On the day the Varese basketball has, surprisingly, hired coach Johan Roijakkers many have turned up their noses: foreign coach and inexperienced in Italy taking charge of a team adrift. Varese was last in the standings with a roster totally turned up like a sock and with a heavy air in the environment. Then the match against Venice.
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Roijakkers: “Plan A” or … “Plan A”
Coach Roijakkers presented himself to the press as a true general, simple and clear ideas, he performs the “Piano A“And if you can’t …” Plan A “is better executed, which consists in defending death by sacrificing everything and, focal point, firmly believing in everything that is done and the red and white have resurfaced. The comeback and victory against Venice gave birth to a streak of five wins in six matches with a limited KO (and with regret) against the Italian champions of Virtus Bologna. Alessandro Gentilea player around whom the team was built in the summer, due to the type of play that he could not match with the Dutchman’s worker philosophy, the divorce was inevitable with Varese who took two players (Reyes and Woldentensae) for make up for the absence of the former Milan, players with less talent but soldiers devoted to the cause.
The soldiers
The hierarchies in Varese are clear: Marcus Keene he is the star and when he is not stubborn (see against Virtus) he is also a 360 ° player who can trigger his teammates, Anthony Beane support, Siim-Sander Vene brain and lately he has also found a feeling with the basket, Justin Reyes is a bit of a mystery why he should bring points though, and he goes back to the point by preceding, if he doesn’t score he kills himself in defense and then the last one arrived from A2, that Tomas Woldentensae missing piece in the Dutch chessboard (3-and-D multipurpose).
Then here are the soldiers, the “core” of Varese’s rebirth, those who always give the push: Paulius Sorokas, Giovanni De Nicolao, Nicolò Virginio, Matteo Librizzi and captain heart of a lion Giancarlo Ferrero. They are the symbol of the Roijakkers philosophy
Danger
Openjobmetis today it is a danger to everyone. From last in the standings he is now a -2 points from 8th place in a scrum package consisting of Venice, Naples, Treviso and Reggio Emilia but, above all, +6 on the relegation zone. We are entering the second part of the season, some teams are still engaged in the cups, some may have a physiological or technical decline, Varese is very well on the way and when you enter a moment like this, a sense of “recklessness” also arises that could make the players become red and white really a loose cannon with even higher ambitions than salvation.
The last-minute success against Trento, the thriller one against Reggio Emilia, starts with the Roijakkers boys they never flinched, showing mental strength important, however, was the drama of the beginning of the year where the whole group collapsed at the first difficulty. We already read about sports miracle of the year and I disagree: Scola ed Archerswith their backs to the wall, they had the courage to bet against the logic such as choosing a foreign coach and not an old seasoned fox like Pancotto or Dalmonte, revolutionizing 100% of the starting five and not hiring a long one.
Luck favors the bold it is said, Varese was very courageous and this courage is being rewarded today. Staying in A1 is the brick most important on which the project Scola-Archers-Roijakkers he will lay the foundations to bring Varese back to the areas that matter, a mission that the Dutch commander is carrying out perfectly.