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Serbian bench looks dead silent during the TO as head coach Svetislav Pesic is absolutely furious after his team is down 24 during the 2nd quarter of the match vs Australia



Serbian bench looks dead silent during the TO as head coach Svetislav Pesic is absolutely furious after his team is down 24 during the 2nd quarter of the match vs Australia

by nutelamitbutter

44 Comments

  1. nutelamitbutter

    rewatched the match and i’m amazed how Pesic hasn’t changed even though he’s already 74 y/o lol

  2. Ok-Statement-5454

    Just to get smacked by team USA

  3. Lol69HaHaHa

    Average balkan coaching expirience…good times XD.

    If he was a couple of decades younger, hed probably try and throw hands with a ref as well lol.

  4. HolyRomanPrince

    Potential translation from any hurdle I’ve been in: “are you all stupid? Are you all lazy? Did you wake up with your heads up your asses? What is this shit? Why the fuck do we practice if you’re going to come out here and fuck it up.”

  5. lifestepvan

    for our American friends, this guy is a living legend similar to Pop.
    If he’s shouting at you, you listen lol.

    quoting from Wikipedia:

    As player:

    * EuroLeague champion (1979)
    * Yugoslav League champion (1978)
    * Yugoslav Cup winner (1978)

    As a head coach:

    * FIBA World Cup champion (2002)
    * 2× FIBA EuroBasket champion (1993, 2001)
    * EuroLeague champion (2003)
    * FIBA Korać Cup champion (1995)
    * FIBA EuroCup champion (2007)
    * Yugoslav League champion (1983)
    * 5× Bundesliga champion (1997–2000, 2014)
    * 2× Liga ACB champion (2003, 2004)
    * Catalan League champion (2019)
    * Yugoslav Cup winner (1984)
    * 2× German Cup winner (1997, 1999)
    * 3× Spanish Cup winner (2003, 2018, 2019)
    * FIBA Hall of Fame (2020)
    * European Coach of the Year (2003)
    * FIBA EuroStar (1998)
    * 3× Bundesliga Coach of the Year (1996, 1998, 1999)
    * Spanish AEEB Coach of the Year (2019)
    * Piva Ivković Award for Lifetime Achievement (2001)

  6. Visible_Writing7386

    There is some swearing going on here

  7. vunacar

    To anyone wondering, the speech is mostly about them not trying hard enough on defence and players getting past them without them making fouls. With a lot of swearing in between of course.

  8. companyja

    – He gets to the rim five times, he didn’t shoot free throws once. How many free throws did Mills shoot? How many, coach?

    – Two free throws. Two free throws.

    – Two times (come on, come on)! Two times out of twenty points! And you’re just fucking watching him. He scores twenty points on you, you’re not fouling him once. We want to win – how? Come on, get physical! Commit a foul! Make him go to the line five times!

  9. montecarlo92

    To be fair , Olympic Patty Mills is a different beast.

  10. Klumber

    Hello Americans, welcome to Balkan coaching!

    Pesic is an absolute legend (as u/lifestepvan explained) but coaches chewing out a team for poor performance is not uncommon. Here’s a handy video summarising things.

    [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w_2vwOngzls](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w_2vwOngzls)

  11. NotYourSweatBusiness

    Whenever that man walks I imagine him holding a baseball bat and being in GTA VI.

  12. byebyehackysmacky

    I mean.. what can you say when you’re down that much?

  13. SnooMaps5367

    As the national team coach he has been terrible. This is one of the worst Serbia teams in a long time. They may still squeeze out a bronze medal but it will be on the back of Jokic and Bogdanovic. If either are not on the court, it feels like they are utterly hopeless on offence. They were lucky to squeeze out a win against Australia. Some slightly fortunate refereeing and some fortunate shot making like that Micic fade away 3pt shot got them out of some potentially game ending holes.

    His selection is clearly biased towards red star players, likely to raise their stock. Hes also been making some bizarre choices at crucial moments in the game and it’s he loves his yes men. There are too many talentless ogres on that team that will listen to everything he says but offer little to nothing on the court.

  14. bmanley620

    Translation:

    “Don’t worry guys. As long as you’re having fun, that’s all that matters. Ice cream after the game on me”

  15. jakedasnake1

    This dude is the slavic bob knight and I’m here for it

  16. Stefan474

    **Word for word translation**

    HE PASSED YOU 5 TIMES AND DIDN’T SHOOT A SINGLE FREE THROW.

