COACH BOYET AND THE U.P. MAROONS : THE UNTOLD STORY

Coach Boyet Fernandez became a part of the U.P. men's basketball team when Coach Aboy Castro asked him to be a consultant for the team. The consultancy post came at a time when Sta. Lucia, Coach Boyet's team, made its exit from the PBA. Coach Boyet gladly accepted the offer to allow him to spend his free time productively by imparting his knowledge to the young players of U.P. Then, in a sudden twist of fate, Coach Aboy went on an indefinite leave, leaving Coach Boyet as the current interim head coach.
Throughout all the things that have been happening with the U.P. team, only one thing remained constant. And that is the desire of Coach Boyet to help the team achieve its full potential. Despite the politics concerning the handling of the team, Coach Boyet, to this day, remains determined in making winners out of his players.
What is truly admirable is that Coach Boyet is rendering his services pro bono. It just defies logic that a Coach of the Year awardee in the PBA is doing work for a college team for free. But I guess Coach Boyet simply wants to help U.P.. It is as plain and simple as that. In a world where people are only after the money, Coach Boyet defies the norm by doing work out of the goodness of his heart.
I just hope that the team and the U.P. community respond properly to what Coach Boyet is doing. The least that the players can do is to play their hearts out. The U.P. community can do well to stop the politics surrounding the handling of the basketball team. It will take everyone's effort to make winners out of everyone.