what do you think about Maccabi Haifa

[frodoborg]

Jeff Rosen is about to move his support to Maccabi Rishon, where the city hall is much more supportive, plus there's a new basketball court built just 2 years ago.

[Czarkazem13]

Jeff Rosen is about to move his support to Maccabi Rishon, where the city hall is much more supportive, plus there's a new basketball court built just 2 years ago.

Really? Any links (English)?

[frodoborg]

Really? Any links (English)?

http://translate.google.com/translat...2892%2C00.html

[Czarkazem13]

http://translate.google.com/translat...2892%2C00.html

Thanks.

[Billy Bounce]

Jeff demanded from the Haifa municipality to pay partly for his team bills, municipality refused , so he started to threat them by leaving Haifa & supporting other team. Actually I don't think he will leave : Jeff invested too much to drop everything & just leave, but I don't see municipality to accept his demands either. The lack of municipality money doesn't prevent football Maccabi Haifa from being the most successful club & probably the only profitable in Israel.

With all respect to Jeff money & efforts of building something in Haifa , he did a lot of mistakes by allowing himself to interfere with head coach in players selection . I hope he'll hire good experienced coach next year & give him a full carte blanche , so Maccabi Hafia won't end like a broken toy in a hands of a bored child.

[Czarkazem13]

Jeff demanded from the Haifa municipality to pay partly for his team bills, municipality refused , so he started to threat them by leaving Haifa & supporting other team. Actually I don't think he will leave : Jeff invested too much to drop everything & just leave, but I don't see municipality to accept his demands either. The lack of municipality money doesn't prevent football Maccabi Haifa from being the most successful club & probably the only profitable in Israel.

With all respect to Jeff money & efforts of building something in Haifa , he did a lot of mistakes by allowing himself to interfere with head coach in players selection . I hope he'll hire good experienced coach next year & give him a full carte blanche , so Maccabi Hafia won't end like a broken toy in a hands of a bored child.

Agreed on the coaching, which I think is the biggest mistake that he has made. Maccabi needs a good experienced coach, not some young up-and-comer. Maccabi went through some setbacks this year which sucked, because Israel needs another consistent solid team with a good budget.

A little off topic, but does anyone know anything going on with Guma Aguiar being involved with Hapoel Jerusalem again?

[Billy Bounce]

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A little off topic, but does anyone know anything going on with Guma Aguiar being involved with Hapoel Jerusalem again?

Guma promised ~$1M for the next year & that's probably the only bright spot for Jerusalem right now.

[Billy Bounce]

A meeting today was confirmed between Jeff Rosen and Haifa Mayor Yona Yahav.
The meeting was described as positive and constructive, however, there were no breakthrough solutions regarding the municipality’s support for the team.

The Mayor is aware of the issues and has made an effort to try to secure a main sponsor for the team.
There will be an open line of communication between the two parties in the upcoming days before a decision is made by Mr. Rosen regarding his future with Maccabi Haifa.

Stay tuned for "The Decision"

[cscarlos]

Guma promised ~$1M for the next year & that's probably the only bright spot for Jerusalem right now.

not ''only'...there is the ARENA that ''should'' be finish in 2 years with 10000 sits.....and Rahanan Catz gonna invest in the club to. next year jerusalem should have their biggest budget so far. aroung 7-8 M $.

[[M-120]]

Has Jerusalem Arena construction started already?
Do you guys have any photos of Jerusalem Arena construction?

[CKR13]

How close is Jordan Farmar signing with Haifa?

[cscarlos]

Farmar to Haifa,WTF?????
Big big move for Haifa.

[[M-120]]

^^ +1

I want to see Farmar in M. Haifa.

Israeli Basketball League need few more teams to be strong teams like Maccabi Tel Aviv.

[frodoborg]

Doesn't seem very likely. He's negotiating with MTA.

[Billy Bounce]

Doesn't seem very likely. He's negotiating with MTA.

Judge yourself: Farmar is under $12M 3-year contract with the Nets, e.g. $4M per year.

Do you think he'll give up $8M for the next 2 seasons to play in MTA for ~ $1M ?

So it looks like Farmar is looking for a team to play during lock-out only. The meaning: MTA won't be interested , Haifa ( with nothing to lose ) could be.

[Billy Bounce]

Staying on topic , update about Haifa's arena:

[[M-120]]

^^ Why is it different render now? It looks ugly.

What happened to this render? (Look at the end of the video)

[frodoborg]

Judge yourself: Farmar is under $12M 3-year contract with the Nets, e.g. $4M per year.

Do you think he'll give up $8M for the next 2 seasons to play in MTA for ~ $1M ?

So it looks like Farmar is looking for a team to play during lock-out only. The meaning: MTA won't be interested , Haifa ( with nothing to lose ) could be.

According to the local news, the fact that he's Jewish changes everything. Don't ask me why But Mizrahi confirmed, so it looks serious.

[[M-120]]

Maccabi Haifa signed former NBA center and NBA D-League All-Star Sean Williams to a two-year contract through the 2012-13 season.

http://www.mhbasket.co.il/News.asp?id=1263&lang=en

Hightlights: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=blroS...el_video_title




And also Carlos Powell & Simon Farine joined Maccabi Haifa

Carlos Powell:
http://www.mhbasket.co.il/News.asp?id=1260&lang=en
Highlights - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fVhFADxowmA&NR=1


Simon Farine will get an Israeli citizenship since he is Jewish from Canada:
http://www.mhbasket.co.il/News.asp?id=1262&lang=en








P.s I think this thread's name should changed to "Maccabi Haifa thread"??