"it seems that the 6ers are now staring down the abyss"

How so? Sixers win tonight and they are 3rd. Hardly the abyss. Even if they lose tonight they are still around the mark to make the playoffs.

You even mentioned about the owners talking about "building" a championship program. So they are doing exactly that with some key young players and now are about an import away from being really competitive.

I think you're letting your hate for the current owner get in the way of how things are going

The exec, coaching and player regime is relatively new so it's way too early to be judgmental yet. A fair assessment will be made at the end of the season and I'm sure renewal of player contracts (for instance) will be on the high agenda!

Just need to keep the core, which is only DJ, Humpty and Dech and build a new team around them in the off-season. Also, let's see how Brandon Paul scrubs up.

I'm no fan of Grant Kelley especially after what he did to Mitch Creek which was shameful but this post to me reads of someone who has a score to settle like may have recently been fired by him. It just seems unduly harsh. We can all remember what it was like under SoS when no one wanted to buy the Sixers and it meant ultra-cheap rosters that resulted in wooden spoons, what we have now is infinitely better.

How successful or not his business interests are doesn't mean much to me I'm only concerned about the 36ers and his decisions that effect the team.

It would seem at some point he realised he doesn't know enough about the sport so sort help in running the team unfortunately that person he chose was JVG. Some decisions have been good like throwing money at Humphries and getting Giddey in others not so good like Sloan, Crocker, Kendle, Pinder.

This year the league has greater parity with only 2 imports allowed for a small town team like the 6ers to really "step over that line in the sand"

How does that logic work? That makes it all the more important to have a good Aussie contingent - and it makes it more expensive than hiring a cheaper third import to cover. The expensive teams hire the best aussies and keep the third import slot available for injuries, the cheaper teams use the third import slot to grab better talent. Take away that third import slot and you're diminishing that capability for a team like Adelaide that does not have depth

That's the problem Zodiac...he does think he knows the game. Whenever owners try and talk basketball speak, it's cringeworthy. Seen it all before, they become fan boys instead of owners. Be an owner, act like an owner, and leave the basketball decisions to the people who understand basketball.

I think this post is a personal agenda towards Grant Kelley and is somewhat hate towards the club and him. I understand the 36ers are not the top financial club, however, depending on the result tonight we may be placed into the top 4. Although they haven't won in previous years, its unfair to say "now staring down the abyss“ when the team have moved to a better venue, got some big named players like giddey, Isaac, Conger, Sloan ect. Some may of not worked out but I think this has to be a personal agenda towards Kelley as you have done some effort into finding out things about him. Maybe you should say it too his face instead of hiding behind an anonymous forum!!!

Hey mate, i know you would be happy with that amazing performance by a top 4 team in the competition.... you spoke too soon lol.

Eggy on faece I think... big time....who won...oh yeah the team on the edge... think the dud dude just choked on humbly pie ... homemade style egg all over faece .. yuck Talk shit eat shit....

Eggy on faece I think... big time....who won...oh yeah the team on the edge... think the dud dude just choked on humbly pie ... homemade style egg all over faece .. yuck Talk shit eat shit....

OP makes some really good points.

Grant Kelley finally got to have his own coach installed, after Joey's departure, only to get hoodwinked by JvG so clearly no due diligence was done - what an absolute fool of an owner to employ such a fraud.

He didn't get on the board of the Crows because, despite being an Adelaide boy and going to the right schools, he's spent most of his professional career in Singapore and South-East Asia (and now based in Sydney with Vicinity). So when he put his name up everyone went "who?" and moved on. How embarrassing, which also makes me think the Sixers is just a vanity project for him to gain exposure on his return to Australia.

On his business acumen the Sixers can't even sign a front jersey sponsor, as Holdfast is Kelley's personal investment vehicle, so nothing has changed since the previous ownership and it's essentially a tax deductible donation. Being a career CEO of an established listed company is way different to taking on a small to medium-sized business like an NBL club where you don't just walk into an already profitable environment. As everyone knows already he drove Creek away, there are other things that I've forgotten or not known to the public. So far all indications are that he is a dud.