Photo: Miloš Milivojević/TanjugIt is worth noting the difference between the behavior of the first man of KK Partizan and the first man of Serbia in a crisis. Who do you think, which of the two whines, raises tensions and panics, and who overcomes the abnormal situation in a calm and normal way?
What will I do, where will I go - as a star player, I have to talk about Partizan again. The reader knows why. It is a match with Real and unprecedented fight in Madrid. The match was ended in the end, Partizan returned to Belgrade with a Pyrrhic victory, and the gravediggers spent the night in a mixture of anxiety attacks and high fever. They had a strong and justified reason: Partizan enters the continuation of the Euroleague playoffs significantly weakened because of this disciplinary penalties key players – Panther was punished with two games of suspension, and Lesor with one.
But that's not the point. During the half-time break, Željko Obradović separated his players from the opponents and then, still hot-headed, declared that Real is a big club where he has many friends, and that "we should host him nicely in Belgrade." He also reminded of Madrid's hospitality, and called on the fans to do everything so that no one in the rival team would feel uncomfortable in the Arena.
Therefore, Obradović did not continue the fight from the sports field in public; he didn't whine or mention liars, vile enemies, scum, scumbags, personal threats and heroic demeanor on the floor. Despite the fact that his plans and hopes were thwarted in many ways, he calmly did his best to calm down and overcome tensions so that Partizan could continue the competition as well as possible. In short, he once again rose above his own emotions and frustration, remaining perfectly normal in an abnormal situation. People would say - sir. That is why - purely for education - it is necessary to notice the difference between the behavior of the first man of Partizan and the first man of Serbia in a crisis.
Of course, sports and government affairs are far from the same, but both are reflected in the other. Especially the leadership style. In this context, every citizen of Serbia can easily imagine the reactions of Aleksandar Vučić if he were in Obradović's place. He would start with the traditional panicking and blaming everything and everyone, especially rivals and referees. Along with this general scorn followed by arrogance, curses and reality outbursts, there is necessarily an alternating current of self-praise and self-pity. In the end, constantly in the center of attention, Vučić would declare victory regardless of the result. He was like that during the floods, the corona, the war in Ukraine, the negotiations on Kosovo; he spread such a management style throughout the country, be it politics, state administration, media, economy and, finally, sports.
Basketball club Partizan is extremely lucky that its coach is immune to this national practice. If the good spirit of normality - as Dragan Bjelogrlić called it - is maintained in the Arena, it will primarily be the merit of Željko Obradović.
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