
5AA phil to jump
Me,
Maher has averaged about the same as he has the last 3 seasons, plus carried us a lot more than ever!
I agree with the rest of your comments though...


With all this talk Stacker vs Ninnis, why cant we have them both? Give Stacker a two year deal with Ninnis as 1st assistant for two years - sappa, kb whoever as second assistant, than after the 2 years stacker gets moved on Ninnis has a team he has had a hand in assembling/rebuilding and is now headcoach with the 2nd assistant moving up as well.
Seems logical to me?

Phil should be given another year to see what he can do with a much better team. While this year it appears he has failed, he has had poor tools to work with. He knows how to win championships when he has the right team. While Joey Wright seems to be the coach of the year because of what he has done with his team, he also had a team last season that on paper should have won a championship (and also rumored to be well above the salary cap). They didn't even make the grand finals. A great coach can have his work cut out for him if he doesn't have a great team to work with. Give him the right tools and then leave it up to him to use them right.

what happens to his assistants??? Breheny seems to be a package deal with Smyth, but what happens to KB??? i guess it will depend on if the new coach wants him

Yea thats a good point, and if Stacker is able to bring guys like Newley with him that makes him very attractive to hire, but yea i would still prefer Smyth or Ninnis personally, interesting times ahead it seems, has the Smyth to jump rumour been confirmed yet??

ok yea, we will just have to wait and see, i dont know about Stacker as a coach im not his biggest fan and would personally prefer Ninnis or Smyth but i would love to see Newley, Mee and Cat back in Adelaide, a team like PG Mee, SG Maher, SF Newley, PF Cat, C Horvath with a bench along the lines of Cooper, Majstro, Ng, Sutton, Hill would be a great team in my opinion, some would question the age of the starting 5, but Horvath and Newley are both under 30 and the other 3 can still play and it would still be a younger team than this years so i would have no problem with it. I guess we will have to wait and see what happens!

WOW, i sorta want Smyth to stay on and hava crack at rebuilding it with Hemmerling, but given he did the same thing with the Boomers i wouldnt be surprised if he just cut his losses and moved on, he hinted he would do it if he felt it was time on his interview with peter walsh on abc.net.au. I just saw a post on ozhoopsboards about a rumour of Stacker, Newley, Cat and Mee coming to Adelaide, anyone else heard this one or think its true???

My vote is for Scott Ninnis, time to rebuild with a plan and a vision. You can't do that with guys 35+.


