Philippines Senior National Team Thread Vol. IV

[analyzed]

This seems to be the 12 man pool for the special draft
The 12 hopefuls -Mike Tolomia, Russel Escoto, Arnold Von Opstal, Kevin Ferrer, Mac Belo, Roger Pogoy, Jio Jalalon, Von Pessumal, Ed Daquioag, Carl Bryan Cruz, former Blackwater cager Almond Vosotros and ABL veteran Matthew Wright.

[Silent Killer]

Ugh, people here tend to look at the negatives.

You give emphasis on the meltdowns, but not how Gilas 2.0 generally performed.

With that aside, let's all hope he improves in the PR aspect (those rants vs Japeth on Twitter were uncalled for) which I am sure of because he spent a lot of time as a TV executive.

Also, I guess we'll see more of Jayson Castro who will definitely be called out of retirement any time soon

And yes, don't include Japeth into the pool kung di mo man lang gagamitin.

*Peace

chot will bring out the best of the players like the 2013 aguilar, the 2014 fajardo. let's see in his 3rd stint. for sure he learned his lessons very well from 2014.

[Silent Killer]

To DT: Agree. I also thought the none inclusion of Calvin and limited to no playing time of Aguilar were Tab's mistake ( with the 2 players raw talent, he failed to adjust )

match up wise aguilar is useful against france. Abueva with his immaturity at times, can be useful in defending the perimeter against nzl and france.

[durden_tyler]

With this change, i think a hybrid Cadets-PBA will be used in the important home-and-away games. (PBA, meaning MVP teams only unless PBA has a different MOA)

[Silent Killer]

With this change, i think a hybrid Cadets-PBA will be used in the important home-and-away games. (PBA, meaning MVP teams only unless PBA has a different MOA)

Narvasa the puppet should man up his words that the PBA will support the gilas 100% and all the teams will lend

[durden_tyler]

Narvasa the puppet should man up his words that the PBA will support the gilas 100% and all the teams will lend

i don't think the "great" crowd in the Meralco-Ginebra series will save Narvasa from being fired. Or so i hope.

[Silent Killer]

for me. at least one per team

GPBP - Romeo
SMB - Fajardo
BGSM - Aguilar, Thompson
Star - Lee, Barroca
ROS - Almazan, Norwood, Cruz
Alaska - Abueva
TNT - Castro, MGR, Troy, Tautuaa(back up naturalized)
Mahindra - Dehesa

[Silent Killer]

i don't think the "great" crowd in the Meralco-Ginebra series will save Narvasa from being fired. Or so i hope.

so who will replace narvasa if ever?

[Sam (a.k.a.) Tuwid]

You do know that a lot of time is needed to learn the triangle offense and time isn't what you have during short tournaments, right?

I do remember Tim Cone-coached teams not doing well during the first few PBA games of the season or conference, and early losses are something we cannot afford in short international tourneys.

Don't you pigeon-hole the guy as strictly a triangle offense coach. No proof to that.

The whole of this third conference, Tim Cone has made adjustments all tournament long to get to the big dance, even discarding the triangle to achieve this mark, now, that's what you may call coaching the Pinoy way, unlike TAB's, coach by numbers, LOL.

As far as Chot's, maybe as someone here have already pointed out, if he do away with playing favorites then we may have a fresh start which can launch into something a bit more positive later on for the side of Gilas. But then again, great coaching has little less to do with motivational speeches than game by game adjustments and the knack for winning-- the real key here!

Cone's the guy. He deserves a second crack and the basketball world needs a sampling and an introduction to the greatest living coach that Pinoy professional league can offer.

If given a choice, I'd rather not be a party to the old meltdowns that more than likely is a guaranteed occurrence to follow Chot's track until he sees his very last days of coaching... like a bad habit. Don't rightly know, I just have a bad gut feel to this Chot's "re-engineering".

Too bad, the choice has been signed sealed and delivered undiplomatically by SBP and Pinoy basketball is again, for the nth time, all the poorer.

[Rorschach™]

for me. at least one per team

GPBP - Romeo
SMB - Fajardo
BGSM - Aguilar, Thompson
Star - Lee, Barroca
ROS - Almazan, Norwood, Cruz
Alaska - Abueva
TNT - Castro, MGR, Troy, Tautuaa(back up naturalized)
Mahindra - Dehesa

Dehesa is a Batang Pier. For me its:

ALA - Abueva
GIN - Aguilar
BWE - Erram
GBP - Romeo
MAH - Guinto
MER - Newsome
NLX - Lanete
PHO - Torres
ROS - Almazan
SMB - Fajardo
STR - Lee
TNT - Rosario

[noyce]

usurped Toroman. usurped Tab.

if we're playing a dog-eat-dog corporate style for Gilas HC, Chot should be fired if he doesn't bring us to World Cup 2019.

i support RP team/Gilas through and through, irregardless of the shadows behind the team. though all-out support for a 'win despite the means' platform is a different matter.

expectation: win now mentality, no youth development, less tactics more puso, at least world cup quarter final

[durden_tyler]

Don't you pigeon-hole the guy as a strictly triangle offense coach. No proof to that.

The whole of this third conference, Tim Cone has made adjustments all tournament long to get to the big dance, even discarding the triangle to achieve this mark, now, that's what you may call coaching the Pinoy way, unlike TAB's, coach by numbers, LOL.

As far as Chot's, maybe as someone here have already pointed out, if he do away with playing favorites then we may have a fresh start which can launch into something a bit more positive later on for the side of Gilas. But then again, great coaching has little less to do with motivational speeches than game by game adjustments and the knack for winning-- the real key here!

Cone's the guy. He deserves a second crack and the basketball world needs a sampling and an introduction to the greatest living coach that Pinoy professional league can offer.

If given a choice, I'd rather not be a party to the old meltdowns that more than likely is a guaranteed occurrence to follow Chot's track until he sees his very last days of coaching... like a bad habit. Don't rightly know, I just have a bad gut feel to this Chot's "re-engineering".

True, i think we all have the same worry of Chot's probable meltdowns.

That said, would people rather have Chot's meltdowns or Tab's rigid coaching?

i'd personally take the high risk high reward Chot...

[LittleMarco2016]

Dehesa is a Batang Pier. For me its:

ALA - Abueva
GIN - Aguilar
BWE - Erram
GBP - Romeo
MAH - Guinto
MER - Newsome
NLX - Lanete
PHO - Torres
ROS - Almazan
SMB - Fajardo
STR - Lee
TNT - Rosario

plus Dehesa is ineligible

[durden_tyler]

plus Dehesa is ineligible

Or better yet, plus Dehesa sucks.

[engwan]

Chot Reyes is back as Gilas head coach.

What do you guys think?