“Apart from defections and absences – said the coach of the Italian basketball team Simone Pianigiani - we want to have a National that it would always winning.” It’s very clear the goal that the national coach sets for his players. For a team that has lost often reluctantly, this goal is particularly challenging. It ‘s useless to hide behind diplomatic or smoky phrases that speak of commitment and good game. Having put on the table this purpose means first train to win; it just taught the U.S. national basketball against Brazil, it played badly, but what mattered was to win and we succeeded. Well, I’m very happy that an Italian team is not afraid to think of winning, to make public this purpose and to work to achieve it. The basketball game is not an activity made up of thousands baroque patterns. One wins the other loses, it must be clear to everyone which side you need to be. You may also lose of course but you must have fought like lions … as the famous saying that “Whether you are a lion or a gazelle … start to run.” Good luck.
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In inglese dicono “from hero to zero”, da eroe a nulla. Questo è l’insegnamento che ci viene in queste settimane dall’Inter. Il lavoro dei giocatori non dovrebbe essere solo quello di perseguire l’eccellenza ma anche di non distruggersi quando le le partite prendono una brutta piega. La squadra dovrebbe avere un piano A per quando si gioca bene ma anche un piano B a cui ricorrere quando si è in difficoltà. In mancanza del piano B è facile andare nel panico perchè l’immagine di squadra campione non corrisponde a come si sta giocando in quel momento e non si sa come reagire.
