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Softbank announced on the 3rd that the OB team Hiroki Kokubo will be appointed as the new head coach of the 1st Army. On the same day, Mr. Kokubo held a press conference inside the PayPay dome. After the interview, he talked about his passion that he couldn’t talk about only in the interview.
Expectations for Matsuda’s Resurgence “I want him to take another step”
Softbank announced on the 3rd that the OB team Hiroki Kokubo will be appointed as the new head coach of the 1st Army. On the same day, Mr. Kokubo held a press conference inside the PayPay dome. After the interview, he spoke about his passion that he couldn’t talk about only in the interview.
[PR]Comprehensive broadcast of NPB11 team games If you want to watch Softbank’s game, “DAZN,” the “First Month Free Campaign” is on.Head coach Kokubo said in the interview that “it’s easy to do because some players did it together,” but Yuki Yanagida, an outfielder who inherited uniform number “9,” is one of them. Yanagida, who joined the team in 2011, was a teammate for two years and said: “I have gone way above my level. I didn’t think I would really go that far, but I think I have become an indispensable player in the game. world of the ball I was impressed.
Also, Mr. Kokubo generously showed a rare episode with Yanagida. Since 2015, he has inherited Mr. Kokubo’s trail and wears the number 9 on his back, but according to Mr. Kokubo, “I told him ‘Give me your number’ It was the day I forgot to promise me a dinner. He was late and said:” Please give me your uniform number “, and invited to laugh.
Nobuhiro Matsuda, who was called a “big star” at the press conference, was also a player who played with him during his active career. “Of course I want him to go one step further, but don’t just rely on that. I know him well, so I’d like to give him different advice for what he suffered this year.” I will not skimp on advice. On top of that, he repeated the need for post-Matsuda training, saying, “Given the future of the team, that sort of thing (post-Matsuda training) is necessary.”
Richard’s name is mentioned as a candidate for “Post Matsuda”. “I have not spoken slowly,” he said. “Even though it’s the Western (League), I’m sure you’re sure that you won the title, so I think it’s a role to elevate that as well.”
It is true that he will be a big brother to the players, but at the same time he is willing to be hated. “As I said in the interview, the players who will become veterans should not” puff up. “I think it is the role of never making such players. Starting next year, it will be longer than with my family. I want to be a person who I can say that bad things are bad because I am going to waste time. I think it is natural that it is not allowed because it is the main force because it has a good record. “
The jersey number was fixed at “90” and “I used to have it when I was manager of SAMURAI JAPAN, so I think the team took care of that,” said Kokubo’s head coach. Although there is certainly a SAMURAI JAPAN trend, Mr. Hawks’ new challenge is about to start with Mr. Shinji Mizushima, who announced his retirement the other day, wearing the number “Abu-san” who seems happy to leave. go.
(Kazuto Fujiura)
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