
Hawks vs Taipans tonight
xy, I would have just liked to see how different your tune would have sounded if Cairns did lose their last 2 games just like they lost the previous 2 games. The possibility was there regardless of whether the 36ers deserved it or not. I said previously that they deserved to make the playoffs purely in terms of making good use of the opportunity. They ended their season a much stronger team than most of those that do make the playoffs.

billo, we've been through this same argument time and time again. Phil could not have been entirely to blame for Chappell's delayed exit. Besides that, the last few weeks has seen the 36ers play consistently well, better than most of the teams above them on the ladder. Its a real shame that they can't show what they can do in the finals series. They are paying the price of the earlier season problems. I don't doubt for a minute that all 8 of the teams making playoffs would be panicking if the 36ers scraped in. They are good enough right now to make some upsets in the finals.

Davidson fouled out pretty early and was doing a decent job on inside D from all reports. Than Rigby fouled out.
Add to that Cairns had ALOT to play for and theres your 4th quarter swing.
Cairns have some qualtiy players, been ravaged by injury all year and struggled to play team ball when they got a decent squad on court.

How much blame can we lay on Phil now because the Taipans beat Wollongong? He would have looked much better if Wollongong won.

Did we honestly expect anything different?
Sixers don't deserve to be there fullstop!
Sure they playing some great ball to finish the season. But it's the whole season that counts and the continued waiting on Chapell and questionable coaching really cost us in the end.
Look forward to a fresh new look next year (well hopefully).
