Ateneo coach Tab Baldwin.–MARLO CUETO/INQUIRER.internet
MANILA, Philippines — Ateneo coach Tab Baldwin on Wednesday defended the UAAP and the officiating amid criticisms.
Baldwin stated the damaging feedback towards the league and the referees have been “shameful” and that he felt embarrassed for “a few of the individuals in our household of this UAAP.”
“And I believe there was quite a lot of nonsense within the media and being spoken from, different individuals within the UAAP coming into this recreation. And I believe it definitely affected and distracted the referees, I actually felt for the refs right now, I believe they have been below an inordinate quantity of stress. And I believe they did a extremely good job below that stress,” Baldwin stated. “Nonetheless, that’s not what we now have referees within the recreation of basketball for to place them below that form of stress that they have been put below right now.”
“I do know that the UAAP doesn’t want me to talk for it, however I’m going to anyway, on behalf of the UAAP, I’m embarrassed for a few of the individuals in our household of this UAAP, exerting the form of stress that they did on the referees and on the commissioner’s workplace. I believe it’s shameful. I believe you all know precisely what I imply,” stated Baldwin.
Baldwin didn’t point out any names however his rant that overshadowed Ateneo’s win over College of the East got here on the heels of Adamson coach Nash Racela expressing his displeasure over the foul and free throw disparity within the fourth quarter of the Falcons’ 62-58 loss to the Blue Eagles on Sunday.
The league on Tuesday stated Racela, who prevented suspension, reached out and apologized for implying that the UAAP is favoring Ateneo to make the Remaining 4.
In a letter to the UAAP, Racela stated that he was sorry for singling out the UAAP within the post-game interview.
Racela, nevertheless, remained defiant when it got here to what he deemed was a game-changing missed name on Joseph Obasa’s block towards Cedrick Manzano when “there was a transparent hit on the arm of Manzano and it was clear that Obasa by no means hit the ball.”
In a separate incident, UE coach Jack Santiago felt that Valuable Momowei’s suspension that disqualified him from probably profitable any particular person award was “unfair.” Earlier than the suspension, Momowei was the frontrunner to win Rookie of the 12 months.
Baldwin hopes to maneuver ahead from the problems that surrounded the league for the previous few days.
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“And I believe we have to put it behind us and transfer ahead as rapidly as attainable and get again to doing what is correct for the sport of basketball,” he stated. “This recreation has given each single considered one of us within the sport method, far more than we now have given again to it. And I believe it’s shameful when individuals deliver the sport into disrepute and I’ll depart it at that.”