C'mon Blazers! Let' stand up and unite for CSB..

[miguelthegreat]

I wanna watch the opening! Woohoo! Animo Benilde!

[anton615]

Any news or updates about the CSB Blazers?

[Galvantic@STS]

ako rin syempre i love the blazers, pero i will watch their game pag sa championship na siguro. kung umabot man.

[AltarBoy^_^]

Huwag muna umasa boys and girls, let's just watch the games and support muna. Walang mawawala kung manunuod lang kahit paminsan-minsan, kahit gulpi-sarado sa ibang teams. I just love underdogs like our team.

[MC21]

This is the line up of the last winning-season team of CSB

Parang kelan lang ito ah!


Please post some updates.

[Bigbie]

“I don’t like foreign players on my team” – Gee Abanilla
by Josef Ramos
Wednesday, 5 March 2008 (391 Views, 14 Comments)

For a change, College of Saint Benilde (CSB) has hired a new head coach for the next basketball National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) men’s basketball this season and hopefully the move would bring them back to respectability.

Gee Abanilla, 41, an assistant of Red Bull mentor Yeng Guiao in the PBA, replaced Carlos Caloy Garcia two months ago as head coach of the Saint Benilde Blazers, who finished last in the team standings during the past two years.

And as an inboundpass.com exclusive, we were able to interview Abanilla knowing the fact that this is his first time to handle a team from a highly-respected and oldest collegiate league in the country.

INBOUNDPASS: Well this is your first time to handle a collegiate team, so how do you feel?

GEE ABANILLA: I’m very thankful and at the same time excited after hearing the management’s decision of hiring me as coach. Step by step, I’ll do everything to turn them competitive again. I’m happy also because the players are very cooperative in my first two months. They have a good working ethic.

INBOUNDPASS: What are the expectations of the management from you?

GA: I signed a two-year contract and I told them that I’ll do everything to improve the team. Final Four is definitely a good place to be, but during our meeting I said we should be realistic also depending on what we got right now.If we finish last in the past two seasons, I told them there’s nothing we can do but to move forward.

If we ended 10th place last season, why not ninth or eighth this time (laughs). Every team in the NCAA is competitive, so it is indeed very challenging on my part to coach them.

INBOUNDPASS: How far do you think can your team go next season?

GA: I don’t want to make any prediction in the first place but we will do everything what it takes to win each game, not only in the NCAA but also during the preseason tournaments like the FIL-OIL and Nike Summer League. We will bring back the pride to the school.

INBOUNDPASS: What are the strength and weaknesses of the Blazers so far?

GA: Although there are more things which need to fix, all I can say right now is we are strong in the No. 2 position (shooting guard). Most of the guys are natural shooters and aggressive slashers. But I keep telling them that we cannot rely solely on our offense. We should also play defense.

It should be 10 percent techniques and 90 percent attitude. Caloy (Garcia) did a good job on his players, although they failed to move to the next level last year. There is no problem in the point guard position. Our disadvantage is the lack of big men and wing players. In short, we are undersized.

We need somebody who has a post threat and a physical type of player who can also score, rebound and block shots. As of now, we don’t have that kind of player in our roster and we are on the look out for future talent.

I think my players Chuck Dalanon, Byron Gan, Harvey Porras and Jeff Morial will be the core of this team next season.

INBOUNDPASS: So who will comprise your coaching staff?

GA: They are Richard Del Rosario, Mon Jose and Marlon Celis. They are all hardworking and defensive oriented coaches.

INBOUNDPASS: Do you favor foreign players in your team?

GA: I don’t like foreign players on my team because personally I favor players who came from the grassroots level though I would consider Fil-Foreign players. I’m also looking at the bigger picture for Philippine basketball. Foreign players cannot represent us in any overseas competition.

INBOUNDPASS: Aside from making Saint Benilde a team to reckon with, what are your other plans?

GA: It is actually easier said than done. Since Saint Benilde joined the NCAA in 1998, everybody was thinking that the school is only the second priority of the parent institution. And De La Salle University which plays in the UAAP is their first priority.

The Green Archers, most of them said, is the main team of the La Salle community. I want to change that view. If we play competitively, I think our image will change. People will realize that we are not the last choice. I want that La Salle and Saint Benilde are both equally competitive. I’m hoping that my goals will be a reality soon.

INBOUNDPASS: Any advice from Coach Yeng Guiao before taking this job?

GA: He is very supportive and I thank him for giving me some advice. I encouraged him to have some pep talk with my players and he promised he would.

INBOUNDPASS: Which team do you think is the strongest next season?

GA: San Beda College is definitely a contender because of their two Nigerians (Sam Ekwe and Kevin Udo). Others are Letran, Mapua, JRU and San Sebastian College, among others. But all of them are beatable if we execute our transition game and play solid defense.

Gee, what was Gee thinking when he made those comments about imports? As if their sister school across the street doesn't have any.

[AltarBoy^_^]

Short commercial lang for Benildeans, Alumni, and especially the other student-athletes in school.

Made-to-order Burning Legion fanshirts are available through the CSB Pep Squad (look for Winston Yu for your orders and measurements) and check out faithintheflame.multiply.com for the new designs along with the original shirt. You could also PM me here for your orders.

