Néstor ‘Che’ García stopped being the coach of the Argentine basketball team on Tuesday night and did not travel with the team that left for the city of Recifein Brazil, to participate from next Saturday in the so-called AmeriCup (Copa América) of the discipline.
Nevertheless, the resignation of the coach from Bahia, 59, offers different readings, according to the parties involved. While the Argentine Confederation (CAB) reported through a brief statement that the technical director had advanced “verbally the removal of him” Different sources reported that García “did not leave, they kicked him out”according to the Télam agency.
The body that governs the destinations of basketball activity in the country added that the reasons for “Che’s” decision were preserved “for privacy”. He also remarked that the former coach of San Lorenzo, Boca Juniors and Peñarol de Mar del Plata “was not part of the delegation that traveled to Brazil in the afternoon to play the AmeriCup.”
The ‘Che’ García, who had assumed the position of coach at the head of the albiceleste team after the departure of Sergio Hernández, after the Tokyo Olympics in the second half of 2021led the team on Monday night in the victory against the Bahamas, by 95-77, at the Islas Malvinas Sports Center in Mar del Plata.
Nevertheless, “The relationship between the players and the coach was somewhat tense during the game. And not only because of what happened during the game but because of other events that took place during the concentrations and on previous trips. Things were no longer in the best way,” the spokesperson confided.
Another source consulted said that ‘Che’ García is going through “because of a complex personal situation”so it is understood that “he was asked, in a good way, to step aside in office.”
To endorse this assessment, andhe specialized program ‘Solo Basket’, through its YouTube channel, reported tonight that “it was the Argentine Confederation that made the decision not to continue the relationship with the coach”.
At the press conference after last night’s meeting in Mar del Plata, García had indicated that “the idea is firm” in relation to the collective functioning of a team that still exhibits chiaroscuro so far in this tie for the Japan-Philippines-Indonesia 2023 World Cup.