Hoops

36ers rotation

If Ballinger plays C tonight, then that is proof that Ninnis doesn't know what he is doing. Ballinger at C = lost games. I don't care how desperate a centre is needed, you can't compromise Ballinger's game when he is the star of the team and needs to do what he does best. He has to score and if playing centre gets in the way, then he simply can't do it.

Rotate Scott ninnis right out of the stadium & get someone who can coach.

Keeps Balls away from centre.

Perhaps staring Coops is not a silly as it sounds. I still don't see Miss Molly in there for any minutes. Can't we fit in 5 mins somewhere?

Would like to see Ng play a bit more than 17, but cramps could be an issue. Maybe the last few minutes of the quarters when we need some big threes.

We are desperately short of forwards. Hill is too tall for a guard, needs to be re-engineered

Yea i remember when Rogers left in around 2004 and we had no C and we got Rychart in that Holmes and Dusty were basically our c's and Holmes id ok in bigger opponents so can do the job.

XztatiK - When Crosswhite goes to the bench I'd almost prefer to throw Holmes in defensively against Rychart/Melzer at Centre. Leave Balls to do what he does best at the 4 spot.

Unless both are posting up - very unlikely Holmes can defend well enough against these two, rebounding will be his only issue, but if Holmes is switched on and boxing out than he can do a great job against the 'big boys'.

Given Holmes is the better rebounder and inside hustler and Ballinger has the better outside shot, i was thinking despite him being shorter i reckon we may be better off leaving Ballinger at PF for the whole game and shifting Holmes to C if we are going to use one of them in the C. As Xtatik said they do use smaller C's like Rychart for half the game and i reckon Holmes would be able to guard him just as well as Ballinger and then it frees Ballinger up more to play his natural position and dominate the game.

Another thought, if Burstons is going to be out for say more than 2 weeks is it worth bringing in someone like Chris Cameron or Blagoj Janev to start C?? Both those guys played ok for the slingers from memory and would probably be a upgrade on Cooper or Garlepp.

When do you think the coaching staff should take responsibilty for the clubs poor performance?

We all said they have a great team to coach and with the right strategy we could go top - but it just may be the other clubs have worked out Phil and Steve's game plan.

It isn't as if they don't earn enough - both Phil and Steve's remuneration packages are reportedly $xxxk plus bonuses of up to another $xxk each per season. Not bad money - that costs the club well over $xxxk PLUS for our two coaches.

Looks like they sacrificed our mate Potsie to pay themselves plenty.

WHAT DO YOU THINK...............