Sergio Hernndez culminated his cycle as coach of the Argentine National Team of Bsquet, with which he praised the World runner-up in China 2019
I leave happy and calm. A stage has been completed and I feel that a new coach must start another. I enjoyed it a lot but it’s time for a new process to start. I don’t have so many reasons to leave the National Team, but my career has always had the intuition of when to stop and start something new, “said” Oveja “Hernndez in statements released by the CAB press area.
“This is not traumatic at all because here the important thing is the National Team, it’s not me. And the National Team belongs to no one but everyone. Luckily we have very good coaches and I will be at the disposal of whoever arrives, so that the successor have the tools and a base from which to start, ”he added.
Hernndez led three World Cups and is the second-highest winner (21-5 record), behind American Mike Krzyzewski. In addition, he leaves office with the highest number of official matches in history (116) and the best percentage of victories (72.4%, 84-32), with an Olympic medal -bronze- and another Pan-American -gold-.
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Hernandez’s term as DT is closed.
“I am leaving happy and calm, knowing that it is the best for me and the National Team,” he said in a meeting with President Fabin Borro, who thanked him and made a special gift. The word of both.
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For his part, Borro pointed out: “Sergio’s departure is a see you later and not a final goodbye. These coaches that we have had in this virtuous circuit of Argentine basketball, which Horacio Muratore started more than 25 years ago, will always be linked and close to the CAB, along with the players, professionals and leaders, because the National Team is above everybody”.
The manager presented DT with an Argentine shirt, with the No. 1 and his name on the back. “Sergio adapted very well to each time: he kept the Golden Generation in the elite, winning up to an Olympic medal, and then he strengthened the new one that we enjoy today with that world runner-up in China,” he stressed.
And then he said: “We will always be grateful to him for his enormous work. Now a new challenge opens up for him and for us, seeking to keep Argentine basketball in the world elite ”.
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