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After two seasons spent on the Luxembourg NT bench, I stepped aside because the team became too aging and there were no young players to take the helm. I was happy to see David Ivano elected and we started the job together how we could. We had the objective to scout a lot of Luxembourgish and me, especially the youngsters because my aim was to take the lead of the Luxembourg U21 next season (that is, this season) because the actual wasn’t ready to continue. I have already begun to give their managers training plans. As time went on, I was watching to the best U21 and I noticed they weren’t even trained sometimes. I thought our work with David was useless and when I learned Benovic was leaving Belgium U21, I started to think about the situation.

As a result, I decided to run these elections. After senseless enthusiasm about 20 seasons ago when I ran the elections with no experience and no arguments, I thought it was now the good moment.

Indeed, here are my arguments in addition to my 7 year experience :
- I have already known the NT management during seasons 39-40 and loved the tactical analysis even if I sometimes made mistakes and practically didn’t have the choice of my offensive options.
- I understand better and better the training conception thanks to Angi that motivated me to learn this in the past and Joe who has throughly enlightened me (with his knowledge and theory) and still answers my questions.
- I would be surrounded by a great team of managers and I am convicted that Team Work works !
- I love my country ! Whatever the results I would get I will give it all till the end and I will never think about giving up, believe me !

Besides the results, I would like to achieve something else during my two-season mandate. A kind of personal touch.
Improve the training plans by giving them an alternative orientation and according to the player’s starting skills, offer the managers an outside training plan for the youngsters it suits the best. Indeed, even if the inside formation is easier and more straight, I am convicted that being totally unpredictable within 2 or 3 seasons would be a formidable weapon for Belgium. With the implication of managers and scouts, I believe in this achievement ! As far as I am concerned, I prefer a training plan which prepares to a Princeton tactic first (which involves more the inside players and the inside/outside relation that Motion and RG). But it can be discussed, I am really open to the conversation.

I don’t want a revolution as the work did by the latest coaches has borne fruit. I absolutely want to keep a part of inside trainings. But bring some more outside players and a general higher level in PA (insofar as possible) should be beneficial.

I wish my opponent(s) good luck for this campaign.

I inform everyone that whatever the outcome, I will be scout… but under the orders of the one who would have defeated me… !

Hey guys!

I want to be your U21 coach for the next 2 seasons.

A little bit of history:

the first steps

Let's return to the year 2007, where I started my basketsim career as an 18 year old. I started almost immediately as a scout of Belgium U18, where I learned a lot from keeping a database of youngsters' skills. I had to write to managers to get these skills and also kept in touch to let me sign up for the first time as a candidate for the U18. I was inexperienced and unfortunately I did not make it, as there were stronger candidates.
No problem, I didn't leave it at that. I was determined to coach an NT, whether or not U18. I decided to register as a candidate for the NT of Norway, with success! In 4 years I was able to set up a small community with a few managers who were driven to feed their NT with strong players. To do this, they had to invest in trainers, youth academy and especially in themselves. This was a success, because the team has never been able to win a qualifying match and in my last year it almost gave us the qualification. When we just missed it, I decided to end my term and focus on Belgium.

Belgian seniors

Due to the success in Norway, I was able to work as an NT coach of Belgium.
There it was time to harvest and we were able to qualify for the World Cup in the 1st year. On the World Cup we were able to hoist ourselves to the semi-final and yet we can speak of a success. Especially when you know that Belgium was 16th on the world ranking list.

Belgian talent

After the success of the seniors, I focused on the U18 of Belgium. Thanks to my experience as an NT coach with Norway and Belgium, I had already laid a good foundation for another successful project. The community in Belgium was larger than that of Norway and so the quality of the youngsters was already very high. After 2 years I got to know a lot of managers and I became known in the interior. Unfortunately the results couldn't be finished, as basketsim went wrong and didn't come online anymore.

New chapter: Buzzer beater

October 2016, I start with buzzerbeater. Soon I fell in love with the game. I decided to take a full look at training young players who came out of the draft. That is also where my focus lies.
Later, with the help of managers, I was able to quickly become a scout of the U21 NT team. But my ambition lies beyond just being a scout. I wanted to become a U21 manager again, and that is where the opportunity lies.

I am determined to give players and managers, who are developing well, the chance to fully support the U21 team.

What is my vision?

Offense wins games, defense wins championships.

- By choosing a relatively new coach in the game, you would invest in consistency.
- I'm a true Belgian, who's Belgian minded, I won't succeed without Belgian players.
- Of course, the team and devices I will be surrounded with, are great. But work still has to be done. So let's not waste time.
- I'm learning every day new things, IRL and in Buzzerbeater. I will make mistakes, but the intention is to learn from these mistakes.
- I think there are great managers in our tiny country, so there is a good base to achieve the results


Feel free to ask questions.

Warriorground
"Defend the land"


Last edited by Splash_Brother at 4/11/2018 3:13:36 PM

Dear all.

Kind reminder that this topic is for Speeches Exclusively. Please do not campaign in any way for one of the candidates, as this is against the rules. I would like to remind everyone to reread the rules on (293111.1). In the event of doubt, please contact anyone from the staff (Mod or GM's). I do strongly encourage you to ask questions to them in the Debate Thread!

I wish the candidates the best of luck

GM-AthrunZala

ps: kind reminder, i am NOT a candidate for the election