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If management is the one calling the shots when it comes to players changes, why is Jong still coaching Ginebra? Dapat lumayas na siya kasi hindi na siya pinapankinggan, just like na ginawa ni Jawo. The only team I know that does not consult its coach was the then Red Bull kaya nag resign si Yeng Absentee Guiao. Ang pagkakaiba lang, wala na talaga pera ang Red Bull nuon kaya pinamimigay nila, in exchange for monetary consideration, yung mga star players ng team.

Isa pang player na nasayang lang dahil sa 3 guard combo ni Jong, Ginebra needs someone like him when push comes to shove, wala na din yata sa roster nila si Se sa dami ba naman ng guards nila, isa pang nasayang sa tingin ko si Junjun Cabatu, si Bugia sayang din (kung nasa gin pa s'ya) dahil masipag din sa ilalim 'yan....

Sus! Oo nga ano, ako nga nakalimutan ko na sina Bugia at Cabatu! May malalaki pala tayo, naibaon na sa limot dahil kay Jong! Ano ba yan! Eh, mas magaling naman si Bugia o Cabatu kaysa sa inutin na si Yancy!

I think hindi matutuloy itong PBA player inclusive na naman sa national team. Bumababa ang tickets sales sa PBA kapag natatalo ang national team kasi nabubuksan ang mata at pag iisip ng mga fans ng PBA na hindi pala sila gaanong malakas as compared sa foreign competitions.

^^ This is turning into Cory Aquino's administration all over again.. Tsk tsk

Di naman, wait lang tayo sa results. Parang sa opisina nyo yan, hindi muna husga sa iyo kapag baguhan ka pa sa office. Kung nag loloko, eh, di banatan natin. Wag muna tayo maging Madam Auring!

Dear Noy,

 

---and you're what? just one month in office... and your Kamag-anak and Kaibigan Inc. already has their dirty hands in the appointments? I thought you'd wait 100 days before you let that happen...

Para naman sa akin,walang problema kung kamag anak, kaibigan basta huwag lang maging parang ugaling GMA and Co. Parang tayo rin yan, mas may tiwala tayo sa mga kaibigan natin, matino man or ulol. pero mas bibigyan mo ng importansya yung matino. May mga kaibigan din naman tayo. O sige, si Mikey Arroyo na lang ilagay sa Immigration, Si Dato sa Customs, si Pidal sa Public Highways.......tutal hindi niya mga kaibigan mga ulol na mga yan! Hindi rin kamag anak! Si Gloria nga, wala ngang kaibigan, kamaganak sa gobyerno, dami naman kaklase at studyante ng mag asawa. Wait lang muna natin ang results, husga kaagad eh. Kung may kurakot, nagnanakaw, dun tayo ngumawa ng husto para maikulong at hindi bumalik ang ala-GMA na administration.

another one of the numerous players not given the playing time by jong. se was a true bruiser and banger. swak na swak nga talaga sana chief.

nakakasuya kasi si Jong eh, kulang na sa malaki, na freezer pa si Homer, although hindi naman natin alam kung may attitude problem ang taong ito.

nagpabaya ang Derby, buti na lang nanalo ang SMB. Pero delikado kapag ganito ang nangyayari. Sana manalo ang national team ng PBA

oo nga pala, nasaan na si Homer Se. Banger pa naman yun at walang takot. Swak na swak sa Ginebra (pero hindi ata swak sa style ni Jong)

JA-WORS-KI...JA-WORS-KI...JA-WORS-KI...pwede na din JA-REN-CIO...JA-REN-CIO...JA-REN-CIO

O kaya.........................DIS TRI TO..........DIS TRI TO..............DIS TRI TO!

Kanina ABS-CBN interviewed the father of the chicken.......sabi niya Homosexual daw si Pacman.........kinuha side ni Pacman, sabi niya hayaan nyo na lang yun, hindi ako bababa sa level nila. bwahahaha

The kingdom is silent. Let the dust settle. Let the pain subside. Ginebra was one defensive stand or Eric Menk jump-hook away from staying in the hunt. After the euphoria from Jay-Jay Helterbrand's almost-game-winner in Game 5 subsided, the scenes thereafter have morphed into a kind of haze.

