Philippines Senior National Team Thread Vol. V

[ARMIR]

And that change/adjustment of schedule is something PBA & SMC are very very very very difficult to do. Remember, we are talking about a 4-year cycle here.

Will our beloved PBA be willing to adjust its calendar in the next 4 years for the sake of the betterment of Philippine basketball?

Well we're talking about RSA/SMC and Long Hair in charge of even SBP nowadays so the rest of the PBA will just have to take a knee and bow their heads and take up in the a**.

[Sikatrix]

Isnt Snow's hint Alapag?

[Silent Killer]

Isnt Snow's hint Alapag?

From Twitter

Snow Badua

Gilas should start dropping the battlecry PUSO.

I suggest let's just use "PALAG PA GILAS".

Ano suggestion nyo?

[BJ_Reloaded]

I had no qualms putting the mighty mouse as part of the Senior team, but being the HC "agad-agad", well hold your horses a little bit, let the dude handle be involve in the boys team as the very first foundation because we badly need to establish our grassroots if indeed we are on a 4 year cycle in preparation for 2027 and beyond. if ever hopefully adding Cabaggie in the boys level is also a good move.

I think the biggest challenge is if the dude has a very serious contract in the Kings to avoid any conflicts as far as scheduling are concern.

[sroth3839]

From Twitter

Snow Badua

Gilas should start dropping the battlecry PUSO.

I suggest let's just use "PALAG PA GILAS".

Ano suggestion nyo?

Never Say Die

”Puso” is Chot Reyes drama and bullshit.

[C2Hamm]

why do we need a battlecry?

[CoJ]

why do we need a battlecry?

Follow up question, are there nteams with a battle cry as well?

[JAMSKIE]

why do we need a battlecry?

Maybe to draw more fan support. especially if our battlecry would be "Never say die"

I actually like that battlecry as it would draw fan support from the undisputed most popular PBA team of all time.

[Metta]

"Identity" is what is important for teams. Puso was accurate for that Pingris team and he embodied that identity. Then of course media and marketers milked it dry.

[sroth3839]

Maybe to draw more fan support. especially if our battlecry would be "Never say die"

I actually like that battlecry as it would draw fan support from the undisputed most popular PBA team of all time.

Laban Pilipinas! Never Say Die!

Sounds good. Has a nice ring to it.

[IPC]

"Identity" is what is important for teams. Puso was accurate for that Pingris team and he embodied that identity. Then of course media and marketers milked it dry.

Gilas have become a good defensive team since Cone joined the team. 10th in defense in the WC, and defended pretty well in the Asian Games too.

We should make that our identity. Fits the "puso" and "laban" mantras.

[BJ_Reloaded]

as much I find it very corny on my own personal taste maybe because I had the impression that it was overly used and advertised by those bias main stream media, as per Sir Metta "Then of course media and marketers milked it dry". in some degree fans like us must come up with something to yell on, a rallying point to boast our players and motivate them during game time especially when the going gets tough.

as a 6th man we need to share something...they needed that.

[Silent Killer]

From Twitter

Homer Sayson

SMH FILE: In the search for the new Gilas head coach, Tab Baldwin didn't even get a phone call.

I wonder: Is ignored a synonym for blackballed?

Another great candidate with NBA pedigree -- Will Voigt -- also didn't get a call.

Read the full column @spinph

[IPC]

From Twitter

Homer Sayson

SMH FILE: In the search for the new Gilas head coach, Tab Baldwin didn't even get a phone call.

I wonder: Is ignored a synonym for blackballed?

Another great candidate with NBA pedigree -- Will Voigt -- also didn't get a call.

Read the full column @spinph

Yeah, after the exodus and the "tactical immaturity" comments, no way, let's move on from Tab.

As for Voigt, yeah, he could have helped. The guy beat us with Angola. At least have him as a consultant, maybe? As good as some of the newer coaches are (Topex, Goldwin, Charles, Jarin), we still need someone to guide them for international play.

[IPC]

Here are the average ages of our rosters in past major tournaments:

2013 FIBA Asia Championship: 29.83
2014 FIBA World Cup: 29.75
2014 Asian Games: 30.42
2015 FIBA Asia Championship: 31.08
2016 OQT: 29.08
2017 FIBA Asia Cup: 28.17
2018 Asian Games: 31.5
2019 FIBA World Cup: 29
2021 FIBA OQT: 22.5
2023 FIBA World Cup: 28.33
2022 Asian Games: 31.67

I guess we've rotated players, since our average age has fluctuated over the years. We had no core from 2018 to 2019, and had to start over after that epic fail in the 2019 WC, and we started over again after we let go of Tab from the Gilas program.

We were on the older side in some tournaments, though, and the only tournaments where we had substantial success with older rosters were in the 2015 FIBA Asia Cup (silver) and the 2022 Asian Games (gold). Our roster needs to get younger for the 2027 WC.