The coach of Piraeus complained of insults directed at him from the court seats at OAKA, he said that he was accused of his behavior while in the same match Ergin Ataman was not sent off as he should have been, while he noted that he feels that he has the support of all his friends Olympiakos but also the administration.
In detail what Giorgos Bartzokas said:
“The situation has intensified, it didn’t happen now, it’s been three years straight. Obviously it has something to do with the results we had in our European games and in the league. But I think that with what was done we helped to increase the interest – and I can analyze it with numbers if you want – that exists for basketball in Greece, in terms of traffic to the sites, In the interest of the people, In the increase of of tickets, the increase of the teams’ budgets, To the greater revenues. So slowly basketball, my opinion is that it is flourishing again, while it had passed a period of crisis.
I have the feeling that Olympiacos helped a lot in this event, because it went to two Final Fours, it re-created the expectations that Greek basketball can be at the top of Europe, even if its budget is one third. It is an organization that was very loved by the fans of our team, because we are a team that fights, fights and of course played very good basketball in the last three years, according to the general admission of all European coaches.
We won seven titles in a row and Panathinaikos invested a lot of money to basically beat us. So this is very good for Panathinaikos. You see how he has become and how interesting his world looks. So to a certain extent we did them a favor too. Now if I look at it from a little distance, I would say that it already honors me, because they have been fed up – by Mr. Giannakopoulos with what he says against me, but also by those who write around what Mr. Giannakopoulos says – they have been fed up to leave the Olympic. So this honors me because it shows that I am doing something good for the team.
That’s how I deal with it. Quite often I treated it with humor. Many times when he said that he is 1m90, which I am not 1m90, I am two meters, but I am a small person, one, two, five, ten. I don’t have social media, they sent it to me often. I thought that I am also one of those that Mr. Giannakopoulos targets from time to time. As I said to ERT before, I have neither social media nor mass media behind me, nor have I ever asked Olympiacos to support this thing, because I think it is toxic.
What I have to do with my relations with opponents, I have with the coaches, who are my colleagues. And with the eight that Mr. Giannakopoulos has changed at Panathinaikos in my second term at Olympiakos, because in these four and a half years he has changed eight coaches. You can ask one by one if I respected them, if I welcomed them not only with professionalism, but also with warmth here and what relations we have after they left Panathinaikos. So as far as my colleagues are concerned I have no doubt that I was as I should be.
Now what is happening is that all this propaganda, which is carried out systematically, if someone has finished elementary school, he understands it, he understands that it is targeted. How can I tell you? They single out a word and don’t see what else I’ve said. What can I say; They might put the worst photo I have, that I am tense, it is very organized and very systematic I would say. Even from people who make three spellings of the word Kalamata. Why has it been done?
There is a Mr. Boukouras, who insults me every time, my child was shown an interview he has done with Jerian Grant and I saw that he exists. Ok, I accept that it is within the rules of the game, of the competition.
There when we go to OAKA, those who are in the court seats there is a given by law on how they should behave, I am not talking about the stand of fanatics, they may curse me until my child dies, for my dead mother the worst , to get cancer, these are the most indulgent things I tell you. At the same time, everyone is filming it with their cell phone. If I don’t answer they put it on social media and show it to their friends. If I ever answer, they use it directly for propaganda. I never answer either.
I judge myself based on what happens on the field. For example, when it was deflected in the match against Efes, I was sent off. Ergin entered the field twice, to the cross and didn’t leave the field, and then my own behavior was problematic in this game. So, I repeat, let’s look at the positives of the case. I was completely covered by our team’s announcement and I thank them for that. I don’t feel alone, if you want me to tell you that too. Because I’m the coach, not because I’m Bartzokas.
I feel the love, support and support of all this huge mass of fans of the team. And united we will do as always the best for our team. I hope I didn’t get tired. I want to say my condolences again to Ergin. Thank you very much”.
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