NU head coach Roger Gorayeb. Tristan Tamayo/INQUIRER.net
Roger Gorayeb has bid National University goodbye.
The outspoken coach shared that he has already left the Lady Bulldogs’ lair on Thursday but pulled no punches in sharing his side of the story.
“How could you work if there are people who are whispering things on the side? You’re hearing that there are already replacements waiting in the wings? That really affects the players,” Gorayeb said in Filipino.
The veteran mentor has previously tendered his courtesy resignation to the school after NU missed the Final Four for the second straight year this past UAAP Season 79.
READ: Gorayeb resigns after NU’s failed Final 4 bid, open for return
Asked if whom he felt was behind the demolition job against him, Gorayeb didn’t shy away from pointing fingers at NU Nazareth School Lady Bullpups coach Babes Castillo as the main culprit.
That’s why Gorayeb truly relished his BaliPure side’s straight set win in the 2017 Premier Volleyball League Reinforced Conference women’s division match over Pocari Sweat, a squad where Castillo serves as an assistant coach.
Gorayeb’s Water Defenders continued to tear over the competition with their third straight win, while keeping the Lady Warriors winless after three games.
“They have the best coach, right? He has to make things happen there. He claims he’s the best coach in the Philippines and he’s on the level of Ramil de Jesus and Tai Bundit, and those two won’t even win against him,” he said in a scathing tirade. “Anyways, I’m just happy that the kids are still there and we’re sticking for each other. It’s Pocari’s problem and they have to face it.”
In his defense, Castillo said that he has no clue on Gorayeb’s accusations, as he said that as far as he’s concerned, he hasn’t been approached for the job.
“I don’t even know that I’m the coach of the NU women’s team. I am the coach of girl’s team, not the coach of the women’s team, and no one’s asking me,” he said.
Castillo also said that the only thing that links him and Gorayeb is their obligations with the Jhocson campus and that ends there.
“We don’t have a professional relationship. I don’t work for him, he doesn’t work for me. We just work for the same company,” he said.