Sunday, 19 November 2017: Andrew Gaze has spoken of his 'unbelievable self-inflicted burden' of guilt at watching his players endure a season that continues to slide from bad to worse.

Embattled Sydney coach Andrew Gaze says he is wracked by self-inflicted personal guilt at not being able to provide his players more team success as the Kings' season of woe continues.

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Following Saturday's 108-93 loss to Adelaide, Gaze bared his soul in a wide-ranging post-match interview which varied from expressing envy over his legendary father Lindsay's ability to remain poker-faced during games to seeking perspective by referencing the Yemen famine crisis.

"Overwhelmingly when I put my head on the pillow, it's the thought of the players asking (myself) 'am I letting them down'," Gaze said.

"That's a heavy burden to take because having been a player and played for a long time, it's fleeting.

"You don't get these chances all that often and I have an unbelievable sense of obligation to them to try to make sure we do our very best.

"It's an unbelievable self-inflicted burden that I carry.

"I've had my time, I've had my joy ... I'm here to help them and right now it's not working out the way we'd like."

Gaze knows his expressive, emotional sideline demeanour isn't to everybody's liking but he says he will continue doing it his way - until he is eventually told his time is up.

"I'd love to be my dad who sat there with his legs crossed and bottled it all up but it's not me," Gaze said.

"You are what you are. You can't be someone else.

"I've got some principles and ways we want to play which I'm sticking to and if that's the way we go down, so be it.

"People who know me know I'm not going to quit. I may not get the chance to fulfil the thing but I'll never, ever quit.

"Go turn on the news and see what's happening in Yemen - the world's greatest famine - and you go 'my God, we're 2-9 and I'm carrying the weight of the world on my shoulders'.

"Hopefully we get the chance to see this out and turn it around.

"If not, my life is very, very good."