McGee-Stafford and Atkins - both were WNBA top-10 draft picks. I know the WNBL is strong but something's not right.

Ebzery is even better than last season's version. She has been superb.
Mansfield is way better than last season's injured version.
Payne started well but has dropped off, and doesn't defend bigs or rebound as well as Steindl, so advantage Steindl on that one.
Allen this season is heaps better than she was last season. Not even close.

But yes, the import combo hasn't worked at all for whatever reason. McGee-Stafford's production not been a big surprise to me based on her WNBA play, but I was certainly expecting more from Atkins, at both ends of the court. How much of that is her, and how much is our failure to utilise her, I'm not really sure.

What has stood out to me most this season - other than the choking late in game - is how much worse our D is than previous seasons. We used to really get after teams and make life tough for them, and our rotations were sharp. That proactive defence is just a nice memory now.

Not sure why we went after a big 5. It doesn't really suit Perth's style. And with Allen's improvement it barely suits our needs either. I notice Andy tried plenty of small ball tonight - with Allen & IMS both benched - and tried some twin towers as well. The latter didn't really work. The former had an impact for a while but someone like Russell is way too good to do it against for any length of time.

Perth Lynx coach Andy Stewart says his job on the line after 90-75 loss to Southside ends hopes of playing finals

https://www.perthnow.com.au/sport/basketball/perth-lynx-coach-andy-stewart-says-his-job-on-the-line-after-90-75-loss-to-southside-ends-hopes-of-playing-finals-ng-b881424972z

There has been no development of the young local talent. He has tools at his disposal that other coaches would dream of having. And it's four years of no return. Perth management must make a change at the end of the season.

That's probably because the WNBL season is almost over, particularly for the Lynx. They may send an import home (to save money) but certainly won't replace one. There's no point.

Too late now, yeah.
I think the home loss to Canberra 2 weeks ago was the final nail in the coffin for our playoff hopes this season.
The WNBL season starts & ends in a flash. Meanwhile all the northern hemisphere women's leagues are running at the same time and run for a lot longer, so there aren't many players becoming available in time to be chopping & changing. Not star players who are going to make an immediate positive impact, anyway.

The game that will determine Andy Stewart's career will be on January's 22 against Canberra.

Having a massive budget and our coaching someone are two very different things

The 22 year old is a disciple of the assistant Petrik so make him the coach and the disciple the assistant.

Yeah because Stewart's tenure has been a raging success. And no, the bankrolled kid is barely up to SBL standard, there are several other much more experienced coaches who deserve the Lynx assistant gig if Petrik is promoted to head coach (would be well deserved as he has definitely done his time, and has the runs on the board with what he did with the Flames Women)

Who is the 22 year old?