yogee
Years ago
The Opals and Boomers coaches will be named tomorrow.
The Opals job is a race between Jan Stirling and Carrie Graf, with the expectation Stirling will be named till the Commonwealth Games, with Graf then expected to take over.
Brian Goorjian is expected to be appointed for a full term, taking the mens team to the 2008 Bejing Olympics before the job being declared vacant again.
warthog
Years ago
are you going to put this on ozhoops yogee?
watch keegan and opal booster go crazy?
odd decision to split between jan and carrie
not unexpected about goorjian despite his shortcomings at athens
TR
Years ago
Goorj was always a shoe-in. After himself and Phil (and the question is does he want to do it again) there isn't too much left...
Lindsay is too old, been there done that...
Maybe Allan Black.. rate him as a coach
Don't rate Joyce at all.
Not many options to chose from...
Kriss
Years ago
How can you NOT rate Joyce? His record speaks for itself in terms of consistetnly providing a hard team
basman
Years ago
why on earth would the opals not appoint stirling for a full term...and how can they rationalise putting goorjan in for a full term if stirling is not going to be....the women came 2nd, coach gone, they men came 9th, coach stays.....something si wrong here.
plenty of dribble
Years ago
Jan has my vote
the dribble over east is they want graf because of her WNBA exposure - in an effort to beat the yanks at their own game
jan has done nothing wrong and is a dedicated team player - she deserves another term
get all the usa info off the players playing o/s
no doubt as teh no. 2 women's team - we will continue to get players in WNBA
WNBA though is getting bigger and they will get tougher to beat
TR
Years ago
Just because I don't rate Joyce doesn't mean he can't coach.
There are heaps of people I don't rate but that doesn't mean they are bad people. If I thought like that I would be walking with my head up my ar$e.
I just don't rate Joyce as the coach of the Boomers... International ball is much different to NBL.
Isaac
Years ago
Boti today: "Goorjian and Stirling's appointments will be confirmed today at a press conference in Sydney."
plenty of dribble
Years ago
congrats jan
good to see some commensense, you have done nothing but good as an on and off court role model for basketball
graf will have to wait for her turn
- different generation
Congratulations to Jan on being appointed Opals coach again. I think it should have been for the four years so she would be at the helm for the Olympics. A coach is under a lot of pressure to get results and the planning for the Olympics is not a short term deal. If Jan gets replaced after the two years then this only gives the incomming coach two years to put their plans into action. There is only one spot higher Jan could have taken the team and given the chance I am sure she can do it. Goorjian is a different situation.
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