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MR. FAST2
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i think two people are involve here
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digitalsuperman2
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DennisPrincipe ♕ (名) プリンシペ島 ♕
Oh Joseph... You just made up your mind....
aha! Joseph Yeo!
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digitalsuperman2
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from player to coaching staff?
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MR. FAST2
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CheckLit Cesca Litton
I only named one team guys. The rest is up for speculation.
I only named one team guys. The rest is up for speculation.
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killmebusy2
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definitely uichico...joseph "jong" uichico...hmmm, to alaska maybe?
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a_ron2
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jong yeongchico
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nardy2
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Well Jong has been under the wing of Boss Danding Cojuangco since his college playing days in La Salle at the NCAA.
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neo2
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uichico to gilas/national team !!!
and maybe to tnt or meralco...
whatever will be the structure, it seems that its be gonna be uichico, black, reyes, and gregorio holding the fort for the new basketball/gilas program. question is who will be the head coach among them and whether the head coach will be full-time with the national program. obviously, one can serve as full-time coach and mvp's tnt, meralco, and ateneo will not be orphaned by a good coach because they have 4 of the best in the land.
and maybe to tnt or meralco...
whatever will be the structure, it seems that its be gonna be uichico, black, reyes, and gregorio holding the fort for the new basketball/gilas program. question is who will be the head coach among them and whether the head coach will be full-time with the national program. obviously, one can serve as full-time coach and mvp's tnt, meralco, and ateneo will not be orphaned by a good coach because they have 4 of the best in the land.
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nardy2
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Vaughn Canta left Shopinas and was signed-up by the Singapore Slingers at the ABL.
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Jay P. Mercado2
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Yes, the NCC program was conceived dating back in 1980 when then Ambassador Eduardo "Danding" Cojuangco was appointed by then President Ferdinand Marcos to become the project director for basketball. Marcos' vision was simple: he hired all his business cronies and friends who were affluent and influential enough to make a significant impact on various Philippine sports. Hence, aside from Cojuangco in basketball, Marcos also appointed Roberto Benedicto for swimming, Panfilo Domingo of the Philippine National Bank for tennis, Dominador Pangilinan of Traders Royal Bank (MVP's dad) for softball, Rodolfo Cuenca of CDCP for golf, among others.
Cojuangco laid down the foundation of his basketball program through the NCC blueprint. To expedite the transfer of technology from the American players to the Filipinos, Cojuangco brought in American collegiate players for naturalization. Ricardo Brown of Pepperdine, while being a legitimate Fil-American whose mother is a Vidal from Ilocos, and William Pearson of Chaminade University, whose also a legitimate Fil-American whose mother is a Pelayo, were the first two players brought in. The local players were mostly sourced from the DLSU basketball team, then orphaned as they just left the NCAA after a tumultuous rumble with the Letran Knights in the 1981 Finals. Joseph "Jong" Uichico was one of the DLSU players who was taken in for the NCC program. Other La Sallians were Teddy Alfarero, Richard Mendoza, Leoncio "Jun" Tan, Derrick Pumaren, Tonichi Yturri, Alfie Almario among others. Uichico eventually became part of the national team as a starter for the victorious 1982 RP Youth team in the Asian Youth tournament held in Manila. Uichico played #4, alongside co-starters #5 Alfarero (who supplanted UM's John Copada, then the original starting center for the Youth team but was down with hepatitis a week prior to the tournament), #3 Almario, #2 Louie Brill of San Beda College and point guard Hector Calma of Adamson and APCOR in the MICAA.
Uichico eventually became part of the NCC team and played in the PBA as part of the guest NCC team in the 1984 season. He was cut from the 12-man lineup in 1985 as they accommodated better youngsters like Alfredo Jarencio of UST, Jerry Codinera of UE, and Ludovico Valenciano of La Salle. Uichico, out of loyalty to coach Ron Jacobs, decided to stay put and became an apprentice to Jacobs who was more than willing to accommodate him. Uichico never got to be drafted in the PBA although he applied in the 1988 draft but no team hired his services. He eventually retired as a player but became an assistant coach for Norman Black at San Miguel, replacing Derrick Pumaren, sometime in the early 90's as Pumaren was hired by Pepsi to coach its PBA team.
The rest, as they say, is all history.
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I would like to add just a little trivia on Jong Uichico whose full name is Joseph Enrique Floro Uichico. He has connections with the Crispa Redmanizers as his mom, Elena Floro Uichico is the sister of Danny Floro which also means Crisanta and Pablo Floro are Jong's Lola and Lolo respectively. Jong's dad whose name is also Joseph was the Team Manager of the MICAA Farm Team of the Redmanizers called the Swingers. Another thing most people forget was before becoming a Green Archer, Jong was the star player in the NCAA Juniors Division while playing for the La Salle Greenhills Greenies alongside his twin Joel. While Jong is the quiet type .... his twin is the more sociable one. http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_F3A30IYM5Wk/TAJvQ2CqpXI/AAAAAAAACRQ/z6td73InCzY/s1600/Image1640.jpg
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Thanks for the heads up Sir JPM, I never thought that after NCC Jong left Conjuangcos anyway it is a win-win situation for our country indeed at least different idea will help our NATIONAL team.
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[h=2]Thursday, January 12, 2012[/h]On that press statement about Jong Uichico leaving Ginebra
I was reading a statement released yesterday by Ginebra San Miguel Inc. that said that former head coach Jong Uichico is moving from the Kings to the Philippine Men’s Basketball National Team. GSMI President Bernie Marquez lamented the departure of Uichico but also wished him well in his new endeavor.
