Eddie Casiano and his group left the Quebradillas Pirates

In the middle of a chain of four defeats, the national leader Eddie Casiano cease his duties on Wednesday afternoon as leader of the Pirates of Quebradillas of the National Basketball Superior (BSN) in an outing that was described as a mutual agreement by the franchise’s attorney, Roberto Roca.

The exit was effective immediately, Roca said

“I just simply understood that we needed a reaction. The team has played cold and hot and after talking about the staff we decided we didn’t see the players very motivated. There was something going on. Although it wasn’t a dressing room thing or anything, ”Roca said.

Roca reported that his assistants Manolo Cintrón and Rafael ‘Xinès’ Torres were left out with Cassià. The only thing left was Rafael Muñoz, Who will lead the franchise temporarily during Thursday ‘s game against the Humacao Grays alongside Danny Deida.

At the time of the phone call from this newspaper, Roca said he was interviewing several people and has estimated that the new leader should be in his place before Monday. He said there was a chance they would have a new leader in property in the next few hours.

As for the conversation with Cassian, who has led the Pirates since 2019, he said that “It was a decision between two professionals that we decided we needed to make the change and it was done. A lot of work was done with the team and I have no complaints. It’s just the time to look for a reaction and do a change, and the time has come in this negative streak in which we cannot continue to lose games. “

With Tuesday night’s 76-75 defeat to Ponce, the Pirates dropped to third place in BSN Division A with 11-9, giving way to the Cariduros de Fajardo (10-8).

As for the players, Roca said that once the new leader is appointed “we will consult him to see what alternatives we have or want him, and how he sees the team. And after the leader sees it we will decide if there will be change of players or not. It is not clear, but the deadline for changes is Wednesday “.

“Sometimes when a leader is one, two or three years with a team things don’t get the same and I think it was time to change,” Roca concluded.

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