Now there are no more doubts (if there had been any). Giuseppe Poeta is the new coach of Germani Pallacanestro Brescia. The club announced it via a press release yesterday afternoon after a succession of news which had in fact already confirmed the investiture of the almost thirty-nine year old from Campania. A sequence of events, starting in the morning with the greeting and official thanks from Olimpia Milano.
On social media
Many certificates of esteem for the Campania coach through the social pages of the Milanese club. Following the Poet himself, from the Italian national team gathering in Folgaria, he relied on his profiles to reciprocate the thanks and greetings to the clubplayers and fans of the red shoes.
And it is right under that post that hundreds of messages of esteem arrived. Starting with the person who has been his guide and teacher in the last two years: coach Ettore Messina: «Go Peppe, good luck from the bottom of my heart», the message from the Armani coach. The hearts of Marco Belinelli, Giampaolo Ricci and Diego Flaccadori among the hundreds of comments and thousands of likes. A special message from «Sir» Kyle Hines, giant of European basketball: «My boy». Certificates that demonstrate the human depth as well as the technical one that distinguishes «Peppiniello» from Battipaglia.
First date
Brescia doesn’t want to waste time introducing the new coach. Already today (4.30 pm at the San Zeno Naviglio headquarters), 24 hours after the official announcement, Poeta will be in town for the official presentation with president Graziella Bragaglio representing the club. A hit and run before reaching the Azzurri’s retreat again, where today he and Pozzecco will also meet all the protagonists of the championship final.
Thus begins a new cycle at Germani, which takes up the line traced by Mauro Ferrari three years ago when he decided to entrust the technical guidance to Alessandro Magro. He was a newcomer, like Poeta. So alike, so different. The Campanian appears in the shadow of Cidneo with a technical background made up of sixteen seasons in Serie A as a player, seasoned with experience in the Euroleague with the Baskonia shirt and 120 tokens with the national team. He hung up his boots two seasons ago, here he is with the slate in his hand next to Ettore Messina. And at the same time the training course spent close to the coach Gianmarco Pozzecco with Italbasket.
With the feeling – despite being in his first role as head coach – that Poet will continue to be himself anyway. Motivator first and foremost, ready to entertain and have fun with Germani and the people from Brescia.
