Ziagos: “In Mykonos they balance the vision and ambition with realism”

OR Mykonos celebrated the conquest of the title in Elite Leaguewhile ensuring its historical rise to Stoiximan gbl!

The coach of the island’s island team, Vangelis Ziagosspoke on the SEPK website. For this great success, which came after the excellent course that made it all over this season.

In detail what the coach of Mykonos said:



You have cooked groups with completely different profiles. Where do you classify this year’s experience with Mykonos? Not as success, but as a route.

“A.O. Mykonos is a new proposal in modern Greek sport. A project balanced by extroversion with humility, vision and ambition with realism, the passion for the victory with hospitality and good fight. A common effort for a whole society. Smaller and older businessmen, students, teachers, municipality, ferry companies, and even the church all contributed to the extent that everyone could. An organism that brings health and produces culture, not with words and lyrics, but with its attitude and behavior of its people. We have accepted the kafrila as a regularity. Here we are talking about something different ».

In Greek basketball, how realistic is it to envision a depth of time in an organization?

“At all. With the exception of the cases of the coaches, which the only one who can dismiss them is themselves, in the other cases the coach’s consumption in a Greek team is such that it causes common sense. Another “regularity” that we accept without complaining – some, in fact, cause it and feed on it. It is a professional anomaly, which proves to lead teams to failure and self -destruction. The result in group sports is a component of many components, where the capable and necessary condition is time. Time nourishes the plan and the plan requires patience. How many sports organizations in the country have these characteristics? “.

How did you manage the subtle balance between professionalism and family chemistry in the locker room of Mykonos?

“Professional and family climate not only do not conflict, but, along with administrative stability, are the prerequisites to reach the end of the route. It was not difficult at all. The model of authoritarian management in professional sport has no place in a modern organization ».

How much space does Elite League level leave for creativity in the game? Or requires clean ‘execution’?

“I don’t think it has to do with the league as well as the racing philosophy of the coach or the club itself, in cases where the club charts the lines on which the team’s philosophy will move.”.

Does leadership in groups “born” racing / are in the process of evolution requires another kind of training approach from traditional forces? What changes in the way you communicate with players?

“I can’t say that the club’s chronological age affects the leadership model and the way a coach works. Flexibility and adaptability should be non -negotiable principles in my opinion, but I don’t think they have to do both with the phase of the organization, but with the culture and philosophy of administration and the local community. “.

Did Mykonos rise as a result of consistency or overrun? What element of your racing philosophy proved to be the most decisive in this course?

“The rise came as a result of the coexistence of many parameters: the vision of the administration, their patience and their full confidence in our choices and decisions, even in times of unpleasant times? The level of cooperation between staff executives and, of course, the quality of the roster, as well as the consistency shown by the athletes and their faith in the way we chose to work ».