LLOYD Klaman has some unfinished business with the Werribee Devils.
The American-born coach wants to lead the Devils women’s team into 2014 after taking them to the Big V women’s division 2 playoffs in his first season.
“We haven’t formalised anything yet, but I would like to come back,” Klaman told the Weekly.
It promises to be an exciting 12 months for the Devils. They are preparing a submission to be promoted to division 1 on the back of their minor premiership.
There are also plans to get a women’s youth league team off the ground to cater for their growing number of talented teens.
Should the Devils get the green light for an elevation to the second tier, and if Klaman is reappointed, he has vowed to fast-track the young team’s development with a punishing pre-season program to get them up to the required standard for the level.
“If I’m involved next year, we’ll probably only take five weeks off and get started again,” he said. “We want to get these kids bigger, stronger and quicker, and we’ll do a lot of work in the weight room and on the running track. We’re going to have to compete with bigger bodies if we’re in division 1.”
Meanwhile, it was a night of upsets at the Werribee Sports and Fitness Centre.
Not only did Klaman’s top-ranked women’s division 2 team suffer a shock loss to fourth seed Keilor in a series sweep, the previously unbeaten Devils youth league 1 men’s team was upset 70-61 by the Keilor Thunder in a grand-final boilover.
