Yes Chot Reyes is at the receiving end of a lot of boos . Like I said many times before . Basketball is all we have . So in a way Chot is all we have. He really has no rival. He is an only child. Yes I am very aware of all you jumping on the soccer / football bandwagon . But you are so new to the bandwagon and so bad at those sports locally that we don’t have a mainstay organic coach to vent your frustrations on. We have no non – basketball figure to breathe fire on. Might help if we had a competent coach stick around 5 minutes after the World Cup is over. Whatever feel good Stajic help generate just merely exposes the Philippines as a stepping stone not a destination.
There is a world of team sports out there that have zero pinoy impact. If the pinoys cared more than simply men’s basketball there will be not enough venom to go around even if they were all as winless as Gilas. Chot though reached the mountain top to be the national coach of the sole significant sport of this country. When you are just a cook in a one-cook restaurant that only believes in serving one dish then you get all the credit and all the blame.
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Pinoys are unique in the sports world because:
1) basketball myopia – whenever I bring this up people somehow bring up billiards as a #2 sport . Proves my point , if billiards is your #2 sport how athletic can your nation possibly be? It is a game not a sport. Pinoys made it a sport because it gives them the illusion they matter in the world of sports because of Bata-Reyes.
2) there is very little regional relevance in a country of 110 million people. Cebu and Davao are extremely well populated cities. When was the last time a significant number of people tuned in to major sporting events that were hosted there? Wouldn’t high profile sports all over the country benefit and encourage athletics ? Oh I forgot. A lot of people cheered on 18 American born and developed players who had the Philippine flag on their chests. Apparently there is not much talent here to encourage based on our local soccer federation.
3) there is no concept of seasons . Yes the Philippines has only two seasons :hot and hotter . Yet just like rotating crops in the same field makes biological sense and is practical. Having some kind of diversity in the local sports landscape might provide some synergy for all sports involved . Silly me, I mentioned sports plural. This is a basketball pa more society.
Who am I kidding ? I know what is on mass media here and there is no hope for the audience of those tv shows to comprehend anything beyond basketball . There is such a low barrier to entry for basketball much like a Daniel Padilla movie, a TV show featuring Vice Ganda or Andrew E hit. That is your audience. The thing is your audience is where your athletes come from and where your supporters come from. I already told you in my last piece how crowdless local soccer is. So it makes logical sense there is no inspiration for local players to work hard . Hard work is what leads to World Cup berths. Sporting events that are well attended means money. Money helps athletes.
No idea why they let this guy near a microphone. Then again that is what I said about Noynoy,
I said before complacency is the problem with the pinoy basketball player with international aspirations. To get attention and funding , basketball was the one way to go. If you excel enough locally to get on the national team , you have no rival. You feel complacent. Yet every country that opens a can of whoop a$$ on the Philippines in basketball has so many other athletes accomplished in other team sports and consistently racks up medals every Olympics. Pinoy basketball players have no domestic rivals and get beat by other countries with more diverse athletes and broader sports choices.
We boo Chot because the locals actually play the sport he is coaching and most of the players on the team grew up like we grew up. Singing Lupang Hinirang and watching some version of Tito, Vic and Joey on noontime television. Basketball is all we know so we feel entitled to some relevance in that sport. Basketball is the only international championship that we regularly watch every year.
If Chot is considered stubborn and close minded, aren’t Filipinos closed minded in terms of where they focus themselves athletically and even creatively? All you have on TV are a very narrow range of locally produced TV shows and sports. Yet the elected officials want to ban Korean shows and claim a monopoly on “pogi“. Watch local over the air news and listen to the intonation. Are they addressing a literate audience? Vice Ganda ‘s popularity and longevity in this country speaks more about us than it does about him.
There are certain customer relations trainers in the corporate world who tell their employees that complaints are good. Let me repeat that , complaints are good. Commplaints or negative feedback may make us bristle instinctively. Complaints are the negative feedback we need to change course in our direction in the words of Tom Hopkins. Negative feedback like booing is a much more pleasant sound than what I heard in this game from Kaya FC-Iloilo vs. United City FC . I did not hear a crowd and I did not see a crowd. Boos are preferable to apathy. The point of my last piece was that pinoys are apathetic about football. Yet that cosmic leap that pinoys have too easily accepted . They do not play football well, they do not support football well but will gladly accept the World Cup appearance and the solitary goal they scored.
Pinoys it seems can’t stand Chot but they do nothing to change their culture. The basketball pa more mentality only takes them so far every single time. They are so blind to other sports that they cheer on women who have little in common with them and just salivate at getting more naturalized citizens on Gilas. They love basketball only and it is so painfully obvious that basketball loves other countries more. I doubt it is a coincidence that those other countries that make mincemeat playing Gilas love other sports more than basketball. Complacency and tunnel vision are the values that dominate pinoy team sports culture. That will not change anytime soon. Neither will their fortunes.
Putting a very sharp needle into the balloon known as Pinoy Pride since 2012.
