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Erin and WNBA

Let me begin by stating that I am South Australian, and that I am a huge Brett Maher fan. I am disappointed to see him spend so much time on the bench, and would love to have seen him get more minutes, considering how well he was playing. I have similar sentiments for Cat and Rogers. But people, we have to put our South Aussie emotions and biases aside. If we call for Goorjs head, as many of you are, we are in fact stating that Phil Smyths dismissal as Boomers coach was not only warranted, but justifiable and fair. If you feel that Phil was treated harshly and therefore should not have been fired after losing a World Championship qualifying series to NZ, causing Australia to miss the tournament and costing BA close to $1mill, then why would you then ask for the same treatment of the following coach? Can Australian Basketball afford to keep firing coaches after each disappointment? Stability is the key to building. Yes, the loses were disappointing. The 4th qtr fade-outs were hard to watch. And we can all sit around and talk about shouldves and couldves all day. And how we are all experts after all passing Coaching 101 and we all know better and would have won simply by playing Brett, Cat and Rogers. Question, if he had played those guys and still lost, would we all still be pissed off? What are we pissed off at? The loses? Or those guys not hitting the floor enough? Both? Sounds like a lot of you just hate Goorj and Heal. Regardless, I dont think that firing Goorj is the answer. I dont see anyone else coaching in Australia who is ready to take over this position. Please, I would love to hear your suggestions (and please dont say Phil, because, as previously stated, if you think Goorj should be fired, you are stating that you agree with the firing of Phil). Fact remains that, in my opinion, Goorj is the best coach in the country. He is the most knowledgeable, connected and resourceful coach we have at the moment. He played his players because he thought they could get the job done. They didnt. But would anyone else have done any better? If you were coaching, you would have played Brett, Cat and Rogers, and if you had lost, you would have been criticised for playing your players and not playing Heal, Saville, Bogut, etc. Bottomline is this, if you can put your emotions and biases aside, do you really think firing Goorj is the solution? If so, who would you replace him with? And why do you think they would do a better job? If we were to replace Goorj, which I dont think they should, the only guy I would suggest would be Tom Maher. But wait, oh thats right, he coaches in NZ now, like a few other talented Aussie coaches. Just my opinion.