In the midst of one of the worst periods it has known in recent years, with eight consecutive losses in the Euroleague after last night (Wednesday) also surrendered to Monaco, Maccabi Tel Aviv put an end to speculation regarding its coach, Yannis Sapropoulos, and issued an official statement on its website announcing the continuation of The Greek in the hand of Elijah.
“The management of the Maccabi Tel Aviv basketball club met tonight, Thursday, and discussed the situation of the team,” the official statement reads. .
This announcement comes at a time when Maccabi is well aware of the alternatives in the meager coaching market. The team management is not complete with any of the potential candidates, and among the decision makers there is a grave fear of a situation where the club will return to the reality of frequent change of coaches, as happened before the era of Sapropoulos. That is why Maccabi prefers, rather than a free choice, to stay with the Greek coach and not be dragged into the adventure of a temporary coach for half a season, and then again a new coach in the summer and God forbid he returns.
The group is also well aware of the fact that the “technical difficulties” they raised have become the object of ridicule among the public and the media, but those difficulties are exactly why Sapropolus remains in the meantime, because parting from him means parting with assistant Vasilis Iragotlis. Temporarily.
Anyway, it will be interesting to see if the Yellows manage to get their hands on a player to strengthen the team. The group is desperately trying to get one, but is experiencing great frustration and failure. “Almost every player we turn to, either he is injured, or he has not played for a long time, or he is under contract and the teams do not want to sell,” Maccabi says helplessly, “even if we find someone, it will be at least two weeks before he can contribute Corona Limitations’.
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