A crazy year has passed for Guy Goodes.
Last September he was appointed coach of the Israeli basketball team, and after two months he has already led it to two impressive victories over Poland and Estonia, on the long road to the world championships.
At the same time, his team Maccabi Rishon LeZion crashed in the league - and he ended his role at the club after three years.
"I thought I could give more, because I have experience in situations like this," he says in his first major interview since the dismissal, in which he addresses, among other things, his aspirations for the future ("I try to get to the NBA, but need a lot of personal connections. , But maybe one day it will happen "), to the status of the Israeli coach (" dropped miraculously, with Ralph Klein no one spoke "), and also talks about the relationship with his father Yitzhak, who was a professional basketball player himself, and the struggle of his middle son Yaniv ( 22) with ADHD.
Goods.
An unending saga opposite Yitzhak Perry, Photo: Oded Karni
Injured when chairman Yitzhak Perry said in an interview that he earned a meal after betting the team would lose?
"I did not like the conduct. I told him that in person. He apologized, and we continued to work together. There were other things that angered me. I have a two-year contract, and I hear people say 'coaches need to get up and resign'. Say, talent on TV, that he has a contract "He gets up and says, 'I'm going, because I got confused on the broadcast and I was not good?'
Would you like to return to coach Maccabi Tel Aviv?
"I will not refer to something that does not exist."
Sapropolus.
Will he be able to take a championship plate ?, Photo: Oded Karni
Can current coach Yannis Sapropoulos rehabilitate the team?
"I always give the example of David Blatt and mine from the 13/14 season. We started it badly, we lost to Ness Ziona, and everything seemed unconnected. There were already some who sent David home. We went to the game in Cuban knowing that if we lose - we fire the coach. We stayed united "We won, and the plot changed: from the worst - to the best ending."
Zizic with Wilbkin.
"When money speaks, justice is silent," Photo: Alan Schieber
Can Maccabi Tel Aviv return to its great days?
"When the money speaks, justice is silent. But it also depends on the chemistry. In the Corona year they had a fantastic team, which would have reached the playoffs if the season had not been canceled."
Who will win the championship this season?
"It's hard to say, this is a confused season, everything is going wrong. Delayed games, sick players, and anything can make a difference. No team is safe."
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