While four other teams contest the PBA Fiesta Conference crown, even before it looks ahead, Ginebra prepares to look inwards. Management will look at coaches. Coaches will look at players. Players will look at each other. All of them will ask the same thing, "Now what?"

Even Ginebra Head Coach Jong Uichico needs a moment to think about that. It's a simple question with no easy answers. Ginebra made several big moves during the Fiesta Conference (which in turn led to other smaller but not necessarily less important events within the team). One can't simply backtrack by pressing one button. One can't simply evaluate by looking at one person, even if some fans insist it's Uichico who's accountable.

"Just like me, the fans just want to win," Uichico, in an interview before Game 4 against Alaska, said. "Just like me, if we lose, I have to point the finger at someone. It's either me, the players or someone else who's to blame. Alangan naman they pinpoint their favorite players. I have nothing against them. They have the same intentions as I do and that's to win the game. They're just as frustrated as I am. They're die-hard Ginebra fans and all they want is to win."

Frustration is amplified by irony: Cyrus Baguio, who reportedly made unsportsmanlike gestures towards the Ginebra bench after Game 5, made the key defensive play of the night for Alaska. Maybe fans displeased with Uichico will vent their ire on Baguio instead.

Frustration is amplified by oddity: Mark Caguioa, 50% of The Fast and The Furious, had 0% participation in Game 5. Caguioa's numbers in the series, however, just like Ginebra's performance in the tournament, deserve a thorough look. Caguioa averaged 23 minutes in Game 1 and 2 but made only 5-of-20 total field goals. His minutes dropped to nine in Game 3 and just four in Game 4.

Frustration is amplified by uncertainty. I know we always say a PBA off-season will be exciting. But this particular off-season for Ginebra seems to carry a different significance. We wonder if new chapters in the Ginebra saga will be opened and old ones will be closed. And Ginebra will make only two types of moves: big or huge. After all, a team that had the moxie to make changes during the tournament will not be afraid to do the same when the league hibernates.

The uneasy truce ends. The chasm of progress, or an attempt to make progress, starts. With no games to play, all Ginebra has is time; time to answer questions that have piled up since the start of the season, time to match expectations with explanations, time to start the team's fight for the future. GMANews.TV

Kung wala nga si Jawo...................................Si PIDO! Huwag lang si yeng!

Basta, our neighbors' sports program (and that includes basketball) leapt by hundred folds pero dito sa atin medyo stagnant. Other national teams have improved a lot (well, they also have those tall players to rely on), the Philippines, with all the political savored programs, ganun pa rin. Its not that we have moved backward, its just that our neighbors have sports programs sponsored by politics-free people. Imagine, Japan, Korea na hindi naman basketball ang national pasttime nila, tinatalo pa tayo. Ni wala sa isip ng majority ng population nila ang basketball......baseball and/or soccer pa! I have watched Philippines vs. Lebanon last night and watched the fighting Philippine contingent slug it out with the Middle Eastern team kaya lang may laki at, to top it all, may bilis and great teammanship ang Lebanon talaga. Sayang ang pagod at pagsisisikap ng SG. They have the heart, they have the motivation with bossing MP and nice coach in Toroman, BUT still the factors of a great basketball team is still not there.

My God, yung binabayaran naming MyDSL plan dito sa Muntinlupa (Soldiers Hills) hindi na DSL. Parang dial up and worst, sa isang araw parating putol ang service! Hirap pang tumawag sa PLDT

in most professional leagues, pag last 2 minutes na and lalo na pag last few seconds/last play na lang sa regulation/overtime, yung mga 3seconds and travelling and ticky-tacky fouls hindi na tinatawag ng refs kasi may unspoken rule na let the players decide. talagang hindi na pipito ang mga refs unless drive ang offense player and outright foul ang makita or superstar ang player (eg, james yap, etc...).

 

regarding cyrun baguio making provocative gestures, dapat nga i-fine ang ganun, kasi dyan nagkakasakitan ang mga players pag hindi na professional ang attitudes nila.

Nope, its not just for the last 2 minutes, I have observed this on whole games of PBA

Mga Kabarangay, I watched the video kagabi from youtube. almost 5 seconds na pala si simpson sa paint area nung pinasahan sya ni devance, dapat tinawagan nila ng tres sa ilalim un.. tsk tsk tsk anyway.. wala lang

I also observed that! Tumahimik na lang ako. By the way, the PBA is sooo lenient sa 3 second violations. Just observe, lahat ng laro, wala or bihira ang tawag ng 3 second violations. The commissioner should look into this oversight.

