Katsch: "The direction is rebuilding, there will be exciting names and a winning team"

The coach who signed with Maccabi Tel Aviv was presented at a press conference: "There will be no veto right for anyone on the committee. Wilbkin is an important and valued player. There will be exciting experiences in the hall. This club should not solve the problems of Israeli basketball."

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19/06/2022

Sunday, June 19, 2022, 4:00 p.m.

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After signing for two seasons with Maccabi Tel Aviv, Oded Katash is now officially presented as the Yellows' coach at an official press conference on behalf of the club, which is broadcast live on Walla!

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Katsch returned to the team he played for five years and led it to five championships and three state cups.

This is the second term of the former Israeli national team coach at Maccabi Tel Aviv, and he hopes that it will end more successfully than the previous time.

So, in the 2007/8 season, he failed to finish the season and was replaced by Zvika Sharaf during it.

Oded Katash also coached Hapoel Jerusalem, with whom he won the state cup twice, but did not make it to the playoff finals.

During the 2020/21 season he left the Jerusalemites and signed for Panathinaikos, which led him to win a local double in Greece, but did not continue for another season.

During last season, he was appointed professional manager at Hapoel Gilboa / Galil.

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Returns for a second term on the lines at Maccabi Tel Aviv.

Katsch (Photo: Screenshot, Official Website)

"It's a happy day, but I'll start with something much sadder," said Katash, who began in response to the death of Arik Brailowski: "I was very sorry to hear. "I was here today, and I also did it much better. I share the grief of family and friends, may his memory be blessed."

The coach continued: "In a sharp transition, I will say I am very excited to sit here and thank everyone who helped make this happen. I am aware of the responsibility and the big challenge, and maybe because of the challenge I feel it is the right thing at the right time for me. I can share that we are in advanced work processes We will do our best as a team to make the team a winner and excite the audience it so deserves. We are expecting exciting experiences at the hall next year. I was very happy to join David Blatt, it's a great thing for the club and me. "We all in the professional committee will take responsibility and work together to build the team, and carry the results. I was very happy to share what the team will look like, I'm sorry I can not get into these matters today, but can tell that what we did these days will be exciting

The composition of the professional committee: "David, Avi, Yair and Nicola are excellent professionals, David's contribution is quite clear and we will make the decisions together. Not necessarily someone will decide. There are many considerations, there is a group that has just finished, there are professional opinions and a budget. "A veto right. We will work to build the best team possible."

The direction - reconstruction.

Katsch (Photo: Berni Ardov)

Composition of the professional committee: "David will chair the committee, which also includes Avi and Yair and Nicola.

They are great professionals, David's contribution is pretty clear and we will make the decisions together.

Not necessarily one person will determine.

There are a lot of considerations, there is a group that has just finished, there are professional opinions and a budget.

If someone on the committee has a veto, it will not happen.

We will work to build the best team possible. "

Maccabi's repeated appeal to him:" I did not expect and I was not surprised.

In the midst of last season there were good conversations and the situation did not suit me.

This summer the desires met, which did not happen a few months ago. "

The difference compared to the previous term:" It's a completely different feeling.

We went through a lot of things and I can barely remember.

I am much more cohesive and hope that things will work out better, I am pretty sure that things will happen more correctly and well. "

The fact that he did not train last year: "Sometimes when you go out and look away, I went through several intense years and then there was a stop that allowed me to look away. I went through all kinds of feelings, when there was no basketball in the summer, I suddenly lost confidence that everyone kept working and I stayed behind. To get better at it in my head, to know more what I want. "

His offensive style: "It is said that basketball is played on both sides, but the confidence comes to the team from the defense and we place significant emphasis on this matter as well. After the experience at Panathinaikos I sharpened a few things. The defensive side and not just the offensive side. "

A new era in yellow.

Members of the professional committee with the chairman Shimon Mizrahi (Photo: Berni Ardov)

What is the biggest challenge: "First of all building the team, it will happen in the coming days and we will build the best team possible. I can not really relate to who is leaving and who is left, but can already say the feeling is that it will go more in the direction of rebuilding. There will be other exciting names And a strong and winning team. "

Will the Israeli character be restored: "Everything is within the possibilities. Maccabi Tel Aviv's role is not to solve all the problems in Israeli basketball. As you know me, I have great faith in the Israeli player and gave a chance to many very young people, but for a moment I did not do it because they are Israelis. "A team will be built with Israelis, but Maccabi does not have to pay a price. Whoever deserves to be on the field."

His roles were emphasized in the team and in Gilboa: "I am proud that I played a key role in this, we will all keep our fingers crossed to help the Israeli team. On this occasion we will talk about it, And Israeli coaches. Much thanks to the late Haim Ohayon, it is a very important team for Israeli basketball and I am connected to it.

There is a cloud hovering around the existence of this thing and I very much hope they find the way, I call on everyone to help as much as possible. "

He will not have a veto right.

Blatt (Photo: Bernie Ardov)

Wilbkin's future: "Scotty Wilbkin is an important and valued player at the club, but I can not comment on that. We spend the whole day thinking about what the team will look like, even in the teams. It is not an easy task, but challenging and I really enjoy it."

How to go back to the glory days: "The goals here are pretty clear. We are aware that the team will be rebuilt a lot, the goal is to get there, it will require a lot of work and commitment and faith along the way."

Wide staff or more expensive players: "Better both. But that's exactly the point, all aspects are important. We work to build the most perfect balance within the constraints, whether they are budgetary or of the existing players market or contracts."

How the club differs from the previous term in expectations: "I do not know yet. I personally feel much more prepared and cohesive. Even last time it was not after a winning streak, otherwise I would not have come. Even then things happened, I know how to take responsibility for what I could have done differently "But even then the team was rebuilt and made it to the Euroleague final at the end."

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