I don't know how good he is, maybe someone that has played under him maybe able to help me out here, but what about KB?
It seems that players trust him and relate well to him as an ex teammate, and he seems to want to help the young guys as he has a bit to do with the Academy...
Plus his mate Darnell might come back if he did coach us.

Not saying Smyth will go, but just a suggestion...

How come everyone keeps saying that getting Newley at the end of the season is a possibility?

I know he would be awesome to have and all that, but he's most likely gonna be drafted into the NBA, so I'm pretty sure if he does, he's going to play there instead of Adelaide.

And even if he doesn't get drafted, there's a good chance that he will get a heap of money thrown at him from Euro teams.

I would like to get Stacker.. Doc Hurley is a solid coach, but hes retired .. Dave Ingham was living in Adelaide not 2 long ago, Cal Bruton.. I have supported Phill for his years at the Sixers but it does seem evident that a new head coach might be just what is needed at the moment. Phill is a legend for leading us to 3 championships in the last 10 years but the team needs a more structured system.

Dave Ingham, passion and heart, what we are lacking on the floor at the moment.

IMO if they were to get rid of the Head Coach they should also get rid of the Assistants.
-New broom sweeps clean, as the saying goes.

says "no" to the KB suggestion.

He sits there on the bench looking around the place during the game showing (what appears to be) little to no interest in whats happening.

I am sure its different behind the scenes.. but he doesn't appear to be the most dynamic of coaching staff.

ShaneD

Let's bring Dave Claxton or Don Shipway back, can we pretty please.

They were the glory days.

Why not leave it up to management to set Phil coaching agenda and KPI before he signs a new contract and see what the new recruiting policy will be.

What player is going sign a contract with an unstable organization? Mestrovic, Copeland and Wheeler didn't have many other options and Horvath liked what Phil and Steve sold him, and if the Sixer went belly up he could get a job in lots of other countries. Now the club has stability, potential recruits can be sort out and given a better sales pitch.

Richard would be a great coach for the team in my opinion. He can definantly coach and hopefully he could throw his name in the ring if there is an opening at some stage. But that's only if an opening occurs and he can leave his tidy post up in Brizzy with all those Carlton Colds...

ShaneD, do you think that might have something to do with his boss? Have a look at him as head coach for woodville - very interactive indeed.

Not sure he would be the best option though!! also not sold on stacker, I think the club should go hard for Ninnis.

Maybe with Kb as his assistant and look to pick up Darnel Mee to replace Farley and 4 man import or Cat to work along side Hovarth.

Starting 5

1. Mee
2. Maher
3. Import/Cat
4. Mastrovic
5. Hovarth

6. Ng
7. Hill
8. Wheeler

Cut the rest

I agree with Ninnis, but seriously he has far too good an opportunity with the Dragons, plus more Adelaide players around him there than he has here, one more might be joining him next year too. So as awesome as it would be i think he will stay put, looks like he is practically head coach there now anyway.

Hypothetically in 2007 Phil and Steve are shown the door and Scottie Ninnis is appointed to the job will Phil still be blamed for the sixer lack of reciting? Most likely because he is an easy target for some who have no accountability and just love to hang shit on him because he had success at this game they love.

Brad Newly will not come back to Adelaide because his next step is the NBA or Europe, Joe Ingles will still be under contract with the Dragons and after that he is either NBA bound or Europe, so the Sixer for him will not be an option. Jacob Holmes and Oscar Forman will still be under current contract and not a recruitment target.

Having young kids in the side is not the be all and end all, having players that can win games of basketball is. It's a give that Phil is not a rookie coach but up until this season he has been successful.

DC  what you said is logical and makes a lot of sense but I still get the impression that Smyth is make to look like an easy target to point all the blame. I get the impression that a lot of no named Nuff Nuffs come on hear and fire crappolla at Phil because he didn't pick up there (or yours) mate.

I will give Phil Smyth my full supporter for what he has done for this basketball club in the pass and hopefully what he can do in the future and until someone else is appointed I will be loyal to him.

" it is safe to say that Smyth's number will be up at the end of the year"

Safe to say? I'd say the chance is next to zero that Smyth will be shown the door. He may choose to leave if he gets an offer elsewhere, and I have no doubt that there'd be other clubs who'd take him in a flash, but I don't anticipate he is ready to move on just yet.

Anyway, that is not really the point of your post, which is who might make a good replacement in the hypothetical situation that Smyth goes. Frank Arsego, Ian Stacker and Richard Orlick have all struggled at NBL level. Only Stacker came close to Smyth's level. Replacing Smyth with one of these guys is a step backwards. Bill Tomlinson is in the same boat. These guys have had plenty of opportunity and have not survived. Now I'm not saying recycled coaches can't work. I believe Cal Bruton would still make a fantastic coach at NBL level, but the guys listed in the first post are seriously uninspiring suggestions and apart from Stacker are not even in the same league as Smyth.

If anyone at all was to replace Smyth (and I am not endorsing this) it has to be Scott Ninnis.

He is only person who would be an acceptable replacement

If Phil was trying new things, and the players were just taking a while to get used to it - I would stay stick with him. But this year he has just seemed disinterested, and really just doesn't seem to care that we are losing. There is no point persisting with a coach who has become a cancer.
In last weeks game he tried several different things first half, and was proactive in his approach, but after half time he just gave up - didn't mix anything up and the scoreboard clearly showed the result of this indifference.

A big name could be the way to go. I'm sure having Mark Price as the coach at Souths bring in a couple of hundred extra spectators each home game.

But, on the flip side, the big name has to know how to coach too!

Id personally like to see Stirling get an opportunity as well. I think she only has to wear her gold medal, that's a good enough resume for me. (Plus the WNBL rings to boot, and not to mention the careers of those players which started under Stirling, like Boyd, Hill, Phillips, Woosnam etc.)

When York was coaching the Woodville ABA men's side, there was a bit of talk of issues in having a female coaching a team of men. I don't know if any of that talk was substantiated, but could it be an issue here?

In a three-coach panel, would it work to aim for passion, strategy and development?

I would like to see Smyth remain for atleast 1 or more seasons after this,i want to see if he can recruit a little better with the new ownership situation, but if he were to leave id want Scott Ninnis or Cal Bruton, if we couldnt get either of them i would go for a guy like Sapwell or Brooks, a former 36ers player who the fans would get behind, and both have coached ABL and been reasonably successful.

larry brown anybody???????????????

Pacey, stop talkin shit!

Phill Smyth is an awesome coach, the sixers have never missed the playoffs when hes been incharge and just cause the sixers have started the season badley doenst mean he needs to be replaced.

I don't think the 36ers could afford to take the risk on '1' more year. Things would want to improve very quickly before another year risk is taken.

What im trying to say is that we're only 7 games into the season, it too early to be saying that Phill has to go! We havent missed the playoffs yet! If there's one thing I really hate its fans who, when they're team starts off badley, stop coming to games and call for the coaches head!