Toroman picks PH as Fiba-Asia champ
By Beth CelisRajko Toroman must have been wondering why this woman sipping hot Americano coffee with player agent Charlie Dy was asking too many questions.
Rajko Toroman must have been wondering why this woman sipping hot Americano coffee with player agent Charlie Dy was asking too many questions.
Pido Jarencio is staying on as University of Santo Tomas head coach in the UAAP following a breakdown in negotiations for his transfer to Barako Bull, which is now hoping to tap Serbian mentor Rajko Toroman.
THE LAST time I talked with Barako Bull team manager/alternate governor Raffy Casyao, he was preparing to offer Pido Jarencio the head coaching post formerly held by Junel Baculi and assumed by Bong Ramos in an interim capacity.
With Serbian coach Rajko Toroman now out of the equation, the next Smart Gilas Pilipinas head coach will come from the pool of high-profile local mentors.
When I got word Tuesday that Norman Black was still going to be head coach of the Ateneo Blue Eagles this coming UAAP season, I immediately concluded that the projected shuffling of coaches among the Manny V. Pangilinan-owned teams was again aborted.
Sometime ago, I learned from an unimpeachable source within the PLDT-Smart group that a major revamp within the coaching ranks of the Manny V. Pangilinan-owned basketball teams was forthcoming.
While the Philippine basketball team is still to be formed, Jong Uichico said he will act as consultant and help head coach Ryan Gregorio’s Meralco team.
It doesn’t look like the Smart Gilas Pilipinas national team will be a complete reboot.
The Smart Gilas program, with its key players now with the pros, has discovered worthy replacements Sunday night after the Philippine team bagged the gold medal in the 26th Southeast Asian Games.
It was not exactly a warning on what to expect in the future but, without making a condemnation, coach Olsen Racela of Energen Pilipinas Under-16 team in the recent Fiba-Asia championship ended up calling for change.
MANILA, Philippines—Norman Black is set to make a return to the Philippine Basketball Association as a coaching rigodon is expected to be formalized this month involving teams bankrolled by business tycoon-sportsman Manny V. Pangilinan. The arrangement will include coach Chot Reyes moving over to the Smart Gilas national team from Talk ‘N Text in the [...]
Like it or not, the self-imposed invisibility of President Aquino (at the height of the dams-cum-floods disaster) will eat into his popularity, which was on the up and up prior to the weekend calamity. No, there should be no serious dip, thanks to a hasty Palace claim which explained the President had always been on [...]
MANILA, Philippines—Coach Rajko Toroman may failed to pull off a miracle in the Asian championship but he has earned more respect from one of his peers after elevating Philippine basketball to new heights. From 53rd in the world, the Philippine five moved eight notches up the Fiba men’s rankings to 45th after Smart Gilas Pilipinas [...]
