Hashemi: ‌ Basketball had a tense atmosphere during his tenure / Mehram suffered from refereeing

Mustafa Hashemi In an interview with IRNA on Wednesday, ‌ stated: “In the 20 years I have been coaching, I have never talked about issues such as refereeing, loss, injury of players, having or not having foreign players and such things, and this time only for this reason.” I say that injustices have been done to Mehram Club.

He continued: “I always tried to share the victories with everyone, but I took responsibility for the losses and defeats.” I do not look for excuses because I believe that I am judged by the people and the society and I do not want the image of me created in the sports community to take another form.

The former head coach of the Iranian national basketball team reminded: The reality is that when a team wins or loses, it does not return to a specific person and a cycle of people and factors are involved in it. The ambiguities are why in the second half of the game against the organizers of Sirjan, something happened that disrupted the process of the team, especially when we were the top team and we could have won the field. If I remain silent in this situation, I have abused Mehram Club. I admit that we made mistakes along the way, but something happened that I have not talked about until today, which was beyond my control and any other person, but I paid the price.

My first mistake was in dating

Hashemi said: “My first mistake was in recruiting, unfortunately we did not do well in this matter and we paid the price during the league, for which I take responsibility.” In any case, a contribution must be made to each section in relation to the events and issues that existed. I have nothing to say about the club because Mehram has been present as one of the Iranian basketball brands for many years and is proud of it.

In response to the question that was heard many times in Mehram club by an old player, tension and conflict was created, he added: “Let us not go into the margins in this case, with all these conditions, we reached the third game against the organizers of Sirjan, even in circumstances.” We had an injured player and we could not use all our capacities. In that game and in one minute, we were high with 15 points, but the events and the process of the game went in such a way that our head and the team were ruined like an avalanche.

The inadvertent decisions of the judges gave us the job / clean judging community; Need training

The former head coach of the Iranian national basketball team noted: “Unfortunately, the inadvertent decisions of the referees allowed us to watch the game video from 21 to 35 minutes and judge for yourself.” The margins created in the team were enough to make the team weaker and weaker in the second half and in the continuation of the game, and whatever we did, we could not get out of the swamp in which we were sinking.

He also mentioned refereeing: “Referees like me are coaches, players or anyone else, and they may make mistakes. The judges’ salaries are low and training and behavioral courses should be held for them at the highest level and world quality so that they are mentally and physically ready to be judged and make the fewest mistakes.

He continued: “Financial discussion and training should be considered and emphasized by the federation, and if we want Iranian basketball to grow, apart from technical issues and team management, we must also pay attention to this issue, but my point is to allow the result of the game only It will be determined by the agents of a club, فنی technical staff and players, and I hope that one day we will reach this important point. I am defending Mehram today because I believe that Mehram was harmed in this regard, although I know that after my speeches, the proponents and the opponents will give arguments, but I can not remain silent and not speak about what happened. We could have won but we did not, and that is a bitter truth.

I prefer to be silent / I have nightmares at night

Regarding the complaints of some Premier League coaches about the refereeing performance, Hashemi said: “It is better not to say anything about this, but when the league refereeing performance is expressed, there are arguments that I leave the judgment to the people and the basketball community.” Those who are in the heart of basketball know the situation, and even today I do not want to subject the status and position of basketball to events and fringes.

Mehram’s former head coach said about the game with Sirjan regulators: “Losing against Sirjan regulators was a nightmare for me and I still could not adapt to these conditions.” Why during the third game, Mehram and Hashemi suddenly became weak and fell?

All this has reasons that in the second half of the game, the team suddenly fell, ‌ why? ‌ can not cope with this situation because it became immoral that can not be digested.

Why are we targeting each other?

He continued: “Unfortunately, basketball and some people have been targeted for some time now, from that unfortunate incident at the airport to the issues that accompanied us until the last moments of the assembly and the elections.” I do not know why we have used all our beliefs, beliefs, ideals and beliefs to exclude an individual or a group. If this is to become a habit in our sport, I dare say that in the coming years we will have nothing left of morality, knowledge and culture, because we are ready to play with the reputation of the people to achieve our goals. Unfortunately, when it comes to elections, everyone is hostile to each other, they want to hit each other and they want to push the other side away in any way possible.

