Mark Arena

I don't know what they did to you.

And full disclosure, when I went out to do the game out in Perth, Mark Arena and Danny Mills were so good to me.

And those guys understand what my responsibility and obligations are.

They're true professionals and just very kind hearted people.

Um, they've gone three in one in his absence.

There was a lot of talk from Perth fans, you know, everyone going like that, uh, Mark Arena and I forget the GM's name, you know, it was John, you know, and everyone had stuffed up in that and they were going to really rue that they went without a point guard for the first few weeks.

And the team was behind the eight ball, you know, especially after they got smashed by Southeast Melbourne on opening night.

Right.

And by you, I don't know who I'm talking about because I don't know the breakdown over there.

Is it Johnny? Is it Danny? Is it Mark Arena? Who is it? But somebody needs to step up and be like, yo, you know what? This is acceptable.

We got to change this thing.

Bruce, could you imagine being the coach of that team right now?

There was no angst when he left.

The fan base there, look, all their angst is directed toward the new owner, Mark Arena, who they blame for Bryce Cotton leaving.

He's made an ultimatum to Bryce.

And Bryce said, well, I can't make a decision.

Gross negligence, I think, were the exact words that...

Derek Rucker used.

So there's a lot of angst toward the owner.

And I was there last week for their first game of the season in Perth against the Phoenix, which they lost by 21, which was their second heaviest opening round defeat at home in the history of the club.

I just think it's like one of those things where you can't criticize all these other teams and say, oh, they only turn up when their team's winning and blah, blah, blah.

And then all these guys do, it's complaining about John, really, Danny Mills, and Mark Arena.

That's all they care about.

And the NBL media kind of knows it too.

He will miss games against the Adelaide 36ers and the New Zealand Breakers as he is still not in the country.

And that's where we're going to lead with our talking points, Toby, because no regrets has probably been the most used quote in the NBL since the start of NBL 26, attributed to Perth Wildcats owner Mark Arena, referring to the team's decision to sever ties with their superstar, Bryce Cotton.

So now the question falls back onto the team.

Not one regret.