There is an old saying that says that Better one “take” than two “I’ll give you”. And it is that to receive first you have to give. This comes out of the latest statements by paco garcia when indicating after his last triumph, that he feels that the triumphs of ‘his’ Real Valladolid Baloncesto are not sufficiently valued.
The charismatic coach from Valladolid talks about how hard it is to build from a lot called basketball touched by the black wand of inability years ago. And from those muds comes these muds. Because The damage of seeing Real Valladolid as an ‘enemy’ in schools and in city youth basketball comes from afar. An evil that has not been exactly corrected since the new club. That the first team in the city, called UEMC Real Valladolid Baloncesto, brilliant third place in the LEB-Oro, continues without awakening the spell of the fans, families and schools in the city, is to make them look at it.
There is a clear communication problem. That channel does not exist because the receiver, in this case the schools, is not on the same frequency. A lawful act on the other hand when seeing that the powerful, far from offering, grab or take away with very little consideration. And faced with this situation, on the defensive and seeing how school or village clubs are able to compete and even win against the powerful theoretical (only theoretical), with more means, with better coaches (only theoretical) and with the most name (only theoretical). ), basketball in Valladolid, more divided than ever, continues to be, as Paco García rightly says, a solar.
A lot because the necessary means have not been put in and because they have not gone to a school offering and proposing before asking for immediate performance (only theoretical, too). Paco García’s desire has led him to say that he would have no problem paying for tickets out of his pocket so that the schools could return to the pavilion as before. But it was another time when things were done better. When the Valladolid Forum at that time was not ‘the enemy’. Those alliances with Maristas and Lourdes, at that time the arch-rival clubs of the Forum, served for the smoke of peace to prevail over the current guerrilla war in which each one seeks his own benefit. Those alliances brought many entire families to the pavilion through affordable agreements for all pockets. Unfortunately, coincidence or not, basketball now does not attract enough attention. Not even going third in the League.
And that’s where players also came out, or at least player projects to stand up in the Spanish Championships and not be mere troupes like now. Real Valladolid Basketball looks with envy to the sides, to football, to Palencia, to Burgos… Big mistake when what they have to do is look at their navels. Einstein already said it. Setting an example is not the main way to influence others; it’s the only way.