Hashemi pointed out: I do not know what can be done, but the elections in the way we have in our country will be a disaster for sports. Perhaps the situation would have been better if the Minister of Sports had the authority to appoint the presidents of the federations, because the directors of sports were appointed with his opinion and support, and everyone moved according to a logical method, but now everyone plays their instrument.

He continued: “Maybe if a working group was formed that selected and introduced qualified and ethical people to hold sports management positions, we would be in a better situation.” I’m not a legislator, but I believe we will soon have problems with the way we are doing. Why should the sports community and the family of a federation get into trouble during the election period and because of expressing their desire for a person or a movement? Unfortunately, meritocracy in our sport has faded and not everyone spares any action to achieve their goals and desires. Space sports were supposed to have a heroic character and spirit for humans to cultivate themselves in, but now it has become a place for personal settlements and we see how they ax to the root.

I got a team that was empty of the Olympics

Regarding the conditions of his presence to sit on the bench of the national basketball team, he said: “I joined the national team when the team had returned from the Olympics and Ramin Tabatabai asked me to help lead the team.” I accepted this responsibility based on my thoughts, the most important of which was the change of generation with a gentle slope and the addition of young, talented and, of course, high-performance players. At the same time, you saw what players were added to the national team, and if the situation did not change, this process would continue. I have no doubt that this team will succeed and take a good path and wish success to all the children and the national team. And I’m proud.

Hashemi added: “When we took over the team and the games started, I did not have 6 Olympic players, which was a big problem. The absence of Hamed, Samad, Arun and Sina in the game against Bahrain and the absence of Behnam Yakhchali in the match against Kazakhstan.” This combination and the coronary heart disease that affected Arsalan and Sajjad, and the two were added to the team 10 days later, it was natural that the national team lost weight. We injected young players into the team who had a good performance and were supposed to be in this window as well, such as Sabeti, Taherkhani, Ali Akbari and Gholizadeh. In any case, the national team cycle must be allowed to continue its natural course, and players must always be ready, promising and ready to enter this cycle.

The tenure was vague and tense / The Cossacks have all the necessary factors

The former head coach of the national team said: “We had 2 matches against Bahrain, which we won in the first game in Tehran, and in Manama and in the return match, there were difficult conditions, but we succeeded.” At that time, we entered a period of supervision that had its own conditions and disrupted the work process. We had a tense atmosphere and ambiguity and confusion gripped the national team. It is especially difficult to be in the competition cycle.

He said: “We reached the game with Kazakhstan. The Kazakhs had an American top guard who was good and had all the necessary factors for a team, but our national team has good players like Hamed Haddadi, Samad Nikkhah Bahrami, Behnam Yakhchali, Aaron Gramipour.” Cena was single and … was empty. Arsalan Kazemi and Sajjad were added to us late and every time our attack fell on Mohammad Jamshidi and it was natural that we could not use all our resources. Of course, it should be taken into account that in the last 8 minutes we were 13 points ahead, but there were events on the field that can be called sports accidents, for example, the ball did not go into the basket in different ways and in the last 40 seconds of the game. We did, while if the players I mentioned are in the team, we could easily beat Kazakhstan.

Hashemi added: “After this game, we went to Syria. With those events, we had to reunite the team, which was hard work, but the players, despite all the conditions, worked hard and fulfilled their commitment.”

The coincidence of the elections and the game of the national team was not good

Reacting to the coincidence of the national team game and the basketball federation elections, he said: “I wrote a letter to the Minister of Sports about the elections and asked, considering that the two national team players must also vote and have been in interaction and electoral consultations, emphasizing The focus of the national team changed slightly during the election, but eventually we saw the election take place. I think we are on the right track, I have no doubt that this team will be in the Asian Cup and the Asian Games in the final, and there is a possibility of winning.

Regarding the changes made in the national basketball team, he added: “With the joining of Hamed Haddadi in the first place and Behnam Yakhchali and Sina Vahedi and Aaron, it will be greatly strengthened.”

A proposal for the president of the federation

Hashemi also had a suggestion for refereeing at the end, I suggest increasing the number of video cameras in Azadi Basketball Hall so that both the game and the way the referees are judged from all angles, and from these tensions and challenges that have existed for many years. Honest and sound judges and toilers can be attributed to the reduction.

I wish pride for the basketball of my country, basketball belongs to the big family of this field, not a special class, and all available capacities should be used for its pride and promotion.