The Perth Thread - Part 4

[Billy ray]

it goes all the way to Qld
It felt like Tasmania today

18 but with wind chill was 12

 

[Spitty_the_alpaca]

Getting outta bed at 4.30 this time of the year sucks, shortest day of the year 21/06

 

[Off The Couch]

There are real concerns about our health system (as Andrew Miller reminds us virtually every day) but compared to most other places in the world we have a top notch and well run system. You can get scanned, diagnosed, treated and discharged for nothing but the cost of parking. Every time I've had to take my mother to the hospital (whether for routine appointments, scans, chemo, emergency, intensive care etc), everything has been done for free and done promptly if urgent.

The death of the 7 year old girl does raise serious issues but in most other hospitals around the world every party shrugs and moves on, much less hold an inquiry and have multiple senior officials resign.

I think sometimes people lose perspective of just how good we have it in WA, compared to the rest of the world (and even the rest of Australia).

things about to get a lot worse with these cuts and changes to Medicare - going to be a lot of things that are no longer free

heading more and more towards an americanised health system and that works for no one

as for Miller he is head of the WA AMA - it’s as political as it gets. He us never going to see eye to eye with any political party. In saying that - our health system in WA is in crisis and it should be along with the police force, the number one priority.

 

[squashface]

This weather is elite. Can get to sleep within a few minutes because I’m not sweating and therefore frustrated laying in bed.

Can always deal with it during the day by layering up but it’s not so simple when it’s hot as ****.

 

[Kram]

Seems like there has been a few deaths out on site this year.

https://www.perthnow.com.au/busines...sources-underground-gold-mine-in-wa-c-3070078

 

[Beerfish]

It's a dangerous business.

 

[WCErevival]

Always seems to be smaller mine sites. The bigger ones have that much safety protocol that half your day is spent filling out paperwork.

Has anything come out about what happened?

 

[Andronicus]

This weather is elite.

Wrong, rookie.

 

[Beerfish]

Always seems to be smaller mine sites. The bigger ones have that much safety protocol that half your day is spent filling out paperwork.

Has anything come out about what happened?

All the safety protocols in the world won't make a jack of difference if the earth decides to move.

 

[Off The Couch]

Wildcats are just unbelievable - what an amazing sporting club

 

[gaskin]

While you would probably call it a 3rd tier sport in this country, the Wildcats would have to be one of/if not the greatest sporting club in the country.

 

[Forward Press]

Weren't the Wildcats written off even making the playoffs before the season started?

It's one hell of an effort.

 

[Billy ray]

Wildcats win huh

 

[blueboy25]

Weren't the Wildcats written off even making the playoffs before the season started?

It's one hell of an effort.

Yep then written off before the playoffs because Bryce Cotton was done for the year.

 

[JackOutback]

Yep then written off before the playoffs because Bryce Cotton was done for the year.

Probably written off again when they lost game one. Cracking last two games.

 

[Scotland]

While you would probably call it a 3rd tier sport in this country, the Wildcats would have to be one of/if not the greatest sporting club in the country.

What qualifies as a first/second/third tier sport?

I would've thought AFL* and NRL tier one, along with BBL, certain test series, events like the AO and World Cups etc.

I'd have the A-League, NBL and Super Rugby on the next rung down.

*not Freo

 

[Scotland]

The Wildcats are pretty phenomenal.

Finals every year for 35 years, and have remained relevant in a sport that has had massive ups and downs. It wasn't always the early 90s or now in terms of packed houses in the Entertainment Centre/Perth Arena, but it's been a good ride. Helps being owned by an old rich guy.

Every kid in Perth knew the Wildcats in the 80s and 90s. JC 'the Alabama Slammer', Ricky 'the amazing' Grace, Scott 'the fish' Fisher, Vlahov, Cal Bruton, Mike Ellis, Tiny Pi...no let's leave that one. By the same token I'm sure kids in other states knew Leroy Loggins, D-Mac, Andrew (and Lindsay) Gaze, Shane 'Hammer' Heal, Lanard Copeland, Brett Maher, whoever. Always seemed to strike me that the Wildcats resonated more with basketball fans than the other NBL teams did in their respective cities. Maybe it's a Perth thing. The Glory were in a similar boat in the late 90s but their star faded when the NSL went under and the A-League kicked off.

 

[kane249]

The Glory were in a similar boat in the late 90s but their star faded when the NSL went under and the A-League kicked off.

Every team getting a salary cap and player limits killed their advantage of just going out and buying all the best players.

Similar to the downfall of Carlton and Essendon's in the VFL/AFL post 1987

 

[Scotland]

Every team getting a salary cap and player limits killed their advantage of just going out and buying all the best players.

Similar to the downfall of Carlton and Essendon's in the VFL/AFL post 1987

Glory's popularity peaked before they won a title and had the best squad.

 

[kane249]

Glory's popularity peaked before they won a title and had the best squad.

Debatable, they enjoyed the buzz of being the new team in town and a local soccer team for the ethnicities in town which loved the sport, but they didn't hit their peak popularity until Bernd Stange came in and took them to finals. Stange captured the people of Perth with his charisma and the team success.
(beware those charasmatic Germans)

 

[Beerfish]

It's a shame his name wasn't Strange. Bernd Strange.

 

[kane249]

It's a shame his name wasn't Strange. Bernd Strange.

Imagine if he was a Doctor as well

 

[Scotland]

Debatable, they enjoyed the buzz of being the new team in town and a local soccer team for the ethnicities in town which loved the sport, but they didn't hit their peak popularity until Bernd Stange came in and took them to finals. Stange captured the people of Perth with his charisma and the team success.
(beware those charasmatic Germans)

Burnt Snagger also left with 0 titles. Perth were getting crowds of 17-18k in 1997/98 then had the WACA finals in 98/99 and Subi finals in 99/00 when the state went soccer mad. Didn't win a title until 02/03 by which time home crowds were a lot lower. The bubble has never been full inflated again since.

 

[dont bowl there]

The Wildcats are pretty phenomenal.

Finals every year for 35 years, and have remained relevant in a sport that has had massive ups and downs. It wasn't always the early 90s or now in terms of packed houses in the Entertainment Centre/Perth Arena, but it's been a good ride. Helps being owned by an old rich guy.

Every kid in Perth knew the Wildcats in the 80s and 90s. JC 'the Alabama Slammer', Ricky 'the amazing' Grace, Scott 'the fish' Fisher, Vlahov, Cal Bruton, Mike Ellis, Tiny Pi...no let's leave that one. By the same token I'm sure kids in other states knew Leroy Loggins, D-Mac, Andrew (and Lindsay) Gaze, Shane 'Hammer' Heal, Lanard Copeland, Brett Maher, whoever. Always seemed to strike me that the Wildcats resonated more with basketball fans than the other NBL teams did in their respective cities. Maybe it's a Perth thing. The Glory were in a similar boat in the late 90s but their star faded when the NSL went under and the A-League kicked off.

Wildcats: a slam dunk for Jack Bendat at 89

The Perth Wildcats, who stormed into the National Basketball League grand final on Sunday, are on the brink of another upset: returning a handsome profit for their 89-year-old owner in a struggling league.

www.afr.com

This article really sums up the success of the Perth Wildcats, the amount of community hours they put into the game pays off big time.

 

[Kram]

It's funny looking back that the Wildcats used to be on during prime time TV Friday night in the early 90s, even in the country with only one commercial channel.