A shame for him. Sydney's a tough gig. There is large section of their fans that are utter dickheads.
SOS to Miron Bleiberg maybe?
Wouldn't surprise me if it was Miron, Farina or Merrick. For the reasons you stated - might be hard to get a more experienced coach mid-season on short notice. Has Merrick finished up with Hong Kong? Could Sydney stomach their rivals ex coach?
pre game Adelaide v Perth they had a list which include those above and said Merrick was done in Hong Kong. Also had Ricki on their list. had Corica, Mulvey and Stubbins as well on a list of rookies. and a couple of foreign coaches. one Italian one Czech i think
all speculation from the fox sports people i should add