Yeah, I think it's clear Anstey is preparing his team well pre-game, but doesnt yet have his head around the adjustments needed mid-game.

Nor does he have the cattle to succeed
This was a very bizzare team they have put together, no real stud in any position although Seth Scott is proving to be decent.
Still favourite for the spoon IMO

cant coach and cant recruit

He looked very out of his depth in the game against Adelaide Sunday week ago.

I've been impressed by Anstey in time outs and the way he gets his message across.

Watch the Tigers after a timeout and they seem like a unit, within a few minutes they have lost their way again - coach or lack of oncourt leader / pg issues? Coach to leader communication problems?

Would be harsh to say he can/can't coach on 2 games. Biggest blunder is making captains out of two players who aren't leaders in games. You can have the best characteristics, but Burston and Greer aren't good enough to be captain.

That leadership hurts you on the floor and coaches can't help that.

Just because you can play in the NBA doesn't mean you can coach anywhere! Anstey=spud.

With Khazzouh released is it worth making a play at him to replace Scott?

I agree Anstey should be given time, the Tigers have looked good for big stretches and then fallen apart. Let's see if he can fix those areas. A big failure in the first two games has been not playing Braswell and Tomlinson together when the team is struggling against pressure.

Has the DUMBEST team in the league!
Has no one else to lead the team besides Braswell and even then I don't think he's a legitimate PG.
Goulding is erratic and will chuck up stupid shots, Walker would be in my top 3 dumbest basketballers, Liam Rush again is athletic as Walker but dumb, Tomlinson is pathetic and thinks he is God's gift to basketball and Matt Burston and Tom Greer are probably your smartest basketballers but cannot influence the team enough.
I don't mind Seth Scott, but he will get frustrated with this group as will Braswell. I just feel sorry for these guys because when they are 0-6 one of them will be made a scapegoat!

Hard to judge him when he has a fairly weak team and is missing a starting player on top of that.

I don't think Braswell/Tomlinson is a strong backcourt - in fact, probably one of the weakest. Goulding is not a player to anchor a team around either. Then the rest are a supporting cast, more or less.

I know Sydney aren't brilliant either, but to get within a shot on the road is about as much as you'd expect from them considering the player outs.

Why are people saying to replace Scott, I havent paid heaps of attention watching their games but he appears to be about their best player

Id give every new coach time. Why wouldnt you? No team is put together instantly.

Anstey isn't being given time because he played NBA - it's because he came up through the Tigers system and he's one of their golden boys.

AFL clubs have done a lot of that, so it's not suprising that the Tigers have too.

Anstey has gotta stop sooking on twitter about the music during game play (i agree with him) and concentrate on coaching.

36ers should replace Schenscher with Kazzouh lol /moneygrowsontrees

I remember they couldnt even get the ball in from the sideline!

Guards are the issue, Braswell and Goulding are arguably two of the best 6th men in the league but they are starters on this roster.

he's actually been better than I thought, big man rarely becomes any decent coach. I can't really even think of a big man who became successful coach. however, long term? I don't think he will succeed and DMAC should be given an opportunity. his 10 games as a coach seemed pretty good; remember he also won the first game he took over.

Anstey isn't being given time because of Tigers history or his ability as a player but because you don't make snap judgements like that and especially not when he's coaching a weak and slightly depleted team.

If fans made these decisions they'd be sacking coaches every two-loss stretch and permanently bankrupt from paying out coaches and players.

It's been 2 games. 2 AWAY games. 1 against a much improved Adelaide team, and the other against a streaky Sydney side which got going in the 3rd and 4th thanks to Corin Henry's play. This is also without a big recruit in Ballinger and a generally poor roster. If he starts 0-5 then yes, you can start complaining.

Even then you probably wouldn't sack him, unless they were losing in an especially dismal way. Is anyone expecting them to win away games? Many home games?

How can anyone say if he can or can't coach, he really hasn't coached. 1 season in Big V Div 1, amazing resume!...

With this in mind, you can only imagine that the Tigers are prepared to give him time to learn on the job. Tough to swallow if your a fan.

Interesting that both Tigers and Kings feel that the coaching talent is so poor in Australia that they chose to go with great players who are yet to prove they can coach at all...

I'm not saying Anstey will not be a great coach, he may end up being the greatest coach ever to coach in our league. We will know in 10 years time...

MW,

Some guy named Phil Jackson was OK.

Melbourne are indeed favourites with Centrebet to record the most losses this season.

@Paul...agree completely that every coach SHOULD be given time...just wondered why the Tigers would be happy to give Anstey time when they didn't offer any to Gleeson...or Ubaka...or, I could go on and on....

Sorry, that was me above.

Fair call Paul. However the dodos will have mud on their face since they drug Gleeson thru the dirt to get Anstey. They won't get rid of Anstey for that reason.

Anstey is a joke and so is the tigers, can't wait for new Melbourne team hope Gleeson the new coach.