Rillie Wants Defensive Results

On the back of the Perth Wildcats fourth consecutive loss on Monday night, head coach John Rillie says the team needs to step up their defence.

“Our defence hasn’t been anywhere where we want it to be in our last couple of games,” he said.

“The way we play, if one guy isn’t doing his job, it impacts the next guy so then it looks like we’re not a very good defensive team.

“If we’re all back on the same page and working cohesively, we’ll be pretty good.”

Rillie said he won’t be looking to make any drastic team changes to line-up to face Tasmania on Thursday night.

“I’m a creature of habit, so I’m not about kneejerk reacting,” he said.

“Obviously if you get to a point where you need to make some wholesale changes, but I would say we’re underperforming as a team as individuals, so to start trying to come up with a quick fix, I’m not about that.”

Rillie said there’s no time to get emotional about the losses.

“We practice hard, we work hard, that’s going to pay dividends at some time in the season,” he said.

“Everyone is disappointed with the way were playing, but if we’re emotional about it or if you start to deviate from what you truly believe is success, that’s when indecision and intensiveness comes into it.”

The Perth Wildcats take on Tasmania JackJumpers Thursday night at RAC Arena. Get tickets!