COMPTON MOVING OVER TO GLOBALPORT?
At least in the next two more years, Alex Compton is contractually tied up with the Alaska Aces.
That’s a legal bind that’s needed to be resolved if Compton is to accept Globalport’s offer to take over from Junel Baculi as head coach of the Batang Pier.
Compton, currently one of coach Luigi Trillo’s assistant coaches at Alaska, is said to be high on Globalport’s list of choices to take the rein in the Mikee Romero-owned ball club.
Others being considered for the job are Racela brothers Olsen, an assistant coach at San Mig Coffee, and Nash, chief bench tactician at FEU and among coach Norman Black’s deputies at Talk n Text.
Globalport has started overhauling the makeup of its coaching staff in signing up new assistant coaches Richie Ticzon, Mac Cuan and Eric Gonzales.
Ricky Dandan is gone while Glenn Capacio has been relegated to being just skills coach.
Ticzon, a former Ateneo Eagle who later had a seven-year stint as pro playing for Purefoods, Shell and Alaska, has been tapped as the first assistant to the incoming chief mentor who could be Compton.
“It’s up to Fred,” said Alaska coach Luigi Trillo on whether Compton would be allowed to move over to Globalport.
“We all signed after the second conference. Fred signed our staff to two more years with the idea that our assistants could focus with us,” Trillo also said.
Would Uytengsu allow a staff member to move up in position in another team? “But why signed our whole staff for an extra two years. Those are live contracts,” said Trillo.
“I don’t think it’s gonna happen in the next three years. But I could be wrong. It’s just my personal opinion,” he added.
Trillo thought Compton had declined the offer weeks ago.
Globalport officials, however, sound confident they can acquire the services of this American coach born and raised in the country. (SB)
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