LIM TO GIVE GIN KINGS DIRECTION
A new day dawns on Barangay Ginebra San Miguel as multi-titled coach Frankie Lim is set to take the reins over the struggling Kings.
Named as the new chief bench tactician for the crowd darlings, Lim, a four-time NCAA champion coach with the San Beda Red Lions, will bring his undeniable swagger and grind-it-out style of coaching to Ginebra.
Coincidentally, Lim will be replacing Ato Agustin, the man who handed him his only defeat in an NCAA championship series when the latter was still calling the shots for San Sebastian in the collegiate level back in 2009.
San Miguel group executive Robert Non already praised Lim when he took an assistant coaching job with Ginebra prior to the Commissioner’s Cup.
“He will bring a lot to the table. He’s a champion coach, and I’m sure he will be of big help for Ginebra,” he said back then.
Lim joined the coaching staff after Agustin was re-appointed as the head coach for the second conference, replacing Jeffrey Cariaso.
Though he has yet to issue a statement as new head coach, Lim previously stated that he sees a lot of potential in this Ginebra team.
“This team is good, but not yet great. I think we have the makings to be great. We just need direction,” he said in a previous interview.
Ginebra has not won a championship since the 2008 Fiesta Conference, and has juggled through Siot Tanquingcen, now-alternate governor Alfrancis Chua, Agustin, and Cariaso as its head coach since the departure of longtime mentor and now-Talk ‘N Text coach Jong Uichico back in 2012. (RL)
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