Vincent Collet and his new simple manager’s cap

At the end of January, SIG Strasbourg chose to dismiss Vincent Collet from his duties as coach of his professional team. The Norman technician, in his last year of contract with the Alsatian club, was able to breathe after a very difficult season and a half there. With in addition the absence of international competition because of COVID-19, the double champion of France suddenly had a clear agenda. Until the start of the 2020-2021 school year, when he took up his position as coach of the men’s national team, full time. At the start of his internship with the French team in Pau, he spoke about the missions he occupies now that he has only a simple cap.

“For this window, it allowed me upstream to be able to prepare things more calmly. It also allows me to be able to devote a lot of time to the observation of the players. For example, I hardly missed any match of our players in EuroLeague since the start of the season. I look at their teams systematically, I have this freedom that I use. There is however the frustration of not being able to meet them. The NBA season will start soon, I hope that with the new year we can use my availability to meet the players. This will be all the more important in relation to a preparation for the Olympic Games which will necessarily be complicated because of the calendar. I am optimistic that the COVID-19 situation is evolving but with Boris we wait a bit before planning his trips. “

Vincent Collet also works at the Pôle France. The opportunity to meet the executives of the French team of tomorrow, such as Victor Wembanyama, who evolves from time to time with the PFBB team thanks to an ASP license.

“It is sure that he is one of the profiles which, depending on their progress, can quickly integrate the French team. They are already under the radar. I had the chance to train him during my visits to the ‘INSEP and therefore clearly we feel that he has exceptional potential. I am in very regular contact with Pascal Donnadieu who confirms to me that he is advancing from week to week and the match that we could still see on Sunday against the Metropolitans n is only ample confirmation. “