Coach Jong Uichico was walking to the Araneta Coliseum parking lot amid cheers and shrieks from loyal Barangay Ginebra fans—who didn’t seem to mind that the champion coach and his popular squad were coming off a loss.

One could easily realize that the support which his team has enjoyed all through these years was the only thing that was giving the smile on his face.

“Nothing is wrong” with the composition of the team, Uichico told the Philippine Daily Inquirer. “We just need to get into the flow early. Right now, that is what my problem is: How to get this team into a flow.”

The mild-mannered coach had just come from another beating, at the hands of Talk ‘N Text, where the Gin Kings trailed by as many as 28 points before losing for the second straight night and staying in the Fiesta Cup cellar with a 1-7 record.

They were able to chop down that lead to as little as nine in the fourth period, when Mark Caguioa spewed fire and the rest of the team played like it was supposed to.

But then again, the damage had already been done, and very few teams in the Philippine Basketball Association, even if it is Ginebra, ever face a formidable deficit against such a formidable team and get to overcome it.

“We dug ourselves a very huge hole,” Uichico, who won his first five titles while with San Miguel, added.

Uichico said that the team now has the import that it needs in Chris Alexander, a 7-foot-1 former NBA Development League standout. But his locals have been the missing link, at least in their last two games.

“You can’t ask your import to do everything naman, eh,” Uichico continued, just a few steps before reaching a very boisterous pack that braved slight rain to see members of the team in person. “He came up with numbers we needed [23 points, 19 rebounds], so I don’t see anything wrong there.

“It’s my job as a coach to be able to provide a flow for this team, because we know that we can play against anyone in this league.”

Magnolia and Barangay Ginebra are sister teams with powerhouse lineups that are both struggling, with the Beverage Masters, with a roster that could pass for two all-star squads, in the middle of the pack with a 4-4 card.

But unlike his counterpart there, Siot Tanquingcen, who has been having a difficult time juggling his superstars, Uichico swore that he doesn’t even have to think of a problem like that in his squad.

“It’s just the flow, man, just the flow,” Uichico concluded, before stepping past the wired area and being mobbed by the Kings’ legions of fans.

Imagine how that gentleman would be treated the next time when he gets the Kings to start winning again.