From the GRP Facebook Page
Jovy Quijano Reeves writes
“Si Admin kumukuha lang ng news article ng gilas tapos ida down yung basketball na fave sports ng mga pinoy, deep inside hindi naman kase talaga siya nanonood ng basketball. Hindi naman talaga laging maganda resulta dahil sa maling sistema. But mind you, The glory days of Gilas was in 2013, 2015 and 2021. Sana alam mo yan. 🤦 At don nanggagaling yung mga hopeful fans, kaso di ka naman mahilig tlga sa basketball. Magalit lang sa sistema, wag sa buong basketball.”
It is not about my interest in basketball. This was always about Pinoys obsessed with basketball to the point of excluding everything else. I am not mad at other countries who play basketball well and use Gilas as a punching bag. I simply observed that those countries do not have basketball as their be all and end all. So what if I am not a die hard PBA fan. I am not alone. Would be nice if you actually read what I wrote. Slowly. Next thing you know you will be asking me to write about those glory days you refer to. What did I miss? The point of what I wrote is very simple. Basketball is all you have. When it all goes south like it always does, that anger has to go somewhere. Philippines in 2014 -1 win in FIBA 2023 – 1 win. Interested if somebody can tell me about “2013, 2015 and 2021”.
They’re not interested in literature, sciences, nor real music.
They love basketballs and rappers.
Failipinos.
If Gilas wins the gold medal, I’m sure that comments sections will be flooded with Pinoy pride comments, but with their uproar against Chot Reyes, where’s the Pinoy pride comments?
“aren’t Filipinos closed minded in terms of where they focus themselves athletically and even creatively?”
I’m also starting to think that humility in their country is rarer than gold. It’s easy to be humble so I do not know why can’t they.
basketball in the barangays is more like a gladiator sport to entertain the masses.
but the coaching is bad or nonexistent, and the tactics are crude.
defense, however, is the difference.
this is where natural length and athleticism matters most.
we can score some with movement and spacing and good shooting (which we dont really do much of) and letting jordan clarkson chuck it up ( which he does . all game long. jordan will chuck em all day )
but we cant really score consistently against lengthy and athletic defenses (which all international teams have), and we cant defend that well at all because we are not really a lengthy and athletic team.
hence, another loss
Basketball is ‘all we have’ because it is our second language. It is the most popular sport in the country because of the masa that plays and enjoys it.
But seriously it is not ‘all we have’ because we have been internationally recognized for other sports that made a trademark for ourselves. Ever heard of Manny Pacquaio or Efren Reyes? Those are just two of our famous sports heroes that has given prestige and honor to the country.
I get it that we don’t have the bulk and the height to even make a dent outside Asia but majority of Filipinos (male) learned at an early age basketball as their second language. We just effing love it.
Maybe because it reflects realities in life, the struggle, the battles, the survival . In basketball, you not only face challenges against an opponent but you also challenge yourself to focus and sacrifice and give it all in order to pull through. The struggle to fight the things that prevents you from scoring or taking the win is similar in the way you struggle against the the ups and downs affairs of life itself.
I have no illusion of the Philippine team reigning supreme in international stage. For me, dominance of Asia is enough because, like in boxing, it is the only weigh in category that we have a fighting chance to succeed.
I addressed everything you said already in the piece. 1) pinoys bring up billiards when he is only a celeb in the Philippines and in billiards circles. Billiards is niche and is as athletic as darts. 2) basketball is all you have because well the pinoy consciousness just absorbs noontime shows , teleseryas and basketball. Not exactly MENSA credentials. 3) Manny is the exception that proves the rule that pinoys are insignificant in the world of sports . There are no shortage of Manny blogs on this site from me. 4) you missed the point as usual since you didn’t read , maybe less SEA games. Chot gets so much hate because it doesn’t go anywhere else. No other sport where you can boo a coach in this country. None of the other coaches have any kind of profile. You totally missed my comment of barrier of entry. Then again Vice Ganda is revered in this culture so what do you expect? Pinoys focus on basketball and Manny did try basketball which makes him the equal of Daniel Padilla. Pinoys love basketball and it is so clear that basketball does not love them. The world does not care about pinoy athletes in team sports. No other pinoy boxer has 1% of the fame that Manny has. I forgot , you were the guy who wants me to analyze the SEA games when it was never in my radar. Basketball pa more.
I don’t know what you’re talking about. Maybe you thought I was disagreeing with you not realizing I was just adding some thoughts and information about the issue.
I agree there is Vice Ganda but there is also the Roman Catholic Church; the govenment; civil society, etc. that balances the negatives. America has the Kardashians, gansters and rappers that at a glance, and with a touch of reality, doesn’t really enrich culture and character. But that is life. You deal what it gives you and strive to overcome it.
As to basketball, there is no such thing as ‘basketball not loving Filipinos’. When it comes to sports it is one way. Filipinos loves sports, especially basketball. I love it that Filipinos love sports, life. I suspect you don’t play any games, except maybe mahjong that is why your strong view against sports.
But having said that even sports, I admit, is not perfect, not fair, not balance and realistic. However, its imperfection has not prevented us from enjoying and participating leagues and tournaments everywhere. And that brings me to an old adage that says: Winning isn’t everything.
You complain about us not having a chance in basketball, I celebrate us being able to play it at any level, local or international. And why complain when you have a lot of option to choose where you want to be happy. Take our pick, video games, cards games, board games, pusoy, etc. anything that will make your life worthwhile.
