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Perth Wildcats offseason thread

Don't take those lollies. I've seen what happens to those kids on Today tonight.

People will normally defend the coach with this level of success.

Its a Bird in hand worth two in the bush thing.

Yes....someone COULD have done a 5 Peat, but would you risk getting a Demopolous, Gaze, or Robilliard?

If someone offered you 3 Lollies now or gave you equal chance of winning 0, 1, 2, 4 or 5 lollies, which would you take?

The fans seem to be overly defensive of him.

Not anymore.

I know, it boggles the mind how he is untouchable or even not mentionable in terms of possible changes at the club.

And yeah, I think the two are analogous -- Today Tonight for older people is what Facebook is for the younger ones.

Ah okay, got you. Facebook type users would be a lot dumber so I can imagine the discussions they have on there. You're right, at least the old Cat Chat forum had characters not the dumb-dumbs that use Facebook.

No I haven't seen it but the name comes from the old "Cat Chat" forum. It was awful but showed how strong the online fanbase is of the Wildcats as it was as busy as this site and that other site which sucks now.

Much ado about nothing ......while you lose every game due to refs...

bring in Byron Mullens to play centre, can't get a gig in NBA but Perth can pay more than G league.

mobile 7 footer who can shoot from 3

Also don't forget Tom Jervis. His last year with Brisbane is only an option.

So the Wildcats did a 6'ers. Ultimate irony right there.

Lol I thought DJ hate Perth

Tokoto has to go, he's not even as good at Childress as getting buckets and he also possesses no 3 point shot.

Maybe give the orginial import Walker a crack.

Cooke has to go. If you're gonna get a garbage man import, at least get someone who can make a layup or point blank shot! So many of them missed this year

"90% done? What does that even mean? Has he signed just "Daniel Johnso" on the contract?"

Hahahahha, give this man a funny tag!

90% done? What does that even mean? Has he signed just “Daniel Johnso” on the contract?

The point is, there is no player like Martin.

"God knows how you replace a player like Martin"

err - recruit a proven NBL coach that players like to play for who will attrack such players, then sign the players to long contracts - (like that guy coaching the hawks ATM) ?

You don't have to replace good players. You just have to construct a good team.

Can Kay and Brandt complement each other and make the Wildcats better? I wondered whether Brandt would be better off the bench if they secure Kay.

It's pretty clear that Perth needs some of this...

https://m.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=10216413603636284&id=1341753993

Go hard for Gliddon and Kay. If they keep Cotton maybe go for signing Devondrick Walker as that’s what they wanted this year. If not Prather? Or Conger lol.
3rd imports needs to be a back up to Brandt.

Perth's roster will be an intetesting one to watch over the offseason. Of the regular rotations only Martin, Cotton, Brandt, Kenny, Wagstaff and maybe Steindl are safe. But, I suspect Cotton will be lured away by bigger money overseas or the NBA even.

So will they blow it up and go strong with youth (like Adelaide did last year) but with experienced imports or try to squeeze more out of the existing core?

He wasn't the best fit in THIS team, but he could be a valuable asset if they get the rest of the pieces right. Saw a tweet earlier which highlighted the following stats or him. Keep him, develop him and get him naturalised.

"Finished the season 3rd in entire NBL in PER & 2nd in DefRtg.

Finished 2nd in Reb%.

Finished top 5 in FG%, Rebs, Steals & Blocks per 40, 1st in OReb per 40. "

I agree Luuc, I like his energy and he seems to be popular with teammates.

His numbers per minute are great too but the circumstances in Perth are not in his favour. He might have been better suited to a number of other teams i.e Bullets, Kings and Hawks.

He reminds me of Eric Jacobsen, great team guy, competent and puts in the effort but is a victim of external forces beyond his control.

I actually wouldn't mind keeping Cooke Jr if the circumstances were right. i.e. if we put better pieces around him.
I love the way he plays, but his plusses outweigh his minuses only if the rest of the team is more capable.

Is that likely to happen? No. If we're aiming for a title then we probably have too much other building to do.

My thoughts on Wildcats season and roster. To start with we were screwed over by Matt Knights selfishness in deciding to play on then only to retire when we all knew he couldn't go on. then for what ever reason we decided to replace him with a guard who had been out of the league for a while, and then kept an import who clearly was not up to it. Too many times during the season we played without any real intent and relied on Cotton keeping us in the games, blew big leads far too often and lost games at home we should never lose. Onto the playing list.

We have to make changes, we cannot maintain the status quo, this roaster was not good enough to win it this year.

Bragg- Keep and actually give some playing time, Martin is not going to be around much longer.

Walker- Keep only if nothing better out there, sure he started all guns blazing, but reverted to form as the year went on, and we had him starting last night, shows hum much we were struggling. there was a reason why he wasn't playing last season and only got a spot on this years roster to replace Redhage

Hire- Gone, was a solid role player two years ago, is not any more, adds zero to this team now.

Tokoto- Unsure to be honest, not as good as he thinks he is, would certainly look out and about before signing him again.

Kenny- Keep, if Martin gets injure, which happens more often that not, you still need a stable influence out there.

DKD- Keep and like Bragg actually play him for extended minutes,he could not have been any worse than Hire and Wagstaff in this series with the same minutes.

Cotton- Keep, but get him some help in the back court, someone that can actually score and take the pressure off him

Brandt- Keep, after Cotton our best player by a long way, he would benefit greatly having another decent big man to help him out on court.

Cooke jnr- Gone, how he stayed on the list all year is staggering. Strange from the Cats that they refused to budge on him

Wagstaff- Undecided on him, can give you moments, but he isn't going to get better, his final series was a disgrace for a senior player 9 pts and 4 rebounds. Has to be a bench player at the most if we keep him.

Vague- gone, try someone else as DP, not sure what he brings to the team.



Steindl- I'll go against the grain here, i would keep him, he came into the team late, and was never really used the correct way IMO. He has shown he has some ability in the past, worth persevering with.

Martin- Keep, but start planning for his retirement, how much longer can he keep abusing his body on the court.


So out for me of the current roster

Tokoto
Cooke jnr
Hire
Vague

Possible outs if suitable replacements available

Walker
Wagstaff

Mike attends games so I doubt it.

Out: Gleeson. Pretty please.

Cody Ellis and Cam Gliddon to Cats for 2018/19

Perth 2018/19 off-season:

Ins: Best players from all other teams, this thread
Outs: Hire, Kenny, Cooke Jr, existing Wildcats off-season thread

I imagine this is how NSW blues fans feel when they are close to winning a state of origin series lol.