{"id":57248,"date":"2015-07-27T23:54:24","date_gmt":"2015-07-27T15:54:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=57248"},"modified":"2015-07-27T23:54:24","modified_gmt":"2015-07-27T15:54:24","slug":"tim-cone-pressured-but-also-excited-with-ginebra-fans","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2015\/07\/27\/tim-cone-pressured-but-also-excited-with-ginebra-fans\/","title":{"rendered":"Tim Cone pressured but also excited with Ginebra fans"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Barangay Ginebra coach Tim Cone (Photo from PBA images)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

MANILA \u2013 Now playing on Barangay Ginebra\u2019s side, coach Tim Cone shared that he was beyond excited to impress the fans.<\/p>\n

\u201cI know that when we play Ginebra, we always felt that because of the great attention, this is where you make your name, this is where you want to play well. People will remember that because they will be watching. There\u2019s so much passion and desire on the floor. The time you want to shine is when you have the most attention, and that\u2019s always a great motivating tool for the other teams,\u201d Cone said.<\/p>\n

\u201cOur whole gameplan against Ginebra was to keep the crowd out of the game. Don\u2019t let them get crazy. I had that with Purefoods, and it was exciting and a lot of fun. The crowd really helped you coach through momentum because the crowd gives you momentum,\u201d he added, remembering playing against the Gin Kings.<\/p>\n

PBA\u2019s \u2018winningest\u2019 coach admitted being pressured but at the same time motivated.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe one thing you don\u2019t wanna do is to let down the fans. Hopefully, we\u2019ll handle it well and we can delight them at some point by getting into the Finals and winning a championship,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

\u201cAnd now to do that with Ginebra? I\u2019m really excited about that, on how can we let the crowd help us, create momentum for us. Coaching Ginebra brings a different pressure than other teams because of the social media and the close contact with the fans, the microscope you\u2019re always under, the pressure the players are always under. They\u2019re just a great motivating tool,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n

Cone also wanted to adopt former coach Sonny Jaworski\u2019s style.<\/p>\n

\u201cI think one of the reasons Sonny Jaworski was successful in coaching Ginebra that was that he took the pressure all by himself and kept the pressure away from the players. Because he\u2019s such a polarizing figure, he could absorb all the pressures and his players could just go out and play. It\u2019s a difficult thing to find that balance and not get overwhelmed,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

\u201cOne of the great things of coming to Purefoods was following the legend of Baby Dalupan because I can say I coached on Baby Dalupan\u2019s team. Now I\u2019m going to Ginebra and I\u2019m able to follow the legend of Sonny Jaworski. It\u2019s such a motivating tool to think that I\u2019m following the legend of Sonny,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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