In the meantime, leave those Filipinos, like me, who enjoys not only playing but also watching basketball.
definitely, the passion is there;
so many pinoys play basketball and have a deep understanding of the game.
that being said, it doesnt necessarily mean that that passion parlays into sporting success.
great fans though.
in here, steph is God, kobe is the holy ghost, and luka is the Son of Man.
yea, nobody really likes lebron too much
Gogs, as proven by a couple of his write-ups, has perfected the art or whining and belly-aching.
Every time I read him there’s always a problem on Philippine sports. That it’s a hopeless case, very bad, yadayadayada. I’m waiting for the time to read him giving suggestions and positive pointers in helping in sports developments and improving concerns of athletes and sport in general.
Right now, all he has are destructive, negative and very dark views geared towards demoralizing readers instead of giving hope and assurance that everything will turn up right.
I am a purveyor of simple truths. Funny you should say that. This piece is about pinoys complaining. Knowing you as a frequent critic, you will dress up in some other way. The simple truth is that pinoys complain non stop about Chot that they no longer what to see his face. They don’t like his suit etc. Isn’ t that perfecting “the art or whining and belly-aching.”? What you are directing towards to me is exactly what the premise of my blog was about. Read the title. You call me names and infer personal things about my life instead of addressing points in this piece. Isn’ t that perfecting “the art or whining and belly-aching.”? The way the Philippines looked at Chot was not ” destructive, negative and very dark views geared towards demoralizing readers instead of giving hope and assurance that everything will turn up right.”
I brought up a very simple point. Pinoy athletes are geared up for only one team sport . It just happens to be the one sport where a coach can become a national laughing stock. The one team sport that the population cares to support with their feet and with their TVs. The other dominant teams do not even have basketball as their dominant sport or only team sport. I simply point out a fact that the Philippines might benefit from . They choose to continue on their own sports myopic journey. That was not my doing . Don’t shoot the messenger. Argue what the messenger brought. Oh I forgot. I am ” destructive, negative and very dark “.
Wrong is wrong and as No Data called my attention to my post with ‘Dogs’ instead of Gogs on it, please accept my sincere apology.
No alibis, no nothing, it was my bad. So, sorry.
“instead of giving hope and assurance that everything will turn up right.”
So you want to always be positive even if the positivity is a lie? This is a yes or no question.
“So you want to always be positive even if the positivity is a lie? This is a yes or no question.” – No Data
What lie was in the positivity? YES, it is better to have a positive attitude.
The “always be positive” mindset is not good. I would be lying if I say that everything will be alright. Being honest is always better than being positive.
“I would be lying if I say that everything will be alright.” – No Data
How can you lie on something you’re hoping for?
If I thoroughly reviewed and prepared before taking my exam, do I lie if I tell myself ‘everything will be alright’?
Now, if I was about to be beheaded and I tell myself everything will be alright, that would be a lie.
You see, it’s all relative.
If you think having a positive attitude is not good, I have no problem with that.
“If I thoroughly reviewed and prepared before taking my exam, do I lie if I tell myself ‘everything will be alright’?”
The difference is telling Filipino society that everything will be alright is like not studying for a hard exam and saying that everything will be alright. Everything will definitely not be alright because of backward development or regression. Many of them are still arrogant and anti-intellectual, so how can I say that everything will be alright?
“Everything will definitely not be alright because of backward development or regression.” – No Data
Like what?
” You call me names and infer personal things about my life…” – Dogs
That’s Gogs playing victim again. I’m not shooting the messenger I’m critical of what the messenger is spreading: hate and resentment.
You never offered solutions nor talk positively on issues you discuss. It’s always wrong on the other end, always unacceptable, always rejected.
Stop personalizing the issues. If your article is criticized, defend and explain it don’t play victim and whine. That’s not a mature thing to do.
“That’s Gogs playing victim again. I’m not shooting the messenger I’m critical of what the messenger is spreading: hate and resentment.”
You’re lying through whatever device you used to comment here. You’ve been calling him “Dogs” yet you’re claiming that you’re critical of what he is spreading which is a blatant lie, unless you don’t know how to spell his name correctly. You’ve been calling him “Dogs” in your arguments with him not so long ago, so you’re not critical of his message, what you’re saying is an adhom.
“You’ve been calling him “Dogs”. – No Data
Thanks for calling my attention to that. I’ll man up, first. I apologize not proofreading what I wrote. There was no intention to do that and I’m not blaming the keyboard for automatically putting those words and me not consistently checking it.
If that’s the only issue you have against me, I apologize to everybody.
Did you try to research why Filipinos love only basketball? Because of colonialism or something else?
We love basketball the way the world loves basketball.
“We love basketball the way the world loves basketball.”
Just what I expected. You don’t bother to read what I wrote, you miss the point and go straight to the part where you call me names. You miss the point so that is your excuse not to address it. Gets in the way of name calling. Just because you don’t like me gives you every excuse to name call and not even read the point I am making. Quite adult of you. Name call pa more. Ad hominem pa more. You truly resent the fact I don’t take time out to watch the SEA games.
Pinoy culture does what pinoy culture does. There is no place on the web that is more brutally honest about it than Get Real Philippines. This is a spin free zone. When the truth is told , pride can be hurt. As I said in a previous piece Mainstream Media and their pitchman of the day will never do that because they want you to support their advertisers. So they will never point out pinoy dysfunction because things like that don’t exactly you in the mood to support their sponsors.
