PBA Controversy: Coach Tim Cone, coach Yeng and others' response to coach Baldwin's statement!

The biggest controversy in Philippine basketball was the answer of coach Tab Baldwin in a podcast, called Coaches Unfiltered.

We already presented the statement of coach Tab Baldwin.

Let us present the reactions of different important people.

Al Francis Chua:

Kung may suggestion siya, that’s not the proper way. Sabihin niya sa governor (niya) to relay it sa PBA office. I-suggest mo ng maganda. Hindi yung babanatan niya 'yung PBA...
Huwag niya sanang tirahin ang PBA sa panahon ngayon. Gusto nga nating makabalik na e, tapos ganyan ang sasabihin niya...
Tatlong imports? E di hindi na nakalaro yung mga locals. Ilan ba ang average minutes ng mga imports?” Chua pointed out. “Paano yung iba ang rotation siyam or sampung players lang, e kung tatlo pa yung imports mo, alangan namang hindi mo gamitin yung mga yun (imports). Yung isang import nga hindi nila ma-control, tatlo pa. Nagtitipid nga ngayon dahil walang liga tapos gusto niya tatlong imports pa.
Pinapaboran daw ang imports? E di sana walang napa-foul out na imports. Pare-pareho lang naman sa tingin ko. Pero para i-counter judge niya sa ganun ang mga Filipino, parang hindi naman yata tama.
If he’s thinking that PBA coaches are immature, e, sana tinalo niya. Siguro kaya siya napunta sa amateur kasi walang nangyari dito sa pro.
Hirap na hirap na nga mag-adjust (Panlilio) at gumagawa ng paraan for PBA to adjust sa FIBA competitions, tapos magsasalita siya ng ganun. Sariling boss niya yun, hindi niya nire-respeto.
Anong tingin niya sa group ng Commissioner’s (Office) at ng Board of Governors, walang pina-plano?
Ang tama diyan, kausapin niya si chairman (Vargas). ‘Sabihin niya, 'Chairman, can I meet with the governors because I have some suggestions?’ That’s the proper way. Ganun dapat.

Com. Willie Marcial:

Yes, we will sanction him because, what, his statement is detrimental to the league. At the same [time], mali ang timing (the timing is wrong).
We’re trying to give the players and coaches of the PBA family confidence and then this happens. What coach Tab did was wrong timing. He could have talked to me. He could have talked to his head coach, Bong Ravena. He could have talked to our chairman and the governor of Talk ‘N Text, chairman Ricky Vargas.

Yeng Guiao:

Who is he to say that? Does it mean that winning UAAP championships gives you the right to say that in public? Siguro kahit in private na lang, sabihin niya. Sino ba siya? Kahit na 10 beses ka manalo ng UAAP, sabihin ko wala ka pa rin karapatan sabihin ‘yan in public. Baka in private, pag-usapan natin, debatihin natin in private.
But here is a fellow who feels that he is so entitled and he is so superior that he can say such things, disparaging the Fiba, calling it a criminal, disparaging the PBA in saying that it is a flawed format, disparaging the local coaches saying that they are tactically immature, in one sitting. You must have been so full of yourself. You must have been so entitled and so superior that you can do all those things at the same time.
Nagulat ako. I’m surprised that he came out with those statements. Ang perspective ko kasi is from the perspective of having been together with local coaches who he mentioned were tactically immature. I know meron pa siyang issues with the PBA, issues with Fiba, but I think my area here is speaking up for the local coaches.
Our advocacy has been to upgrade local coaching and improve our craft. That is my perspective here kung bakit ako nagsasalita. I feel that with that statement is a disrespect to the local coaching community.
I feel that he has something to contribute which is what he was actually saying. Parang gusto niya maimprove lang ‘yung coaching dito. I feel that if he has something to contribute, then very easily, he could have used his platform to either go to the coaching association, go to the PBA, or to the SBP which has a coaching academy.
I’ve been coaching in the PBA almost 30 years. I’ve never heard anyone directly describe or accuse the local community as tactically immature. It doesn’t mean that it’s not true. Maybe for him, it’s true. But again, you will certainly cause a lot of hurt kasi lahat kaming coaches.
May degree of yabang kami bilang coach. Bilib ka sa sarili mo, Bilib ka sa system mo, Bilib ka sa experience mo. But having said that, we do not stop trying to learn. We continuously look for innovations, for new styles, for upgrades in our craft. Ibig sabihin, it caused offense. He offended the feelings of the local coaching community.
Lahat naman kaming coaches, may beef on officiating. At one time or another, understandably all of us have beef. But iba ‘yung sasabihin mo na institutional siya or ingrained siya. That’s a different thing na it is ingrained in the system. Ibang usapan ‘yun na ang intindi ko kasi sa sinasabi niya, meron nang automatic advantage agad ang mga imports. I don’t think that’s true but we also encountered bad officiating at one point or another. But it’s not an automatic thing or something ingrained.
Hindi niya alam na nag-dalawa, tatlong import na tayo dati. It didn’t work for us. It was costly and at the same time, it lessened the opportunities of the locals to play. Ewan ko kung alam nya ‘yun. Multiple imports din tayo. We tried that experiment if he doesn’t know it. It creates less opportunities for the locals. And for the scale of our economies, it’s not viable economically and financially.
Yung mga imports naman natin, hindi masama eh. ‘Yung mga imports natin, naglalaro sa China, Japan, Korea. Dun lang naman natin kayang i-compare ang sarili natin. Hindi naman masama ‘yung mga imports natin. Karamihan nakalaro na sa level na ‘yun.

Coach Tim Cone:

I just don’t think coaches should criticize other coaches. We are and should be a fraternity and help each other out.
I was a little offended by the statements.
And that’s mostly because of the format of three different conferences – no import (All-Filipino), which China, Korea, and Japan don’t have, one big import, and one small import.
That totally changes in the way you have to coach in each conference.You’re constantly making adjustments and trying to figure out how best to use your personnel through the year. But of course, I am biased since I am a PBA coach as well.

Louie Gonzales - president of Basketball Coaches Association of the Philippines:

We are being underestimated as Filipinos here. — that is the issue!
And it is not just the coaches here, the PBA, and its officials, it is our capabilities, this is an attack on Filipinos and I strongly condemn that.
We are here to protect not just the welfare of the local coaches but also Filipino citizens. Myself, and our former BCAP presidents, Coach Yeng [Guiao], and Coach Al [Chua] will not tolerate this. It is the spirit of Nationalism. Hindi naman kami papayag na nasa Pilipinas ka tapos aapihin tayo. If malinis talaga puso mo at gusto mo makatulong, hindi ka magsasalita ng ganun. You will be responsible enough for the impact of your words and actions. You are a person in authority so dapat mas doble ingat.
Si former Coach Ron Jacobs hindi naman nag comment nang ganiyan, hindi na nga nagdala ng ibang foreign coaches but instead shared his knowledge with his local Filipino assistant coaches, trained them and eventually became champion coaches in both local and international competitions.