Hopefully gone. He isn't worthy of his own thread.

Cairns will snap him up if we don't re-sign him

Honestly have never been into all this wildcats bashing, but that squad is really not looking too good these days. Sure, made the four but was it by default because teams under them sucked do badly mainly due to financial constraints.

Besides the obvious one in Walker, you are 0 from 3

Can't see us getting two import shooting guards and a small forward. One will be a big or at least a hybrid 3/4.

"Hire is Hired as one of the assistant coaches"

Huh? on what basis, I don't get it. Unless it was just to make a lame joke then okay.

Zodiac, Perth have already stated they are looking to fill all three import spots.

It's not his offence but his defence, he has gotten slower and is having to guard 2guards, not a good combination

With Vague and Steindl in the squad, Cats can't afford to not fill 3 import slots.
Their problem last season was they had about 4 guys who "would be handy as the 11th man".

I wouldn't have minded seeing Hire in that role, but I feel they need to hit a few more home-runs. They have lost a lot of size and inside presence. Kay is a good step to reclaim some of that, but they still need more off the bench. Whether its an import or local.

"Friday Press Release - Hire is Hired as one of the assistant coaches"

Not a bad comment.

Due to his other commitments, Greg is less likely to accept a bit-role in Cairns or Illawarra.
Whilst from the Cat's perspective, one of the things they value is his passion, commitment, and character.
Easy to see him moving into a Community relations role.

Why?

Before he was on the roster Hire was looking at applying to be the Cats strength and conditioning co-ordinator. He's a great leader and clubman. I can see them offeeing him some sort of part time role to keep him around the club, have his influence, potentially used him as s train on and injury replacement.

They spoke highly of walkers impact when he was at the club the year he didn't play, I reckon Hire would have an even greater impact.

What salary would Hire be on? Anywhere between 60k - 80k.

The guy has been with the club for over 200 games, coming from a Development Player and obviously has the respect of his peers by being voted Vice-Captain for the last four years. Either he is blackmailing Gleeson or there's some fair reason he has been with the club for quite some time, he is obviously valuable to the program.

In saying that - yes he's limited in his role, he is obviously not paid the big bucks and only plays a maximum of ten minutes, I don't think you are going to find another player that suits this team more, he provides hustle and energy in limited minutes, has shot 40% on average from the three the last four seasons.

If they are to move on from him, I can't see him remaining to be a practice player, it's public knowledge his endeavours off the court so I think he will transition seamlessly into that role.

> What salary would Hire be on?

Between 390k and 410k

Did Norton sign in Perth to come off the bench? Tough to get a starting PG gig in the NBL with all the import PG talent I guess.

What I would do if I was Perth

Martin/Norton
Import/Import
Import/Steindl
Kay/Wagstaff/Vague
Brandt/Jervis

Would've dumped Steindl for Hire based on what he showed last season.