Apparently the Hawks Fanpage has just posted that there is to be an announcement that Shane Heal is to be the new coach. Any truth in that?

At least if we sign the Hammer to coach I won't be as morally crushed at losing Bevo.

Where did the Fearne to Sydney mail come from?

Olgun:

If Beveridge exits Illawarra, then one name that's arisen as a potential replacement is current Fox Sports commentator, Shane Heal.

Multiple team sources in Adelaide have also told foxsports.com.au that it’s likely Joey Wright has coached his final game with the 36ers, though an official decision been made by either the club or the American.

AHAHA... Surely Olgun is having a laugh with the Hammer to Hawks comment... I'd love to see that happen though, watch some Hawks fans heads explode...

Not sure who the "obvious" choice is for the Kings job, but you'd think Bevo would be the best option... Would love to see what he could do with a proper budget and roster... Bring in some quality young talent like he did with Naar and Grida for the Hawks and build toward the future, which would be a different approach for the Kings...

@Isaac, Out of curiosity, do you think Sobey and Joey didn't get along? They've been a very hard pair to gauge, on the one hand Wright rides Sobey hard and Sobey gets sooky.

On the other hand, Joey is known to be a players' coach and gets along very well with his players.

It's so hard to gauge - I'm not really sure whether Joey leaving means Sobey more likely to stay or Joey leaving means Sobey is less likely to stay. Or maybe that doesn't even rate into any decision he makes?

The Heal to Hawks rumour keeps being mentioned. Surely not, does LK not know what transpired at the Dragons? It seems like Heal is a golden child a la Homicide - providing jobs to ex-players he likes that aren't qualified for them (Homicide commentary, Heal coaching). This is becoming a joke.

Or more recently the WNBL SE Qld Stars debacle with Heal. LK/JL whoever are really blinded.

Shawn Long to Wildcats
TOM JERVIS TO BRISBANE
CHRIS GOULDING TO WILDCATS

Goulding signed a 2 year deal with United last offseason.

Derek Rucker to the gutter.

Oops my bad - that was last off-season.

Taipans should throw a bit of cash at Majok Deng imo. You need to play the high-risk, high-reward game if you're a club like Cairns

Also, Breakers really should have tried to develop Ngatai instead of getting in Richard. I dare say Ngatai would've had just as much impact on the season. Wasted year in that regard, and wasted money

Sobey is the key signing for Adelaide now that they have hamstrung themselves with the import signings of Moore & Wiley.

Deng is expendable.

To be honest, I think Adelaide's talent has real potential, I wouldn't want to really be losing players.

C Johnson/Deng
F Wiley/Froling
F Drmic/SF Free Agent
G Sobey/Moore
G Import/PG Free Agent

I think Conger, Sobey, Deng are likely gone

I hope they basically combine Sobey and Conger salary and get a stud import PG

Sign a couple of young guys to fill out the roster

I hope we go with something like

Johnson/Froling
Wiley/??
Moore/McVeigh
Drmic/??
Stud import/Bruce

Thats a nice 8 man rotation, especially if McVeigh and Froling continue to improve.

I like the path we have followed lately with getting the best young guys out of college to complete the roster.

With the right stud import I think we could do better than we did this season.

Pineau to WNBL.