chaze’s CRIB

seems like mr. montinola’s decision "not to
extend" former Tamaraw head coach Koy Banal is
taking its toll on the ball club.

after the premature exit of the dethroned
defending champs,  mr. montinola could have a run
for his money. another crossroad for him to make a
decision. this time, it’s very sensitive and needs
intricate thinking.

if he thinks that his decision to let go champion
coach banal last season was just okay, think
again. last season parades an all star cast
bannered by no less than superstar arwind santos.
who would forget that we almost lose to la salle
in the finals. thanks for the heroics of santos
and isip.

but hey, there’s no more santos or isip!

so the post- santos era starts.

unfortunately, it ended too soon.

not taking anything away from bert flores. it’s
just that for a rebuilding team with a big vacuum
to fill in with the loss of an all around do it
all cager like the Tamaraws, the best thing to do
is to start building the new ones. unfortunately,
this did not happen.

yes, there is a great upshoot of scoring. but you
don’t win games just by that. you have to defend.
looking back in the pivotal games (against ateneo
and ust in the second round), there seems to be a
huge question in the defense strategy of the
Tamaraws who was known as a defensive team during
banal’s time.

maybe, the two (ehemmm) coaches or even three
coaches trying to design the play wasn’t effective
at all. talk about gahaman. if you happen to see
the tamaraws’ bench during the game, there were
times that three people are coaching  (flores,
oliver and montinola.).

probably, it’s high time to look back and go back
to the drawing board. and for mr. montinola who
was quoted saying that ‘we are playing like
carabaos" in the height of the 0-4 performance
early in the season, he needs to look back at his
check book or his diary and try to watch san beda
red lions in their ncaa games.

too bad not only for mr. montinola, flores and the
rest of the basketball team but also the whole university.
they made history last season- the first rookie coach to win a
title, a two time MVP who won the championship
crown, a controversial finals etc.. they also made
history this year. the only defending champs not
to make it to the final four.

where’s the sting? where is the angas? where is
heart of the champion? where are the "make us
proud" posters?

too bad that some tamaraws try to make ourselves
the good ones. "a true tamaraw blahblah… and
gives way for an eagle soaring chuva…" i want to
see that kind of message when we win, not when we
lose.

how about villanueva? chan? barcellano? mangahas?

uhm… the big question now is if our enrolment
number will decrease due to the unfortunate event.

time to make decisions. time to contemplate. time
to reflect.

only time can tell