Dibuat oleh Admin. Pada 15 May 2024 - 15:24
Satria Muda Pertamina (SMP) has to make another difficult decision this season. After being forced to let go of one of their mainstay foreign guards, Trey Davis, a month ago due to injury, SMP now also has to say goodbye to the head coach from Spain, Manuel Pena Garces.
This confirmation was taken after the team from North Jakarta suffered another defeat in the away match against Rajawali Medan last Friday. At that time, SMP had to submit with a narrow score of 88-89. In total under Manu's guidance, SMP achieved 9 wins and 6 defeats.
"What is certain is that this is certainly not an easy decision for us because we all know that Manu is a good coach and person. This decision is purely due to the results of our evaluation from management regarding Satria Muda's journey this season. "And hopefully this decision will be the most suitable solution for the current situation, both for us at SM and coach Manu himself," said Cristian Ronaldo Sitepu, managing director of Satria Muda Pertamina.
Asked about SM's coaching baton after Manu left, the man who is also familiarly called Dodo explained that the head coach's chair would again be occupied by Youbel Sondakh, who initially held the position of associate coach.
“Yes, because for this very short time we think the best option is to return to Youbel. Apart from the fact that he already understands this team inside and out, he has also been our head coach for the last few years. So we believe Youbel is the right person at this time. And to Coach Manu, of course we would like to say a big thank you for all his dedication to SMP for almost 6 months. Of course we won't just forget all that. "We also hope that coach Manu will continue to be in the basketball industry and can continue to achieve success in the future," concluded Dodo.
Meanwhile, one of the mainstay junior high school players who just joined this season, Abraham Damar Grahita or Bram, also said goodbye to Coach Manuel after the training session. Bram said that the former Shenzhen Leopards coach was a firm figure and was not stingy with his knowledge of basketball.
"Yes, on behalf of all the junior high school players, I would like to thank him for all the knowledge he has given and shared with us players here. "Thank you for all the good things he has done here, and I hope Coach Manuel can continue to achieve brilliant results in the future," said Bram.
After this, Satria Muda will compete again in the Indonesian basketball league by facing Kesatria Bengawan Solo at Sritex Arena Solo on May 18 2024
