SamCro
Years ago

Adelaide Lightning / Next Coach?

Who should be the next coach of the Adelaide Lightning if Buckle heads out of town as expected to go coach the Bulleen Boomers?

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Triton 95
Years ago

Valk, hahahhahhaaha.

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Anonymous
Years ago

You would have to presume Pritchard would get a go if they wanted to stay local. Hearing strong rumours Batkovic is gone though, possibly announcing her future team this afternoon

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Anonymous
Years ago

Townsville?

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yours_truly
Years ago

ditto valk

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Anonymous
Years ago

Batkovich to Dandenong

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SamCro
Years ago

I personally would like to see Pritchard given an opportunity if Buckle moves on. Has certainly done his apprenticeship with Norwood ABL Women, SA U-20, Oz Junior Teams & now Asst with Lightning. Would have to be considered the best local option (other than Jan Stirling) if the position becomes vacant?

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.
Years ago

need coaches involved with the national senior programme to stay a force and attraction to upward mobile players.

depends on a lot of things -

budget
expectation of fans / management
other applicants

wouldn't brian angler want an australian base if he gets the opals jobs ? now we are talking...

wage / conditions
players that want to play under coach

i would like to see the list and pick from that rather than single out someone from the start

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.
Years ago

angler would attract players australian and imports......

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Dunkin' Dan
Years ago

It's Agler btw (not Angler)
That would certainly make things interesting, especially considering has has coached Batkovic, Bishop and of course Lauren Jackson.
He has a known penchant for veterans, so you could expect Screen & Hill to be high on his re-signing list. He might be interested in Sporn & Broges too ;)

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.
Years ago

thanks dan - only going by what you posted previously

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Anonymous
Years ago

Batkovich to Townsville - confirmed on Twitter.

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.
Years ago

far out

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Dunkin' Dan
Years ago

Well there goes most of Boti's interest in the Adelaide Lightning ;)

In all honesty though, as good a player as she is this is not a lethal blow to the team. Injury-free seasons are rare for her, and I don't think it's unfair to say that her performances in the post-season haven't been too flash.
Building a team around one player isn't the way to go in this league so if the team spends wisely they'll still be in good shape.

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,
Years ago

And to replace her with......

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Jax
Years ago

^^Dunkin Dan^^ - Terrific points made. With the salary Batkovic was on the Lightning should be able to at least get 2 or 3 possibly good players to add some grunt to the front line. Lightning were very predictable to play against & we all know how the last 2 final series went.

I wonder if Batkovic choosing to go elsewhere places Buckle under further scrutiny as a Coach who burns bridges with his star players?

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Anonymous
Years ago

Lightning will be going back to a budget line up.

Slashing their playing budget.

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