Zeljko Obradovic He is no longer the coach of Partizan. He left because he couldn't take it anymore, and with the words that the president of the club Stays leave no room for Mijailović for nothing but to resign. If he even understands what's going on.
The fans did not wait to hear "a long-ago dream".
The title theme of the new "Vremen" (on newsstands from this Thursday) deals with how one man became more than basketball and how it came to an inglorious end.
Anyway, it is clear that Ostoja Mijailović's claim that a system was established in Partizan that does not depend on an individual, even if that individual was also called Željko Obradović, was empty.
It happened what many fans feared in the past years, in which the results were getting weaker and the pressure was increasing - what will happen when Obradović leaves. The black and whites are at the bottom of the Euroleague, without a coach on the bench and with a fully trained team on the field, while the fans' anger threatens from the stands.
Phenomenon Obradovic
Our source, who does not deny that there were other topics and disputes at the famous session of the Executive Board, says this: "Theoretically, if a fight were to happen now, if Mijailović resigns and Obradović remains the coach - the question remains of how to resolve the locker room."
But the problem is wider than that. According to Obradović, it turns out that Mijailović undermined the club he leads.
In the fatalism of these days, many fans announced "the end of Partizan". Or because in the departure of Željko Obradović, he saw the collapse of the regime and its first man, Zvezdaš. Or because he thinks that a club that leaves its greatest legend morally loses its right to exist.
And it is difficult to overestimate what the return of Obradović meant for basketball in this area. There is a direct connection between his appearance and the tripling of the budget and attendance at the matches of Crvena Zvezda, for example.
Therefore, black and white people do not remember this kind of crisis and the question is how they will get out of it.
Read the entire long article about Obradović's departure from Partizan in the new issue of "Vremena" from this Thursday or subscribe to the digital edition