Yes, that team, their "great" coach,and that name-less fool.

September 25, 2008

Is it because your crowd left you hanging? The way they just chose to sell their tickets instead of hoping for an upset win? Is it because of the bad calls of the three stooges on court? Or is it because, of all teams to lose to, it just had to be Ateneo...

Read the newspaper today, of course, Rico denies doing anything... but thinking about it, and knowing Rico's antics on court is probably what gave him in. He is extremely talented, I admit, but everyone knows how dirty he plays. Taunting, trash talking and all that jazz (even an occasional elbow here and there). So, even if he did not do the act he was accused of doing, you can't blame everything to the refs. (Sabi nga sa theo, it's about the categorical acts... haha)

"Ateneo plays with value"(Tiu)... yes that is probably why, down the line we get calls going for us. Yes we have our moments of misjudgments like when Nonoy shouts at whoever he allows experience of his MONSTER BLOCK! (this is not an exaggeration, it IS really a monster), or when Buenafe stares down whoever gets in his way after an acrobatic shot, or Salamat's Jordanesque tongue action when he goes for a fast break lay in, and even Jobe's muscle flexing, but, above all these, in the end, we don't go crying over a loss (no pun intended) Last year when we got ousted by this same team, we went home, attended the mass, to what? Not to sulk in sadness for a lost season, but to celebrate the glory of the graduating players, and to acknowledge the efforts of the whole team. The community backed the team up (sans the fair-weathered fans of course) We stick by the "WE BELIEVE" theme of the Hail Mary squad, whether it be a 14-year drought, or even just a few years of title-less glory. We value the team, but most importantly, we value the game.

Sadly for you though, you let your community down in a way that encompasses your defeat. Your display of disgraceful unsportsmanlike behavior of NOT receiving your 1st-Runner up trophy disgusted not just myself, but surely even some of your comrades and supporters; utterly disgraceful. And to defend it by saying that the officiating was masterminded to simply hand over the trophy to Ateneo, wow, big words for someone who deceitfully crafted a 2005 Championship. You just have to always give an excuse; like the one you gave when your little f*cker of a player mischievously pointed finger-formed guns at an opposing player who had just experienced an assault. "Just a kid" ? C'mon, he's in college for crying out loud. You, dear coach, to me at least, are a disgrace. You do not deserve to call yourself a champion coach if you do not have the values that merit being one. I feel sorry for your community (and probably even some of your players) who just have to swallow every little antic you pull year after year.

Hey you, yes you, why won't I call you by your name? Not just because you don't have one, but because you are a NOBODY compared to the class acts of your team. Your university has a rich history of producing greatness. I was never a fan of your team, but I was a big fan of your players. Topping the list are: Cortez who simply played ball, no non-sense like most of the players in the league do now, Ritualo who shot the lights out literally, Aldeguer who deserves credit as a true court-general on and off-court, Tang who ran the game like no body I've ever seen and of course Casio, who continues to play the game with class. You, however, are nothing. The way you paraded yourself yesterday, trying to prove that you've made it big with that stupid-ass dunk of yours. C'mon, seriously? All you give your team is rest for your big guns. So sit your ass down sir. Wait for your turn. And the next time you taunt the BEST CROWD IN THE LEAGUE, make sure to back it up with a win. Or at least a graceful defeat.

Ladies and Gentlemen, to call it a SWEET-SWEEP is an understatement, but a great description nonetheless. Next year will be a different year; we will not know whether it will bring the same joy and honor. But, looking at the team now, I think we're in a pretty good position to (as they'd put it) come Back 2 Back.

In the mean time...let us all sulk…sulk and bask in glory as the 2008 UAAP CHAMPIONS.

GO ATENEO!