Remix NCBL 2008 Quarter Final Matchup Review - Cocoro vs Stallions
Written by pegasusbigboss on August 1, 2008 – 6:26 am -
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Cocoro and Stallions face off this Sunday (3 August 2008) at 11.30 AM in the third Quarter Final matchup. Cocoro are the number two seed from Group A with 6 wins and 1 loss, while Stallions advanced as the third seed of Group B with a 4-3 winning record.
Cocoro has shown good team chemistry and executed their plays almost to perfection this season. With long time Cocoroans Faiz, Azahar, Pa and Ajiem, Cocoro is a team to beat. Critics would say that their 6-1 record is “assisted” by the fact that Group A is “not that challenging”, but don’t underestimate this ball club.
Stallions have shown resiliency in this tournament, and they have perhaps the best 12 man lineup in this tournament. Old faces Paie, Cat, Pero joins 3 MABA trainees Helmi, Sassi and Andelu. The other 6 players consists of the best J3 project players, trained by Abg Kerol himself. While their record may not seem that impressive, losing to upstarts Leykens in Week 6, coupled with a one way match fixing scandal in Week 4 vs Swoosh, Stallions has yet to unleash their full potential in this tournament.
However, Stallions will really need to step up their game this Sunday as they will be missing their 3 MABA trainees due to Petronas Team commitments. This will put pressure on Coach Paie as Helmi is an influential PG, while team rebounding will sorely miss Sassi’s and Andelu’s contribution.
Here’s the breakdown:
Cocoro
Strength: Good team chemistry, Excellent team hustle, great shooters in Pa and Faiz.
Weakness: Lacks a good ballhandler, cracks under full court defense, average bench talent.
Summary: Cocoro will need to get going early in this game. While their starters are All-Star calibers, they will need more support from their bench to lift the pressure in crunch time. With 3 Stallions key players out this weekend, Cocoro will want to attack the basket often and get the Stallions big men into foul trouble.
Cocoro’s weaknesses were exposed ‘uncensored’ in their Week 4 game vs. Pegasus. While they managed to keep the scores close, even leading at some point of the game, the team simply lost its direction after Pegasus ran a full court shutdown defense in the 4th Quarter. This weakness will definitely be exploited by Stallions in this game.
Stallions
Strength: Talented youths, good defense, excellent game control with “PG Agung” Paie on the helm.
Weakness: Inconsistent play, will be missing 3 of their superstars this weekend.
Summary: Coach Paie’s strategy to start the J3 boys in the Group stages will be paying dividends this weekend. Stallions will be missing 3 players this weekend, and it will be a test for the J3 boys to see if they can carry the team in this elimination round.
Stallions should pressure Cocoro right from the start if they want to bag this one. Throw in the high octane J3 boys for a full court defense, and Stallions will find themselves in a very good position to win.
My Prediction - It’s going to be a tough one, but I would be rooting for Cocoro to win by a very small margin
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August 1st, 2008 at 9:02 am
full court press always be a problem for us since we didn’t have a strong PG. Hopefully throughout the tournament, our players already matured a bit and calmed under pressure. Hehe..
August 1st, 2008 at 9:25 am
August 1st, 2008 at 4:14 pm
Thoyol - A quick short pass and run can break down the full court defense. Remember the 3-man weave?
August 1st, 2008 at 10:47 pm
two of the best are running with other teams, those stuck on Stallions are duds. sorry mate.
August 1st, 2008 at 11:00 pm
Duds? C’mon, at least give the boys some props.
August 2nd, 2008 at 12:19 am
they look lost, or undecided for most games. And even when playing big minutes, they do not produce results.
August 2nd, 2008 at 7:23 am
of course we got the privilege reserve of the first pick of j3 boys draft lottery this year, next year and the next year after that and the year after that yearlollllll
August 2nd, 2008 at 10:11 am
kesian la kitorang.
anyway, i say J3 boys should send in a team of their own with abg kerol coaching/managing them. That might show us their true capabilities.
August 2nd, 2008 at 8:28 pm
I do agree with Blaze, get the J3 boys back together and let the team play in NCBL. But hey.. just an opinion.
August 4th, 2008 at 10:28 am
blaze : duds? I think they are still considered as a good players.
August 4th, 2008 at 10:34 am
August 5th, 2008 at 3:51 pm
August 6th, 2008 at 10:40 am
Stallions bermain dgn baik sewaktu bertemu Flames when Adly was the person incharge of the game. Masa ni adly menggunakan sepenuhnya bdk2 j3 dan sasinder. Barulah nampak ade rotation dan persefahaman dan perlawanan lebih menarik.
Bdk2 j3 ni dilatih bermain secara bersistem yg berasaskan konsep permainan itu sendiri dgn arahan yang spesifik ketika bermain serta persediaan awal sebelum pertandingan. Apa yang berlaku di ncbl, adalah berbeza sama sekali dgn kebiasaan mereka. Dari feedback yg diterima dari bdk2 j3 ini, persediaan utk setiap perlawanan tiada langsung. segala dibuat secara adhock. Arahan yg diberi pula agak kabur dan kurang spesifik yg mengakibat keadaan akan menjadi kucar kacir ketika perlawanan. Tanpa sebarang latihan dan plan awal memang memberikan kesan kepada perfomance pemain dan juga pasukan. Sebagai org yg melatih mereka selama ini, saya tahu keupayaan sebenar mereka sebagai individu dan berpasukan. Malangnya, segala keupayaan dan kelebihan yg mereka ada tidak dieksploitasi sepenuhnya oleh jurulatih Stallions. Nak salahkan siapa sebab tidak mengenali sepenuhnya corak permainan dan keupayaan bdk2 j3 ini. macam mana nak kenal cara permainan pemain, kalau langsung tak pernah buat latihan. Main tangkap muat, penuhkan kuota dan main dlm tournament. Agak malang juga bagi bdk2 j3 ini kerana sepatutnya mereka menimba byk pengalaman dan ilmu dalam pasukan yang mereka bermain tapi apa yg saya lihat matlamat membenarkan mereka bermain dalam pasukan ini kurang tercapai. Mereka sepatutnya mendapat lebih dari apa yg telah mereka pelajari selama ini tetapi sebaliknya.