And now back to the topic.

Mukhang mahina tayo sa 4 and 5 position this year. Medyo made-delay ang prediction ko at mukhang 2010 nga tayo aasenso. After a decade ang trend kaya?

[Get_Blazed]

Short commercial lang for Benildeans, Alumni, and especially the other student-athletes in school.

Made-to-order Burning Legion fanshirts are available through the CSB Pep Squad (look for Winston Yu for your orders and measurements) and check out faithintheflame.multiply.com for the new designs along with the original shirt. You could also PM me here for your orders.

And now back to the topic.

Mukhang mahina tayo sa 4 and 5 position this year. Medyo made-delay ang prediction ko at mukhang 2010 nga tayo aasenso. After a decade ang trend kaya?

Finally luamabs na rin ang BL shirts! matagal na ako umoorder nyan ah! papakuha na ako sa friend kong pep.

Wag naman 2010 pa, drought na **** un! Sana kahit 4 man lang.....

http://ncaaphil.multiply.com

[anton615]

I like what Coach Gee has in store for the Blazers! He is making the future look bright for CSB. So let's now rally behind him and help in any way we can to bring back the Blazers back to glory. Animo Benilde!

[Get_Blazed]

I like what Coach Gee has in store for the Blazers! He is making the future look bright for CSB. So let's now rally behind him and help in any way we can to bring back the Blazers back to glory. Animo Benilde!

Ikaw ba si anton sa inboundpass? haha ako yung Blazer dun

http://ncaaphil.multiply.com

[anton615]

yup ako nga yun. kita mo na din ata multiply ko eh. hehe!

[Get_Blazed]

yup ako nga yun. kita mo na din ata multiply ko eh. hehe!

ikaw ba si boss anton?? hahahahaha

http://ncaaphil.multiply.com

[anton615]

Yeah that's me! hehe

[Get_Blazed]

Yeah that's me! hehe

Haha kaya pala. Sige OT na tayo eh. hahaha.

http://ncaaphil.multiply.com

[David Seaman]

Regarding Gee's comments regarding Ekwe and Udo, he might have felt that it is really San Beda's strength (the two Nigerians). Take away those two and San Beda going all Filipino will make life a bit easier for other competitive teams like SSC-R and Letran to at least match up with San Beda lineup wise.

Compared to CSB's season 83 lineup, kahit na mag all Filipino pa ang San Beda e mahihirapan ang CSB. I just dunno right now since pagdating ng April pa lang malalaman ang prospective lineup ni Gee that we'll see in the upcoming pre-season tourneys that CSB will join in.

[Aleancelo]

Basta huwag mag-give up sa paghahanap ng talents. Sa PRISAA, maraming potential talents diyan. Yung recent tournament sa Cebu, marami ding nakilalang high school players duon. Imbitahan lang sila. BTW,this is an advice from someone not from CSB.

[AltarBoy^_^]

I admire Coach Gee's candor for insisting that local talents can step up big against teams with foreigners or fil-foreign blood skillwise, but I guess the Blazers needed that boost more than the fans. Coach Gee knows his scouting skills will be scrutinized too so goodluck with handling the team and regain the blaze of glory!

FAITH IN THE FLAME!!!
ANIMO BENILDE!!!

[Get_Blazed]

Regarding Gee's comments regarding Ekwe and Udo, he might have felt that it is really San Beda's strength (the two Nigerians). Take away those two and San Beda going all Filipino will make life a bit easier for other competitive teams like SSC-R and Letran to at least match up with San Beda lineup wise.

Compared to CSB's season 83 lineup, kahit na mag all Filipino pa ang San Beda e mahihirapan ang CSB. I just dunno right now since pagdating ng April pa lang malalaman ang prospective lineup ni Gee that we'll see in the upcoming pre-season tourneys that CSB will join in.

Youre making me laugh. Really?? Cmon. I know many will agree with my when I say that CSB's line-up last year aint bad at all. In fact, many have predicted CSB to go as far as the final four based on the line-up analysis alone. Sadyang may game-fixing lang and no passion and determination from the players except maybe in the first and only game they won, and the game against CSJL where they only lost by one point and allegedly yun yung binenta ni Paolo. The line-up is good, but no unity and heart.

And about taking Ekwe out from SBC's line-up.....Ayaw ko nalang magsalita. Peace man.

http://ncaaphil.multiply.com <---wtf is wrong with Multiply? Down account ko pati yung group site ng NCAA.

[Get_Blazed]

I admire Coach Gee's candor for insisting that local talents can step up big against teams with foreigners or fil-foreign blood skillwise, but I guess the Blazers needed that boost more than the fans. Coach Gee knows his scouting skills will be scrutinized too so goodluck with handling the team and regain the blaze of glory!

FAITH IN THE FLAME!!!
ANIMO BENILDE!!!

Recruitment has always been a problem for CSB's program. I think Benilde just have to look farther than inside the Metro. Hope we can get back from this setback. Proud to be part of the Burning Legion!

Animo Benilde!

http://ncaaphil.multiply.com <---wtf is wrong with Multiply? Down account ko pati yung group site ng NCAA.

[anton615]

Guys lets forget the benta issue. Let's keep it under the rag na. It's a thing of the past na.