Prettt tough.Especially on Flinny.
Ironically I think if every other coach in the league (bar 1) had our Hawkies squad, the Hawks would have an even worse record.

I think Joey would be the only one that may have been able to get more out of the young squad & squeeze us more victories.

So in reverse order, I'd say Kelly is #1. Done a remarkable job with what he's got.

Gleeson #2. Despite having a stacked roster, they get Ws. & will likely finish on top.

Weaver #3. Got all his players buying in & playing at their peak (bar maybr Casper) & has had plenty of cattle out injured.

Flinny #4. The fact that the Hawkies are largely competitive with littlw to no import production & the fact that NONE of their starters would start on any other team in the league.

Joey #5. Has his knockers, but has done a prettt good job to have this squad on the edge of the top 4.

Mitchell #6. Handled adversity with Wesley out & Benson beinf garbage & created a good culture.

Shamir #7. Similar to above.

Lemanis #8. Has finally got the squad rolling & the rotations right, but his ignorance & arrogance persisting with Braun & Singler has cost their team.

Vickerman #9. C'mon. You gotta be kidding me. No excuses here. Can he only coach teams that have the best roster? Hang on UTD arguably do! Has all the resources. Bought Melo. Bought Long. Snagged Ili. Can't win. Proof in the pudding here... if he coached Illawarra, would they have even won a game this season?

I want to say Wright but Adelaide fans are a bit sensetive.

Thanks Anonymous fan! : )

Agee with your summary, Air Delay

I think AirDelay has knocked the nail on the head.

There's several factors to look at:
1) Talent - is it being used effectively. Are they punching above there weight?
2) Plays - can they seal a win where they are 5 down with 33 sec left on the clock?
3) Culture - when they speak, does the team listen with respect, or is it verbal diarrhoea?

You would say that Mike Kelly should be the nominee for COTY, Dean Vickerman's team definitely punching below their weight and I'm trying to work out what their playing style actually is.

"Spending order Melbourne, Perth, NZ, Sydney. Phoenix, Adelaide and Brisbane also have spent close to Sydney."
Pass the spliff this way

The anon claiming Kings' spend is lower than a third of the league must be their idiotic owner finding new platforms other than Twitter.

Cheers Jack! : )

The dif with Gleeson conpared to the others is consistency. They may pay big, but the team always comes up big.

Sydney & Melbourne, not so much.

There's some comedic posts in here.

It's Dean’s to lose - unbackable favourite!

Shamir has had a pretty rough season.

An assistant tells them at the airport when they're heading home from NBL/NBA that he’s quitting.
Chris Obepka is carrying an injury and has to be replaced with Brandon Ashley.
Delaney, Hopson, Loe & Hampton all miss multiple rounds due to injury .
Weeks & Henry have had to play through injuries and missed a few games each.
Glen Rice Jnr couldn’t stay out of trouble.
Webster gets loaned to the CBA with a buyout.

Despite all that he has managed to keep his squad together and fighting to make the playoffs even though they have spent most of the season keeping the Hawks company at the southern end of the ladder.

Lemonass easily. 4 years of stench in Brisbane. The number of players he's marginalised and/or chased out of town is the cherry on top.

Scott Butler - head of referees?

Vickerman.

Yeah, whatever you reckon Ben!

Still some Lemanis love on here.

Pretty clear they are the worst team in the league

An assistant tells them at the airport when they're heading home from NBL/NBA that he's quitting

Chris Obepka is carrying an injury and has to be replaced with Brandon Ashley.

Delaney, Hopson, Loe & Hampton all miss multiple rounds due to injury .
Weeks & Henry have had to play through injuries and missed a few games each.

Glen Rice Jnr couldn’t stay out of trouble.

Webster gets loaned to the CBA with a buyout.

Well said Lovebroker.

I'm disagreeing with the sentiments on here Flinn has got to be the worst, it's a massive shame that Brooks injured himself but this is such an exciting team he has at his disposal and it's great seeing them all but it is Flinn that has chosen not to make the roles of each player easily identifiable, it's why say Froling or Glover can do some good things one game and barely be seen the next whilst somebody else shines.... I love seeing 10 or 11 players seeing court time but he'd be way more successful using maybe 8 like Cairns, giving them identified roles where they know they will have their share of court time and the ball.

As for comments of Goorj not being able to do much with the Hawks team... maybe I'm stuck in the past and locals getting it done vs all these imports won't happen but this years Hawks reminds me of the Magic as the brought up Anstey, MacKinnon, Drmic to play with all those other locals.

I will say something positive about Flinn, whatever he's done with Dech has been brilliant as he is so close to being a star of this league when he was such a low key signing for them... great work all round.

I'm not sold on Mitchell or Shamir yet as I feel like their superstars (Roberson and Hobson) really are great team mates and humble and Shamir didn't have that same success with Rice Jr. and Mitchell would struggle with a less coachable superstar (but probably speaks for Phoenix core values too a bit) but im not sold on either of them as coaches yet and feel Bevo is a great loss to the league and I was intrigued to see how well Braswell could go with another season as he does well in NZNBL

Braswell has only coached stacked teams in the NZNBL, that Saints team could have coached themselves to a title the year they went undefeated

Joey Wright by a looooong way. Has there ever been a coach last this long in the NBL with just one (overpriced) championship. and can no longer relate to fans and terrible role-model - if don't make finals, simply has to go.

Nicely put Hopscotch.

Coach Wright been around a long time for only one long gone championship.

And in seven years at Adelaide, nothing to hang from the AEC rafters.

He's got 2 more years on his contract? Is there any chance of him not seeing these out?

Perhaps LK could woo him to Melbourne?

The jungle drums are certainly beating for Coach Wright - lots of player discontent - if dirty snitchers don't beat Brisbane this weekend, the end might come sooner then later

Joey Wright gawn. And about time.