OLSEN Racela is delighted with how his players responded following Far Eastern University’s upset loss at the hands of the University of Santo Tomas last week.
Displaying the fire and tenacity that was sorely missing in that game, the Tamaraws came up with their most impressive outing of the UAAP Season 81 so far, blowing past University of the Philippines on Tuesday.
“Good bounce back win. It had to take a game like we played against UST for us to really play things possession by possession,” said Racela.
For the 47-year-old coach, it takes the pain of a loss to truly make his players realize the warnings that he’s been talking about.
And playing a strong team like the Fighting Maroons, he’s happy that they finally showed up.
“Hindi minor yun, major yun. Of course, yun yung klailangan namin matutunan. I always remind these players about that pero kailangan ata ma-experience muna nila,” Racela said.
“Hindi enough yung, parang akong magulang e. Di ba gaganyanin mo yung bata tapos papasok dito, lalabas dito, unless ma-experience nila talaga yung sinasabi mo, dun nila maiingraine sa utak nila. I think that’s what happened,” Racela added.
Racela believes the nine-day break allowed them to reflect on their mishaps and refocus on what they really wanted to do.
“I gave them two days off. Para makarecover sila. Killer week yun para sa amin eh,” said Racela.
“That was also an opportunity for us to focus on our fundamentals. I think It showed on this game.”
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