Chot on TNT coaching return: ‘It’s not going to be easy’
FILE PHOTO– Returning TNT coach Chot Reyes. TRISTAN TAMAYO
MANILA, Philippines — Chot Reyes is keeping his expectations modest ahead of his second tour of duty as head coach of TNT.
Reyes is the franchise’s winningest coach, having led Talk ’N Text to four titles during his first stint from 2008 to 2012.
“It’s not going to be easy. I know a lot of fans are saying a lot of good things, but this is not going to be a walk in the park, it’s not going to be an instant thing,” said Reyes on Monday in an episode of The Game.
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Reyes, 57, replaced head coach Bong Ravena and active consultant Mark Dickel at the helm.
“I just want to make sure that we manage expectations because the competition as we all know is very, very tough and everyone is getting better,” added the eight-time PBA champion and five-time Coach of the Year. “So you know, simply changing the coach is not a magic formula, it’s not automatic. You really, really have to work like we’ve never worked before.”
But the pressure will be on Reyes, who will be tasked to end the Tropang Giga’s long title drought.
TNT hasn’t won a title since the 2015 Commissioner’s Cup under Jong Uichico.
Led by Roger Pogoy, Ray Parks and Jayson Castro, the Tropang Giga made as far as the finals in last season’s Philippine Cup bubble where they lost to the Barangay Ginebra Gin Kings in five games.
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Chot Reyes back as TNT head coach
FILE — Coach Chot Reyes. Inquirer photo/Tristan
MANILA, Philippines—Chot Reyes is back with TNT nearly a decade after he left the team.
The eight-time champion is replacing Bong Ravena at the helm of the Tropang Giga while team consultant Mark Dickel begged off from his position, despite Reyes’ wishes, to recuperate from his recent operation in Las Vegas,
“It’s like a homecoming for Chot. He is a coach that gave us four championships. We look forward to a successful relationship with Coach Chot,” said TNT Govenor Ricky Vargas.
“We would like to thank TNT Tropang GIGA Active Consultant Mark Dickel for all that he has done for the team. He brought us to the PBA Finals twice in the two years that he was onboard. We wish him well as he moves on to new endeavors.”
The former national team coach left TNT in 2012 to focus on the national team program but he has since relinquished his post with Gilas in 2018.
Reyes has had a long coaching career starting in 1993 when he became head coach of the Purefoods franchise where he tasted early success, winning two titles in the 1993 All-Filipino and 1994 Commissioner’s Cups.
He then won the 2002 All-Filipino and 2003 Reinforced Conferences with Coca-Cola before chalking up for more titles with TNT from 2009 to 2012.
Reyes said he was humbled with TNT’s decision to bring him back and be the new head coach of the team.
“Coaching again in the PBA provides me an excellent platform to advance this advocacy. I have spent the best years of my career as a ka-Tropa, and I look forward to this new challenge,” said Reyes.
Al Panlilio, Smart President and CEO and PLDT Chief Revenue Officer, said he’s looking forward to what Reyes will do in his second spell with TNT.
“Basketball is in the DNA of Filipinos, especially us at PLDT and Smart. That is why we are looking forward to working with Coach Chot as he leads TNT Tropang GIGA in the coming PBA season,” said Panlilio.
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