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So the election is on the line. I have to give credit to basketnews.lt crew for the job they did dedicating their energy to upcoming event: debates, interview of potential GMs. That's all very good. Why Lith media wasn't caring about elections previously, I have no fucking idea.
FOA, I think that there's no perfect team from all three. They are different and somewhat incomplete in their own ways. But I hope that at least some positives and change will come, even if Butautas will be elected.
Butautas team. Generally it's just good old shift of the figures while everything remains the same. Butautas and GM J. Kalinauskas are simply 3rd and 4th figures (after Sabas and Spokas) in current federation. I find it ironic that this federation wants to continue their works while it has been complete crisis. Men, youth and women basketball is fucked up. Relation with media and society is ever worst. The only positive I see, is that Kalinauskas talks about openness and communication, he at least understands one problem. But it's so funny when he says he played basketball in the same generation as D-Mo, he has some masters degrees and that the main focus at the start of new cadence is to assure that the current works are being continued as the 100 years anniversary of Lithuanian basketball...Sure, let's work on BB churches, anniversaries and stuff...
Javtokas team. Generally it's a decent team, I like that Kazlauskas is involved, Jaikilaitis is a PRO. But the problem is that they are already passive. They were very silent and inactive during the campaign. Their presentation video was of the level of "Pacesas going to Seym election with Babrauskas and Jomantas". Just to go out onto basketball court and to provide artificial boring speech from the note-book. Really, Jakilaitis? That's the communication which is coming? Another thing, GM L. Ubavicius has nothing to say. Generally, something like "I'm a lawyer and I will do what our team will decide to do". This federation speaks about the change, but they have no ideas. They speak only about communication, but they have been sucking at it during the campaign. IDK, maybe that's their strategy, to be anti-populist, but the silence and cheap communication decisions is what we actually want to forget and not to get.
Gedvilas team. FOA, it's more than obvious that Mindaugas Balciunas is by far the strongest GM. It's not even the competition, it's not even close. While others 2 will just try to be GM, this guy has 2 successful cadences under his belt and the way he answers the questions it's whole other level. While others give abstract stereotyped answers, this guys nails directly and explicitly. What has to be changed? Like "Why the f... MKL teams playing just 10-12 games in a season, that's ridiculous", "Why everything is so centralized", "Why NTs preparing only for three weeks?" I like these answers. Balciunas is a PRO and I know that the change, management, communication, activity and innovation level would be top notch if he would work. The problem is that Gentvilas figure as president is really weak. Blaciunas praised him as much as he could, but even he had to say that this position is symbolic, representitive and whole work is done by administration and GM.
My position is that I would hope that somehow Javtokas team would do some changes, but I think they kinda screwed during the campaign and I wouldn't blink once if Balciunas had a great president like some...the same Javtokas would be OK, or Kaukenas. This would be hands down the best team. Butautas federation would mean that status quo remains most likely.
I hope that it's either Javtokas or Balciunas elected.
FOA, I think that there's no perfect team from all three. They are different and somewhat incomplete in their own ways. But I hope that at least some positives and change will come, even if Butautas will be elected.
Butautas team. Generally it's just good old shift of the figures while everything remains the same. Butautas and GM J. Kalinauskas are simply 3rd and 4th figures (after Sabas and Spokas) in current federation. I find it ironic that this federation wants to continue their works while it has been complete crisis. Men, youth and women basketball is fucked up. Relation with media and society is ever worst. The only positive I see, is that Kalinauskas talks about openness and communication, he at least understands one problem. But it's so funny when he says he played basketball in the same generation as D-Mo, he has some masters degrees and that the main focus at the start of new cadence is to assure that the current works are being continued as the 100 years anniversary of Lithuanian basketball...Sure, let's work on BB churches, anniversaries and stuff...
Javtokas team. Generally it's a decent team, I like that Kazlauskas is involved, Jaikilaitis is a PRO. But the problem is that they are already passive. They were very silent and inactive during the campaign. Their presentation video was of the level of "Pacesas going to Seym election with Babrauskas and Jomantas". Just to go out onto basketball court and to provide artificial boring speech from the note-book. Really, Jakilaitis? That's the communication which is coming? Another thing, GM L. Ubavicius has nothing to say. Generally, something like "I'm a lawyer and I will do what our team will decide to do". This federation speaks about the change, but they have no ideas. They speak only about communication, but they have been sucking at it during the campaign. IDK, maybe that's their strategy, to be anti-populist, but the silence and cheap communication decisions is what we actually want to forget and not to get.
Gedvilas team. FOA, it's more than obvious that Mindaugas Balciunas is by far the strongest GM. It's not even the competition, it's not even close. While others 2 will just try to be GM, this guy has 2 successful cadences under his belt and the way he answers the questions it's whole other level. While others give abstract stereotyped answers, this guys nails directly and explicitly. What has to be changed? Like "Why the f... MKL teams playing just 10-12 games in a season, that's ridiculous", "Why everything is so centralized", "Why NTs preparing only for three weeks?" I like these answers. Balciunas is a PRO and I know that the change, management, communication, activity and innovation level would be top notch if he would work. The problem is that Gentvilas figure as president is really weak. Blaciunas praised him as much as he could, but even he had to say that this position is symbolic, representitive and whole work is done by administration and GM.
My position is that I would hope that somehow Javtokas team would do some changes, but I think they kinda screwed during the campaign and I wouldn't blink once if Balciunas had a great president like some...the same Javtokas would be OK, or Kaukenas. This would be hands down the best team. Butautas federation would mean that status quo remains most likely.
I hope that it's either Javtokas or Balciunas elected.
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