Sermon led to Arwind making Coach Yeng his 'ninong'
It's no secret that coach Yeng Guiao is a straight shooter. The current NLEX mentor is one of the fiercest coaches in the PBA ever and he's not afraid to let you know how he feels whether you're an opponent or a league official. Even his own players are not safe from his tongue lashings. Arwind Santos got his signature coach Yeng moment over a decade ago when he played for Guiao's Powerade-Pilipinas national team that saw action in the 2009 FIBA-Asia Championships. "Natalo kami, sa dugout nagalit si coach Yeng. Sabi niya sakin, 'Ikaw Arwind [expletives],'" Santos recalled during a PBA Kamustahan episode. "Gusto ko na umuwi sa Pilipinas nun dahil pinagalitan ako ni Coach Yeng," he added. Shocked by the sermon he received, Arwind was naturally shocked. However, he came to understand Coach Yeng's style through his veteran teammates with previous experience playing for Guiao. "Pero sabi sakin nila Willier Miller, Ranidel [De Ocampo], ganun lang talaga si Coach Yeng. Yun nga, si Coach Yeng pag kilala mo, masasabihan ka talaga ng masakit pero hindi naman personal, dahil lang sa game," Arwind said. "Dun ko siya nakilala ng husto kaya ginawa ko siyang ninong sa kasal, para di na ako masabihan ng [expletives]. Yun ang di ko makalimutan," Santos added. — Follow this writer on Twitter, @paullintag8.....»»
Arwind Santos, Enrico Villanueva make cut for coach Franz s UAAP First 5
Franz Pumaren has been calling the shots for Adamson University from 2016 to present. Before this, the multi-titled was at the helm of De La Salle University from 1998 to 2009. Through all of that, he has had a hand in the discovery and the development of young talent for his teams as well as the game planning for the opposing rising stars. Among all of those, who are the best of the best for him? Here is Franz Pumaren UAAP First 5, as he told ABS-CBN Sports: MIKE CORTEZ Cortez set the standard for La Salle's point guards during his time in green and white. Not only cool, but calm and collected as well, he was a big piece behind the Green Archers' two titles in the early 2000s. Many more primetime playmakers and their patented moves have followed suit in Taft Avenue, but Mike Cortez slicing and dicing through the lane for a fantastic finish remains up there with the best of them. RENREN RITUALO No. 4 is a jersey number that may not be used in La Salle. That's because that jersey number is right up there rafters in the Enrique M. Razon Sports Center and is owned by one man and one man only - Ritualo. After shooting the Green Archers to their four-peat, "The Rainman" is, without a doubt, a lifetime legend in Taft Avenue. ARWIND SANTOS The early-to-mid-2000s in the UAAP saw Far Eastern University come back with a vengeance for its throne. The driving force behind that? Santos who took the league by storm with his all-around impact. Behind the back-to-back MVP, the Tamaraws proved to be a thorn on the side of coach Franz and La Salle as the former took home two titles at the latter's expense. ENRICO VILLANUEVA Ateneo de Manila University, at long last, came alive once more in the early 2000s. On the back of homegrown talent Villanueva, the Blue Eagles spread their wings into contention and even swooped onto the mountaintop in 2002. Not only did the UAAP 65 MVP carry the blue and white back to the promised land, he was also a key reason in the much-welcome revival of the Ateneo-La Salle rivalry. DON ALLADO In the same way Cortez set the standard for La Salle's point guards, so did Allado do for their big men. A post presence who can muscle his way inside, the 6-foot-6 also had respectable range - something surprising in that era of basketball. Not only that, the two-time MVP was a ravenous rebounder as well and a tried and true leader in the Green Archers' four-peat. --- Follow this writer on Twitter, @riegogogo. .....»»
Sermon led to Arwind making Coach Yeng his 'ninong'
It's no secret that coach Yeng Guiao is a straight shooter. The current NLEX mentor is one of the fiercest coaches in the PBA ever and he's not afraid to let you know how he feels whether you're an opponent or a league official. Even his own players are not safe from his tongue lashings. Arwind Santos got his signature coach Yeng moment over a decade ago when he played for Guiao's Powerade-Pilipinas national team that saw action in the 2009 FIBA-Asia Championships. "Natalo kami, sa dugout nagalit si coach Yeng. Sabi niya sakin, 'Ikaw Arwind [expletives],'" Santos recalled during a PBA Kamustahan episode. "Gusto ko na umuwi sa Pilipinas nun dahil pinagalitan ako ni Coach Yeng," he added. Shocked by the sermon he received, Arwind was naturally shocked. However, he came to understand Coach Yeng's style through his veteran teammates with previous experience playing for Guiao. "Pero sabi sakin nila Willier Miller, Ranidel [De Ocampo], ganun lang talaga si Coach Yeng. Yun nga, si Coach Yeng pag kilala mo, masasabihan ka talaga ng masakit pero hindi naman personal, dahil lang sa game," Arwind said. "Dun ko siya nakilala ng husto kaya ginawa ko siyang ninong sa kasal, para di na ako masabihan ng [expletives]. Yun ang di ko makalimutan," Santos added. — Follow this writer on Twitter, @paullintag8.....»»
La Salle adds another Pampanga s best in Arwind-like Policarpio
De La Salle University is loading up on local talent as its sets out in its quest to return to the Final Four. In particular, the Green Archers are continuing to harvest the fruits of Pampanga's fertile ground, clinching the commitment of 6-foot-4 forward Jonnel Policarpio. Policarpio is a two-way forward who had starred for Mapua High School in the last two years. In the most recent NCAA Jrs. tournament, he continued to show just why he's being compared to Arwind Santos, using his long limbs and quickness to put up per game counts of 19.7 points, 11.7 rebounds, and 3.2 assists. While the 18-year-old remains thankful for the Red Robins for taking a chance on him, he said he just could not pass up the golden opportunity to play with his fellow Kapampangans Justine Baltazar and Encho Serrano in Taft Avenue. "Pagdating ko ng Manila, dream ko na talagang makalaro sa UAAP tapos nandun pa mga kababayan ko kaya madali ko talagang napili ang La Salle," he said. Policarpio, alongside fellow new faces CJ Austria, Joshua David, Emman Galman, and Joshua Ramirez fortify a forward group that already includes Tyrus, Hill, Kurt Lojera, Joaqui Manuel, and Serrano. Unlike Austria and Galman, however, he is already eligible to play in Season 83. There, the proud product of Pampanga vows to go all-out in helping the Green Archers get back to the promised land. "Ibubuhos ko lahat para sa La Salle. Kung anong ipapagawa ni coach [Derrick] Pumaren, susundin ko hanggang sa makuha namin ang championship," he said. --- Follow this writer on Twitter, @riegogogo......»»
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