On Tuesday, at the Hapoel Holon press conference before the away game against Besiktas in the Champions League, Guy Goodes said that the reason he returned to the coach so soon after finishing his job at Maccabi Rishon LeZion is that he is "addicted to adrenaline". Against the Turkish team, whose loss will end Holon's season in the Champions League.
This will be game number 2 in the play-in series, after Holon surrendered to the Turks at Toto Hall last week.
Victory in Istanbul - and the decision goes to next week, again in the Purple Hall, for the right to participate in the top 16 of the factory.
Holon has taken an unusual step for her: changing coaches in the middle regularly.
The implication is clear: the move is meant to save the European season.
Maurizio Buscalia lost the first game, and now Goodes will have to turn the bowl over.
The Purples, to remind you, were a top 8 team in the factory last season and they do not want to get into a situation where this time they stay out of the top 16.
The career path of coaches brings them into unexpected situations.
Who would have thought that Buscalia, who started the season excellently, would not be here as early as January?
Who would have thought that Goodes, who until three weeks ago was busy with Maccabi Rishon LeZion deep at the bottom of the league table, would now stand on the lines at the European factory and at the top of Israeli basketball?
Goods has an immediate mission.
He will do anything to win and keep the European season alive, but at the systemic level he will have to make a profound strategic change in the form of the game here.
Just as Buscalia lost by a point in the first game, he too could have won by a point.
The problem is that the way the team played did not suit her.
What change is required?
First of all, increasing the pace.
What has characterized Holon for years is the fast-paced game.
With the Italian coach it did not happen, the team played too slowly - and got stuck quite a bit.
In the last nine games in both frames, the team has only crossed the 80-point mark once.
Holon, in its DNA, is a group built on enthusiasm. A group whose connection to the audience creates a lot of energy. This is exactly what has disappeared recently.
The Italian coach lacks the flexibility and ability to change.
As long as it worked, everything was fine.
But when the rivalry began to learn it, Hapoel Holon had no contingency plans between games and during games.
Goods needs to change, refresh, respond properly and create new teams.
One example: trying to play with his two seniors (Steve Zack and Michael Kaiser) together, something that did not happen with the previous coach.
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