    HOW MANY TIMES DID YOU MAKE HIM SHOOT A FREE THROW? HOW MANY TIMES? 2 TIMES OUT OF 20 POINTS AND YOU JUST WATCH HIM, WHAT THE FUCK?

    HE SCORED 20 POINTS ON YOU AND NOBODY TOUCHES HIM.

    YOU WANNA WIN? IN WHAT WAY? (the second part basically means that we’re not playing like we want to win and that we’re playing without a plan)

    WAKE UP, HIT THEM HARD, MAKE FOULS, MAKE 5 FOULS.

  17. Teleporter456789

    You tellin me that’s not Joe Pesci?

  18. BH_Curtain_Jerker

    Whatever he said, it worked 

  19. lionheart28

    I’m so mad they went to commercial break during this even though I had no idea what he was saying but couldn’t take my eyes of him even in PiP

  20. “Helluva ball club” “tip my hat to them”

  21. -Boston-Terrier-

    For those of you who don’t speak Serbian, Pesic is yelling “Jordan would never!” over and over again.

  22. It worked, Serbia won the rest of that 2nd quarter 22-10

  23. Acceptablepops

    Now that’s a coach I can get behind 😂

  24. thewrongnotes

    Imagine if any coach yelled at LeBron like this. He’d be fired so fast it’d break the sound barrier.

  25. captainboom15

    American here Fuck that’s alot of accolades 👏. Not gonna lie though it’s not a great chew out until the coach slams the clip board and splits it in two! He can do better than that!

  26. Squaddy

    But how does this compare to a Doc River’s ‘Cmon guys’?

  27. chadowmantis

    Do not confuse this with Obradović’s “fuck you and your mother” type of screaming. This is a coach trying to wake his team up. He’s telling them that our defense is stagnant and we are not aggressive and physical enough. He literally said “get closer, foul out if you have to, just put effort in”

    He only cursed once 😂 and it wasn’t personal (something like “who the fuck are you defending there?”). Not really a stream of profanities, like you may think if you don’t speak Serbian

    What’s funny is that PeĆĄić speaks a redneck dialect but he’s a very level headed person and constantly says profound things. Imagine Larry the Cable Guy actually philosophizing on the human condition

  28. ShitassAintOverYet

    Considering 24 point difference, that’s a quite normal timeout speech for a European coach.

    This is why coaches like Obradovic, Ivkovic, Laso and Ataman are never considered for NBA although recognized to be genius coaches. NBA superstars and angry coaches with broken English don’t mix up so well.

  29. How the fuck do you blow a 24 point lead with 10 minute quarters.

    Australia should be ashamed.

  30. Sea_Level2462

    Hmm it’s gonna be interesting when they play against team USA

  31. AtreusIsBack

    I can’t imagine any NBA head coach being allowed to talk to his players like this during a nationally broadcast game. He would be “put in line” by the front office real quick. I love how it’s about the team in Europe and not about the individual.

  32. supportvectorspace

    I did not understand what he said, but now I wanna hit the floor and score 50 on them now

  33. PlasticSprinkles4677

    I can only imagine “fuck you jokic,fuck you specifically jokic”

  34. cosiesrasz

    Oh my
he calmed down with age. 20 years ago they wouldn’t just be silent but would be afraid for their lives. That’s how proper coaching looks like when you’re free of influence of “star players” and you “must manage the feelings and expectations” of everyone and you can simply focus on your job: getting the maximum performance out of your team on any given night.

    This is why no European coach will ever achieve greatness in NBA because they’re aren’t empowered enough to train and manage their teams through games. Everyone has an opinion what’s the best and thinks they know better than a guy that actually gets paid to do the job.

  35. JonnyB2_YouAre1

    That is the time to shut up and listen.

  36. AnthonyTyrael

    No one talking about his son too?

    Hasn’t been that spectacular and as many accolades as his dad of course but been pretty successful for Germany and his clubs in various positions in charge too. At least for such a rather small bball country like ours.

  37. raylan_givens6

    he seems upset

    should give him a snickers

  38. tom_fuckin_bombadil

    Translation: Play fast, play random, play in great space. Let’s play some basketball and have fun

  39. HatefulDan

    Translation: You all are an embarrassment. Lose this game, in this manner…Find your own way back home.

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