I was very transparent in my piece since I am a purveyor of simple truths . Pinoys love basketball and only basketball. If that is not true show me the international sporting event on TV that comes out every year that rivals the NBA Finals in ratings. Show me. Resist the temptation to call me names for once. Show me that sports TV broadcast or apologize and agree with me.
You said :
Do you really expect me to reinvent the wheel?? I said in the blog that the booing is the negative feedback that fans around the world are entitled to. I also state there that very clearly that Chot has no rival . He is the only coach in this country that is capable of being on the hotseat by fans. The magnifying glass is rarely on any PBA or Shakey’s Super League coach. Chot has that spotlight to himself. Gilas does not compete with anybody but themselves. They are so complacent since the locals do not play or pay attention to any other sport . The teams that beat Gilas have so many other athletes that play soccer, baseball and win Olympic medals. None of them will glorify a billiard player. I simply state the truth that you will not read in our local papers. They will never question their bread and butter which is basketball. Other countries that wipe the floor with Gilas play other team sports well and have gold medals won by men.
I talk positively because I do not look at the pathetic state of international competition and tell you things are great. Pinoys devote themselves to a single team sport and you can see their success or lack of it when people boo Chot and nobody else. They do not cheer anybody else either. At least someone who was born here. I am positive and about solutions since I am a purveyor of simple truths. I am the sports conscience. I am the local sports honesty broker. Pinoys only care about one team sport and can’t resist booing their coach. The solution is have a healtheir and more diverse local sports scene. Like the other countries that beat the crap out of Gilas. If you can’t disprove that simple premise then your answer is call me names.
“You truly resent the fact I don’t take time out to watch the SEA games.” – Gogs
I cannot recall writing about the SEA games and taking it against you. You must have mistaken me for somebody else.
“Pinoys love basketball and only basketball.” – Gogs
That’s misleading. Here are the most popular sports in the country:
Basketball, boxing, football, billiards, badminton, baseball, volleyball, tennis.
We also love chess, dama and other board games.
I cannot understand why you keep on harping about coach Chot Reyes being booed. It’s a normal thing in sports. If the crowd has some negative to say about you they jeer and boo. Normal.
“The solution is have a healtheir and more diverse local sports scene. Like the other countries that beat the crap out of Gilas. “ – Gogs
It is unclear to me what your solution is for because I don’t see anything wrong in the local sports scene.
Overall, my take on what you wrote is you just ridicule and criticizes sports in the country just for the heck of it. That’s all and I will continue to disagree with you until it will dawn on you that criticisms is not enough. You have to have some concrete idea on how to address those issues you are pointing out as problem and how you will go about it.
Juan Luna: You never offered solutions nor talk positively on issues you discuss.
Gogs: Do you really expect me to reinvent the wheel??
If offering solution or talking positive is reinventing the wheel then REINVENT IT! That way there will be substance in your criticisms and not just pure malice and bad intent.
Misleading?? So typical of Mr. Ad Hominem to just name sports and games that exist in the Philippines without proving that interest in them is anywhere near the way basketball captures the imagination of the locals. Show me the tournaments with extended media coverage. Show me the TV ratings of ” , boxing, football, billiards, badminton, baseball, volleyball, tennis.” played locally and abroad. Show me local attendance of “, boxing, football, billiards, badminton, baseball, volleyball, tennis. ” Do all those sports and games combined equal 10% of basketball? Pinoys do not love boxing. They love the pansin that Manny gives them. They don’t bother to watch pay TV fights of the few boxers that do make it out of Asia. Manny is lightning in a bottle. Great boxer, great basketball player/coach , great movie star, great politician and the only boxer in this country that ever creates the Holy Week effect. When I argued that the NBA only plays in two countries and does not dominate the ratings in both of them, I provided data. I am so curious to see you defend your premise but all I expect is more name calling as usual.
“Pinoys love basketball and only basketball.” – Gogs
You said that and I showed why it’s misleading. Pinoys NOT ONLY LOVE basketball. They also love other popular sports like I enumerated.
You have to be true and consistent. Always.
“Show me the tournaments with extended media coverage. Show me the TV ratings of ” , boxing, football, billiards, badminton, baseball, volleyball, tennis.” played locally and abroad.” – Gogs
Ah, you want me to get to the business side of sports. I have no time for that, Gogs. Not my area of focus.
We both agree that basketball is the most popular sport in the country. And I’ll stop there because I have no personal agenda to spew profanities against those who makes basketball popular.
“Pinoys do not love boxing.” – Gogs
You mean, most of them don’t know Flash Elorde, Donaire, Casimero, Pancho Villa, Salavaria, Ben Villaflor, Luisito Espinosa, Magsayo, Dodie Boy Penalosa, Onyok Velasco, Navarette, Anthony Villanueva, Rene Barrientos, and the long list goes on?
“They don’t bother to watch pay TV fights of the few boxers that do make it out of Asia.” – Gogs
So, what’s your problem with that if people are busy working to watch the fights that people like you who are not busy loves to watch? What’s the matter with you? Even the TV watching habits of Filipinos you criticize?
You can’t blame colonialism if the colonizers already left the independent but horrible country long time ago already.