Uichico won six titles with San Miguel and two with Ginebra. He was also a part of the Northern Consolidated Cement squad that was bankrolled by Danding Cojuangco back in the 1980s. That means he was with Mr. Cojuangco’s group for about three decades (maybe even more). That’s even longer than many marriages last.
I cocked an eyebrow ala Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson is disbelief (because there is an air of mystery and curiosity). Without asking the pertinent parties for the whys and wherefores, these are the thoughts that came to mind.
First is, why cannot coaches who work for other corporations work together for the national team? Didn’t Uichico assist Yeng Guiao on the Powerade-backed Philippine Team? Maybe it’s one of those instances where a person is pirated. We’ve seen that once to often. Maybe that’s the case here but I’m thinking that you’re giving up a long relationship to go – in the words of a PBA insider – “to the other camp”?
Having said that, the second thought is, just what the heck happened? Did it have something to do with Uichico being “demoted” – for lack of a better term to an assistant? Does that ever sit well with anyone? One day yours is the voice that everyone listens to then the next your slapping hands while sitting on the bench. Sure there’s Jorge Gallent and Caloy Garcia who’ve had to endure that but I do not see Yeng Guiao, Tim Cone, or even Chot Reyes sitting next to another head coach (unless it is the national team). What is the common denominator among the last three coaches I named – they have all won championships. Well, so has Jong. But it is also the season for leaving. Cone left Alaska after 22 years of service. Well, so has Jong.
Inside the pressroom, we threw theories around left and right and well (including Uichico’s not taking the head coaching job of La Salle), we think there’s more to the statement than meets the eye. I am also curious with the timing of this press release as it came on the eve of Game Four of the semifinals series between defending champion Talk ‘N Text and Petron Blaze (that the Boosters won to go up 3-1 in their match up). It’s like Alex Rodriguez talking about his free agency during the World Series matchup between the Boston Red Sox and the Colorado Rockies.
Posted by Rick Olivares http://www.blogger.com/email-post.g?blogID=8941288664705100419&postID=8185139551373437194
On that press statement about Jong Uichico leaving Ginebra
by rick olivares
I was reading a statement released yesterday by Ginebra San Miguel Inc. that said that former head coach Jong Uichico is moving from the Kings to the Philippine Men’s Basketball National Team. GSMI President Bernie Marquez lamented the departure of Uichico but also wished him well in his new endeavor.
Uichico won six titles with San Miguel and two with Ginebra. He was also a part of the Northern Consolidated Cement squad that was bankrolled by Danding Cojuangco back in the 1980s. That means he was with Mr. Cojuangco’s group for about three decades (maybe even more). That’s even longer than many marriages last.
I cocked an eyebrow ala Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson is disbelief (because there is an air of mystery and curiosity). Without asking the pertinent parties for the whys and wherefores, these are the thoughts that came to mind.
First is, why cannot coaches who work for other corporations work together for the national team? Didn’t Uichico assist Yeng Guiao on the Powerade-backed Philippine Team? Maybe it’s one of those instances where a person is pirated. We’ve seen that once to often. Maybe that’s the case here but I’m thinking that you’re giving up a long relationship to go – in the words of a PBA insider – “to the other camp”?
Having said that, the second thought is, just what the heck happened? Did it have something to do with Uichico being “demoted” – for lack of a better term to an assistant? Does that ever sit well with anyone? One day yours is the voice that everyone listens to then the next your slapping hands while sitting on the bench. Sure there’s Jorge Gallent and Caloy Garcia who’ve had to endure that but I do not see Yeng Guiao, Tim Cone, or even Chot Reyes sitting next to another head coach (unless it is the national team). What is the common denominator among the last three coaches I named – they have all won championships. Well, so has Jong. But it is also the season for leaving. Cone left Alaska after 22 years of service. Well, so has Jong.
Inside the pressroom, we threw theories around left and right and well (including Uichico’s not taking the head coaching job of La Salle), we think there’s more to the statement than meets the eye. I am also curious with the timing of this press release as it came on the eve of Game Four of the semifinals series between defending champion Talk ‘N Text and Petron Blaze (that the Boosters won to go up 3-1 in their match up). It’s like Alex Rodriguez talking about his free agency during the World Series matchup between the Boston Red Sox and the Colorado Rockies.
Posted by Rick Olivares http://www.blogger.com/email-post.g?blogID=8941288664705100419&postID=8185139551373437194
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Servinio2
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Coach Joseph Uichico's first coaching job was as head coach of De La Salle-Zobel in the 1990-1991 UAAP junior wars. At that time, DLSZ was bannered by senior Jason Webb and juniors Luigi Trillo and Boris Aldeguer.
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nardy2
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Anthony .... when Jong coached at Taft which Green Archers were his players. I could no longer remember.
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killmebusy2
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so why did uichico decline the dlsu head coaching job? imo, it would have been a better decision.
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digitalsuperman2
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probably there was a falling out...
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neo2
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1996 & 1997 seasons...i remember telan, rocca, uy, allado, tan, ritualo among others. perhaps trillo and patriminio also. maybe bautista.
in the 1996 and 1997 season dlsu went to the finals twice, losing the 96 and 97 finals against ust and feu respectively. in both seasons, telan was the uaap mvp.
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toikins2
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tsk tsk
there is really hidden agenda in every move. ehem Slaughter ehem
now i understand Fajardo's camp.
The leader should not treat sports body as business.
Looks like the leader is looking to benefit from his every move. Tsk businessman nga.
Unity my @ss!