In the aftermath of the most successful volleyball season in UAAP history, school are now scrambling to get the best talent available.. players AND coaches.
San Sebastian mentor Roger Gorayeb is set to lead the Ateneo squad for their next UAAP campaign. He will serve as a mentor / consultant for the upcoming v-league as assistant coach Mic Mic Labrote has been promoted to head coach.
Moving across Katipunan will be now former Ateneo coach Ron Dulay, who moves to UP to lead their up-and-coming roster.
For Ateneo, this will be a test for their players’ commitment to the game. Coach Roger is known to run a tight ship, and if the players are anything less than 100% commited to the team.. then well.. watch out. For those who think this maybe a little strict and rather too much, go look at San Sebastian’s trophy case. Its the big one, with lots of championships.
For San Sebastian, there probably wont be any major changes to the team’s core, as coach Roger has already trained and developed them in his style for years. If anything, this situation only fast-tracks the leadership development of Lou Ann Latigay and Sasa Devanadera for the upcoming v-league. Plus with the additional experience and exchange of ideas coach Roger will get from Ateneo, this only makes SSC-R even more dangerous in the upcoming v-league.
So for the upcoming V-League, Coach Roger Gorayeb will still be the full time head coach of SSC-R. Coach Mic Mic Labrote for Ateneo, and coach Roger as a special consultant. Only during the UAAP games (December 2008) will he be the team’s head coach.
Yes, its a conflict of interest kind of thing, but if i were to think of outstanding coaches who could handle double duties while not neglecting the other, coach Roger is one of them. Plus, if you think about it, the more players coach Roger gets to train, the better for the sport of volleyball as a whole. =P
(Stay tuned…)
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Ouch! Coach Gorayeb will be coaching Ateneo next UAAP season?! This team will surely be fatal.
Final four for season 70, wonder what will be next, especially because they still have Laborte on their side. But who will lead the girls when it comes to delivering inside the court after Soriano leaves? Patricia Taganas? or ROY Awardee- Kara Acevedo?
And, what can Coach Dulay bring to the UP side?
Now it’s sure that we’ll have very exciting volleyball games for the next UAAP season.
But right now, all eyes are on the coming V-league conference!
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last playing year na rin ata ni PATTY TAGANAS,power trio BELLO SORIANO & TAGaNAS will be leaving the team na..
Dulay for UP,baka mag-inject sha ng men’s game strategies sa mga plays ng UP,let’s see if it’ll work..
Oo nga pala no… So who will be their go-to-girl without those three players? Makakapaglaro na ba si Pascual?
kaya nga,pascual is a good blocker,after ng attacks,kelangan ng defense at dun papasok si kesinee ballentyne at pascual,pero siguru di maglalaro si pascual kasi risky for her injury…hayz..ok lang,maglalaro pa namn si charo..
another worry of mine,kung setter si Bello at spiker nya si Kesinee and Baulee,i pray na sana she can handle these huge pressure of setting for these massive arsenal they payed for,hehehhe
oi people.. is it true??? inatake si coach august sta. maria?! OMG!!! sana naman if true po yun,, sana maging okay na xa! pano na ang ust nian?!?!
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According to my friend from UST who has a classmate who used to be in the UST-WVT, totoo daw na inatake daw si Coach August. Sana nga maging ok na siya..Anyway, andyan pa naman si Coach Shaq, diba?
Ano naman kaya ang maitutulong ni Coach Ronald sa UP? Sana mas maging strict siya sa training.
ahh. sabagay, pero iba pa din ang taray ni coach august! hahaha.:)) sagaad! hmmm.. si balse ba lalaro pa din sa vleague? kumpleto pa din ba ang first six ng ust for the vleague??:P
It just goes to show how eager Ateneo is to really improve their volleyball program.
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sayang naman.. mawawala na ang trio ng ateneo! si Soriano, Bello and Pascual.. sana makabalik narin si bea pascual
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mas ok kung ang mag co coach si Karpol or Rezende lol
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grabe siguro ang recruitment ng mga teams ngayon… sana makakuha na ng mga players na matatangkad yung ibang team para mas balanse tignan… i’ve heard n yung mga coaches really go sa province to get talents..
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Dapat meron na ang Pilipinas na program for genetically modified volleyball players :)Yung tipong mga 6 footer kahit libero
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may nag-edit pa ng wikipedia,panung naging open si CRYSTAL BALLENTYNE,kaya nya ba open?!?
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dati dati,apat dapat! dapat apat! ang guests player,ngayun,tigitigisa na lang,ang kokorni nyu,wag na nga pasalihin yung walang pambayad ng Guest player,hehehehe
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napanood ko replay ng mens volleyball kahapon ,kaya pla ngchampion ust men dahil nsobrahan sa kayabangan ang feu ng 4thset plang,napahiya 2loy cla.peace all!we love you ust womens and mens volleyball
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