Who would he be replaced with ?
What players are available ?

and Hire.

not hire

Stay classy, Cats fans.

I just need to play a group of guys for longer. I have made the mistake of chopping and changing the court players too often in attempt to preserve bodies for the season. The downside is the players can't get into a rhythm with each other, so I'm going to give extended minutes to the starters and fill in with bench players when they need a rest.

You'll witness this in today's game.

Trev

This could be part of cats army panic thread.
Wagstaff will likely make that call at end of season when his contract is up.

I see the following options
1. Do Nothing. I see this happening as Perth face Illawarra, NZ and Cairns twice in the next four games. Mostly winnable.
2. Hire, Wagstaff or Jervis "retire" so that they get another import scorer to add to bench.
3. Cut White and get the import 3/4 that they actually need.
4. Keep White but relegate him to bench so a local retires and they get gun import small forward. I don't see this happening in regards to $$.

From what I have seen and they had the opportunity with Cooke Jr last year Perth will do nothing and settle for playoff appearance and semifinals exit.

No. He is having a superb season

Jesse will come good! He still might make the call to retire at the end of this season but he will contribute come finals and find his shooting range again. Ive been more disappointed with the decline of jervis.

Hire has been a standout for me, as a coach which I'm not, why not start the bench player's? Start Jesse, might actually do good? Hire starting did well as did Norton. Leave white and damo even gus on the bench.

For mine, to much rotations. Stick to 8 player's and if a blowout then play the rest. The Gaze, Grace and the list goes on they never sat down just for rotation sakes.

Get paid more know and play less

I'll be honest, I thought Hire should not have be re-signed, in favour of a 3rd import, but he's had some good games. He's always fired up on D, and goes after every board. Should be contractually banned from trying to shoot 3's though.

Jervis has been a disappointment, seems to be struggling to find his rhythm. But I think he can still come good.

Jesse just looks tired.
We ll know how good he has been, and how good he could still be, but he's playing with no fire.

I guess the question should be, who would give you the most cash to splash on a 3rd import? If you assume that all 3 are part of the bench-cap, then surely Wagstaff (on the end of a 3 year deal) would free up the most.

IMHO they need to trade White for an actual Forward, then swap one of their bench guys for an Andre Ingram "shoot the lights out" type to add some firepower off the bench.

^^^agreed^^^

You don't get it. To sack someone cost money to pay out a player, then you need to pay an import. Could be a $500k decision there. Sacking someone doesn't free up cash, it frees up salary cap yes, but not cash the club may not have or are willing to depart with.

That's the problem. They don't want to spend. #cheapout

Wagstaff or whoever don't need to be sacked they can just 'pull a Perth' and deactivate the player from the roster ala Jaron Johnson and sign a third import that way.

Perth needed to make changes to the list regarding their older Aussies. I don't think it was smart to keep Martin, Hire and Wagstaff on the roster. Martin is a great leader, great D but doesn't score enough, which then puts pressure on others to score and with Wagstaff and Hire aswell it just puts more pressure on Cotton and co. Big transition for Perth to make at the end of this season as it may include Martin too, not sure if he is worth being on the list as his minutes start decreasing if he doesn't have anything to contribute offensively.

Martin's not there to score but he made a couple of crucial buckets in the second half when his teammates couldn't buy a bucket. Players like white stiendl and wagstaff should be copping most of the heat for consistently missing open threes

No doubt the experience of Martin is beyond any points or steals he may get. But at the end of this season he won't be getting any younger and his ankles will still be hurting, he is finding it harder to stay in front of players. I think Perth will have some tough decisions to make at the end of this season, which would have been easier if they had replaced Hire this season.

An MIA Wagstaff leaves a huge hole in Perth roster. With the loss of Redhage, Wagstaff needed to have consistency but he has become the opposite with huge periods of below par output

Let's assume Perth management sit on their hands and do nothing.
Will still probably be good enough to make playoffs.

For 2019/20
Big decisions with Martin, Wagstaff, Hire and Jervis all possibly retiring. White is highly unlikely to be back.

Import*, Norton
Cotton*, Steindl
Import*, ?
Kay, ? , Vague
Brandt, ?


With SEM likely to be competitive from today one Perth can't afford to be complacent when recruiting next year. Getting a Next Star might help.

* day one for Phoenix I meant.

Wagstaff was a good contributor in those years when all he had to do was the little simple stuff.

Now with the Wildcats lack of scoring, he is being required to do more than that and unfortunately for him, his lack of ability (i.e. he is just a 'gel' player) is starting to show.