Saya yakin sekiranya pengurusan Stallions betul2 menguruskan pasukan dgn baik, Stallions pasti boleh pergi lebih jauh. Saya selalu cakap kat pemain2, on paper u may have good sets of players tp kekuatan sebenar bergantung bagaiman pemain2 tersebut bermain sbg satu pasukan dan bagaimana persediaan awal yg telah di buat oleh pasukan tersebut. Kene ingat pemain2 ini bukanya profesional, yg sudah tau begitu mendalam tentang konsep permainan. yang main ni amatur saje, bahkan masih berhingus lagi, tak boleh la nak aspect pemain ini boleh mengikut segala arahan tanpa ada persediaan awal tentang apa strategi yg akan digunakan…dgn lain perkataan “tiada latihan”. Ditambah pula dgn arahan yang kabur dan tidak spesifik.
Pasal hantar J3 masuk ncbl thn depan tu boleh tapi utk abg kerol coach tak boleh sebab nanti ada conflict of interest sebab abg kerol own the league. Telah dipersetujui dlm board of directors yg abg kerol tidak boleh terlibat dalam mana2 pasukan secara langsung apatah lagi sbg coach atau pengurus pasukan walaupun byk tawaran diterima utk jadi coach. satu lagi masalahbdk j3 ini kebanyakannya belajar di luar kawasan KL dan Selangor, menjadi masalah untuk mengumpulkan kesemuanya. Bila time cuti panjang saja dapat kumpulkan semua. Yang ada ni pun yang belajar dekat2 KL. Yang sekolah pulak ada peperiksaan tahun ini.
Salah seorang pemain J3 agak bernasib baik sebab diletakkan dlm Phantoms yg lebih organise. Seorang dalam scorekeys dan seorang lagi UBSA. Kalau boleh hantar j3 dlm NCBL thn dpn maybe kena dapatkan seorang yg boleh menjadi coach yg baik. Boleh jugak buat tawaran terbuka di sini kpd sesiapa yg berminat untuk membawa team J3 dlm ncbl thn depan amat dialu-alukan. Yg penting coach tersebut mesti tahu setiap pemain luar dan dalam. Bukan tangkap muat dan hantar team.
Nak tumpang bagitau jugak kat sini, abg sedang usahakan agar NCBL ini dpt dikembangkan di seluruh semenanjung iaitu untuk jalankan dlm zon iaitu zon utara, zon tengah, zon selatan dan zon timur. Kemuncaknya kita akan buat pertemuan antara juara. InsyaAllah kalau usaha mendapatkan lebih byk penaja berjaya kita akan jalankan. Kalau Kuz berminat utk menjadi salah satu penaja bagus jugak.
Panjangnye……wassalam
August 6th, 2008 at 6:42 pm
Saya tak ada contoh kalau dalam NBA, tapi kalau American Football (NFL), ada 2 orang player yang betul menonjol tahun lepas setelah join team yang sesuai dengannya. Di akhir musim, kedua-dua player ini mencatatkan rekod NFL yang baru (most catches & most touchdowns) - Wes Welker dan Randy Moss, wide receiver team New England Patriots.
Jadi, jgn kerana satu season shj dah judge player tu. Tambah2 lagi player J3 ni masih muda dan bakal menjadi superstars dalam Non Chinese Basketball scene ni.
P.S.- Saya sponsor? Sponsor website buleh la kot Abg Kerol…hehehehe.
August 7th, 2008 at 12:47 am
We almost had stallions. Third quarter plak diorang ngamuk. HAHA.
Tapi saya tak suka kalau orang main kotor. Masa rebound tarik bahu ah. Pijak kasut ah. Kalau nak protect bola swing siku takpe la. Mmg legal pasal thats your space (janji jgn saja siku muka).
Anyway, betul jugak cakap big boss pegasus ni (next year lu pakai suit la duk tepi court. tongkat optional) One season susah nak cakap. dahla season pun bukan panjang sangat.
But nak jadi superstar ke apa, depends. Kalau diri sendiri dah ingat power, tak ke mana la. Off season kita shoot shoot shoot. main main main (main basketball, bukan bende lain :P). challenge. Jangan la asyik main with the sameeeee circle of friends. lompat court. org gi club hopping. pegi le court hopping. bukan je belajar game temparament, tak gelabah, tapi buat kawan pun boleh jugak.
This year first time aku main NCBL. tak sabar nak lawan balik the teams. Kalau next year boleh buat home and away ka? HAHA. Cool gak kan. Each team ada home dia. Penat gak nak manage nanti. Duit lagi.
Takper ah, big boss pegasus bila dah menang (amin) sponsor la se-court dua. haha
August 7th, 2008 at 2:25 pm