of April.
But Smillie believes it is far-fetched to suggest any sporting action will be happening in the coming weeks, and he is furious at what he sees as something of a cop-out decision to suspend the league rather then end it now.
“Nobody believes that this season is going to continue. The clubs don’t, the players don’t, the officials don’t so to think otherwise is futile,” he said.
“I believe it’s a financial and political decision. Sport is posturing and is waiting for government to call it.
“Everybody wants to finish the season, of course they do, but lets not kid ourselves here - nobody is going to be playing any sport until the back-end of the summer.”
With no clear guidance coming from the BBL, Smillie has chosen to take the lead himself, and has made his priority getting his players back to their home countries. Suggesting they remain in Scotland while waiting for a decision on the league recommencing was, he says, just not an option for him.
“We as a league need to take responsibility. I’m a big believer in you do the right thing and then you deal with the consequences.
“I think the right thing to do is to call the league, finish it early and that then allows clubs to release players and get players home,” he said.
“So I’ve called it and I’m in the process of getting the players home. This week, we’ve got a player on a flight home to Lithuania, we’ve got one but hopefully three players going back to the States and there’s a couple going back to France.
“You have to put the well-being of your players and coaches first and for me, the right thing to do is to have them back with their families. I don’t want them hanging about for a league that’s postponed indefinitely.”
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Post by Deleted on Mar 19, 2020 13:56:02 GMT
I know I said that I agreed with the statement but this is getting out of hand.
Would he please...
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Post by 2NFR on Mar 19, 2020 14:19:26 GMT
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Post by youngrocks on Mar 19, 2020 14:21:35 GMT
Dear Duncan. Many thanks for turning us into the laughing stalks of the shutdown. We've not only had a horrendous statement but now an article in the herald. I understand the desire to be successful and bring trophies to glasgow but no fan wants it in this manner. We have had a great season but the way your throwing your toys around you're ruining it. Please stop running us like our neigh ours across the street and don't use aporting integrity as a way to prove your point.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 19, 2020 14:44:47 GMT
Well he's keeping us entertained
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Post by Deleted on Mar 19, 2020 15:46:16 GMT
Life isn't fair, stop the press.
The guy needs to learn when to be quiet. He's made his team the laughing stock of a league where one team has folded and another hasn't won a game.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 19, 2020 16:17:53 GMT
Well it wouldn't be the first time that a BBL team has folded, nor lost all their games.
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Post by notoriousbigz on Mar 19, 2020 16:59:01 GMT
The club are getting worse. Please stop now. Please.
Glasgow Rocks owner: I'll go to war to make sure my team is crowned BBL champions
GLASGOW ROCKS were on course to make history this season, only for the coronavirus crisis to snatch it away from them in the home straight.
The Rocks were sitting top of the British Basketball League (BBL) with only five games to go, only for the global pandemic that has called a halt to almost the entire sporting world to end the BBL prematurely, with it announced earlier this week the 2019-2020 season has been postponed indefinitely.
Glasgow Rocks owner, Duncan Smillie, however, firmly believes his side should be crowned BBL champions, and he will fight to the last for his side to be awarded the league title, which would see the Glasgow side become league winners for the first time in their history.
So rather than the current position which leave everyone in limbo, waiting for the league to be completed at some unspecified time, Smillie wants his side to be confirmed as champions, and he will stop at nothing to ensure it happens.
“Rather than this postponement, I’d prefer for it to be decided that the league is finished early,” said Smillie.
“We’ve completed 75 percent of games so we’re well through the season.
“I’ll be going to war for the players to make sure we get this championship. These guys are professional athletes and this just isn’t right.
“This could have been an historic season – although it might not have been, you just don’t know because there was play-offs to come. We’ve never won this championship and we were in a strong position to go on and win it this season. Unfortunately, now we’ll never know.
“It’s a frustrating position to be in but it would be even more frustrating if the season was to be red-lined. That’s not fair on fans, coaches and especially the players who have devoted their lives to being professional athletes. To have this taken away from them would, I think, be unforgivable.
“Everybody is in survival-mode but that doesn’t make it okay to shaft people.”
The BBL, as with many sports, have, for now anyway, chosen to suspend their league rather than cancel it outright. The short-term future of Smillie's side is particularly uncertain with the Rocks’ training and match venue, the Emirates Arena in Glasgow, closed until at least the end of April.
But Smillie believes it is far-fetched to suggest any sporting action will be happening in the coming weeks, and he is furious at what he sees as something of a cop-out decision to suspend the league rather then end it now.
“Nobody believes that this season is going to continue. The clubs don’t, the players don’t, the officials don’t so to think otherwise is futile,” he said.
“I believe it’s a financial and political decision. Sport is posturing and is waiting for government to call it.
“Everybody wants to finish the season, of course they do, but lets not kid ourselves here - nobody is going to be playing any sport until the back-end of the summer.”
With no clear guidance coming from the BBL, Smillie has chosen to take the lead himself, and has made his priority getting his players back to their home countries. Suggesting they remain in Scotland while waiting for a decision on the league recommencing was, he says, just not an option for him.
“We as a league need to take responsibility. I’m a big believer in you do the right thing and then you deal with the consequences.
“I think the right thing to do is to call the league, finish it early and that then allows clubs to release players and get players home,” he said.
“So I’ve called it and I’m in the process of getting the players home. This week, we’ve got a player on a flight home to Lithuania, we’ve got one but hopefully three players going back to the States and there’s a couple going back to France.
“You have to put the well-being of your players and coaches first and for me, the right thing to do is to have them back with their families. I don’t want them hanging about for a league that’s postponed indefinitely.”
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Post by Deleted on Mar 19, 2020 18:06:37 GMT
Well it wouldn't be the first time that a BBL team has folded, nor lost all their games. Relevance? |
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Post by Deleted on Mar 19, 2020 18:48:38 GMT
That was a joke of a statement by a joke of an owner. Well done to him for having the BBLs lowest point in at least a decade.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 19, 2020 19:06:34 GMT
Well it wouldn't be the first time that a BBL team has folded, nor lost all their games. Relevance? Just stating a fact that it wasn't the first time it happened, not that hard to understand. |
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Post by Deleted on Mar 19, 2020 19:15:58 GMT
Just stating a fact that it wasn't the first time it happened, not that hard to understand. But what relevance does it having happened before have to them being laughing stocks? If anything your reply further backs up mine that Glasgow are a bigger laughing stock than those two sides, so thanks. |
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Post by Deleted on Mar 19, 2020 19:55:09 GMT
Be fair to the dude, he's taking over digging duties when Dunc gets tired.
Seriously, what else have we got to make us laugh?
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