Election excitement is experienced in the Turkish Basketball Federation. Erman Kunter, who nominated himself for the presidency at the ordinary general assembly to be held on Thursday, November 4, said in a statement to the AA correspondent that the election work was going well for them, and said, “There are two candidates, Harun Erdenay and Hidayet Türkoğlu. Both were presidents of the federation. Both were tried. “The point is in the square, we are here for change. We want to bring basketball, which has been on the decline, back to its old days.” said.
Stating that they talked to all basketball workers, whether they were delegates or not, Kunter said:
“When we look at the point basketball has reached at the moment, we do not see any success. Our women’s and men’s national teams have regressed in European and world rankings. Infrastructure is very important, this place has been empty for 6-7 years. Players are not growing. Banvit, which gives the most players to the infrastructure in Turkey, is closed. Still players. “There are some clubs, even if they are few, that are in the process of closure. When you write one after the other, we see that the table was not successful, and that’s why our candidacy was supported by all stakeholders. We have a solution to these. We have a strong staff and we will solve most of these problems in a short time.” he said.
“There is a communication breakdown with the federation”
Saying, “There is a communication breakdown with the federation,” Kunter continued as follows:
“This is the most important deficiency. Clubs work like ants and spend effort. There are managers who spend money out of their own pocket if necessary. The common opinion of all is that they cannot find an addressee. This can be solved very easily. Extravagance is a big problem. The consultants of the Basketball Federation or the monthly income of only one of the people working at various levels in Turkey. A lot can be done in the field. Transparency is the most important issue, everyone wants to know the events. If we were transparent, it would not be possible to be extravagant, people would react. We have complaints about merit. Most of the people working on the field are stepping aside. There are important workers in Anatolia, these are the ants of basketball. , they are disabled.”
“We have many projects”
Explaining that there is no transparency and productivity drops in an environment of extravagance, Kunter expressed that it is necessary to touch all basketball workers.
Emphasizing that their projects are ready to solve the problems, Kunter said, “We have many projects. We need to enlarge the pool of young players. We cannot say, ‘This is our first project.’ We think of incentives. Clubs that train players from the infrastructure are the apple of our eye, we will discriminate against them. Those clubs need to be present in order to raise basketball again.” made its assessment.
Emphasizing that there are also problems in the Central Referee Board, Kunter said, “The ties between the clubs and the referee community have been severed. The referees have lost their confidence in themselves, and the trust of the clubs has also disappeared. We need to deal with this. The coordinator of each league will be different. Communication is very broken. We solve the communication issue with the coordinators chosen by the clubs themselves. ” used the phrases.
“How to prevent extravagance topics that I know well”
Referring to the criticism that he spent many years in France and being away from the realities of Turkish basketball, Kunter said:
“I worked in France for a long time, I worked for 15 years. In my interview in 2007, I said that I gained a lot of experience in a big organization. In women, France has won silver medals in the last 5 European Championships. We are talking about a strong organization, third in the world in men and second in the Olympics. First in all infrastructures. They are in 6. I have a great knowledge there. Head coaches also control the budget there. How to avoid wastefulness is a topic that I know well. I have made a lot of observations on how to use the budget efficiently.”
Explaining that he followed Turkish basketball closely while he was working in France, Kunter said, “Therefore, I think we will not have any problems and we will open a very important vision. I think this is not a minus but a plus for us. “Our staff consists of people who are experienced and know the subjects closely. Transferring these experiences to basketball will be a plus for our basketball and will contribute to solving problems in a short time.” made its assessment.
“We are very ambitious”
Stating that he is assertive in the election, Kunter said, “As people involved in sports, we always play to win. This is something that is in our nature, we think we will win. We act accordingly. As soon as the feedback I receive in our work and the interest I see are reflected in the vote, we win the election. We believe that we will solve the problems of basketball in the best way possible. “We believe in the candidacy. Since we saw that the other two candidates did not bring basketball to a good place during their presidency, we decided to candidacy. We are very assertive, we can solve the problems best, our staff is very strong.” he said.
Kunter, who also gave a message to the basketball community before the election, concluded his words as follows:
“We have a message that we use a lot; we say ‘change the game’. Basketball needs change. We need to catch up with the 12 Giant Men era again. We have potential. We have a young population that we haven’t been able to use lately. Our goal is very simple, we want our women’s and men’s national teams to participate in the 2024 Paris Olympic Games in the medium term.”
Correspondent: Ercan Dogan
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