Perthworld
Years ago
Name/games/wins
Trevor Gleeson 230 145
Alan Black 230 145
Dr. Adrian Hurley 159 102
Scott Fisher 137 78
Rob Beveridge 130 84
Cal Bruton 92 59
Murray Arnold 58 39
Jay Brehmer 52 21
Mike Ellis 34 15
Conner Henry 31 17
Henry Daigle 26 10
Lynn Massey 23 3
Gordon Ellis 22 6
Will history be made tonight? #146
Well, win or lose, #231 will be a record anyway
History made when his poor recruiting is responsible for missing finals. Hope Bryce citizenship comes in so we can go spend up big again to get another nba big to save our season
Mock
Years ago
Trev is the GOAT and thats all there is to it. Best coach. Best culture guy. Will have most wins.
Read it and weep.
Don't follow Perth but congratulations to Gleeson win or lose, I get the shits with his whining but hell of a coach. Well done.
Gaze said it best. He inherited a really good team
How dumb can some of you be !?! This team does not need another big they need a guard to help Cotton score the damn ball & run the team
Anon
Years ago
044 - Gaze actually DID say that Gleeson inherited a very good team from Bevo and then has made the program even more successful. Pay attention to the coverage cobber before you go running your mouth worse than Trev does in the sidelines
He's a gun coach, helps having Cotton but Gleeson knows how to move the pieces.
Every good coach has had good players. Seems Trev is the only one who gets criticised for it.
As was said on the commentary Trev runs the flex, the whole world knows it. It's all the little counters and variations that set him apart. Even the other week that play that for Jesse open was outstanding. Credit where it is due, the man is one of the greats.
Bol
Years ago
Surprised to see how good Scott Fishers win/loss record is at 137/78. He didn't have a super team as i remember it but a better % than Bevo.
And Alan black with the same record as trev but was sacked twice! Lol
Na it's not 137 wins and 78 losses. It's 78 wins from 137 games.
Scott fisher was working with Peter Crawford's of the world . Rashers Tucker was to busy smoking pot . Alex Loughton was his only legit player. Fisher was a damn good coach.
Bolt
Years ago
Hurley was their greatest coach, he built the club into what its developed into today - which wasn't easy when you consider how perf was viewed back in those days nationally. 30 years of continuous success starts somewhere.
Trev is bloody deserving though, he may have been born in a lemon tree but he’s an incredible coach.
Trev was average at Townsville and garbage in Melbourne.
He finally found his home at Perf, where he inherited the perfect team to continue his career.
The guy doesn't develop young players at all. He is just milking Cotton for all he is worth and hoping for the best. Big fish, little pond - not good enough to make the NBA, but good enough to kill it in the NBL. While coaches like Lemanis helped Torrey Craig and Will Magnay get to the NBA, but it labelled a shit coach.
You also know you are scraping the bottom of the barrel when Wagstaff is your captain.
Butthurt Perf fans commenting in 3...2...1
The part about Gleeson not developing young talent at Perth sounds right.
Seeing other clubs get quality rookies constantly .
Gleeson there to win championships, five at the last count, if he developed players on the way, good, but that's not his role. I’ve seen a lot worse players in the nba than Cotton, he’s an absolute gun and Gleeson uses him accordingly. Kay was a reasonable player when he got to Perth, Gleeson took his strengths and made him a star, I’d say that’s development.
Sometimes you should look through your eyes with intelligence instead of stupidity.
Nielsen wasn't even in Australia last season when Kay took off.
It hasn't been Gleesons job in the last seven years to develop young talent. It's been to win titles. He's won five. I'd say he's done ok!
Nick Kay comments that he moved to Perth to work with Matt Nielsen
Like the guy said before.
Without money trev didn't win. Now his on a team that spends more than anyone else and he wins. Imagine if Joey Wright took this team, everyone would be saying Joey is the greatest of all time.
Do you think Goorjians teams were cheap and lacked talent?
"To be able to learn from Trevor (Gleeson) and Matt Nielsen on how I can get better is very important because that's what I want to do - get better every year."
Trev was average at Townsville...
Five straight playoffs, a third place and a second place finish, a COTY award, all with a budget team compared to other clubs. Yeah, so average.
Oh the old roster is stacked any coach can win argument.
Lovebroker
Years ago
For anyone believing stacked rosters = automatic championships regardless of coaching, please see, Andrew Gaze, Dean Demopolous, Dean Vickerman the last two seasons, will Weaver.
Also see Joey Wright's championships whilst at Adelaide despite many posters thinking he is awesome.
koberulz
Years ago
Nielsen wasn't even in Australia last season when Kay took off.And you think he had a great season because of work put in during that season, not because of work put in during prior seasons?
The part about Gleeson not developing young talent at Perth sounds right.How does getting quality rookies equate to developing talent?
Seeing other clubs get quality rookies constantly .
LV
Years ago
I dislike Gleeson personally but must admit he's a coaching legend.
Gleeson has had talent at his disposal but unlike many others, has consistently got that talent working together effectively.
His short stint at the Tigers however, is a black mark on his resume.
No it isn't. It's a black mark on the Tigers and McPeake.
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