Probably wait for the MVP awards night on Thursday?

Totally agree, huge off season when it comes to the coaches.
I guess it depends on who they are chasing. Might be an assistant at one of the finals teams so they won't announce it.
Maybe they are going to put off the announcement until all the season ticket holders renew and then announce it's Marty again...
Let's hope they announce something around Grand Final time when there's a bit of hype around.

Players technically cant begin talks with opposing clubs until a week after the grand final but I do agree the appointment of a new coach before then could be beneficial to begin talks and establish a relationship with our out of contract players.

Why on earth does it have to be this week? The season isn't even over.

Wouldn't you want to wait as long as is necessary to get the right guy?

New coach won't be announced for about 3 more weeks.Sixers organisation always take their time.

Agreed with Mick. The overwhelming sentiment on this forum is dissatisfaction with the coach. So why rush the process and risk making a poor decision.

If they've already been engaged in the process prior to now, the decision may be sped up. Not knowing the internal workings of the club, I have no idea what that entails logistically. I'd assume they put out an "accepting all resumes" signal (including Marty's) and go from there. I assume they can do that any time over the course of a season?

A solid coaching announcement would certainly help with members that are unsure of renewing and with players looking at their 13/14 season options.

There must be a few proven NBL commodities out there looking for a gig.

I guess it comes down to $$$s again - who's paying for a new coach?

So why rush the process and risk making a poor decision.

If the board had their brains working they would be well and truly aware of who was in the mix and have started any discussions/interviews. There is no reason why we shouldn't get an announcement around the Grand Final. They've had a whole half a season to realise what would be happening at seasons end. Hopefully they get the right person and it helps keep key players

Maybe out of respect to Marty they didn't want to start the search until after the season finishes in case he finds out?
But seriously what's he going to do...quit?
Lose a game??

Well if he will then I've got a pretty good explanation for Surely Now as to why no announcement has been made yet.

Ohh Mick,

The reason we should get a coach named as soon as possible is so our players don't start looking elsewhere. They probably already are after the season they have had.

If we lose our better players and wait (as you suggested) till we find the best coach, there will be no decent players left to actually coach in the first place. No one from the club has come out and suggested anything - it is all up in the air - typical 36er management of late.

As Ricey mentioned above (and in the initial post) the board has had the whole second half of the year to look at other options for next season. It shouldn't be a long process at all and I would be very surprised if an announcement wasn't made in the next week. The club is at its lowest point, it needs to have its best off-season in its history and it needs to start as early as possible.

Do we really want to go down the path of another Perth assistant coach after all the success Radford brought us?

The club would be best served making the announcement leading into the Grand Final and getting some competent people to organise the media around the announcement. If we could pull something out our butts and also be able to announce Gibbo signing, or even Deleon with coaching announcement that would be best, but highly unlikely. That would be announced after the grand final however

Didn't someone say Marty's contract goes until end of June? Julia's term finishes in September but you don't see her walking away from her fine work. She's doing her very best at continuing what she has done during her time in the role.

I would suggest that unless Marty has packed up his whiteboard, the SOS use him to their advantage.

The question of Head Coach for Season 2013/14 is vexing and I think the Sixers need to get the process underway.


Oh to be a SOS member at this time.

To my fellow 36er fans: calm down and stop bitching.

Best thing to do is announce Clarke won't be renewed next week (after the MVP dinner). Clarke's release will appease the fans (and from all indications help with season ticket renewals) and let current and potential incoming players know what's happening.

And let Current outgoing players know what's happening.