In the summer Sassari was rightly indicated as the team that had changed the least: just three new foreigners, Dowe, Jones and Onuaku. For the rest nine confirmed players and coach Bucchi as well. The idea was to have a well-run group that could start off strong instead of struggling like in the past season. Instead, the situation repeated itself in many ways.
The injuries that hit Treier, Robinson, Jones, Devecchi, Chessa, Gentile and Dowe have influenced. Half roster.
Only six biancoblù have always played in the eight league games between the Super Cup, the league and the Champions League. And among these, just four have regularly carried out the preparation: Bendzius, Kruslin, Onuaku and Diop, because Robinson and Jones missed the first part of the retreat and the friendlies, making their debut directly in the Final Four in Brescia.
This fact alone explains the difficulties in finding homogeneity of performance and condition . The Dowe-Nikolic gearbox was also not painless from a tactical point of view. The combo-guard made the starting play during the preparation, then returned Robinson lost some security, now with the Slovenian Dinamo has a real play as an alternative to Robinson.
The amalgamation problems can be overcome if all, absolutely all the players will put themselves at the service of the team , starting from the defense, which is what coach Bucchi asked for. The Champions League matches in Dijon and the league match at home against Trieste will be more indicative than the big match against Virtus Bologna.
