source: Tito Talao | mb.com.ph
Like the noble captain of a doomed ship, Talk ’N Text team owner Manny V. Pangilinan waited until everyone aboard had been saved before quietly stepping off deck Sunday night.
With a small retinue of business associates, confidants and friends keeping him company, the telecommunications tycoon remained on his ringside seat for more than an hour after the lights had dimmed at the Araneta Coliseum, apparently waiting for the anguished feeling of defeat to pass over.
Eventually, the man majestically known as MVP made his way out through the Big Dome corridor, passing the Talk ’N Text locker room and looking straight ahead.
A lawyer associate inquired reverently if he could give a couple of waiting sportswriters a few minutes, and he stopped to oblige.
He was asked if he regrets walking out in Game 4.
“No, not all,” said the PLDT-Smart Communications chairman. “I thought it was the right decision under the circumstances.”
And his thoughts about Game 5?
“Ginebra played very well and they deserved to win,” Pangilinan said. “We didn’t play as well as we should have, pero ganoon talaga.”
What’s in store for the team in the next couple of weeks?
“We don’t know yet. We’ll probably evaluate the performance of everybody,” he said.
Would there be a top-to-bottom shakeup?
“Mahirap sabihin,” he said. “It’s difficult to say because it has just finished. But we’ll have to review the team’s performance.”
Asked whether Serbian coach Rajko Toroman, who handles the RP-Smart Gilas team, has anything to say about the game, Pangilinan said he hasn’t spoken with him.
Later that night, however, the TNT top brass, who apparently thought the question referred to coach Norman Black who did play-by-play analysis of Game 5 for Solar Sports TV, confirmed via text message, through Smart Sports’ Patrick Gregorio, that indeed “Coach Toroman and I chatted for a while right after the game.”
What it was about, MVP’s text didn’t say. And we didn’t ask.
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heads up to you Mr.MVP!you are indeed a noble sportsman.if you are planning to review your team's performance,i suggest you start with the head coach.from what i see, he's the only one you should evaluate(replace) and not the players as your team already has the most talented guys in the league.they just need the right person to guide them and not someone who easily quits.
Alaska lang ang hndi kasali sa SMC... sana Alaska mag champion
toroman must recruit a fellow serbian tactician to coach talk and text...wag lng kontrahin ulet ng mga talangkang local coaches at pba board...maganda kc contribution at techniques ng mga foreign coaches like jacobs,black at tim cone...try naman natin ang european coaches sa pba baka sakali mas maging exciting ang games sa liga.
Alaska lang ang hndi kasali sa SMC... sana Alaska mag champion
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tama ka pre.im rooting too for alaska d2 sa semis..deserve nila mag-champion against mafia sister teams of SMC...
What's wrong with 3 SMC teams playing for the semis? Havent you watched any of their game?they do have more poise and pride at stake when they battle each other out...Whoever win the FINALS...theyr the best
heads up to you Mr.MVP!you are indeed a noble sportsman.if you are planning to review your team's performance,i suggest you start with the head coach.from what i see, he's the only one you should evaluate(replace) and not the players as your team already has the most talented guys in the league.they just need the right person to guide them and not someone who easily quits.
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SYEMPRE SASABIHIN NYA DI SYA NAGREREGRET SA GINAWA NILA NA WALKOUT. GANON ANG ISANG BUSINESSMAN KASE MAKAKA APEKTO YON SA CREDIBILITY NYA BILANG TYCOON, NA PAIBAIBA NG DESISYON. PERO SA LIKOD NG ISIP NYA E TALAGANG NAG SISISI SYA SA GINAWA NILANG KAPALPAKAN.
DI SILA GANYAN DATE. NGAYON LANG LUMAKAS NG GANYAN LOOB NYAN DAHIL LANG SA GILAS GILAS NA YAN. WALA SILANG IBIG SABIHIN SA PURONG PINOY AT SAKRIPISYO NG TALAGANG MGA PINOY. DI ANG MASABI LANG NA MANANANALO E LAHAT GAGAWIN, KESYO KUMUHA NG IMPORT NG FILAMS NG BANYAGANG COACH. DI MASYADONG MATAMIS ANG TAGUMPAY PAG NAGKATAON. IBA ANG PINOY NA PINOY LANG.
SA BUHAY O MAGING SA PALARO, HINDI ANG PAGPANALO LANG ANG MAHALAGA, ANG MAHALAGA KUNG PAANO KA LUMABAN AT WALANG HALONG DAYA AT KAHIT MATALO ALAM MO SA SARILI MO NA LUMABAN KA HANGGANG SA MAKAKAYA MO.
Go ALASKA!
Kunwari nanonood ako ng PBA.
Wala bang balitang SMART GILAS dyan?
Ang boring ng PBA. Eto ang outcome nyan.
SMC Team 1 vs SMC Team 2 (sa Finals)
In short SMC wins. Tapos anu na? Wala.
Naka-contribute ba ang PBA o SMC para iimprove ang reputasyon ng Philippine Basketball sa International Scene? Another Conference kung saan nabubulok ang talento ng mga Atletang Pinoy. Manonood na lang ako ng UAAP Football.
"What's wrong with 3 SMC teams playing for the series?" As they say, monopolies and cartels are no good for consumers. Whichever product SMC wants to promote most at any given time, will get the most media coverage, even if that means the lack of fair play. Kaya di tumataas ang level of play sa PBA at laging nalalampaso sa FIBA, ay dahil pinag-uusapan lang kung sino ang mananalo.
ganun ang iniicp nila kc ganun cla mag icp,un ang mga taong ndi marunong 2manggap ng ka22hanan....laging may excuse! pag talo ka, talo ka! walang konek kung sister team!
wlang kinalaman SMC kung bakit natatalo ang PINAS SA FIBA natatalo ang PINAS sa FIBA ksi kulang sa preparation yun lng wlang kinalaman yung SMC. BKet sa NBA ang nanalo ba ng CHAMPIONSHIP yung mga nag titipid na TEAMS? TINGIN NYO SA L.A at BOSTON Tinitipid sila ng may ari?? inde dahil gusto nila manalo ng championship prang sa SMC teams dahil sila ang malaking kumpanya mas malaki investment nila sa team nila kya nag chachampion.