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THE Basketball Coaches Association of the Philippines (BCAP) is
taking a rather cautious but tough stance as far as the appointment
of Serbian coach Rajko Toroman as basketball project director is
concerned.
“We’re taking a wait and see attitude until
we’ve been clarified where all this is going through,” admitted
BCAP President Chito Narvasa in the PSA Forum at the Shakey’s U.N.
Avenue branch Tuesday.
His declaration came a week after the
BAP-Samahang Basketbol ng Pilipinas (BAP-SBP) formally signed
Toroman, the soft-spoken mentor who steered the Iran men’s
basketball team to the championship of the FIBA-Asia Olympic
qualifying meet last year, as project director tasked to oversee the
program meant for the country’s bid to qualify in the 2012 London
Olympics.
That specific program is what the BCAP wants to
scrutinize, which unfortunately, the BAP-SBP has not made available
upon signing the 53-year-old Toroman.
“We’re asking them to show us his program
first since this is a Philippine endeavor. But we’re very
disappointed dahil ang nangyari they signed the deal first before
consulting with us,” added the former Ateneo varsity team star in
the session sponsored by Shakey’s, Accel, Brickroad gym and Aspen
spa and MedCentral Medical Clinic and Diagnostic Center.
Narvasa admitted the BCAP isn’t taking any
action at the moment since Toroman has yet to be named national
coach.
If and when that time comes, he said the local
association of coaches would definitely oppose the appointment of
the Serbian mentor. “Kapag tama ka dapat huwag kang matakot. Kaya
nga the only time the BCAP comes in is when he becomes the national
coach since the message we’re getting when they do that is that
there’s no more competent Filipino coaches around,” said Narvasa,
son of the former Chief Justice of the Philippines Andres Narvasa.
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