Have you $ to give him to activate the cancelation of a contract? Guess either confidence in him to turn it arround or the $ cost of change out weighs the value of a change.

No guts, No glory

theres been times in the afl were people have claimed the coaches are safe in the media, then the next week there sacked. not that i think that this is one of those times, but you never know.

I believe it depends on his next few games and all that Mal is doing is instilling confidence in the Media that Smyth's job is safe. If they continue to lose the next few things will be changed. Don't lose faith in Hemmerling yet, he has great business sense and would be outraged by the way things have been going this season.

Don't go town on Mal . He is in a tough position and is outwardly showing the respect Coach Smyth has earnt over the years .
Internally he would be seething and we are only entitled to judge Mal for the first time at the end of next year .
If the issues are not addressed by the end of this year and we show no upward movement as a club next year then your title thread would have some relevance .

Mal is only keeping Phil in because everyone in Adelaide knows who Phil Smyth is.

If he went for a Scott Ninnis or even Brehney, no one outside of Basketball knows these people.

At this point it's almost as important to keep the profile of basketball in Adelaide up there as it is to win. Sounds stupid but true.

I think its more puzzling that Chappell is still around. I really was expecting him to be gone today and an announcement to be made. There is no way that him still being on the team can be justified, he does not bring anything this team needs. If a decent 3 man who could give 20+ ppg and play D was brought in, I would like our chances of turning the season around, even possibly with Smyth at helm, however I would also prefer to see smyth gone asap if I had it my way.

It might be frustrating that he is not gone to you and me Minx but it is really not all that surprising given that the Sixers have never cut an import under Smyth's reign.

Given that Smyth was responsible for selecting Chappell would he lose too much face if he cut Chappell? - he would be admitting that he made a mistake, something that he might find hard to do. He might be nice guy and have gone to uni with Ballinger, but really that counts for nothing when you are putting up the sort of numbers Chappell is and looking very slow and unathletic on the court. I would have thought the best way to improve a team's chemistry is to get them winning a few games not just selecting imports based on their past history and the fact they are 'nice guys'.

Hopefully if Smyth goes the first thing his replacement does is remove Chappell.

I want Smyth to go as well, but I don't think if he sacked Chappell it would be Phil's mistake. Phil obviously picked him because of past results. All Phil has to admit is that he didn't provide those results for Adelaide and was given plenty of opportunity to do this.

It will also take the heat of Phil for about 2 minutes which he is a master at moving the spot light off himself and onto others and other things, it may happen.

Rod Benson = Player coach. Problems ALL solved.

That's got my vote. He could also write Boti's material and repair computers on the side. How do we make this happen?

Well, we know he's available .. lets email and find out his asking price, and take that to Mal. Even if we have to give him the rest of Newley's contract - it would be worth it !! hehehe ..

Months ago I emailed him to say I could point him in the direction of an agent down here with a view to getting him in the league (36ers had Ballinger, but Breakers were yet to sign Rickert at that stage). Wonder if hearing about Beazley's struggles here might've put him off?