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Podcast topics include;
- Where Al Westover is coaching these days (2:00)
- Arriving in Australia as a player and memories of the VBL of the ’70s and ’80s (4:00)
- Why the Melbourne Tigers chose to play in the Victorian Basketball League instead of the NBL in the 1980s (7:00)
- Playing in the NBL during the 1980s and memories of the competition (10:00)
- Joining the Tigers as an assistant coach (11:00)
- How the Melbourne Tigers linked China to the NBL (14:00)
- The Tigers V Magic rivalry of the 1990s (17:00)
- The Tigers’ first championship in 1993 (19:00)
- The second title in 1997 (21:00)
- How Lindsey and Alan juggled the coaching responsibilities of the team between 1992 and 2005 (24:00)
- Taking over as coach in 2005 and adding Chris Anstey to the roster (25:30)
- Winning the 2006 championship as head coach of the Tigers (27:00)
- Falling short to the Brisbane Bullets in 2007 (32:00)
- Coaching Chris Anstey (36:00)
- Coaching against his former Tigers teammate Brian Goorjian (40:00)
- Facing the South Dragons in the Tigers’ fourth Grand Final in four years (44:00)
- Did the ‘Gaze Era’ Melbourne Tigers underachieve by only winning two titles (48:00)
- The Tigers sack Al Westover despite delivering 4 Grand Final appearances in five seasons (49:30)
- Coaching in Japan (57:00)
- The highlights and learning moments of his basketball journey (59:00) (2:00)
All of this and a whole lot more…