Connection coach: Kobi Yarofa, Hapoel Tel Aviv and the broken record of chaos
He ended the season even before he started it, and will also return for a fourth term: in the jungle called Hapoel Tel Aviv, the story of Slobodan Drapić is expected to end just like that of the outgoing coach.
That's how it is when the only stable thing with the Nissanovs is chaos
Ofir Saar
09/19/2022
Monday, September 19, 2022, 07:30
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Summary: Nes Ziona section - Hapoel Tel Aviv 3:4 (Sport1)
The last term of Kobi Yarofa in Hapoel Tel Aviv can be summed up in the following story: at the end of July, the team was offered the defender Marko Tucci from the Montenegrin team Decic.
Medicine watched video clips of the player, dismissed him and told the team that he was not suitable for Hapoel Tel Aviv.
A few days later it became clear to the doctor that at the weekend Itzik Nisanov and Omer Buxenbaum flew to Montenegro to watch the player.
A few more days pass, and the coach is informed through the media about the Montenegrin team's farewell announcement from Tucci after he signed with Hapoel Tel Aviv.
In fact, the brawler has already landed in Israel and medical tests have been scheduled for him.
At the first moment, Merofa did not believe that this was true, but when the details became clear, he made it clear to the club's management that as long as he is the coach, this player will not play for him.
As a result, the signing was canceled and Tucci returned to Montenegro.
He will be back.
Medicine (photo: Udi Citiat)
Usually we are surprised when a coach ends his tenure so early in the season, but in the case of Meda the fact that he lasted until September is almost a miracle.
The first swallow was Nimrod Kostica, Medicine's assistant for seven years and his confidant.
Once they didn't approve medically to keep him - even when he was willing to reduce his salary for that - you could understand where the wind was blowing.
It started with the assistant, continued with the players, with messages in the media and in the jungle of an unclear hierarchy, continued with a reluctance to strengthen the team and in general with a level of conduct that over time would have brought the Reds into relegation battles.
In the bottom line, Medicine is finishing his third term in Khodorov and will probably be there for the fourth and fifth as well.
In between, the Reds appoint connection artists, so now comes Slobodan Drapić.
Drapich was impressed by the youth department and the young players of the Reds and believes he can use them, but he has already been through several clubs with pressure and knows that in the end, those youngsters need the support of some veterans to lead and bring experience to the field.
Dan Einbinder was Drapich's leader at Beitar Jerusalem, Idan Vared was also one of the players that Drapich went with, and it is likely that this will also happen at Hapoel Tel Aviv.
He will want to capture the dressing room around them. If Antoine Conte returns to Israel after the Guinea national team games, Drapich will try to recruit him to the campaign as well, after he parted ways with Beitar after half a season in which he suffered injuries, broke chairs and almost attacked Eli Ohana.
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Drapitch (Photo: Liron Moldovan)
At Kiryat Shmona, Drapich's previous station, he first came and stopped the amount of absorptions.
He also knew how to say at the time that "in this tactical league the most important thing is not to concede", but he slowly brought the pressure game to the team.
With the young people there he connected with a good team that recorded high success rates under him, until the same incident with Izzy Sharetzki came that actually ended the relationship between the parties.
In the summer Drapich turned down offers from Hapoel Haifa and Bnei Sakhnin, he demanded a high salary and the fitness coach Yaniv Madar, and in general he was not enthusiastic about starting something in a place that felt unhealthy for him.
Hapoel Tel Aviv is something else.
It is not a healthy club for any coach, but it is still a great club that is hard to refuse, there is always the feeling that despite what you hear it is worth trying, especially when now Omer Buxenbaum is in the picture and Drapich believes that the command between them will lead to a healthy dialogue and credit against the Nisanovs (blessed is the believer).
Drapich's first game in the league will be at home against the exciting Hapoel Jerusalem, followed by the derby.
This is not the start one dreams of, especially since the squad has not yet strengthened and there are quite a few problems.
Hapoel Tel Aviv has not yet recovered from the 5:0 defeat in last season's derby.
That defeat caused chaos in every corner, which has not yet subsided.
The fans are also already talking about resuming the demonstrations soon.
Drapitch?
In any case, the claims will not be directed at him, but a bad start or a defeat in the derby, will bring back the chaos very quickly.
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The 57-year-old Drapich coached most of his career at Maccabi Netanya, the only team for which he also played in Israel.
Before that, he managed to coach Hapoel Kfar Saba, Maccabi Herzliya, Bnei Sakhnin, Beitar Tel Aviv Bat Yam and also recorded two stints at Beitar Jerusalem.
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