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Grateful for the rigor
R. Jokubaitis wore a new hairstyle during the quarantine, but on Thursday it was possible to joke that the defender’s hair had shrunk in the morning after reading the latest basketball news.
“I found out a few hours ago, it still amazes me that there is no longer a person who has trained me for three years. It is strange and fun for a coach to advance in the professional career. ” Delphi said the 19-year-old defender.
When is. In 2014 Jasikevičius became an assistant to Gintaras Krapikas, and the former organizer of the attacks was expected to work fruitfully with the team’s players.
R. Jokubaitis: a living confirmation that Š. Jasikevičius did not leave this job bar even after supporting the position of head coach in 2016.
The Mažeikiai basketball player, who made his debut for the main team at the end of the 2017-2018 season, quickly earned a place in Š. Jasikevičius spare bench. And, as they say now, they will never forget it.
“As a coach, he is very strict with everyone, screaming a lot at the players. But if not those three years with Š. Jasikevičius, I don’t know if he would have accomplished that much. I am very grateful to him, every day he made me try one hundred percent. am cruelly I am grateful and I wish you the best of luck, ”said the leader of the youth teams of various ages, the former Š. At the invitation of Darius Maskoliūnas, Jasikevičius’s assistant at Žalgiris, made his debut for the Lithuanian national team this year.
Although the news about Š. It was not easy for R. Jokubaitis to “digest” the end of the Jasikevičius era in “Žalgiris”, and the young man did not hide it.
“There has been a lot of speculation for a long time, but when it became known that Željko Obradovičius was leaving Fenerbahche in Istanbul, then I thought the coach would lift his wings.” And when Barcelona lost in the final of the Spanish Championship and dismissed Svetislav Pešičiai, there was no doubt about it. It was just a question of where the coach would go, “recalled the player.
Š. Jasikevičius’ demand for the players, diligence in preparing the game, the baggage of tactical knowledge and the decisive influence on the composition of the team suggest that a difficult transition period awaits the residents of Kaunas who have lost all this.
R. Jokubaitis agrees that he will not know now, more than ever.
“It is very difficult to talk about the future now. Coronavirus, now coming out coach, who had developed a very good organization. I do not know, I think there is still almost all summer left, the club will find a way to deal with this loss. I think that We will hear about new purchases, new movements soon, “said the player.
“Žalgiris” is not considered a one-man orchestra
Š. Disappointed by Jasikevičius’s decision, another reason for the basketball pyramid “Žalgiris” – D. Motiejūnas – he says.
However, the former high-ranking Sharks Club in Shanghai, who decided not to continue the season in China and returned home, is not dramatizing the situation: nothing is eternal.
“As a Kaunas resident, it is not easy for me to accept it. But I also talked to my friends that the time had come to make that decision,” said the 29-year-old forward.
In his opinion, the current “Žalgiris” cannot be called a one-man orchestra, therefore D. Motiejūnas does not predict the collapse of basketball on the island of Nemunas.
“The club’s future was uncertain 10 or 15 years ago. Now it’s clear. Leaders, the whole club has been going in the right direction for many years. There’s no need to think that the coach’s departure will ruin everything. Yes, the loss is huge, but not the end of the world.
I think once we have a talented coach, which the club management will take into account and, I think, will choose the best Š. Jasikevičius’s successor, “reasoned the basketball player.
It is interesting that D. Motiejūnas was associated with Barcelona two years ago. But now he answers questions about the Catalan superclub or “Žalgiris” jokingly.
According to D. Motiejūnas, nothing can be said yet about the direction of his career.
“As I mentioned before, I would like to finish my career at Žalgiris, this is the club where I grew up. And for the next season, I don’t know, I can’t imagine, I’m waiting, I’m watching. As you can see, the whole world of basketball is tangled Now, nobody knows what the future will be like, ”said the tall man, who does not rule out the possibility of returning to China again.
By the way, unlike last February, D. Motiejūnas was not invited to the training camp of the Lithuanian national team, which will take place in Palanga this month, through the “window” of the European Championship selection competition .
The player himself assures that he would have agreed to join the compatriot’s exercise.
“I just didn’t get a call, maybe it’s unnecessary. Frustrated? No, now it’s summer, a time when I can let my body rest, take care of things that generally don’t have time. Go, we went fishing with the trainers Perhaps for the benefit, “said D. Motiejūnas.
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