Free diver without parachute
Opened in all directions
And the passion in every direction destroys me
So in the meantime I’m resting
So, as I lay
When the acceleration above me repeatedly overwhelms
(“The Snail’s Discharge”, Meir Ariel)
The Curse of Istanbul. The irony came to visit Yad Eliyahu Hall last night (Tuesday) and arranged for Maccabi Tel Aviv the biggest home loss in its history in the Euroleague. The irony was that it would be in the coach’s shift that more than any other coach, engraved on its banner the philosophy of “fight to the end”. And the irony, again, is that it is precisely this philosophy that will collapse in a big way, with the Israeli champion finishing its way in the senior enterprise at such an early stage.
“I feel very bad that we have reached this point,” the coach said Yannis Sapropoulos. “In the first round we wanted to fight everywhere and in every setting, and that’s the mentality I wanted to be here. It’s a bad moment for the club, no one here is happy with that, we will try our best not to have such days come back to us.”
After last night’s defeat, Maccabi Tel Aviv moved from the completion stage to the explanatory stage. Can succeed every season. “So just a quick check of facts for the coach: Last season, the one that the Corona eliminated – is the exception. Because since the transition to the league format, Maccabi Tel Aviv has not succeeded. And not only is she not succeeding – she has become a bottom group. In the league era, Maccabi finished in 14th place in the 16/17 season, in tenth place in the next two years, and now it is again shuffling in 14th place.
The shopping cart is not ready yet. In the coming weeks, a board meeting and owners are expected to take place, at which the club’s members will begin preparations for the next season. The professional team has already shifted gears in everything to do with checking the market and getting lists of dangerous available players. Maccabi’s big problem at the moment is that no one can really know what the budget will be, as it is still too early to know how many spectators will be approved next season and how many subscriptions the club will be able to sell. In addition, the safety net awarded this year requires teams to cut their budget by at least 25% next season as well, so even if it approves a maximum crowd, the club will have to introduce a cut in player salaries.
As we published last week, the staff is expected to undergo quite a few changes, with the main emphasis being on building an athletic front line similar to what it was last year. Devin Booker has yet to respond to an offer made to him, but it is estimated that he will seek to wait for a later stage of the season, hoping to get higher bids. One of the names that came up is that of Michael Arik, who recently joined CSKA Moscow. ).
