Self-appointment of the President “Lokomotiv-Kuban” Andrei Vedishchev The position of the team’s head coach will definitely not harm the “red-greens” and will be able to benefit the club, UNICS President Evgeny Bogachev said in an interview with .
In August, the press service of Lokomotiv-Kuban announced the resignation of Alexander Sekulic from the post of head coach of the team and the appointment of Vedishchev, the club’s president, to this position.
Last season in the United League, the “red-greens” lost to “Zenith” in the series for bronze.
— I think Vedischev can afford it. At one time he was a very prominent basketball player, a top player. In addition, he knows his team very well and trains Russian players. He also trained his two sons. He is very experienced in these matters.
By the way, this is not the first such case in our basketball. The late Vladimir Rodionov from Avtodor also repeatedly appointed himself as the team’s head coach.
In general, it certainly won’t make things worse for Lokomotiv. Vedischev is a very experienced manager and, I repeat, he was a good player. If I were younger, perhaps in a difficult situation, I would also experiment (laughs). Although I am not a basketball player, over all these years many subtleties have been revealed to me. Sometimes I don’t exactly give advice, but when analyzing certain moments I can also give some recommendations to the coach.
In addition, Vedischev has many advantages over many coaches who come from somewhere in Europe: the coach needs more time to study the team, and Vedischev knows the soul of the player, knows how each of his basketball players lives and can organize in the right way. He knows all this well. So it will be an interesting experience, “Bogachev told .
The new United League season starts on September 21 with the CSKA – UNICS match.
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