Because he needs the money for his upcoming fraud case

"I like heal, he calls it the way he sees it."
Must be blind then

I hated Heal like most Adelaide fans when he played but I really like his colour commentary. He doesn't do every game either - he didn't do game 1 in Adelaide.

I actually prefer him over every other special comments guy this season. Not afraid to give his opinion, calls it how he sees it and you have to respect that. Especially as he's a better player and played at a higher level than every other special comments guy this season. That counts for something. He's not afraid to argue with his co-commentator either like today with Brad Rosen which makes for more entertainment. As Bill Walton once said "when everyone thinks alike, no one thinks at all".

As for past special comments guys I always liked Derek Rucker too. My perfect combination would be Casey and Gaze. They were brilliant at the Olympics.

I like Heal, one of the better colour commentators along with James Harvey. So much better than Brad Robbins.

I liked Rucker for his basketball IQ.

Whereas Shane Heal has no troubling issues in his past at all.

I'd be happy if he called every game. Good mix of insight and opinion.

I'm in the pro-Heal camp, at least with commentary, I think he's really good and interacts with the other commentary guys well... James Harvey is really good as well, and I hope that he gets more gigs next season, but assume that after his move north, he's more available for the QLD games...

I liked Rucker as well, but he got bogged down a bit at times...

are you kidding me.

Heal only commentates to make himself sound better and put himself in better positions. To sarcastic from my liking. When he commentates with Brad Robbins, he just overpowers him and disagrees with everything and makes him sound crap

I thought Brad Rosen was excellent yesterday. He had no problem disagreeing with heal and especially about the refereeing. I loved his point that basically said that the players have to adjust. Even though Heal said that those calls should not be made Rosen corrected him and said that they have to play to the way the referees have called it all year (even if they don't agree with it). He was brilliant

"Heal only commentates to make himself sound better and put himself in better positions."

What??

" thought Brad Rosen was excellent yesterday. He had no problem disagreeing with heal and especially about the refereeing"

The same Brad Rosen who went on a rant about Coenraad (who was 5/6 from the field at the time and keeping the team in the game) being counterproductive because him taking shots away from Rotnie and I think AJ and stopping them from getting into rhythm.

So no he is never close to excellent. Constant yapping without engaging his brain.

"The same Brad Rosen who went on a rant about Coenraad (who was 5/6 from the field at the time and keeping the team in the game) being counterproductive because him taking shots away from Rotnie and I think AJ and stopping them from getting into rhythm. "

That not what he said at all. If you listen he said the he likes Conread but they can not win with him scoring at taking shots away from Rotnei. After he mentioned this Conread did not score again (and took some dumb shots) and Clark played awesome and lifted his team for a win.

He was right on the money (yes, I like him)