Sep 26, 2011, 1:10 am
Since the thread of Olympics already gets pretty hot, let's discuss Lithuania's future as well.
My position is very simple- we have to go with new generation. We have to say thank you for Šaras, Kaukėnas, Songaila, Brothers, Petravičius and probably Delininkaitis unless he'll have a very good season or great shape at the right moment. All players, except Kaukėnas and healthy Kšistof are far from their best. Another thing, even if Kaukėnas is till good, obviously veterans destroyed the thing that 2010 team had. Call it unity, solidarity, fighting spirit - but this summer the team looked old and lacking the sparkle. I already mentioned Šaras issue - the guy can't control him self and to be just a role player. He can't be a leader any more and he can';t be a role player. If Kemzura is staying as a head coach (and he obviously is), he should not invite Å aras to the team as we saw what happened.
The picture of new generation is pretty clear in my account except back up PG off course:
PG: Kalnietis, X*
SG: Pocius, Gecevičius, Seibutis
SF: Mačiulis, Jasaitis
PF: Kleiza, Jankūnas, Motiejūnas
C: Valančiūnas, Javtokas
X* : Hopefully it's some young face like Vasiliauskas, Čižauskas, Janavičius or any other.
The bad thing, I'm not sure Kemzura has any guts to say good buy to old generation and to continue with the thing which started in 2010.
My position is very simple- we have to go with new generation. We have to say thank you for Šaras, Kaukėnas, Songaila, Brothers, Petravičius and probably Delininkaitis unless he'll have a very good season or great shape at the right moment. All players, except Kaukėnas and healthy Kšistof are far from their best. Another thing, even if Kaukėnas is till good, obviously veterans destroyed the thing that 2010 team had. Call it unity, solidarity, fighting spirit - but this summer the team looked old and lacking the sparkle. I already mentioned Šaras issue - the guy can't control him self and to be just a role player. He can't be a leader any more and he can';t be a role player. If Kemzura is staying as a head coach (and he obviously is), he should not invite Å aras to the team as we saw what happened.
The picture of new generation is pretty clear in my account except back up PG off course:
PG: Kalnietis, X*
SG: Pocius, Gecevičius, Seibutis
SF: Mačiulis, Jasaitis
PF: Kleiza, Jankūnas, Motiejūnas
C: Valančiūnas, Javtokas
X* : Hopefully it's some young face like Vasiliauskas, Čižauskas, Janavičius or any other.
The bad thing, I'm not sure Kemzura has any guts to say good buy to old generation and to continue with the thing which started in 2010.