The general director of the Breogán River, Tito Diaz, confirmed this Monday that the destiny of the Valencian coach Paco Olmos, who led the Lugo club since the summer, is San Pablo Burgos and he was hurt by the departure of a technician that “nobody knew” and to whom he gave “all his support.”
Díaz indicated in a press conference that the Valencian coach told them on Sunday night “his decision to leave the team to go to Burgos.” “He received an offer and decided to accept it. As the law says, paying a part of his contract can do so. There is no clause, it is what the law says. We do not go against the law, we respect it,” he said.
The executive head of Breogán considered that It is “a strange situation” because the team is the revelation of the Endesa League on its return to the ACB and is in seventh, in positions that give access to the Copa del Rey. “The normal thing is that when a team goes badly the trainer changes, not that when it goes well the trainer leaves”, commented the ex-coach and ex-player of the Breogán.
Diaz affirmed “Nobody from Burgos”, who this Monday announced the departure of Salva Maldonado from the team, went to the Galician club to talk about Paco Olmos, who sent them an offer that in Lugo they could not match. “Burgos has not addressed us at all and we do not know more than what we are saying, that our coach has told us that he has received an offer, according to him, dazzling, and has decided to accept it. Salary, he told us, is going to be in the top three or four highest paid coaches in the league. We are talking about astronomical figures, “he said.
Asked if the termination of the contract is closed, Díaz replied that it will be when “paid” and said that “it seems” that he has already been fired from the squad. The general director of Breogán recalled that he stood up for Olmos when he met with him in July and opened the door for him to return to the ACB after having directed the last years in Puerto Rico and Mexico.
“How can Breogán not be hurt? Breogán opted for a coach that nobody knew and he gave him all his support, he built him an unbeatable team. With our budget it is unimaginable to achieve this, “he said. Díaz recalled that the” Burgos maneuver is within the law “, although he specified that” they will know what they are doing. “
Olmos: “My environment and I thought it was time to change”
Olmos wanted to say goodbye with a letter in which he explains that has lived in Lugo “five incredible months, probably the best” of his “life as a coach, because everything has been aligned so that the project is fantastic.” “The club, which trusted me to return to Spain, has treated me phenomenally from the utmost confidence; the fans have welcomed me in an incredible way, making me feel like one more from Lugo in the pavilion and every step I took through this beautiful city and the team , All the team, it has been believed from the first minute that this project was worth fighting for. “
He affirms that all this “together is what makes Lugo a solid and exciting project”, although it has not served to retain him. “This is a profession and my environment and I believe that it is time to change. I do not expect you to understand me, that is complicated and I am not in a position to demand anything from you, but at least I aspire for you to achieve it., albeit minimally, to understand, “he explains in the letter to Breogán fans.
“I have spent some very difficult days thinking about the change. Even now that the decision is firm, I keep thinking about everything that I am going to leave in Lugo, which is a lot. But I am a professional and I owe it to my job. I have to look after my professional career and what is best for my family in the long term, “he says.
Olmos believes that he has “helped Lugo’s project in the ACB to be maintained next season.” “The wickers that the club put up this past summer are excellent and I am convinced that the entity will achieve the longed-for permanence and that Lugo will deserve, because it has been won by hobby and work to continue in the highest category of Spanish basketball, “he assures.
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