Indeed, colonizers already left but why are you still colonially minded?
Blaming the country is a forever kind of excuse for the defeated mind of an escapist’s primitive thinking.
Wrong, if the country screws up, you can’t blame other countries for it, it’s like a person should not blame others for his own failures. Philippines is a horrible country because of its society, not the foreigners and not the foreign countries.
“Philippines is a horrible country because of its society…” – No Data
Only a horrible person can say that.
@No Data: What’s horribly wrong is when you respond to something that you don’t even exactly understand. You need to tighten up those comprehension screws for better understanding.
@No Dice you need to be smarter than that instead of saying that blaming the country is an excuse of a defeated mind.
@Juan Luna nope. PH society is horrible, FallenAngel wrote an article here on why he’s not proud to be a Filipino. Read that article.
@No Dice before anything else, I’m not saying you’re not smart, I think you’re smart, but you need to see that Philippines is at fault for the misfortunes and it is to be blamed. Why do you even accuse me of being colonial minded? I’m just saying what is true
@No Data: Who can be considered that has a defeated mind and why?
@No Data, Regardless of who says it that person is horrible particularly if he/she is a Filipino. A person with that kind of thinking is a strong candidate to be a collaborator, a spy, isang taksil sa bayan, balimbing at ahas. Yes, I said that.
“Regardless of who says it that person is horrible particularly if he/she is a Filipino. A person with that kind of thinking is a strong candidate to be a collaborator, a spy, isang taksil sa bayan, balimbing at ahas. Yes, I said that.” – Juan Luna
And where’s yout legal basis of this, @Juan Luna? Accusing a person of being a collaborator and traitor to his country is a serious accusation. Do you even know the legal definition of treason? Show me the legal basis of treason then tell me if saying that the society in Philippines is horrible, go on.
“Accusing a person of being a collaborator and traitor to his country is a serious accusation. Do you even know the legal definition of treason? Show me the legal basis of treason then tell me if saying that the society in Philippines is horrible, go on.” – No Data
It is a serious accusation that is why for one to say this:
“Philippines is a horrible country…”
is putting one’s self at risk of being thought of as ‘taksil sa bayan’. A person who says his own country is horrible is not far to sell his soul to invaders and become a collaborator for he has no love lost with his motherland.
You said your country is horrible. For that, I’m not going to be surprise if a foreign country invades us and with open arms you welcome them to your horrible country as collaborator because of you being a taksil sa bayan. There’s no other word for it.
@Juan Luna I told you to show me the legal basis of treason yet you didn’t obey. Just obey, come on.
Motherland? You got to be kidding me, nothing is motherly in the Philippines. I just hope you’re not one of the people who think migrating and earning a foreign citizenship is betraying the country. Again, what’s your legal basis that saying that Philippines is a horrible country is a traitor?
@Juan Luna Reyes is the coach of the national team which represents your country yet the fans are booing him as if he committed an unforgivable sin.
Also, I don’t know why you claimed that it’s dangerous for me to ask you the legal basis for your claim about a strong candidate to be a collaborator. Oh wait, that’s just a speculation based on mere assumption on your part. Saying that a Filipino will be a strong candidate to be a collaborator just because he said that his country is horrible is dangerous.
“….fans are booing him as if he committed an unforgivable sin.” – No Data
No, not unforgivable sin. The fans are just venting their frustration to the coach. Nothing new there. I don’t know why it’s a big issue on Gogs and you.
“Philippines is a horrible country because of its society, not the foreigners and not the foreign countries.” – No Data
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That is the punch from the horrible person I’m talking about. No Data, what is your country, if you have one?
Now, don’t be afraid to say it because I was not afraid to take it when you insulted MY COUNTRY.
And yes, your society is ruining your country and here’s how:
1. Supporting political dynasties evidenced by voting for politicians based on their last names.
2. Voting politicians largely based on their fame, fame is more important than their credibility yet there are many people who trust these politicians instead of demanding more from them. I’ve seen people who defend your VP’s confidential funds instead of demanding transparency, they just trust whatever the VP says.
3. Supporting protectionism such as Filipino first policy and the 60-40 foreign business ownership rule yet they complain about the horrible products and services they get and the additional taxes they get by buying imported goods. Opening the country to foreign investments like how Singapore did will lower the price of goods and will generate more job opportunities.
4. Most people are undisciplined and disobedient when on the road. Do I need to say more about this? Most drivers there are always in a rush that they disobey rules if it’s convenient to them. Pedestrians also cross the streets even if their light is red, violations left and right. It’s easy to just obey traffic laws so I don’t know why it’s hard for them to do so.
“And yes, your society is ruining your country and here’s how:” – No Data
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Well, that’s fine, you don’t agree with how things in MY COUNTRY, i get that.
But how about your country, if you have one, how did you know yours is better than mine? Tell me, show me, prove to me why you are in a better country than mine.
You have been avoiding to name the country where you are, so I’ll assume you are in a country no different from mine. You, too, are in a horrible country but you are embarrass to admit it.
Me, I don’t avoid or deny anything, I just meet them head on. That’s what a man is supposed to do.
@No Data, don’t go to an issue where you will just bury yourself further. I said what I said and if you disagree with it let’s see what your response is. Defend your position and show me why I’m wrong.
