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Top Lithuanian Coaches

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Toruko said:
But he made many mistakes. Especially leashing all the players not trusting them was a mistake. His archaic and ugly game plan was also an obstacle. He is guilty by not trusting his players. He cant be blamed fully because of the bad engineering for the roster last season but the move this season so far is worse tbh.

Playing final in a season Real and CSKA lost almost all pillars to the NBA is not a success. I wouldnt say he is a bad coach but he is surely not a good coach as well.
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I agree that he should reconsider some of his ways, to allow more natural flow and a bit more liberal shooting overall, but he believes that he can give players even better chances to take their shots under set offense. On other hand, who besides Higgins could really go ISO? Basically, none. Mirotic is not an ISO scorer. Davies is pretty good at it, but he's a center with non reliable jumper.

Saying that Saras is not a good coach is too far reaching :) He lead mediocre Zalgiris' to several PO appearances and even final 4. Now he brought Barsa to final 4, he won regular season, that's something Pesic wasn't able to do with similar quality rosters.
 
Real, yes, they lost a lot, but CSKA...nope, that's all on them. And after all they almost knock out Efes in the final 4. They were one good shot away from that :)
 
Straight forward said:
Real, yes, they lost a lot, but CSKA...nope, that's all on them. And after all they almost knock out Efes in the final 4. They were one good shot away from that :)
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They lacked guards even with James and without him they were totally outmatched let alone losing Milutinov. Efes made things more interesting that it should be. Normally, it would have been a 20 points margin game.
 
Good illustration why I'm so low on our coaches. OK, shooting coach (the one that has been working with Jr. Marciulionis). He should know everything about shooting, that's his bread and butter. And he says complete nonsense, like out of this world nonsense. "Shooter should shoot 60% threes". Jesus Christ...this is crazy. God forbid such shooting specialists.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xuInXjJ0aNg
 
Super open and fun interview with Saras. He mocks LKF election system, but speaks highly about Balciunas. Says that he reads Lithuanian BB media. Mocks FIBA and windows, says Buzelis big talent and mentions Jakucionis as promising kid, and his son as the fan of Curry.

To me this one was the highlight:

"We shouldn't lie. In Europe there are two schools - Serbian and Spanish. We, Lithuanians, were always achieving something because of talent and very big unselfishness"

I share google translation:

https://www.15min.lt/24sek/naujiena...iau-pageria-su-chebryte-tas-laimi-875-1603508
 
Good piece. Happy to see that we moving forward. Coaches as Adomaitis, Zibenas already are new school coaches. They know mobbing or ignoring mental health issues is not an answer and it's so past. Saras goes still a little bit oldschool ways, but he compensates with huge personality. Like he hits and smooths at the same time. And I think he realizes that he should change his way a little bit and it is seen lately.

The world slowly moves toward Holarchy instead of Hierarchy (there will be certain amount of hierarchy which is necessary, but all unnecessary and excessive should be demolished), nonviolent communication instead of mobbing. Depression is the leading cause of disability in the world already and it can't be ignored anymore because it's super stupid and comes from ill mannered habit which indicates that if you speak about emotions you are weak. It costs Lithuanians specially, as we lead Europe in suicides (mainly men).
 
When will Tautvydas Sabonis become Zalgiris' head coach?
a) This or next month
b) This summer
c) After being assistant of next Zalgiris' coach
d) After coaching weaker team
 
Straight forward said:
It costs Lithuanians specially, as we lead Europe in suicides (mainly men).
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If Lithuania was located on my side of the Atlantic, an enterprising researcher at a university could get himself a multi $million grant to study whether the suicide rate correlates inversely with Lithuania's success in basketball.

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LuDux said:
When will Tautvydas Sabonis become Zalgiris' head coach?
a) This or next month
b) This summer
c) After being assistant of next Zalgiris' coach
d) After coaching weaker team
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I like his passion and I thought he handled teams' practice a a head coach nicely, wasn't too nervous. Kid's has balls. His bother was Mis Lithuania, and to win in such thing you need charisma and conversational skills, I think Tautvydas got more from his mother in genes lottery. Bad there's surely has to be "never" option as well nevertheless.

Hepcat said:
If Lithuania was located on my side of the Atlantic, an enterprising researcher at a university could get himself a multi $million grant to study whether the suicide rate correlates inversely with Lithuania's success in basketball.

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I think there's enough of pressure for the NT already :D Obviously main causes of suicide are well known and it's not basketball related.
 
Hepcat said:
If Lithuania was located on my side of the Atlantic, an enterprising researcher at a university could get himself a multi $million grant to study whether the suicide rate correlates inversely with Lithuania's success in basketball.

:confused:
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That's what Pol Pot said
 
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Pol Pot wasn't known for his academic brilliance let alone his interest in sports. He achieved his fame/notoriety otherwise.
 
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Rough days for Saras...If Barsa blows this season too, he's a gonner, IMO.

Maksvytis, on other hand, with right pieces looks like a coach. Now we should ripen up Sedekerskis, Tubelis, Krivas, Murauskas for the NT (defensively capable frontline) and Maksvytis will have the roster to be successful. That won't happen instantly, but if Maksvytis shows improvements in 2023 WC I would keep him long term. We should try to make our Sergio Scariolo/Vincen Collet out of Maksvytis. He's a good fit. Player's coach (unlike Saras), doesn't overcomplicate things (which suits FIBA tournaments), but also is able to control the team to to provide solid set of plays. If he will become a bit more matured in terms of tactics and game control (he tends to miss some important time-outs), I think he has an upside to become serious NT coach.
 
Laprovittola who always used to be a mediocre player (especially because of not good defense) is a top scorer in Barca. Before that his best season was in Rytas in Eurocup. It's a huge improvement, but on other hand when your best player is Lapro and you are a top team i don't think it's a good one. And it's not a case of a young player.

Some people expected that Jokubaitis will be improving a lot under Saras, but it's been Argentinian pg on a scene so far.
 
Dreamcatcher said:
Laprovittola who always used to be a mediocre player (especially because of not good defense) is a top scorer in Barca. Before that his best season was in Rytas in Eurocup. It's a huge improvement, but on other hand when your best player is Lapro and you are a top team i don't think it's a good one. And it's not a case of a young player.

Some people expected that Jokubaitis will be improving a lot under Saras, but it's been Argentinian pg on a scene so far.
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Lapro always was good offensively. Even in Real. But Saras forced him to play decent D too which was surprise.

As for Jokubatis, he's on a little slump, but he's improving gradually. Now he's better than ever. Still second most valuable player for Barca in ACB - 11,4eff. The problem maybe only is that his minutes is not increasing in EL. But when there's Satoransky, Lapro, Higgins, Abrines (and then there's still injured Kuric) it's hard to expect a lot of minutes.
 
Straight forward said:
Lapro always was good offensively. Even in Real. But Saras forced him to play decent D too which was surprise.
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Well, no. In his second season in Real in EL he averaged about 7 pts in 17 min. Before that in the same Real and Basconia he had small minutes meaning he wasn't good enough.
Even in Eurocup he wasn't any special player offensively. In Rytas he averaged 12 pts in 27 min. In Zenit - 9 pts in 17 min. He was only really good in Joventud. He often had limited minutes. Really hasn't been any special player before Barca.
 
Barca is playing impotent basketball offensively. I don't think Saras will ever win EL with such basketball. That's yesterday's basketball. It's more like anti-basketball. Reading mismatches all the time, moving the ball mechanically, no passion or improvisation. When you natural instincts and initiative, you have a dead team. And today to me Barca's ball looks dead.
 
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