2023-10-10 14:39:54
Published on October 10, 2023 at 4:39 p.m. – updated on October 10, 2023 at 7:14 p.m. Aurélie Sacchelli
During a press conference, the president of the French Basketball Federation Jean-Pierre Siutat confirmed that Vincent Collet would indeed be the coach of the Blues during the Paris 2024 Olympic Games.
It was expected, it is now official: Vincent Collet will indeed be the coach of the French men’s basketball team for the Paris Olympic Games in 2024, which will be his fourth following sixth place in 2012 and 2016 , and the silver medal won in 2021. The 60-year-old coach was confirmed in his position by the president of the French Basketball Federation Jean-Pierre Siutat, despite the catastrophic 18th place at the World Cup a few years ago. weeks. “Vincent has the perfect ability to bounce back,” the president said at a press conference. where he recalled that the objective of the Blues would be to get on the podium for the fourth time in their history (following the money of 1948, 2000 and 2021).
The preparation and the staff will be reviewed
The general manager of the French team Boris Diaw also spoke to discuss the failure of the World Cup, recalling that the coach was not the only one responsible for this rout. “The players admitted to not having been at the level, they did not succeed individually and especially collectively in meeting the expectations of a competition of this caliber. All players without exception must carry out self-criticism. » However, the Federation will seek “different added value on the bench to assist Vincent while Laurent Foirest will no longer be part of the technical staff for the sake of complementarity. » The Federation will also consider the scheduling of pre-Olympic preparation matches, following the criticism expressed followingwards regarding the 2023 preparation (matches once morest Tunisia, Montenegro, Venezuela, Lithuania, Japan and ‘Australia).
Siutat “takes note” for Embiid
The Federation and the coach also took note of the fact that directly announcing the list of twelve selected players, without going through a larger group to bring in the competition, perhaps posed a problem. The principle will be “re-evaluated” but NBA constraints (the players are released only a few days before the start of preparation) do not help matters. Obviously questioned regarding the case of Joel Embiid, who decided to play with Team USA following requesting a French passport, Jean-Pierre Siutat said that “of course we were ready to welcome him, but we are simply taking note of his change of opinion. » Things are now clear, all that remains is to get to work for the Olympics…
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