@Juan Luna show me the legal basis of calling someone a traitor to the country just because he said that that country is horrible, then tell me if it’s legally considered as treason. I disagree with you because what you said is wrong. Go, show me the legal definition of treason, that’s an order.
@No Data
I said what I said, if you disagree with me you are welcome to respond. Just don’t tell me what to do. Don’t ask for evidence from me, don’t ask for legal basis because it would be dangerous for you to do that.
Just stay in the discussion/argument about the topic and you’ll be fine.
@Juan Luna you’re the one who said that a Filipino who says that Philippines is a strong candidate to be a collaborator, the accuser needs to prove it. Instead of saying that a Filipino who says that is a strong candidate to be a collaborator, you could’ve just said that he will possibly emigrate.
I could write a paragraph on why Philippines is a horrible country. It was once said that a country which does not care for its people will eventually lose them because it’s human nature to always look for a better future.
Anyway, Gogs is right in this article he wrote, Chot was being lambasted as if he committed an unforgivable sin yet he represents the people lambasting him. Are those people any different?
“…Chot was being lambasted as if he committed an unforgivable sin yet he represents the people lambasting him. Are those people any different?” – No Data
Those people are not horrible. They’re just fans who are expressing their feelings. Nothing new there.
On the issue of Chot ‘representing the people lambasting him’, I thought, according to you and Gogs, the Philippine team does not represent the country? If the team ‘does not represent the country’, why are you guys complaining and whining when the fans are booing its coach? Make up your mind, guys.
“I could write a paragraph on why Philippines is a horrible country.” – No Data
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You are welcome to do that but fairness dictates you have to name your country, if you have one, to show how different and better your country is compared to MY COUNTRY.
Go ahead, try it. 🤫
No Data: “It was once said that a country which does not care for its people will eventually lose them because it’s human nature to always look for a better future.”
To compliment this statement with an African proverb: “The child who is not embraced by the village will burn it down to feel its warmth.” True, there will always be Penises who will refer to work and live where the grass is greener.
And there will be people who wish for the *real* subversion of the state.
It will come.
“Did you try to research why Filipinos love only basketball? “
There is so much in this website about what Filipinos love and how it is working out for them. Just look at the local culture in terms of what it produces in terms of TV shows, love team movies and modern literature. Remember the audience they are aiming for. Now imagine that audience trying to comprehend something beyond ball goes in hoop. The culture here is what it is. You can see it in local media. You can see it in the local celebrities that attract eyeballs and the local movies that draw an audience. I mention in this blog about “low barrier to entry”. That about sums it up. If you expect local fans who are immersed in the local culture to try and comprehend any sport that doesn’t involve a hoop and ball then you are better off asking PISTON to give you a detailed , accurate discussion on global warming.
What really is this hate for basketball?
Our culture is not anchored exclusively on basketball. I don’t even understand why you speak culture alongside basketball. If the intent is positive basketball is the last thing you’ll connect to culture.
Well, everybody knew you have this inner hate feelings against basketball. Maybe it could be from some frustrations in the past or some dislike to physical contact or what have you. You so hate the game so much I wouldn’t be surprise if you will call for it’s total elimination in the future.
limp wrists dont make good ball players..
I am sick of replying to you when all the answers you seek are there if you read what I said . Reading gets in the way of name calling I know. If I was in favor of outlawing basketball I would be mocking everybody playing it . Pinoys are unique. They put basketball, billiards , beauty pageants on a pedestal more than the rest of the world. I am pointing out pinoy dysfunction which is what this website is about . If that bothers you, why are you here? The pinoy philosophy is that basketball is the only team sport worth propping up in our communities and the only team sport worth following internationally. Basketball is the pinoy’s road to international pansin. BTW let’s look for better imports . Already proof that even the proudest of the pinoys know that our players are substandard.
Have you ever heard the saying don’t put all your eggs in one basket ? Basketball, pa more . Focusing on basketball and your superior basketball opponents have far more accomplished athletes in other individual and team sports? That is not worth mentioning Juan Luna?? Einstein has a simple message for the pinoys with basketball myopia. Get one win in Fiba every 9 years and boo Chot and only Chot . Wow talk about broadening your horizons . Pinoys can’t broaden their sporting horizons and logically can not broaden their booing spectrum. Let’s all take it out on Chot. We don’t care about anything else anyway. If pinoys have their unique perspective that doesn’t work yet they have so much pride. In my blogs I dissect how that unique dynamic is so irrelevant and ineffective to the rest of the world . I don’t call for the outlawing of anything. Name call pa more.
“If I was in favor of outlawing basketball I would be mocking everybody playing it.” – Gogs
Every time you write about the Philippines be it politics, entertainment, sports, etc. you mock the Filipinos. Admit it. It is within your right to do so, I submit, but the problem is you do it in holier than thou manner.
It is as if you held the truth, the beautiful and the perfect.
“I am pointing out pinoy dysfunction which is what this website is about. If that bothers you, why are you here?” – Gogs
Actually, some of your criticisms, which is really nothing new, has basis and really needs to be talk about and pay attention to. The problem is, you come off like the big boss. You give an impression that you are better than all of us. In other words, you like to be a blog bully.
