Topex Robinson
Topex Robinson was given one process after being named to educate La Salle, a giant one the place a number of greater names earlier than him failed at: Deliver the UAAP males’s basketball championship again to Taft.
He understood the massive duty and got down to obtain that aim from Day 1.
“[The job is] by no means gonna be simple. Even firstly after I took over, clearly, there are marching orders as a result of it’s been some time (since La Salle received a championship),” Robinson advised the Inquirer over the cellphone.
“[La Salle was] eager for [a title] and they aren’t gonna reduce across the bushes anymore, they’re gonna go straight, wala nang paligoy-ligoy—they wanna win a championship and naturally you wouldn’t say no (when that job is given to you),” he went on.
With a wealthy basketball historical past, La Salle’s thirst was comprehensible because it has been seven years because the Inexperienced Archers final reigned supreme.
And surprisingly hiring Robinson to be on the helm turned out to be the fitting alternative as the previous Phoenix coach within the Philippine Basketball Affiliation delivered utilizing an strategy he has preached since his botched NCAA days with Lyceum.
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He admits to having doubts about his capabilities as a coach, particularly when these NCAA heartaches got here to thoughts.
“You additionally need to imagine in your self that you can ship, as a result of once you ask any person, nobody in his proper state of mind would say they don’t wish to win,” Robinson added. “Like all of the groups, when you’re gonna ask them what your final aim is, it’s to win a championship.”
Robinson put his identification within the Archers that modified every little thing.
“You need to have your personal identification that you simply wanna promote to the gamers, additionally the entire employees that’s put beneath your care,” he mentioned. “To every his personal, however how do you guarantee that it’s clear and you can actually articulate it, that’s the place the work actually will get exhausting.
“The tradition that we’re constructing is to deal with one another, it’s actually broad however what does it imply? That’s the place the work occurred. For us, I suppose we have to guarantee that the gamers left beneath our care ought to really feel heard, that they actually matter in order that grew to become our means,” he added.
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“It was easy, however the way you execute it’s the place the exhausting half is available in. However when you do it, you get to be there, that’s the place the magic occurs.” INQ
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