Here are three thoughts on what happened in the KSA game and what we can do moving forward.
Lack of scouting. The Gilas staff admitted that they knew next to nothing about the KSA team and thus, were not prepared for the hard pressing, long, athletic, hustling-for-every-loose-ball, driving-at-every-opportunity bunch that played like they had nothing to loose. Gilas had no answers because, until then, they didn't enough know what the exam was about. Moving forward, with the internet in play, our strategic alliances (like with Coach Tab) as well as OFWs in every corner of the globe, I'm sure there was a way to get even just one tape of the Saudis. I mean, they had to play in the qualifying round, right? If we can get tapes of the other Arab teams, we should be able to get our hands on even just one KSA tape.
