Hoops

Damien Cotter's future as Kings coach

"Sydney fans are fickle! Give Damo a chance - 2 year contract and to choose his players and support staff."

Are you kidding? Another 2 years?

What is his record so far? 12 Wins, 27 Losses something like that. Only Sydney can make history like this. And don't blame it on Childress being out. Other teams have superstars sitting out as well. Hawks are playing with 1 import and half of last year's Sydney team.

That time out was the joke of the round, may be of all time.

That might be true, but giving up a 24-point lead is generally a sign of some level of incompetence somewhere. You can't just brush it off because you won anyway.

Totally irrelevant. There is nothing whatsoever wrong with a 5 point win in a road game against a superior opponent.

Yeah, reports are Cotter was right and the scorebench was wrong.

Yeah, like that talentless hack they've got playing centre.

This team, on paper, should be better than the wooden spoon.

Even if the Kings hit 100% of their free-throws in that last quarter, they gave up a 24-point lead to win by five.

If you need the league's best player in order to be 'a decent team', you're probably not that good a coach.

The team has been without their star all season, they've introduced, what, 6 or 7 new players? Thornton has only just started to find his feet and Harrington has come in overweight and out of retirement, Markovic has clearly lost something, Garlepp has been MIA. I would let Cotter see the season out.

Kings also struggling with stuff off the court. They have taken down the Entertainment Centre's parking area before taking down the Entertainment Centre itself! You have to pay close to $50 for parking in the closest parking station, clearly effecting the crowd numbers this season.

Personally the faster they get out of there, the better.

The only good things about the season so far has been Khazzouh and Cadee's improvement.

Cotters mistake with the TO didnt lose the game.

The team shot 50% from Free Throws.
The team missed chances of "easy" baskets in the last quarter. ( the easiest Garlepp not converting )
The team did not handle the PRESS, maybe a portion of the blame for that can be put on Cotter?
All the 50/50 calls in the last quarter went against the Kings.

Something must have been going right to be up 25pts, with many thinking the game is "in the bag"

Alan Black

I think there's something more going on with Marcovic. Anyone know?

Markovic was tweeting encouragement to the team during the game, doubt he would do that if he has gone walkabout.

Does not detract from the fact it was a sound thing to do.

Yes it is, the Pro player is not 100% accurate so doing something to mess with their rhythm is a good strategy.

Same thing has been done in HS, NCAA, NBA, Olympics, World Champs.

But of course you're the only one who's right.

It is a sound strategy, even if you don't agree with it.

The Powerhouse/Dome/Arena scoreboard claims another victim

You call one to ice the shooter and get them thinking.

It's a good strategy if you have a Timeout left for after.

Cotter thought he had another timeout, by the sound of things.