I’m
kind of selfish.
Is it
wrong for me to beg the heavens for the failure of now-B-Meg coach Richard Del Rosario?
I
don’t really want him to fail. In fact I wish him the best! All those years
sitting next to Norman Black during
his Pepsi Megas / Mobiline Phole Pals and Sta. Lucia Realtors days and at Alaska Aces where he played briefly in Tim Cone’s system that eventually led
to his retirement paid off for this current St. Benilde mentor (I think his career-high is eight points). Sure,
his NCAA team, The Blazers, or his D-League team, the PC Gilmore Wizards, are far from contenders but maybe his system is
more suited in the pro ranks.
I mean
how hard can it be? Let Mark Barroca
ride the ball to the other side of the court, have Marc Pingris and Joe Devance
post up, and then let James Yap and Peter June Simon catch fire.
That’s
cool, right?
The
problem I have with Richard Del Rosario sitting in the B-Meg sidelines is that
I’ll miss his quips. Richard Del Rosario alongside Mico Halili and Jason Webb
are the most entertaining PBA commentators today. There I said it. These three
understand that while basketball knowledge is important – staying away from the
monotonic and robotic way of covering the play-by-plays made the broadcasts
exciting and entertaining.
I mean
if you followed the ESPN’s 2011 Jones
Cup coverage between The Philippines
and Malaysia, their zany and
hilarious take on the ball-groping incident trumps the English take.
Do you
know how hard it is for the PBA to face soap operas? The basketball game
consists of more than two hours of straight backcourt action. Aside from that
soap operas aren’t open ended as basketball. You can pass off a televised match
because you hate the combatants but a minute missed of watching a soap will
leave you dumbfounded.
If
Richard Del Rosario goes full-time with B-Meg, then I doubt if he’ll be
available in commentary. His commentating appearances now have dwindled as of
late when he became the Rain or Shine Elasto
Painters assistant coach. When the Elasto Painters are in a particular game
date, expect Richard to not call the action. It’s the same case when he
transferred to the B-Meg Llamados as
assistant to Jorge Gallent. And then
just when we thought Gallent has survived the rumors of a bumper crop of top
coaches led by Jong Uichico and
surprisingly Tim Cone (whoever
thought of Cone leaving Alaska is kind of stupid), here is Richard Del Rosario
cutting the line and closing the door on the other candidates.
The
only way we can hear the hilarious commentary of Richard Del Rosario is through
GMA News Online’s For The Win (FTW), as a random head coach/ guest
commentator during Finals games (of which B-Meg isn’t included).
And a
bunch of Bundesliga games.
I’m
sorry but I haven’t gotten giddy on watching football action that doesn’t
involve the Azkals.
But
with all sincerity, I wish him all the best as the newest B-Meg coach.
Hopefully he can use Mark Barroca wisely without diminishing the importance of Roger Yap, Josh Urbiztondo, and Jonas Villanueva. Hopefully he’ll at
least give a proper sendoff to their aging stars Romel Adducul and Don Allado.
I’m wishing Joe Devance, Kerby Raymundo,
Rafi Reavis, Rico Maierhofer, and Marc
Pingris return to compete injury-free and I hope James Yap and Peter June
Simon would nail their jumpers well.
Hell,
maybe he can give Jonathan Fernandez
the confidence he desperately needs?
Is
there a way for TV5 to revive Baikingu?
Anyway,
I’m going to leave you with this plug. I did this when I was still with the
company.
Actually
this was one of my favorite episodes of Wow
Maling Mali because it combined real-life hardcourt action with a 5-foot
goal and a slew of craziness.
Like I
said, I’m going to miss Richard Del Rosario’s comedy gold!
Good luck with your promotion!
Game
over.
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