A(r)evolution of velvet.
Very soflty.
In Nanterre, change happens patiently, quietly and serenely.
After having directed the destiny of the basketball club for more than three decades, and having taken it — among other things — from the lowest departmental level to the title of champion of France in 2013, Pascal Donnadieu will pass the torch in a few months, at the end of the season and the Paris Games as right-hand man of the Blues coach Vincent Collet.
The decision is recorded.
His successor on the Nanterre bench is also already known.
This is Philippe Da Silva, 44 years old, his assistant since the start of the 2018 school year.
To succeed in this handover, Donnadieu, 59, gave the keys to the team to his assistant during the Coupe de France matches this season.
Result ?
Three victories in three matches and a qualification for the quarter-finals during which Nanterre will face the ogre Monaco, this Saturday (8:30 p.m.) at the Arena Loire in Trélazé.
A duel at the top for a place in the last four (which will be played on Sunday) that Da Silva is not yet sure will experience in the shoes of the head coach.
The decision will be made at the last moment.
“It doesn’t matter,” he says.
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