BUENOS AIRES (CABB) – Sergio Hernandez is mulling over an offer by the Argentina Basketball Federation to continue as coach of the national team.
Hernandez guided Albiceleste to a bronze medal at this summer’s Olympics.
“I will take some time to think about it,” he said.
“If it was down to willingness and pleasure, I would remain in the national team for life.
“But that is not the only thing. I want to be very honest, evaluate if I still have the energy to take a role that is sacred. I returned from Beijing and I didn´t rest much.
“If there isn´t (enough energy), then I should leave the place to someone else.”
Hernandez had a tough act to follow in Ruben Magnano, the Argentinian coach who guided the national team to a gold medal at the 2004 Olympics. Magnano then decided to coach Varese in Italy and that was not compatible with staying on as the boss of the Albiceleste.
At the World Championship in Japan, Argentina suffered a narrow defeat to Spain in the semi-finals when a potential game-winning three-pointer from a wide-open Andres Nocioni bounced off the rim at the very end.
They ended up losing to the United States in the battle for third place.
Last year, Hernandez’s team managed to win the silver medal at the FIBA Americas Championship in Las Vegas despite the absence of Ginobili, Fabricio Oberto, Andres Nocioni and other key players.
This year, Hernandez’s team lost Ginobili to an ankle injury in the first quarter of their semi-final to the United States but still hit back in the bronze-medal game to beat Lithuania.
“There are many good coaches out there,” Hernandez said.
“(Argentina Basketball Federation vice president German) Vaccaro already told me (about a possible contract extension) while having coffee but that was that.”
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