Turkey NT 2012

I can't imagine Guidetti leaving GER NT and going to Turkey. It's seems to be unfair to German girls who trust him a lot (as I know). I would understand some others choices but Turkey is one of the main rival of Germany!

As for Barbollini I can say that he used to be one of my favourites coaches. After London 2012 I'm angry at him but still I believe that he's a great coach.

There is no objectice reason for Motta's dismissal. In my opinion he didn't use all Turkish potential during the 2012 OG but in general he is doing a great job. It's stupid to change coaches so often.

Very bad decision...TVF

I really don't understand this decision. Turkey NT won bronze medal both in Europe and Grand Prix, succeeded to qualify for Olympic Games, at the moment it is the 7th best ranked team in the world. These all happened while Motta was the coach, and our "clever" federation somehow wasn't willing to extend his contract. I thought Motta's health condition was the problem but from what I read it is the federation who didn't want to extend the contract.

Not only the success but also the qualty of the team has improved with Motta. The team has played as a team not as a Neslihan-centred team in recent compititions. Blocking and the defence abilities of the team was getting better. Plus he wasn't working only with the senior team but also with the junior one which won gold medal in 2011 Youth European Championship, World Championship and 2012 Junior European Championship.

Really clever decision by TVF

Motta made a statement to the media today and it seems he is a bit disappointed in terms of how they part the ways. Actually it is not a surprise for me, as StarNight said, it was an expected decision. Thank you for everything Motta. I have always supported him and respect his decisions during 2 years. He has great contributions on Turkish Women Volleyball's rising momentum for sure, but he failed at the most important competition, 2012 Olympics. No matter how the group was difficult, he must find a way through the next round but he failed and 2012 Olympics took a place in our minds as a complete failure even though getting a part there was first for us. To sum up, I am ok about the decision. This is life, there will be always new managements and new faces. Good luck in your life, Motta.

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Motta made a statement to the media today and it seems he is a bit disappointed in terms of how they part the ways. Actually it is not a surprise for me, as StarNight said, it was an expected decision. Thank you for everything Motta. I have always supported him and respect his decisions during 2 years. He has great contributions on Turkish Women Volleyball's rising momentum for sure, but he failed at the most important competition, 2012 Olympics. No matter how the group was difficult, he must find a way through the next round but he failed and 2012 Olympics took a place in our minds as a complete failure even though getting a part there was first for us. To sum up, I am ok about the decision. This is life, there will be always new managements and new faces. Good luck in your life, Motta.

I don't think you can say he failed at the 2012 Olympics. The route in which Turkey qualified, through the Euro qualifier was about as tough of a road as possible for them and they were able to succeed in qualifying. All of their losses came against higher ranked, and quite frankly better teams. I also think it's unfair for the coach to solely be the object of blame. Neslihan played very poorly at times and I doubt you would blame her for the failure.

Turkey will continue to do well regardless of who their next coach is because the strength of their domestic league. It will definitely be an interesting change. Who are the top candidates to replace Motta?

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I don't think you can say he failed at the 2012 Olympics. The route in which Turkey qualified, through the Euro qualifier was about as tough of a road as possible for them and they were able to succeed in qualifying. All of their losses came against higher ranked, and quite frankly better teams. I also think it's unfair for the coach to solely be the object of blame. Neslihan played very poorly at times and I doubt you would blame her for the failure.

Turkey will continue to do well regardless of who their next coach is because the strength of their domestic league. It will definitely be an interesting change. Who are the top candidates to replace Motta?

Actually i didn't say he failed in general, what i said is that he failed at the most important tournament, 2012 Olympics. During the tournament Neslihan's performance was poor, not even close to her general performance and it might be valid for many players in the squad showing bad performances at times as well. I agree about that. But my point is Motta was the coach and that makes him first responsible for everything in my consideration. Statistics, rankings etc. don't say everything. Turkey had enough potential to go far for many people including me but simply didn't manage to qualify. Anyway, i still feel pain whenever i remember that tournament. All i can say Motta gave SOS at that tournament and caused comprising question marks in our minds. Because of that continuing without him was an expected decision.

As already mentioned in this topic, Guidetti and Barbolini are the main candidates for this job. I don't have idea which one is better for the team but i just can't imagine Turkish NT leading by Guidetti would compete against German NT at the next EC in Germany. I think it is impossible for now to see Gui as the Turkey NT coach.

Turkey became too big for Motta anyway his tactics were poor he kept repeating same thing over and over... Turkey Nt was one of the best in that tournament but he couldn't prepare them mentally that was clear made many poor and late choices etc

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Turkey became too big for Motta anyway his tactics were poor he kept repeating same thing over and over... Turkey Nt was one of the best in that tournament but he couldn't prepare them mentally that was clear made many poor and late choices etc

While many people share the same arguments, as i said in my previous post, i have never criticized his decisions. Because he was consistent and had his own style. For sure he tried to do the best for the team. Again thank you Motta for your contributions to Turkish Volleyball.

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According to this article Federation agreed with Massimo Barbolini for 4 years and they will announce it next week.

Source : http://dal15al25.gazzetta.it/2…lini-allenera-la-turchia/

Motta > Barbolini

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According to this article Federation agreed with Massimo Barbolini for 4 years and they will announce it next week.

Source : http://dal15al25.gazzetta.it/2…lini-allenera-la-turchia/

Poor choice seriously ? Why not Hugh or Gui

I hope that's not true. I don't think Barbolini is so bad but he's not better than Motta in my opinion.

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Poor choice seriously ? Why not Hugh or Gui

It always takes two sides to make a contract Guidetti is under contract with German NT and McCutcheon as far as I know is coaching a team in NCAA nowadays and I don't think we'll see him internationally again in near future.

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Motta > Barbolini

Poor Turkey NT

Not signing with again was a joke but signing with Barbolini is more than that, this is scandal

Didn't he resign from ITA NT due to his will to work with a club in addition to NT, now Turkish Federation will let him work in GS as well

Barbolini didnot raise any star in italian NT (C. Bosetti doesn't count, she was already born as a star ) He seems successful on the paper however I don't think he is a strong coach. We saw how much he can be influenced by the veterans in the team thanks to his choice in OG and in GS

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Turkey became too big for Motta anyway his tactics were poor he kept repeating same thing over and over... Turkey Nt was one of the best in that tournament but he couldn't prepare them mentally that was clear made many poor and late choices etc

Are you talking about the Olympics? Turkish NT one of the best teams of that tournament?

Turkish NT has improved a lot but not quite there against all the quarter finalists. I'm not even talking about USA, surging Brazil, Japan and China. Even Korea which had KYK. May be next Olympics but not this one.