Grenville wrote:Noone could ever doubt his pedigree and qualifications but does Andrew Gaze have enough shit in him to be a head coach?
My thoughts exactly. Does Gaze have enough 'arsehole' in him to be a good coach? I doubt it but Jeff Van Groningen is running the Kings now and he has a close relationship with the Gaze family from when he became CEO of the Melb Tigers when Lindsay & Andrew were there and is a pretty canny guy so no doubt Gaze will bounce a lot off of him and I wouldn't be surprised if he gives him an experienced coaching staff to help too.
I know Gaze was pretty bitter about the Melb Tigers owners changing their name to Melb Utd and them then insisting they still own the rights to the Melb Tigers name so a 'new' Melb Tigers team could never be formed in the NBL which led to Gaze establishing a Melb Tigers team in the SEABL but I never would've thought he would get involved with another NBL team entirely.
I've also never heard Gaze talking about really wanting to be a full-time coach either which also makes this a very interesting decision for the Kings when I would've thought after their last few efforts a veteran coach would've been what they needed.
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