The goal – to lift herself again. Hapoel Jerusalem landed in Israel today (Wednesday) after the painful relegation from the FIBA Champions League with the most disappointing loss last night to Limoges, which left the team from the capital in third place in the home stage.
“Hapoel Jerusalem always strives the highest, we failed,” he began Eyal Chomsky, The owners of the group from the capital, his words. “We did not go through a stage, it does not suit us, we have to do a home inspection. We are in a sequence of things that we have not been in control of since the Corona, but that is not an excuse. We have to look in the mirror and see where we went wrong and what needs to be done differently. That’s to the end. “
“We learned lessons, there were games where things worked better,” Chomsky added. “Right now the team does not look good enough and does not play well enough, we do not have to hide things, we have to deal with them. We will understand what needs to be fixed and fixed – acting both good and bad. It is too early, we are feeling very hard after yesterday. Changes, thoughts and a different attitude “These are things that need to be done with discretion. Things need to be let sink in. Something in a safe approach needs to change.”
“We did not talk to them after the dismissal, there is not too much to say,” he added Guy Harel, CEO of Hapoel Jerusalem, after landing in Israel. “In recent years we have done very beautiful European campaigns, we are used to going through a phase and doing it convincingly. This year it would have looked bad from the start, we did not miss the rise yesterday. “From the first game to the last, we didn’t look good, we tried to fix and improve, but yesterday was a very disappointing ending chord.”
When asked what did not work, Harel replied: “From the beginning of the season we saw that the team is good, but does not play good basketball. We try to fix and improve, and it has nothing to do with the departure of Oded Katash, we were with our backs to the wall and we had to ensure the rise much earlier. Related to Adumitis, which it can not adhere to in any way.
Something happened to us this season that we were less used to. If in previous years we were in the reality that we were initiating things to improve the group, this year we had to respond to events. And it does not matter the reasons, these are the facts. Last year we were strengthened by Calvin Mack and John Holland and Emanuel Terry, and this year we were just trying to stabilize the team. There are two more titles in the country, the league, which is very important to us, and of course the state cup – we need to reset quickly, get back to work and meet goals. Thought to minimize financial damage? No”.
“I do not know why you call European achievements. Last year until the end of the Corona we were first place and went through stages, a year before we lost to Tenerife I do not know in whose head it is failure and who drew for himself a film that is inferior to us, and two years before we were in the Eurocup semifinals. Do you know how many teams in the world start the season and are sure to be champions? So here too, we want to be champions in every factory and it does not always happen.Overall, the campaign this year was painful, but in the last seven years in Europe there have been years and such. Except this time. “
“Learn lessons? In the end a coach comes up with a method he believes in and a staff he is not into. I don’t think last year we felt a lack of any dominant high. If you were to ask everyone in the factory, we would be favorites to go far. There are all kinds of ways to play basketball and win, at all levels In the world, but go at the end according to the coach’s philosophy. It’s been successful in recent years, and it’s seen in the sequel, early to know. Adomitis? We did not start talking about the squad for next season, but we’ll sit with him when the time comes. “Natural. He thinks more can be taken out of this staff. Changes? Not on the agenda.”
“Unfortunately, this is something that happens quite a bit this season,” the team center concluded, Idan Zalmanson. “We get to the game, know the importance and fail to execute. Very frustrating, not that we wanted to end the European season. There is nothing to do, no need to be with your head down, but to try and achieve the remaining goals.”
On the fact that the ball was in their hands and yet they failed, Zalmanson said: “You always want things to be in your hands, but we knew we wanted to win because we are Hapoel Jerusalem so it’s a bit sour and unpleasant – but like I said, everyone is very upset, we wanted it “More than anything else. You don’t always get what you want.”
Zalmanson added: “The trauma from last season? At the beginning of the year I felt it mostly. We made comparisons to last season, but we realized it was a different season with other players. We have to work again, the fact that it was a great season does not give us points for this season. “But you have to concentrate on lifting him back.”