Hoops

Adelaide v Bris-Vegas Jan 12

“indicates that his own development as a coach has stalled somewhat.”

I feel the same way. It’s either that or he can’t get his players to play smarter. Either way, it’s a concern for those of us who are tired of waiting for another title.

Can someone remind me how many years Joey has left?

such a poor comentary team.

That explains Deng then.

Patterson9until foul out) plus Gliiddon, Te Rangi 3's too good down stretch. Sobey (and it is hard to see they have anyone up to it) is not the right man to handle /make decisions with the ball in prime time.

I think that both DJ and Sobey have stepped up considerably in terms of mental toughness in the last 3 seasons, difference is night vs day to me.

Joey failing to add tactical coaching ( situational/immediate focus on 1/2 court or mismatch or if/then/else structures) to the strategic focus ( overall we run, run and play hard switching D ) that he brought with him in the first season, indicates that his own development as a coach has stalled somewhat. JMHO

Conspiracy theory time: Joey is deliberately coaching badly so that he gets asked (or paid) to leave at the end of the season?

I would rather they called the foul too. But the so called referees weren't calling them, can't make them blow the whistle, so he needs to be smarter and start sucking Bairstow in rather than Barstow getting DJ just where he wants him. Maybe today he was just completely spent and hit boiling point. It does amaze me how the refs continually don't recognise what certain players do every single game. Do they not talk about this sort of stuff?

I think if I had a choice between DJ "sucking it up" or the refs calling a foul when he's actually fouled I'd rather the foul.

DJ's attitude was woeful today and got worse as game went on. Sure Bairstow fouls him constantly and just scrags him but DJ needs to suck it up and get the better of it instead of affecting his game. Should of been subbed off. He was spent and just getting more frustrated. Couldn't compete anymore and got out rebounded after missed foul shots, and then lost the plot mentally, while Froling sits on the bench. Could not work out why Froling wasn't subbed on in the 4th. Deng looked good when he was on for those couple of minutes and then sits for basically rest of game. Conger tried hard and did a good job, while Sobey was MIA offensively. Wiley is terrible defender. Gets lost switching and both him and Moore give their players too much room outside and can't close down outside shot.
At start of game refs were woeful. Hodgsen and Bairstow had tents pitched in the keyway. Missed travels and don't think they even picked up the 8 second violation until crowd and Joey picked them up on it.

Adelaide needed more Teys as well

Was Froling sitting in the fourth quarter addressed? Hopefully the press chewed him out for benching him.

Conger played 'well' today

Agree with Anon on Deng too. He deserved more time after his first half. Could’ve made a difference with his threes and energy. I certainly would have had him in ahead of Wiley!

I agree with everything you just said Very Old. I love our running game, but Joey has never got our guys to consistently recognise opponents weaknesses and exploit them in the half court. We lose so many games because the guys don’t have an offensive plan.

Ushiro, I didn’t think Sobey did that much wrong in the early 4th quarter. They were good shots he often makes, he just had a stinker of a shooting night after he shot the lights out last game. So I’m not going to blame him for this one. His D has been pretty good the last two games too.

Brisbane didn’t get many good 3 point looks until the last quarter and that was more to do with everyone sagging off to try to stop Patterson attacking the basket and to help DJ on the boards. Hence why I’m pissed at Joey for leaving Froling on the bench most of the 4th!

Agreed also. Joey and Gleeson both guilty of this.

agreed

"Instead, Joey plays small to try to matchup with Brisbane and refuses to change when DJ is exhausted, Patterson is scoring at will and Wiley is giving TeRangi wide open threes after we’d kept him quiet all game! "

absolutely spot on , particuarly since we didn't need to catch up at the start of the 4th Q, got to ask - who did start
that Q4 for the sixers ?

"Even Homicide said that Sobey needed to look at the last quarter" , actually he said the whole game, and I don't rate him as a true judge of a game, either as am observer or a participant.

Moore was absent much of the game, wiley has great effort but little direction, DJ was left to be out-rebounded most of the game, and I think that Joey's "system" has become very chaotic as the season has gone on, I don't know if thats because the players won't execute it, if they don't understand it, or there isn't one or its just " go do it and decide ( read and react) for yourself". but i think more dirction given to the players rather than the officials may be useful.

I doubt it has cost finals but good call about Froling. Bizarre rotations in the 4th.

Just got home and I have one thing to say: Where the fuck was Froling in the 4th quarter? He was one of the biggest reasons we won the first three quarters! His defence and boxing out were huge against Brisbane’s big frontcourt and his threes were a real problem for their defence too.

Instead, Joey plays small to try to matchup with Brisbane and refuses to change when DJ is exhausted, Patterson is scoring at will and Wiley is giving TeRangi wide open threes after we’d kept him quiet all game!

Got to be the worst coaching I’ve seen from Joey and it’s probably cost us finals this year.

If homicide said it then it must be legit

Lucky most 36ers fans are on their way home now because they won't like what is on Foxtel right now

"Sixers face Wildcats next so not all is lost."
Yes they have the easiest run home in the league with 3 games vs Perth still to come

Went to the game today. 36ers looked knackered and sloppy at the end of the 3rd when they should have been putting the game away. And DJ got fouled so much the whole game and it just gets waived away.

Ushiro - its not sobey , so much as there being no other playewr who steps up when Sobey is not having a stellar game, bench time is good for a point player to "reset" mentally after a poor start - but who else produces so much with any sort of reliabilty ?

Cadee , last 12 seconds, 3pt, and a turnover after trying to get a foul from a pair of 36ers who were not going to help pad his stats.

was there any effective strategy provided to the 36ers in the last quarter ?

Sixers face Wildcats next so not all is lost.

Don't worry 6ers fans your team will still finish top 4 thanks to Perth

HUNDRED. Oh baby.

And it's a win for Adelaide fans too because free cheeseburgers
Win-win day

One more point and it's an even better afternoon

What a great afternoon

They should get a 3rd import

Sobey puts up a lot of garbage. Always too long.

That’s completely unforgivable performance by ADELAIDE in the fourth and has pretty much cost them a finals spot

What is a normal number of pots Manu?

Every possible foul in the mix there. One-pot special

Turned out to accidentally be a smart USF by Cadee because the retaliation becomes a bench tech

That's a real one-pot, rainy Tuesday night grandma special recipe home cooking there by refs. God love em

How did cadee just get a usf haha wtf

Cadee still working hard for the 36ers

3 rebounds by Harry is just not enough..

Patterson is playing almost Rashad Tucker-esque today

Cadee being out there is keeping Adelaides chances alive

Big ups to Big Ads

Plus they're putting up junk.

36ers - no rebounds ATn - thats just effort...

Big Ads was right. Good call.

Maybe don't give Te Rangi an eternity to setup for three, Sixers.

Imagine if Gliddon did this consistently.

Okay okay, get him on a straight-line drive to the cup and he's okay. Everything else is, as a mate of mine put it, warehouse at best