I'll raise you mark wright!!!

I'll counter with Olaf Lange!

And I'll trump you all with Dave Herbert.

Dalton & Mark Wright & it isn't really close after that. Herbert is OK but victim of a poor club.

Graf & Maher clearly best though Buckle is also very good. Lucas on a similar level to Buckle.

Easy to argue the WNBL coaches > NBL coaches?

After seeing Olaf Lange completely fall apart in a time out a few weeks back, in the most remarkable tv time out i have ever seen, he would have to be the worst.

Players have to be confident and trust that their coach can handle the pressure.

Worst:
Lange
Dalton
Wright struggles to communicate.
Bernie Harrower

Best:
Buckle is an extremely good coach.
Maher
Lucas is up there too.



Decent:
Herbie
Kristi Harrower
Graf - struggles when she doesnt have the best players. Not flexible

Lange needs to step aside for his Assistant coach (who also happens to be his wife!) ASAP. She clearly wears the pants in the coaching relationship

I rate Lange as the best coach. Has turned a pretty crappy team into a good team. Sure he gets pissed off and angry but then usually calms down and tells the girls what he wants. Id love to play for the guy.

Bored again so I'll have a crack.

Lucas - cant see too much he has done worng (other than clashing with Vince) throughout his career. Not overly blessed with talent in T'ville but has ensured they are competitive.

Lange - not a fan. Think Astor got it right and I've seen them both at pretty close range. Dude- I suspect you'd change your tune quickly as soon as you made a mistake or two.

Dalton - what on earth is going on there - good talent but anyone who has to manage Poto is always sitting on a landmine.

Wright - I think last year showed his true ability but his team has played harder this year with less talent.

Maher - can obviously coach but even he is having trouble getting through to Cambage.

Graf - again, don't think she can get the job done without extra talent - see World Champs and season 2012.

Harrower - think Bernie can probably coach but we wont get to find out while Kristi's still playing.

Buckle - has solid results but has extra talent at his disposal this year so I'm not sold yet. The only person I know who worked with him can't coach!

Herbert - you'll never know until he gets some reasonable talent.

Brown - until his return you'd have said absolutely, but I'm struggling to be convinced with his results since returning, either in terms of player selection/development or their WNBL performances.

Maher sits alone at the top for mine.

Brown, Harrower, Graf, Lucas, Buckle in the middle. With a team down on talent I'd want Lucas or Harrower.

Lange, Dalton, Herbert, Wright on the bottom shelf.

Maybe not the worst coach in the legue but the biggest under-achiever has to go to Olaf. Widely hailed on his arrival (based on the outstanding results of his work with Marion Jones?) he delivered a finals berth with a high quality roster (starting four current or former Opals) but cracks appeared then. Nothing he has done since then,either in recruiting, development or game management suggests he is ahead of any of our locally produced (and much less expensive) coaches.

Dalton has to go, can't win with studs, can't develop potential talent, other coaches seem to get the best out of their ROSTER!

The guy from Perth is good!

Nothing wrong with Herbie. I'm happy to have him here in Perth considering some of the other duds going around.
(Slight problem with our roster though!)