EWE Baskets: Change of coach before violent duel against Bavaria!

EWE Baskets: Change of coach before violent duel against Bavaria!

Vechta, Deutschland - The EWE Baskets Oldenburg made a decisive coaching decision on December 23, 2024. After the 77: 92 defeat against the Syntainics MBC, Pedro Calles was on leave as head coach because the club management had concerns about the performance and development of the team. Managing Director Hermann Schüller said that the main goal of positioning yourself at the end of the main round under the top positions and talking to a word in the playoffs was at risk from the disappointing start of the season. "We need new impulses," says Schüller, and announced that Mladen Drijencic, who already worked as a coach between 2015 and 2022, will take over the rudder until the end of the season after Calles could not present any decisive success in the current season, like ewe-baskets.de reported.

Drijencic, who is supposed to pack the team emotionally and to build on the previous successes, faces a major challenge. Also his return did not take place under the best sign: In the last five games, EWE Baskets have only been able to achieve two victories, which the team could bring in a dangerous position. At the last encounter against Bayern, the Oldenburgers demonstrated a strange reluctance and hardly showed the necessary belief in their chance. Geno Crandall was one of the few bright spots with twelve points and nine assists, as was held on Torbenrosenbohm.de Drijencic now has to deal intensively with the squad to restore the trust and energy of the players, while there is a demanding game week at the door that leads EWE Baskets to the strongly positioned Braunschweigen next week and to the derby against Rasta Vechta.