WAAAAHHH, wala na kaming street lights papasok sa Soldiers Hills!!! Bakit kaya???? Dahil ba sa laki na ng pag kakautang ni Mayor Tomas San Pedro? WAAAHHHH!!! Tulong DILG...........Tulong PNoy! Nilapastangan ang Liberal dito!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I'm a true blue Ginebra fan but I'm happy that they lost the series to Alaska even if they win they won't be able to survive against TNT.

You are right, Richmond. Am not thinking negatively pero thats the reality. Bilog ang bola, upsets are part of the game pero mas maganda na ngang mangyari yung nangyari kagabi para naman magising nang tuluyan si Henry Cojuangco on what ails his team. Note: tama yung bulong na nasagap ng isang poster dito,,,,,,,,,bakit kaya ayaw nang maglaro ni Mark Spark? BFF ba sila ni Jong at may bulungan pa?

Naku, kumakalat na yung "Oust Jong" shout ng mga fans. Imagine I was watching kanina yung Umagang Kay Ganda sa ABS-CBN when Anthony Taberna suddenly exclaimed: "Tanggalin na yang si coach Jong, ang gagaling ng mga players ng Ginebra, sayang" Paulit ulit niyang sinasabi na mukhang agree naman yung dalawang kasama niya including Pinky Webb.

It was a heart-breaking loss. The rally started when Ginebra was down by four in the last minute. Then this was this accidental follow-up by an Alaska cager (kita lang yung kamay, maitim, I assume it was Devance) sa basket ng Ginebra. Then sa throw in, na intercept in Jay then tumira ng tres, pasok! In the ensuing play ang ganda ng defense until nakalimutan ng Ginebra yung import ng Alaska mismo sa ilalim ng Alaska basket. Pasok! Then time out. Hindi makapag isip si Jong ng play, ang tagal mag isip, isip pa rin ng isip, nabubulol sa pag coach. Throw-in. Kuha ni Menk na dapat ibinalik kay Tubid na naging libre kasi naunahan niya ang gwardiya niya. Kaso, umikot si Menk, natapik ni Baguio and the rest is history. Iyak sa court si JayJay.

Sa aking analysis: Terible talaga ang nilalaro ni Baguio basta bigyan ng playing time. Panis si Miller. Si Caguioa, hindi ko alam kung bakit hindi pinasok ng buong laro, naka uniform naman. Nag comment nga yung commentator, yung locker room daw ng Ginebra isa sa mga secured na locker room sa dami ng gwardiya. Free throws ang daming minintis. Walang set plays kapag hindi fast break. Ang liliit talaga ng Ginebra as compared sa Alaska. Ang daming offensive rebounds ng Alaska. Dun sa unang game, makikita ang laking pakinabang ng Derby Ace sa tinapon ng Ginebra na si Rieves.

Now that Ginebra is out na. Sana ituloy na yung mass revamp unahin ang coach. Sana..............................

Not really pessimistic............its reality. We really dont have a chance at Asian crack. I have stopped dreaming. Top 3? Well, we should be the champions kasi basketball is, unofficially, our national sport! Unlike sa mga tumatalo sa atin, ni hindi pinapansin sa kanila ang basketball....baseball or soccer pa. Yes, I agree, Toroman is doing is best but Pinoys have limitations. Maski isabak mo best of PBA, not a chance maging champion.

Hayop, narinig pa yung bulong ni MC Sana nga magkatotoo ang pag palit ng mga players and coach! Yung mga tamad.....out! Kapag si Pido naging coach, lagot mga yan!

Impossible naman yun na 80's pa naglaro sa Ginebra import ng Derby Ace malamang 50 plus years old na yun ngayon

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hehehe, re read my post.............

hate ko si james yap. hurt nya kasi si kris.

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hahaha, ok ha! oo nga naman hahaha!

Yung bagong import ng Derby Ace, anak ng dating import ng Ginebra during the 80s. Ang galing, considering na 1 day pa lang siya dito sa Pinas.