Regardless of what this website is all about I’m very sure it’s not about just pessimism, just gloom and doom. Regardles of what you see as ‘dysfunction’ on the Filipino, it is not right for you to castigate and attack us as if we’re the worst people in the world.
Don’t tell me your ONLY mission in life is to attack and spew hostility against the Filipino people? To drain them into submission to your endless antagonism? That’s the entire message of all of your articles here.
If you want us to believe, through your writings, that you don’t have even an iota of any positives in your heart towards the Philippines, I say, you succeeded disastrously.
So, how can I agree with you if your M.O. is to offend and attack anything that is Filipino? Don’t take things personal because I’m just reacting to what you are saying.
You ask me, ‘why I’m here’?
I’m here for you.
I saw this movie on the big screen in 1997 and this one scene comes to mind.
i know someone who absolutely hates basketball
yup.
total kakh saaker.
He’s a contrarian gamma male like everyone else who posts in this god forsaken shit hole. Same as that faggot Benign0. Same as that sand nigger Oman.
https://www.gfilotto.com/the-gamma-paradox
This article demonstrates why we must never listen to gamma males.
Basketball really isn’t much of a thinking sport compared to others. The time between conversions rewards bias to action rather than tactics and strategies. And yet Filipinos manage to pull that low bar even further down by exhibiting a unique Pinoy brand of basketball that is an on-point reflection of Filipino society.
@benign0: “The time between conversions rewards bias to action rather than tactics and strategies.”
Care to cite a specific sport comparison and examples so we can actually compare and test the assertion?
I wrote this seven years ago but you already knew this. Pinoys do not appreciate more subtle sports with complex rules and roles.
When I write about the Philippines myopic view towards team sports : 1) I show that nations who appreciate other sports beat them regularly 2) maybe by appreciating other sports we can appreciate team dynamics more than swapang ball that is played on every barangay court. Maybe if pinoys really appreciate team sports where not everybody scores they might approach the game the same way other teams do, like a real team instead glorifying the individual.
As you can see , the people who disagree insist :1) the Philippines is a good place when it comes to basketball 2) The Philippines is diverse athletically. All I get as basis to these claims are 60 year old footage. All team sports where we compete internationally , pinoys seem to max out on allowable imports.
on the contrary, basketball is very much a thinking sport.
ask larry legend.
ask cp3.
ask the joker.
“As you can see , the people who disagree insist :1) the Philippines is a good place when it comes to basketball” – Gogs
That’s another fallacy that is being thrown out there just to score cheap points against the Philippines.
Let me get this straight . The cerebral players in the history of basketball share the same intellect with PBA fans who to my knowledge do not seem to support any other sports to my knowledge. I don’t see attendance in other sports. I don’t see TV ratings on any team sports that is not the PBA. It is a basketball pa more society and nobody has given me any kind of metric. No attendance figures, no locals on teams that compete internationally in team sports . Barrier to entry is too steep for an audience that wants to be “astig”.
“PBA fans who to my knowledge do not seem to support any other sports to my knowledge. I don’t see attendance in other sports.” – Gogs
Nothing could be further from the truth. Basketball is the most popular sport in the country but the PBA is not the center of the universe in sports. There are a lot of sports that is being patronize by Filipinos. That’s the fact.
>Isn’t much of a thinking sport
That’s your gamma tell
it requires so much pattern recognition and acting on those patterns in a split second..both offensively and defensively
so yeah, basketball is a thinking sport.
maybe not as much as chess or american football or boxing, but ..
the best basketball teams are oftentimes also the smartest
The easiest way to prove that basketball is a thinking sport is to put the ball on the unbeliever’s hand inside the court with 9 other players and ask him what to do next with it.
or rather, ask him what to do when he doesnt have the ball
Yup, I think not having the ball in your hands is the time your mind is actually busy thinking. Thinking what you’re going to do with your body, where you’re going, what help you want to give with your teammates or thinking if you want to have the ball with you or not.
In those examples alone it already destroys the belief that the game is a non-thinking game. And we’re not even talking of the coaches yet! The actual brains in the game. 🏀
now, chot is not a great basketball mind.
but to say that filipinos are idiots for playing and loving the game, that is a statement only a total kakh saaker will make.
everyone has the right to play or watch any sport they like, even just one sport.
in some small american towns, football is everything
nothing wrong with that
Pinoys can like and play what they like. Yet they can’t accept the consequences of that choice. The consequences are the reality of who is beating them in the only team sport the locals devote themselves to. They feel entitled to more in sports when they give so little . They always look for answers abroad and not within.
What Gogs is saying simply boils down to one of the often thrown rhetoric in meme groups:
“Skill issue?”
And def Failipinos lack skill; Daily reminder for everyone: Skill trumps over interest. Applies regardless what you do everyday, your ‘hanapbuhay’ or what.
” Yet they can’t accept the consequences of that choice.” – Gogs
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Are you sure Chot Reyes was the real choice to coach the national team? Or was he an accidental coach because the real one was not available?
real coaches
dont cry real tears
other team sports out there:
hockey ( no ice )
football ( no field )
american football ( whats a nickel back ?)
volleyball ( owned by the gays )
cricket ( is that a chirping insect ? )
rugby ( a type of glue )
polo (would require horses )
baseball ( you build it, they may come )
water polo ( would need a pool-o )
handball ( now we talkin )
3×3 ( getting there )
runner ups :
dodge ball, patintero, 5 on 5 mixed martial arts
end of the day, filipinos are not really much of a sporting culture.
but the kids are getting taller and the skills coaches are getting better by the day…
although australia just mangled the u18 team by a bajillion points.
so the next generation, maybe ?
