Walk N Text fallout

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Posted by Jaemark Tordecilla on February 7, 2010 at 14:22 | Comments (5)

Ladies and gentlemen, Patrick “Pato” Gregorio, Smart Sports head (and Ryan “The Genius” Gregorio’s brother), had this to say about the Talk N Text walkout:

“We were in the process of sorting things out when all of a sudden, we were told it was too late,” said Smart Sports head Patrick Gregorio who joined Vargas and Talk ‘N’ Text manager Virgil Villavicencio in a huddle with Barrios. “I thought the whole thing was just poorly handled. We weren’t even informed about the time technicality.”

YOU WALKED OUT! The whole mess started because your coach acted like a baby over a bad call, and your management condoned him! You know how the situation could have been handled better? BY NOT WALKING OUT!

Jeezus. I guess the “genius” gene runs in the family.

Also, how about Quinito Henson? I hate to belabor the point, because it’s already the title of the blog, but how far does this guy have his head up his ass? No, the problem was not a result of a “failure to communicate,” the problem was a result of one coach acting like a total dick and ordering a walkout, and his management backing him up!

Meanwhile, the Ginebra braintrust came up with a very interesting response to the free-throw disparity claim by Talk N Text. According to coach Jong Uichico, Talk N Text committed the 3rd most fouls during the regular season, while Ginebra committed the least. Talk N Text also was no. 9 in terms of drawing fouls, while Ginebra is the 3rd most-fouled team. Again, this doesn’t necessarily prove that Talk N Text’s allegations are true or not, but at least it gives some context to the issue.

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Tags: Barangay Ginebra Gin Kings, Basketball, Philippine Basketball Association, Ryan "The Genius" Gregorio, Talk N Text Tropang Texters

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#1 Doned on 2010-02-07 15:09 (Reply)

I really cannot understand, what does the free throws disparity between the Ginebra and Talk n Text tell us? Would it mean that the referree is favoring the Ginebra? Would it be enough evidence to say so? If not, then it is all allegation! It's nice to know that the Talk n Text will play later. They've got a talented roster.

#2 mrskasica on 2010-02-07 21:32 (Reply)

Pato Gregorio's excuse is a sissy excuse. C'mon! Di ba nila napanood nung nag-walkout (or semi-walkout) din ang RedBull? They weren't given a lifetime to sort things out and come back on the court.

#3 Duddits on 2010-02-07 22:38 (Reply)

Hehe ..... guess the GENIUS-gene does run in the Gregorio family.

#4 i-love-ginebra on 2010-02-08 22:21 (Reply)

I have been a long time ginebra fan and i know basketball pretty well and a lot of people especially those in the PBA circles, tend to agree that obviously, ginebra always has the help of the referees. haha well not all the time but most of the time. That's why its so hard to play them, cause of the crowd and the refs. So i guess that could be a counter to Coach Jong's stats. I mean, its not like its just now that they had the refs help (if indeed they did as talk and text claims) haha. But with that being said, i still am a ginebra fan! wohoo!!

#5 Joey_Escalera on 2010-02-10 08:38 (Reply)

With regards to TNT's reason this conference, they justified their walkout by saying that they were getting the unfairly treated and the team was becoming a victim of biased officiating. That is a poor excuse. The team has better avenues of complaining about the officiating either by putting the game under protest or meeting with the PBA league officials about the issues it had about the referees' call after the game.

TNT did not provide any valid reason of not finishing their games.It has shown poor sportsmanship. Aside from that, it failed to fulfill the obligations it had to both the league and the fans, particularly the paying pulbic who saw their respective games.

TNT disrepected the PBA to the fullest by walking out in Game 4.