‘Cooler’ Jarencio savors the first winning bubble

ANGELES CITY – In a series of misery coupled with the absence of key players due to injury, it’s pretty obvious temperament will definitely reach boiling point, especially when you’re the NorthPort head coach who has seen the bad end of every I play for four straight times.

Not Saturday night anymore. Pido Jarencio was calm and collected.

Known for being a brash man, 56-year-old Jarencio was not in his usual shape in NorthPort’s 107-96 win over Terrafirma Dyip that broke his four-game losing start at the AUF Sports Arena powered by Smart 5G technology.

Later, Jarencio revealed that the team’s governor, Erick Arejola, advised him to calm down to ease tension at the Batang Pier camp.

“Do you see how cold it was before? You didn’t even see me scream. Management, boss Erick, said to me, ‘Hey coach, maybe you can change your attitude. We know that you are tough, you are brave, you don’t want this, you don’t want that. Maybe also to relax the players, ‘”Jarencio said.

“I said, ‘Yeah, maybe I can relax too because the pressure is already on us.’

Jarencio, who won three PBA titles as a player, said the stress caused by losses is more difficult to handle within a confined space like the PBA bubble.

For the former UST mentor, that shows just how tough the competition is in this reduced season.

“I’m very happy that the PBA continued, but here it is really mental and physical (the battle). There is no coach or player who does not say that, “he said.

“Maybe the winners are happy simply because they feel, ‘Okay, even if we bubble here and at least have a consideration to eliminate the headache, we win.’ Hey, how are we the losers? There are still breaks from the game that we lose. ”.

“We are getting used to it. That is why the normal you played in Araneta is still very different. This is not how we see ourselves as aliens. ”

Jarencio hopes his first test of victory will be the turning point for Batang Pier. After all, his squad is known for coming back.

“You know NorthPort, it suddenly (but) suddenly rises. Aren’t there some conferences where sometimes we only get five wins and still get into the quarters? Still semis “.

“As long as the players’ focus is still there. We’ll celebrate tonight just to ease the pressure and then we’ll watch the next games