{"id":512048,"date":"2026-08-28T08:18:01","date_gmt":"2026-08-28T06:18:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/?p=512048"},"modified":"2026-08-28T08:18:01","modified_gmt":"2026-08-28T06:18:01","slug":"marko-guduric-messina-could-no-longer-handle-the-pressure-poeta-may-be-too-nice","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/marko-guduric-messina-could-no-longer-handle-the-pressure-poeta-may-be-too-nice\/","title":{"rendered":"Marko Guduric: Messina could no longer handle the pressure. Poeta may be too nice"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Marko Guduric reflected on Olimpia Milano\u2019s season during an appearance on the Serbian <em>6.75<\/em> podcast. He spoke highly of his personal relationship with Ettore Messina but also described the pressure surrounding the coach. \u201cHe had planned to hand the club over to Peppe at the end of the season, but I think he could no longer handle it in November.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The Serbian guard recalled the meeting in which Messina informed the team of his decision. \u201cHe told us that, while walking up the stairs to the arena before a EuroLeague game, he realized he could not continue.\u201d Messina remained close to the team after leaving the bench but stayed away from practices for several months to avoid making Poeta\u2019s position uncomfortable.<\/p>\n<p>Guduric described Poeta as energetic and consistently positive but added: \u201cMaybe he is too nice. I told him that, if necessary, he could yell at me too and perhaps wake the team up.\u201d The player nevertheless stressed that there is no single winning method. \u201cThe important thing is for every player to accept the coach\u2019s vision and be on the same page.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Olimpia Milano player discusses the coaching change and the differences between Ettore Messina and Peppe Poeta<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":146,"featured_media":512047,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_spbk_hide_featured":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[199,259],"tags":[],"rumors":[],"typology":[],"posizionamento":[],"class_list":["post-512048","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-euroleague","category-serie-a"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Marko Guduric: Messina could no longer handle the pressure. 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