Daniel Adriasola, managing director of the Lucentum Alicante Foundation, thinks the club’s season has been disappointing, but also stresses that the organization he currently manages has not met the sporting targets set “for the first time in nine years”. In the course that closed in May, it was to reach the playoffs to at least fight for promotion to the ACB, something that did not allow HLA Alicante to place twelfth in the standings. end of the normal phase.
“The goal in nine years has always been to get as high as possible, and this is the first time we’ve failed to do so,” the leader said in the first part of the year’s assessment. “We came from a good stage and everyone’s expectations were positive, but the team went through crises all year and only once did we get a proper balance of victory and loss,” said Adriasola.
The general manager particularly regrets the team’s performance at home, as they have only won eight of their 17 games, less than half, which eventually fostered “an exponential discontent and disconnection between the stands and the team”.
“Losing eight games at home is unacceptable and finishing in 12th place is not very honorable,” said Adriasola, who signed the termination of Gonzalo García de Vitoria, who had one more season left, and supported his appointment to the bench in this assessment. in front of the team.
“We’ve changed coaches (Rafael Monclova) and hired a new sporting director (Luis Arbalejo) to create a project that excites everyone,” the general manager wished, confident that this move will restore the team’s “identification marks” throughout the year, making the year even more special and rare than those very special and rare moments. not shown in many places.
Adriasola said it was early to set goals for the team “as we don’t know what rosters the opponents will have”, but he assured Lucentum it would change its structure “to be as competitive as possible”.
“We want to have a different style of play and another form of competition,” reiterated the leader, reminding that the merger of the club’s sports field president “will be responsible for organizing everything that happens in the first event.” team, essential and feminine”. In this context, he explained that the bet on Monclova required “a change in game and player profiles”, that is, a break from De Vitoria’s “highly valued” work.
Regarding the club’s merger with Intercity last November, the general manager said this was not an issue for the club because it was something that was “added and not divided”.
“They were the only ones in Alicante who clearly chose to grow the club,” said the Lucentum president, conceding that it was not easy to fit into two different sporting structures.
“It makes sense to have imbalances, not disagreements, in the beginning, but collaborations should be a plus for next season,” Adriasola warned in a speech to city media that Lucentum would take “a big step forward”. Economically with the help of Intercity
Announcing that the team’s pre-season will start on September 1 and that the season ticket campaign will kick in after the Bonfire, the general manager added: “We are a better club than a year ago and I hope we will be even better next year.” parties.
Adriasola naturally said, “We’re going to be in the fray next year. We’ve only been there once this year and teams with less budgets have outdone us. It’s a sign that we’re not doing things well.”