Tom Nahum 27/01/2021 17:32
Eyal Chomsky (Shahar Gross)
After being knocked out of the FIBA Champions League last night in the first round after surrendering 88:83 to the French Limousine, Hapoel Jerusalem landed tonight (Wednesday) in Israel on the only passenger flight that landed today from abroad at Ben Gurion Airport when the players and club members simply said everything.
Eyal Chomsky He said: “Hapoel Jerusalem always strives for the highest, we strive for the highest. We failed, we did not go through a stage and it does not suit us. We need to do a home inspection, I know we’re in some sort of sequence of things beyond our control that have happened to us since the Corona, but that’s not an excuse, we need to look in the mirror, see where we went wrong and see what we can do differently and have both the trophy and The championship, we’ll fight it to the end. ‘
The streak of disappointments since the relegation in the Top 8 against San Pablo Burgos: “Some of the lessons we learned were also games that worked better. There is currently a situation where the team does not look good enough and does not play well enough, we have to not hide things, but deal with things, we have to think what we need to fix and fix those things and I am sure we will succeed. Acting for better or worse. ‘
The things the group needs to fix: ‘I think it’s too early, we’re feeling very hard after the dismissal, I think such things of change, thoughts and other attitude are things that need to be done with discretion, we need to let things sink in and understand what means we have to change, but surely something in the attitude needs to change And I’m sure we’ll do it. ‘
What did you say to the players after the dismissal?
“We did not talk to them after the dismissal because there is not too much to say.”
What are your feelings, I believe that even in the darkest dreams you did not expect such a thing.
“No, in recent years we have been doing very beautiful and used European campaigns to get through a phase in a very convincing way. “This year it did not look good from the beginning, we did not lose the rise yesterday, from the first game to the last game most of the time we looked bad, we tried to fix and improve, but yesterday it was a very disappointing ending chord.”
What actually did not work, you built the team considering the problems that were, even before Oded Katash accepted the offer from Panathinaikos, you brought in players and made changes, at what point did you realize that this is not what you want?
“As you say, we brought and tried and changed, we from the beginning of the season we see that we have a good basketball team that does not play good basketball, and try to fix and improve and it has nothing to do with the departure of Oded Katash, meaning we were already with the back to the wall. Earlier then it was really unrelated to Katsch, and certainly not to Adomitis that it could not be linked to in any way. Something has happened to us this season that we have become less accustomed to lately, if usually in previous years we were in a reality where we would initiate things to improve the team, then this year we had to constantly respond to events, and it does not matter because the excuses and reasons are irrelevant. , If last year we got stronger in Shabilin and John Holland and Trick because we wanted to strengthen and improve the team because there were opportunities, so this year we worked all the time just to stabilize the team and really the variety of reasons is not interesting it bottom line, but we have two more titles here in the country, there We have the league that is very important to us and already on Friday we have a game and of course we have the state cup and we need to reset quickly, get back to work and meet our goals. ”
Is there a thought to minimize damage economically when there is no Europe?
“No”.
You talked about previous campaigns in Europe, you moved to the Champions League and you declared from the first moment that the goal is Final Four and go to the end of this factory every season, it has not happened since you reached the Champions League. In the EuroCup you reached the semi-finals, beyond that you did not go through stages, if you take 7 years back, there are not too many European achievements.
“I do not know why you call European achievements, I think a club of our size that we are a respectable club last year until the corona ended and we were first place and we went through the stage after that and we were with the promise of home until the end and then came the corona, nothing to do and a year before we lost to Tenerife , I do not know in whose head it is called a failure to lose to them, because someone drew some movie that is a team inferior to us, it is very flattering but it does not correspond with reality and a year before that we made a EuroCup semi-final, true two years before it was weak we know it But we fixed, and this year it really is a failure. When you look at all 7 years it is that teams do not meet their goals, you know how many teams start their season in every league in the world and are sure they will be champions and in the end there is only one champion, so here too, we do not always want to be champions in every factory at the beginning of each year . It does not always happen. “But in the end, this year really is a painful campaign, in the two years before I did not care that it was painful, and overall I am very pleased with what is happening in recent campaigns in Europe, except today.”
There seems to be a lack of a dominant high in the last 3 seasons which is very significant in Europe, is there any thought of drawing this lesson for next season?
“It’s not a matter of learning that lesson, in the end where a coach with a basketball system he believes in with a staff he believes in I do not care that last year we felt a lack of dominant high, if you were to ask everyone in the factory we were favorites to go very far, do not know what were The results are retrospective. A year before that when we did the first house with 12 and 2 and went through the stage after that there was no need for a dominant high. “There are all kinds of ways to play basketball and win basketball all over the world, in the end we follow the philosophy of the coach and the coach had a philosophy that was very successful in the previous teams we built and we will see about the sequel, it’s too early to know right now.”
Does the current coach also have certain requirements for building the staff he wants to see?
For next season? We have not started talking about the squad for next season, we have enough time and goals but we will sit with him when there is time and start building the next season, he is very satisfied with the squad, but not satisfied with how we play, it is natural, we sat with him today, it is important We are good from this group and we will go to work. “
Staff changes for the current season, is this something that is on the agenda?
“No, we sat with the coach in the morning, he believes in the staff and the team, he wants things to be done differently, and that’s true for anyone who sees us, it’s no secret.”
Zalmanson: “Unfortunately it’s something that happens quite a bit this season, we come to the game know the importance and do not execute as it should, it’s very frustrating not how we wanted to end the European season and not how we hoped it would happen, but there is not too much to do, everyone is upset, head down in days The next ones should concentrate on raising their heads and try to achieve the remaining goals. “
Is it because of Turk Telecom’s victory over Igoka that it hurts more: I think yes because in the end you always want to leave things in your hands, we knew that was not the case but on the other hand we also did not want to look there because we are Hapoel Jerusalem and we always want to win so it’s a bit sour and unpleasant but everyone is very upset, not happy about what “It happened, we wanted it more than anything else, but not everything works out the way we want it to.”
Last season’s trauma interrupted: “I felt it especially at the beginning of the season that we did a lot of comparisons and also around the comparison, at some point we realized it was a different season and other players and also need to work again, the fact that last season was great gives no point this year, we understood it but as I said right now Concentrate on lifting him back because we still have a trophy and a championship. “
