The era of Sergio Hernández as coach of the Argentine basketball team is over. The announcement was made by Oveja himself, ending the eleven years in charge of the team, divided into two stages. “For me, the Selection stage is over. He could use a change and start a new process, and from now on he will have my full support.“, Expressed the now former coach in dialogue with TyC Sports.
His last participation with the national team was in the Tokyo 2020 Olympics, where he couldn’t get a medal. Argentina se fired in the quarterfinals by falling with Australia (97-59), a of their three defeats in four games.
“There are some who already want to withdraw me. I have nothing in sight, the Games have just finished, and I have no proposal from any club. Today I am not the coach of the Argentine National Team, I finished my contract and I could not meet with the leaders of the CAB (Argentine Basketball Confederation) ”, he continued.
In this way, Hernández’s own words put an end to the possible renewal, as requested Facundo Campazzo, the main figure of the selected one.
“The Selection belongs to everyone. I can’t help but think that the coaches who are in Argentina are not participants in everything that Argentine basketball achieves worldwide. The National Team will always have me available”Hernández explained.
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On the other hand, Oveja, one of the most important coaches in the history of national basketball, acknowledged that they were not at “the height” of an Olympic game, beyond the “high level” of Spain, Slovenia and Australia, the three that beat the Argentine team.
True to form and without saving anything, the 57-year-old coach admitted that “the team was not up to par” and was even self-critical of the 12 chosen. According to him, Patricio Garino and Gabriel Deck should have been left out for not being one hundred percent physically.
“Pato Garino hadn’t played for a long time and I didn’t read it properly. I will continue to trust him my whole life, because he is a crack, but he came out of shape. I assumed I could play like I was in top condition and it wasn’t. And what about Gabriel Deck, who could not join the team in the beginning and did not fully recover from COVID-19 … I know it leaves consequences. They didn’t talk about it, because Gabi doesn’t talk much and because we didn’t want to make excuses. But the reality is that Gabi couldn’t play. He made a tremendous effort, but he was not up to the task”, He acknowledged.
In the Olympic event the combined albiceleste fell in front of Spain, Slovenia and Australia, and their only win was against Japan.
The Argentine Basketball Confederation is already looking for his replacement. Pointed rogue Nestor “Che” Garcia, former DT of Venezuela and San Lorenzo, and then appears Pablo Prigioni, who is an assistant in the NBA’s Minnesota Timberwolves and was also an assistant to Hernandez in the Olympics. These would be the two main candidates. Who will occupy your position? Still not known. The concrete thing is that the Sheep said goodbye and another process will begin.
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