“end of the day, filipinos are not really much of a sporting culture.” – megget
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Fact: The Philippines has numerous traditional sports that were popular BEFORE THE COLONIAL ERA and after the colonial era. Among these are archery, arnis, horse-riding, fling sports, wrestling sports, dart sports, track sports, and traditional martial arts.
if buggery were a sport, you would be its one eyed king
Fiction:
“end of the day, filipinos are not really much of a sporting culture.” – megget
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Fact:
The Philippines has numerous traditional sports that were popular BEFORE THE COLONIAL ERA and after the colonial era. Among these are archery, arnis, horse-riding, fling sports, wrestling sports, dart sports, track sports, and traditional martial arts.
and your favorite sport , buggery..
of which you are its one eyed king
LIES:
“end of the day, filipinos are not really much of a sporting culture.” – megget
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TRUTH:
The Philippines has numerous traditional sports that were popular BEFORE THE COLONIAL ERA and after the colonial era. Among these are archery, arnis, horse-riding, fling sports, wrestling sports, dart sports, track sports, and traditional martial arts.
say “buggery” and these buggers come out of the woodwork
Take a nation like Australia which has only 24 million people. The ratio of world class athletes and teams it produces to its population utterly DWARFS that of the Philippines. The Philippines is a country of 120 million, yet it has to IMPORT athletes just to be able to keep its head barely above water in international competition.
So, what’s your point? That the Philippines should not compete?
Australia is economically better than the Philippines. Fine, that’s a fact. So, why would you compare the Philippines on a country that is in another economic bracket? Was the purpose to humiliate and embarrass a nation, a culture, a people? Is that what gets you high benigno? Or was the intent to show arrogantly and with pride that you have been saved by going to another country and leave your boring and tattered life in the Philippines?
I’ve seen countries more worse than the Philippines but I don’t fine joy ridiculing them; I don’t get high insulting their people just because they’re inferior compared to others. We’re all the same, superiority only exists in the minds of the insecure.
I cannot imagine giving a lecture on a blog, Get Real, that has been in existence for years about how to be a good human being. I’m astounded to see/read people here that lacks decency even in trivial matters just so it can release some pent-up anger or resentment by disrespecting another country.
It’s a sad reflection of one’s personality to see him/her nitpick a nation just because he/she can do so; just because he/she thought the other guy will be offended. It’s not a good feeling to read you, No Data, Gogs, and some here waste your time and energy to make infantile comments that is not really suitable and appropriate with educational background you have. If you even have any.
I feel like engaging with some high schoolers with misplaced confidence thinking they are better than the rest not realizing their ignorance is showing by the rudeness of their strategy and the nonsense that they make. You can do better than that, benigno, much, much better. I hope.
You are 100% correct.
Benign0 needs to be put up against a wall and choked to death with Marshmallow fluff. ;^)
genetics plays a part, and so does the horse tranquilizer in their food.
Not only that, when it came time for its Opposition to come up with a good leader to unite its factions against a looming landslide win by Bongbong Marcos and Sara Duterte, all it came up with was Leni Robredo. History’s DUMBEST Opposition leader is all they could find in a country of 120 million! 😮
So do you have anything better to do with your life besides repeating the same bullshit dunks or are you a degenerate nigger like all of the ANC, who should be genocides like you because Gammas deserve Industrial scale death? ;^)
True. Failippines is home to a 120 million of Failippinos who could not even feed themselves nor think for themselves. Funnily they have to rely on some harping, Western-clinging ‘thot leaders’ to validate their woes.
thot leaders…good one he he
Can you prove that with data or are you just another spoiled brat nigger repeating bourgeois anti-Filipino talking points regurgitated by NPA communists and Pro-American Boomers?
@benign0: “The Philippines is a country of 120 million, yet it has to IMPORT athletes just to be able to keep its head barely above water in international competition.”
Yes, no import athletes. It should be something ideal for the Philippines, however,…
benign0, need not wonder why since the Australians themselves (including most other countries in the world) have long done it and are still doing it – despite the ratio of world class athletes and teams it produces to its population. Netball Australia lifts import restrictions on foreign players.
Australians regard highly the importance of Foreign imports.
“It’s not just players who need to be imported, said one informed observer who controversially claims that local talent exists but foreign coaches need to be imported to Australia.”
https://www.smh.com.au/sport/soccer/the-importance-of-imports-20081214-gdt6it.html
The Australian government even have a special visa for this purpose.
Temporary Activity visa (subclass 408)
Sporting Activities
“This visa allows you to play, coach, instruct or adjudicate for an Australian team, or do high level sports training with a sporting organisation. You and your family can stay in Australia for up to 2 years.”
https://immi.homeaffairs.gov.au/visas/getting-a-visa/visa-listing/temporary-activity-408/sporting-activities
😳 Oh, Australia is also doing it? That is nice. 😶
australia wont be needing you though..
buggery not being a real sporting activity and whatnot.