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19th Asian Games: What went down so far under coach Tim Cone's mentorship.

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00:00 Chotreya's return to the position,

00:04 the appointment of Barangay Ginebra Coach Tim Cohn as the new head coach of the Philippines

00:09 and the upcoming Asian Games for our country.

00:13 Is this really the beginning of a good future for the Philippines?

00:18 Our goal is to win a gold medal.

00:26 It was announced on September 7 that the 65-year-old PBA coach

00:32 will be the head coach of the National Team for the upcoming 19 Asian Games in Hangzhou, China.

00:38 It is remembered that 25 years ago, the Philippines won its last medal in Asia under the leadership of Cohn.

00:47 The bronze medal was won by the cupon that was awarded to the Centennial Team

00:51 in the so-called "Palaro" that was held in Bangkok, Thailand.

00:55 Since then, the medal has been a rare sight for the Philippines in the Asian Games.

01:00 In the 2018 Asian Games in Jakarta, the country finished 5th place in the race led by Yang Yao,

01:07 who was also the first tournament played by Jordan Clarkson for the Philippines.

01:12 In his real life as the head coach of Cohn, he will also be with the Philippines,

01:19 Alfrances Chua, the founding team manager of Cuponan for the Asian Games.

01:24 Chua is now the San Miguel Sports Director and Team Governor of Barangay Ginebra,

01:30 where Cohn is the coach.

01:32 Richard Del Rosario, the lead assistant of Cohn in Barangay Ginebra,

01:40 and LA Tenorio, who is still a player of the Gen Kings,

01:44 are also included in the coaching staff, including Jong Oichico and Josh Reyes.

01:51 Cohn will face a big challenge due to the short preparation of Cuponan

01:56 before the game starts on September 26.

01:59 But Cohn still believes that Cuponan will be competitive despite the challenges.

02:06 We have a shorter time to prep and everything.

02:09 We didn't get the list of all the players that we wanted to get, that we originally wanted.

02:15 Our goal is to win a gold medal.

02:18 But our focus is not worrying about that medal right now.

02:22 Our focus is what we do today and what we do tomorrow, what we do the next day.

02:26 If you ask me if we had to play the Asian Games tomorrow,

02:29 patay, we'd be dead.

02:31 We're not good enough.

02:34 But guys, we're getting better every day.

02:36 We don't need to be good today, but we need to be good when we play our first game against Parang.

02:41 And then eventually, hopefully, playing and playing until we have a chance to win a gold.

02:46 We'll see.

02:47 Meanwhile, the Philippines has won two tune-up games.

02:54 They will face a PBA team in their training camp at Inspired Sports Academy.

03:00 On September 22, the Korean Basketball League's Changwon LG Seikers will be able to take off their shirts

03:07 in the tune-up game that will be held at Fieldsports Arena, which will be held in the public.

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