The Pyroxigeno Cosenza Basket has already proudly announced the entry into its technical staff of Professor Tonino Lorenzi, the historical figure of the Basket Cosentino and the National. The coach will dress a double role: technical supervisor of all the teams of the company and Head Coach of the Under 19.
“The contagious enthusiasm of those who are building something clean”, so Lorenzi defines his adhesion to pyroxigenous. “When Claudio Carofiglio (General Manager) and Davide Durantini (Team Manager) exposed me the project, I saw the same light in the eyes I have always had. Here we do not seek the easy result: you want to sow”.
An ambitious technical project
The role of technical supervisor provides for the creation of a unique identity for all the rossoblù teams: “We don’t want many teams, but many rings of the same chain – explains Lorenzi -. I will check every training, I will discuss the schemes with the coaches, I will observe the boys. My door will always be open to suggest and open up to comparison”. The under 19 of pyroxigenous is composed mostly by a group of boys that the coach has already followed for two years and which he has transmitted a wealth of experience based on “listening, sacrifice, loyalty”. “These guys know that I do not accept alibi, but they also know that I would give life for them,” underlines the coach.
Philosophy and values
“A coach is a craftsman of consciences, not a seller of victories”, this is the philosophy that Lorenzi will transmit to all the technicians of the company. His approach focuses on human growth before sporty: “I will ask them to look the boys in the eyes after a mistake, not to turn around. The most important game is played in the soul of a teenager”.
And to the parents who entrust their children to pyroxigenous, Lorenzi promises “honesty, clarity and passion”: “We will not transform your children into NBA champions, but if they work with us they will become men who know how to fight, respect the opponent and get up after a failure. And this, in life, is worth more than a thousand trophies”.
A team of excellence
Professor Lorenzi had words of praise also for the managerial team. He will collaborate strictly with Claudio Carofiglio, “an enthusiastic capable of instilling passion with a light -hearted but extremely professional attitude”, Davide Durantini, “a return to the origins, I saw him a boy to warn with the ball in wedges”, and Fabio Lorenzi, his son, who will play a double role, the absolutely new one as a sports director of the pyroxigenous and that of delegate of the Italian Basketball Federation, For some time.
Seasonal objectives
“Group. Create a warm and welcoming atmosphere in the gym”, this is Lorenzi’s dream for the season. “See all the boys, from the under to those of the Serie D, involved and accomplices with each other. Without differences. Without first women. Because when the last reserve feels being important as the captain, we have already won everything”. Coach’s word!