The bigger problem of MVP, SBP and Gilas Pilipinas is not the search for a new coach. It is the stigma and shame of shooting at the opponent's basket in the recent Asian Games.
To this day, no one from the MVP group has publicly acknowledged that what Coach Chot Reyes did at the Asian Games of instructing his players to shoot at the opponent's basket was an insult to the sport and the entire Filipino people. There can never be forgiveness for the dastardly act if the perpetrators refuse to ask for forgiveness much less acknowledge the harm that was done. To my mind, support for Gilas Pilipinas, even with a new set of players and coach, will dramatically decrease as the shame of that particular incident is conveniently swept under the rug.
Interestingly, Tab Baldwin, the new Gilas coach, was a consultant at the time of the incident. He never lifted a finger to stop the incident from taking place. In fact, Baldwin, in an interview, said that "reaction to it was an overreaction". If only for this, Baldwin does not deserve to represent Filipinos through Gilas Pilipinas.
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