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Marty Clarke has club managements full support

Every political and sporting story is basically the "Dragon Slaying" story. There's four main characters.

1. The Maiden in distress who needs to be rescued.
2. The Dragon who is the threat
3. The White Knight who slays the Dragon
4. The Ogre who makes it hard for the White Knight

For example. "Kevin 07"

1. The Working people were the Maidens in distress.
2. John Howard was painted as the Dragon enslaving workers in work choices.
3. Kevin was the White Knight
4. Peter Costello was the Ogre

With the current saga that is happening with the Sixers, I'll let you all work out for yourselves who the Dragon and Ogre are.

I'd support Maher as coach and agree that any change would be positive at this point.

Genuine question - does anybody ever remember Marty taking accountability for results? I've heard "players don't follow instruction", "so and so couldn't cut it at NBL level", "we didn't shoot well" etc.

I've not once heard "We need to look at the system and adjust it as it's clearly not working".

Does any one know if the CEOs job has been advertised? Good management is the key. Why do they stay on for the rest of the season. When you resign. That is it in my opinion. The question I ask is will there be a 36 ers next year. Yes I agree a statement should be issued. Not fair on everyone really.

True, it's done and dusted. I'm still genuinely disappointed about how it was handled though. As you say, not much good in going over it now.

Still, if we're looking at it from the point of view of analyzing Clark's tenure as a whole, it represents a piece of the decision making chain that sees us in our current position.

I understand the call for unity and agree with supporting the club, however finals would now be a miracle. Putting irrational Marty hate aside, we really do need to look at what's gone wrong here and I personally really do believe the most significant portion of that lies with the coaching staff. But that's just my personal opinion.

I disagree - I rarely made sense under any circumstances.

I'm more jacked off about how CJ's sacking was apparently handled than the event itself, although I don't believe he should have gone in the first place.

Like Marty gave CJ time you mean?

Spot on Master chief! Very Old & Marcus Camby (possibly Clarke & Radford)are happy to settle for mediocre in "Title Town'!

There's virtually zero chance of a finals appearance at this point, so it's not like wins matter (especially after Clark has lead us to 8 straight L's).

Looks like the Sunday experiment has been a failure as well - attendance numbers are really hurting.

Our record over the past three seasons has unfortunately done nothing to help secure a long term future for basketball in Adelaide.

Very old - Most people would be extremely grateful for the work ownership has done, no doubt. Who would purchase a basketball team in the current climate??

But do you not think there is also an element of responsibility, with that ownership, to drive change when needed? Even if finance is tight?

Just don't think people can forever point out that the fans "owe" S.O.S something (very grateful for their work for sure ).

Just think there is a responsibility, regardless IMO.

On that issue, if club simply will not release clarke, for whatever reason, then BACK him publicly.

So Marty has been told privately that his contract will be honoured in full. Therefore there is no need for any announcement from SOS, the CEO , nor anyone else.

Meaning that his coaching fate for next season is in the hands of himself , his choice of assistant coaches and the players he selected, retainened or had handed to him at the start of this season.

Nothing unfair about that. I'll accept that.

Those calling for a caretaker coach have short memories, particuarly if they are saying they want Maher to be installed.

Any recent examples of the eventual outcome of hurredly installed caretaker coaches who had outstanding careers as a player in their home town ?

How about Vicki Valk/Daldy and the lightning - yes one championship was gained - but with a very very powerful team, and she already had quite a bit of experience coaching succesfully at the aba level.

The second season not so succesful. ( I'm not bagging Vicki - I think she was an outstanding player and was at the very least a very adequate and succesful ABA coach.

I very much doubt that the SOS group have not seem the simularities in that situation.

I doubt that they would like to see Maher go the same way.

I'm certain that SOS hope that there will be at least some more wins to come before they wave goodbye and welcome in a new coaching staff, but ultimately its ALL their money and if they see a better return and chance of long term success by not being rushed into finding the best replacement for Marcus(?) Clarke then good on them.

Those posters who say that the fans are "owed" a sacking by the owners are a little to "ME" focussed in my opinion.

Go and have a discussion with some long term NBL fans out of newcastle and canberra, and see what they have to say about losing a franchise, and talk to some at the Gong and find out just how grateful they are that private owenership came to save their team, all three areas would just be happy to have a team ATM.

What this SOS ownership owes me is a team competing in the NBL for as long as I am here in adelaide, so I can at least see class players such as Cedric jackson in the flesh twice a season. What I owe them is to purchase my season tickets as early as possible.

So, it would be nice to see a win against Heal up next - but I suspect that Heal will be really focused on delivering a body blow to a coach who he could have seen as a vastly moire fancied competitor for the Boomers head coach role at the start of this season.

- a job that I am certain was in Clarkes' goals for this year, and which I'm certain Heal would like to aim for ASAP.

@Loco Yes they're in the Apollo after games...

Looking at the schedule, they have a stack of away games to close the season out.

Does anyone have a summary of what they believe "Clarke's System" actually is? Maher and others were saying it's particularly complicated, but the players keep saying they "believe in it".

Then again, people believe in Bigfoot, Nebiru and the past three Sixer teams...

Early contender for post of the year and it's only 7 days in.

Also, who gets day drunk on a Monday at 12pm?

I'd hope for a statement from the club in some regard this week, but I'm not holding my breath. Do we still run the post game Q&A's upstairs in the Apollo room? I can think of some I'd like to ask.

Vote 1: Al Green.

Al Green - the man for a brighter tomorrow... today.

While only yesterday onair@fiveaa said 'Maher would do it if asked . All they gotta do is ask him.'

I have a dream . I have a dream , that one day..
..Clarke will stand down , and Maher will finish this season.
Free at last .. Free at last .
Thank God Allmighty , we are free, at last .

The article didn't say much. Marty is hardly going to come out and say "Management have had it with me". The only response was always going to be "full support".

And that's allegedly in private. As Isaac said, there's been no support shown publically by the administration and they handed him enough rope over the Massingale screw up with the "on Marty's recommendation" line.

I guess the saddest thing for me, as someone else mentioned above, is that after so many years as a member, I find myself not caring anymore. Friday night was so predictable, I didn't even get angry at the loss - it's just the norm. At least the crowd got stuck in though.

What a shithouse weekend , went into the weekend confident that we could get the 2 wins and to get duck eggs is unacceptable. I think the coach is clearly under the pump but so too should be certain players. Crosswell is a waste of space out there as teams are leaving him wide open and he isnt doing enough. i would let him go immediately and give those minutes to the import or daly. The future isnt crosswell. Our defence is terrible and teams score at will. Apart from gibbo the rest needs to have a good look at themselves along with the coaching staff otherwise they shouldnt pick up their pay cheque as they definately arent earning it. Funny thing is I still think we can get on a roll but alot of areas need to be tidied up. Looking forward to Sundays game , just hope I dont leave devastated again !!

At the season launch Marty said something along the lines about if this team doesn't make finals he doesn't deserve to coach. I know the event was videotaped and I would love to see the vision to see exactly what he said.

The Sixers would be unwise to sack him unless the ducks were all in a row with a replacement. After all, it would be a little awkward if a Chistophersen style situation arose where a coach was selected but couldn't actually coach for two games due to some technicality.

As it stands, the Sixers have a very slight chance of making finals, but at 5:11 would need to go a least 9:3 on the remaining games to sneak into finals like a burglar sneaking into a bubblewrap factory, as well as have games go their way. They could still get that run, but the chances of that happening are about the same as some half cut dude on a buck's show making the half court shot dressed in a chicken suit.

Clarke and Redford here til season end,won't make finals.have a caretaker coach in wont change this club overnight.