Aito wants to go. And even she takes it lightly. to their 75 and a half years your body could ask you to sit on the couch and watch the days go by watching basketball as a retired coach with the proud memory of your extensive and stunning resume but the only place you want to sit is in the dock and, reluctant to the calm of those who have no obligations, the only thing he wants to enjoy is the coach’s angst.
Smiling, walking flamenco as if he were 20 years younger and made a brush, sits down to answer questions from journalists at his presentation as the new coach of Bàsquet Girona, held this morning in Fontajau. She even jokes with Pep Morata, MD’s photographer, about the camera. With 50 years on the benches, he has also witnessed, of course, the evolution of photography and journalism. Sitting in the front row, dressed as a president, Marc Gasol. He still does not know if he will be short in the new season.
“The duration of my contract? If I feel physically well, we will continue”
“If I count on Marc? If he trains well, yes, if not, to the bench. He is a very intelligent player, which is a virtue that I appreciate very much”, answered Aíto García Reneses affably to the first question, his illusion still young, like the adventure in ACB of a Girona that debuts in the category. So it did not take him long to decide when the proposal came to him. “My great passion is basketball and I am excited to train. I perceive a lot of enthusiasm in the city, people greet me on the street. If I feel physically well we will continue, I am not worried about the duration of the contract”, explains Aíto, sitting next to the sports director of Girona, Jordi Plàand skilfully dodging the question about how many years he has signed.
The natural ambition of this Bàsquet Girona that has brought ACB basketball back to the city 14 years after the disappearance of Akasvayu must be permanence, although Aíto refused to talk about specific objectives. He knows and conveys that in order to get to what, the important thing is how. “Many times there is the pressure of the objectives, but if we aspire to play at our best level, the classification is secondary. The objective is to be better every day,” the former coach of Barça, Joventut, Gran Canaria, Alba Berlin and the Spanish team, among others.
The template, open to more signings
Bàsquet Girona has greatly encouraged the market this summer to prepare for its first season in the ACB and has made a total of six additions: two point guards –Quino Colom (AEK Atenas) y Paul Figueras (Palmer Palma)-, two eaves –Ondrej Hanzlik (Baskonia) and Patrick Garino (Nanterre 92 de Francia)-, a scout –Kam Taylorfrom the French Strasbourg and a power forward, Roko Prkacin, from Cibona in Zagreb. complete the roster Maxi Fjellerup (eaves), Eric Villa (power forward) and James Sorolla (pivot), which have been renewed. There could still be more news according to Aíto, who made Pau Gasol in his beginnings at Barça and he could enjoy a ready-made Marc in Girona. He has already soaked up the Gasol middleweight live in the selection in the 2008 Beijing Games.
“We are open to bringing more reinforcements. Training now with so few people is an inconvenience. Before starting the season there is the difficulty of having the complete team and recovering the internationals, I do not think it is positive that more balls come, there are more and more matches in the competitions and that will mean that more and more matches will be seen with less intensity. There is the handicap of the players connecting with their teammates and adapting to the idea of the game, we have to work”, reflected the Madrid coach. The Catalan team, which has just started the preseason, will experience an exciting and intense premiere at ACB , since you will receive the Real Madrid on the first day, on September 28.
Aíto, together with Girona’s sporting director, Jordi Plà
One of the names that has been heard the most in Girona is that of pierre oriola, that does not count for Saras Jasikevicius at Barça. The Catalan interior has a contract as a Barça player until 2024 but officially he has not yet disassociated himself from the club. The sports director of the Girona club, Jordi Plà, recognized in a certain way the interest in Oriola. “The squad is open and Pierre is a player who still has links with Barça. When he completes it, we’ll talk”, stated Plà.
With an abundance of wise and ‘old’ knowledge, Aíto is not going to be chained to a specific game idea. “We can circulate the ball quickly, be aggressive, work on the rebound, our idea of the game will depend on the quality of the players at all times, you have to adapt to it. Everything else, betting on an ideal, would not be making a realistic theory”, reflected Aíto. Far from letting his career die, it will illuminate the new dawn of Girona in the ACB. Bàsquet Girona begins and Aito is not over.
It will shine on the front of the shirt
The new sponsor will be announced next week
Bàsquet Girona plans to announce next week the new main sponsor, that will wear on the front of the shirt although it will not name the team. Until now, the Girona team wore the motto on the main part of its jersey ‘Pride of Girona’, which he shares with Girona FC but which did not bring him any income. The entity will also communicate next week the Director of Business Development, position that until now the club did not have and that it has created to promote the search for sponsorships.
