Bong Ramos, left, is set to take over as Barako Bull coach replacing Junel Baculi. Jerome Ascano
BARAKO Bull has appointed Bong Ramos as its new head coach effective on Tuesday after relieving Junel Baculi, who appears headed to the Globalport team of Mikee Romero.
Barako Bull team manager Raffy Casyao confirmed the coaching switch on Tuesday, saying the team is looking to move in a new direction after a struggling start to the season.
“We started well this conference, but all of a sudden, we lost three straight and ngayon, nasa ninth place na kami, so as management have been discussing this, effective today (Tuesday), management has appointed coach Bong Ramos as the team’s new head coach,” Casyao told Spin.ph.
Baculi is in the middle of a two-year deal he signed with Barako Bull, according to Casyao.
But with the way the Energy Cola have been losing badly in the Philippine Cup, going just 1-4 after a 2-2 start, Casiao said management had to make a “drastic move to arrest the team’s alarming skid.”
“With a competitive team, di naman so-so mga players namin. You know that easily, nasa no. 6 or no. 5 kami. We’re not saying we can be a champion team but where we are is definitely below the expectation,” added Casiao.
Baculi, however, may not be without a job for long, having been targeted by Romero since Globalport joined the pro league at the start of the season.
Barako Bull team manager Raffy Casyao confirmed the coaching switch on Tuesday, saying the team is looking to move in a new direction after a struggling start to the season.
“We started well this conference, but all of a sudden, we lost three straight and ngayon, nasa ninth place na kami, so as management have been discussing this, effective today (Tuesday), management has appointed coach Bong Ramos as the team’s new head coach,” Casyao told Spin.ph.
Baculi is in the middle of a two-year deal he signed with Barako Bull, according to Casyao.
But with the way the Energy Cola have been losing badly in the Philippine Cup, going just 1-4 after a 2-2 start, Casiao said management had to make a “drastic move to arrest the team’s alarming skid.”
“With a competitive team, di naman so-so mga players namin. You know that easily, nasa no. 6 or no. 5 kami. We’re not saying we can be a champion team but where we are is definitely below the expectation,” added Casiao.
Baculi, however, may not be without a job for long, having been targeted by Romero since Globalport joined the pro league at the start of the season.
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