PBA legend and first-time UAAP head coach Sean Chambers bravely mixes the most effective of two sporting worlds, using American football-style play calls with massive placards to assist the younger, ready-to-learn FEU Tamaraws
MANILA, Philippines – There have been a variety of sights and stars to behold because the Adamson Hovering Falcons took on the FEU Tamaraws for his or her respective first video games within the UAAP Season 87 males’s basketball match on Sunday, September 8.
Adamson head coach Nash Racela was doing his finest to steer the Falcons in beating his outdated FEU crew and its new, iconic shot-caller, legendary PBA import Sean Chambers.
Royce Mantua and Matty Erolon rained down triples for Adamson, whereas Tamaraw rookies VJ Pre and Janrey Pasaol flew everywhere in the court docket with massive minutes regardless of solely being of their first UAAP faculty sport.
Then there’s…Trae Younger?
Very similar to his PBA glory days again within the Nineteen Nineties, Chambers was once more a head-turner in his return to the hardwood, not due to any athletic, crowd-wowing strikes, however this time due to placards: massive, can’t-miss placards with numbers, symbols, and the life-sized head of the NBA All-Star participant.
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Properly, that is new.
First-time head coach and PBA legend Sean Chambers cranks up the improvements in his first UAAP sport with the FEU Tamaraws, making use of large placards with faces, symbols, and numbers to sign performs.#UAAPSeason87 pic.twitter.com/7MZ5AUrfnM
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Instantly pursued by the media after an eventual 59-47 loss to Adamson, Chambers was all smiles and gamely defined regardless of fairly a forgettable defeat to right away blemish his UAAP teaching document.
“So should you watch American soccer, particularly in faculty, [that is] one of many issues they do due to the sound of the group and the noise. We’re making an attempt to run a play for a particular participant and so they can’t hear me so we put up an indication, then all of them know what that signal is,” stated the 59-year-old former PBA Greatest Import.
“We have now a play that’s truly referred to as Trae Younger, so there’s a giant image of Trae Younger. We have now a play that’s referred to as Portland, so there’s the Portland Trailblazers image. Then the whole lot else that we run. It’s simply one thing that may assist everyone perceive as a result of my objective is once we’re working the play, working the set, everyone knows what we’re doing particularly once we’re making an attempt to get to a particular participant.”
Certain sufficient, the logic sticks. Borderline deafening noise is an element and parcel of the entire Philippine collegiate sports activities expertise, and fundamental conversations, even only for followers proper subsequent to at least one one other, can get extremely troublesome at any given time attributable to relentless drum pounding.
Though the placards weren’t sufficient this time to translate to profitable basketball, Chambers stayed agency and stated the strategy will stick all through the season.
FEU rookie VJ Pre, ex-Tamaraws coach Nash Racela react to distinctive teaching technique
Whereas extremely touted FEU rookie VJ Pre admitted that the crew was saved at the hours of darkness in regards to the placards till sport time, he additionally stated they helped get the message throughout rapidly for him and his teammates.
“At first, we have been shocked coach Sean had one thing like this,” he stated in Filipino. “As he stated, it’s for us to see the play name higher since when he talks, we actually can’t hear him. I’m joyful coach Sean is doing one thing like this.”
Adamson head coach Nash Racela, who is aware of all about taking FEU to the highest as a UAAP Season 78 champion, likewise gave a optimistic reception to the progressive aura round Chambers, though he did joke that it makes opponents’ scouting jobs simpler.
“I believe FEU’s doing the suitable factor after they gave coach Sean a protracted contract as a result of he has a variety of younger gamers. They only need to be affected person. I believe in time they’ll develop,” he stated.
“Think about that group within the subsequent 5 years. Think about how they’ll be three years from now, 5 years from now. They may even be the crew to beat. They only need to be affected person.”
However in fact, Chambers has already anticipated opponents to memorize his placard performs, so he stated that he’s sure to alter the playing cards up, and will even function some fairly acquainted faces in Philippine basketball historical past.
“That’s the key, however we might change it up. Yeah, we’re working Trae Younger, [but] we could provide you with a unique signal subsequent time, or we’ll change the title of the participant,” he continued.
“I’m positive we’ll have a Johnny [Abarrientos] play on the market for positive, a Jojo Lastimosa, perhaps a Jeffrey Cariaso once we run our jet play. We’ll use a few of these guys, however we gotta hold the opposite coaches on their toes and never give all of them our secrets and techniques.”
Placard performs in Philippine basketball is definitely a novel concept, however Chambers, having seen the most effective of each worlds right here and within the US, was courageous sufficient to shake issues up for the sake of pushing FEU again to its personal glory days, similar to the Alaska Aces of outdated with him main the cost.
Whether or not the strategy is efficient or not, or if it would catch on with different groups stays to be seen, however on the very least, Chambers proved he wasn’t afraid to attempt something that will assist profitable.
You don’t turn out to be a six-time PBA champion by being scared, in spite of everything. – Rappler.com
