One hopes that Gibson is not using his option year as leverage over the Sixers in an attempt to influence the contract status of the current head coach.

I thought Adelaide fans would be happy about him leaving, then they can get an Import PG, and eveyone knows all/most of the Import PG's have played/can play better than Gibson.

Gibson is out franchise guy.

Obviously likes the facilities and court but not sure if it is enough to keep him. I would not be breaking hte bank ot get him. We have a good rotationof Aussie bigs and as long as Creek and Weigh return we can go after an import PG and SG

Seems some of our players are signed with a Coach out
Sixers are keen to sign Gibson and Weigh
Clarke keen to go around agen , confident he can turn it around.
Sixers (Parker) no announcement on that 'til end of season.
Seems this Season equal to last Season is 36ers worst ever .

Marty can stay by all means. He just shouldn't be a Head Coach.

Keep him on as a Developmental coach to keep the players happy and invite talent. Get a guy who can handle game-time situations better.

Yeah , a lotta media about Crosswell retiring
ABC TV at training yesterday interviewed Crosswell , Clarke and Parker .
Hoping to sign Gibson Weigh and a good Import .

Any truth to the rumour that Weigh is headign home over the break for QBL? Considering he stayed last year, would you read much into that?

Only that he was injured last offseason , hung around did a bit with Croswell , trying to heal his foot.

Gibson waiting to see who is coaching first,surprise that his manager testing the waters.Crossie retiring and gibbo going will free up money to buy a quality import.IMO
Gibbo won't be here next season.melb or Sydney bigger cities suits him with lifestyle .

I agree keep clarke as an assistant to a new head coach has alot to offer the club but not as head coach. I know he probably doesn't want to become an assistant but I think he owes the club that after the past 3 seasons.

Brett brown coach sixers,Marty assistant same as Olympics.

So what development is marty responsible for.
Greatest turnover of players in 36er history.
Developed nothing other tham a losing mentality.
Crazy perception that he is development coach. Yes he had a job that was to develop players. Who knows whether he was good at it. He had the best kids in the country. He had a great opportunity here and stuffed it up.

So Adelaide is not big enough for Gibbo. "Bit like Tassy" Take your ego to Sydney or Melbourne, we dont want people like you representing our city.

Would love to see Ervin as a 36er. Has he indicated he wants to come to us though ? . Really liked gibbo as a player but if he is taking the $$ and role of an import i wouldnt renew. Plus if players dont want to be here then seeya later i say. I dont think we need much tinkering but would love a player that we can all get excited about again. This years team and that of the past seasons lacked it.

Gibbos probably one of my preferred 6ers players but I wouldnt cry myself to sleep if he moved on... We bsolutely should not rehire clarke, if we do.. we deserve all the shame we get

I think Ervin would want closer to $200k rather then $100k

If Ervin wants to come to 36ers for 100k, i say lock him in now,

Id expect it would cost around 150-200k.

Id be happy to pay him around the 150-170k mark, but anything over i probably wouldnt, just too much given the NBL's salary cap and he isnt a guy who makes you a instant contender, but is a very good player, puts bums on seats, can win you a game, and a legit MVP level player.

Infact the only guy in the league id consider paying above say 170k is Cedric Jackson, everyone else needs to be around 160k or less or id look elsewhere.

I still want Ervin in a 36ers uniform, would be basically my number 1 target, but not at all costs, we still need to build a strong, deep, talented roster, cant spend too much on 1 guy.

As for Gibson, i am a fan, would love to keep him, but again not at all costs, if we keep him imo, we need to basically give him the role Martin playes for Perth, ie run the team, play defense, hustle for everything and shoot/score when its there, but not try to be the main guy scoring wise as he is not a go to guy offensively or a consistent scorer, even though he does have a better shooting/scoring game than Martin, but not an elite scorer, more of a defensive player. We would also need a scorer better than a Cadee along side him to make it work, otherwise we just dont get enough points from the back court which was an issue this year. I think Gibson basically has said this himself, about being naturally more of a defensive player. Clarke just tried to make him Lisch, when he was more Martin, even though i wasnt against the idea at the start it just didnt work out as we all hoped. However with no inside knowledge what so ever, i think Botis earlier blog about the rumour of Gibson at the Tigers is more likely than him staying a 36er, many fans seem to be resound to the fact he is likely to leave, so yea my mock teams are based on this assumption, ie why im so keen to get a guy like Ervin.

I would be happy for a swap like this:

Crosswell 60k
Gibson 130k
Pero 40k

for

Ervin $150k
Massingale $40k
Daly/Free Agent $40k

Starting 5 of

Petrie
Johnson
Weigh
Massingale
Ervin

Bench

Cadee
Creek
Schenscher
Daly/FA
DP (A shooting guard)

Would be very happy with that line-up @kingjames.
With Joey Wright as coach and Brett Maher Asst.