Jack Toft
Years ago
Regular coach of the Crocs gets ejected, Liam takes over and snags the W like it was always gunna be his. Cool as a cucumber.
How would he go as a Head Coach?
aiden
Years ago
He's a head coach in an assistant coach role, so im not surprised to see him step up in this game and do well. I think he'll get a job soon enough as a head coach in the league.
Anon
Years ago
Well done to flynny! Stats will now show his head coaching record as 1-0 but will stay at that! Was already overlooked for the role after applying when wolpert got it last year. Good ABA coach but no-where near an NBL coach!
KingJames
Years ago
They beat a woeful Hawks team not much of an achievement.
Michael
Years ago
Surely, Flynn will not get credited with coachig this game.
Woolpert started this game so he will still get the coaching 'stat'.
Does anyone think differently in reality?
Flynn didnt get the win. Already leading by 6 at 1/2 time it took the Hawks rabble 6 minutes to score their next basket, and only score 6 points for that quarter.
Put that down to Woolpert's discipline of the tea. The team would want the W for the ejected Woolpert and certainly not even thinking of Flynn.
Anon
Years ago
Give the guy a break. He did a good job and deserves credit for not falling apart after Woolpert was ejected. Considering some of the current coaches in the league, he may be up to being a head coach!
skip
Years ago
Actually the 2nd time he has led them to a win. Gleeson got ejected last season.
Why would an Asst Coach fall apart? Thats what he is there for isnt it?
Teams win many games and the coach has nothing to do with it.
thomo
Years ago
so anon by that analogy if the team loses the coach has nothing to do with it ?
Cleary you know nothing about basketball.
Don't take the analogy to the nth degree.
Many teams just ignore what the coach tells them at half time, time outs etc.
Your head coach has been ejected. What more motivation does any team need to do it for the coach?
Flynn was nothing more than being the interim head coach. I would be 100% sure that all of the plays he called didnt secure the win.
The motivation was there. Simple.
cant pick and choose what parts of your own argument you can use anon,
Anon
Years ago
Haha thomo it seems anon is going by the old saying 'players win games, coaches lose them'
Some assistant coaches are great at just being assistants. Being involved as both I would say there is a massive difference between the two and not every good assistant would make a good head coach.
thomo
Years ago
hey i'm with you just pointing out how a current coach could use that analogy for his inept coaching
hustle
Years ago
I thought Flynn did a good job.
Not easy, playing away, with head coach being ejected and not actually having an assistant yourself.
I thought Townsville did a good job of weathering the storm, as the Hawks seized some momentum after the ejection with some Glover steals and some misses on Offense.
Holmes and Crawford were really solid for most of the game.
Please.. any asistant at this level would be more than capable of stepping into the reins at short notice and coaching the team well, they're part of everything so its not like they dont know the players, systems, game plan and opposition.
JC
Years ago
The time out that was audible to tv sounded like a guy who was in control to me. Clear instructions about both ends of the court in an authoratative manner.
Weathered the inevitable comeback well and got the expected result.
I know he has coached fairly well in SA and in QBL so no reason to think he couldn't make the next step up in due course?
He has worked with Smyth, Gleeson and Woolpert now so should be starting to develop from the various styles of those guys.
Certainly a credible performance on the weekend.
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