{"id":67783,"date":"2022-09-25T09:14:27","date_gmt":"2022-09-25T09:14:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportsrabbi.com\/?p=67783"},"modified":"2022-09-29T06:55:04","modified_gmt":"2022-09-29T06:55:04","slug":"dzikic-takes-no-prisoners-as-its-his-way-or-the-highway-at-hapoel-jerusalem","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportsrabbi.com\/en\/dzikic-takes-no-prisoners-as-its-his-way-or-the-highway-at-hapoel-jerusalem\/","title":{"rendered":"Dzikic takes no prisoners as it&#8217;s his way or the highway at Hapoel Jerusalem"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>There\u2019s no question who\u2019s in charge at Hapoel Jerusalem. If anyone had any doubts that head coach Aleksandar Dzikic wasn\u2019t going to be the most dominant personality for the Reds this 2022\/23 season, you certainly hadn\u2019t followed the Serbian bench boss throughout the years. <\/p>\n<p>Dzikic arrived in the capital city after years of coaching throughout the continent in various different competitions and has always been known for his straightforward and up front style as a bench boss which was on full display when Hapoel Jerusalem got by Hapoel Eilat 82-74 in the quarterfinals of the Winner Cup preseason tournament.<\/p>\n<p>The capital city Reds eventually fell for the first time in preseason play when they succumbed to Hapoel Tel Aviv 76-71 in the semifinals up in Hadera where the Winner Cup is taking place, but what was clear was that most players who hadn\u2019t put in 200% effort in the previous game did just that this time around. <\/p>\n<p>Dzikic will take no prisoners which was clear as day and those who don\u2019t follow his lead will quickly find themselves in trouble.<br \/>\n<div id=\"attachment_67703\" style=\"width: 1290px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-67703\" src=\"https:\/\/sportsrabbi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/82BA917E-2190-4F46-9923-F450C4AC4708.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1280\" height=\"853\" class=\"size-full wp-image-67703\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sportsrabbi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/82BA917E-2190-4F46-9923-F450C4AC4708.jpeg 1280w, https:\/\/sportsrabbi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/82BA917E-2190-4F46-9923-F450C4AC4708-610x407.jpeg 610w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1280px) 100vw, 1280px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-67703\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Khadeen Carrington &#8211; Photo Credit: Yehuda Halickman<\/p><\/div><br \/>\nThe Serbian,  who has been in charge of teams in his home country of Serbia, Montenegro, North Macedonia, Lithuania and Slovenia, will expect and demand every single player dive for loose balls, go for the 50\/50 ones, box out on rebounds and just show an all around effort on every single play no matter what the situation is. With the Jerusalem bench boss, there will be no nights off anyplace and anytime.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are trying to achieve a certain level of performance and level of energy and level of focus,\u201d Dzikic began. \u201cSome teams have more talent than us and some less, but in order for your talent to become a factor you simply have to expend energy on both ends of the court and I believe that kind of approach is contagious. It\u2019s super hard to see your teammate fighting, taking a charge and diving on the floor and you not wanting to do the same.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Jerusalem\u2019s choice of preseason opponents prior to the Winner Cup was interesting as in previous years the Reds would travel abroad and face various European clubs ahead of the new season. But this year, Dzikic wanted to try something a but different and stay home in order to play Israeli teams to give the Reds a good base for the campaign ahead. Eilat, who they happened to play in the Winner Cup was also one of their opponents during training camp and as they say there was a method to his madness in staying domicile.<br \/>\n<div id=\"attachment_67707\" style=\"width: 1290px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-67707\" src=\"https:\/\/sportsrabbi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/1EBAE616-0D69-47B5-9B7C-F8D8B4775D5F.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1280\" height=\"853\" class=\"size-full wp-image-67707\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sportsrabbi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/1EBAE616-0D69-47B5-9B7C-F8D8B4775D5F.jpeg 1280w, https:\/\/sportsrabbi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/1EBAE616-0D69-47B5-9B7C-F8D8B4775D5F-610x407.jpeg 610w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1280px) 100vw, 1280px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-67707\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Winner Cup &#8211; Photo Credit: Yehuda Halickman<\/p><\/div><br \/>\n\u201cDuring the summer when we were preparing the preseason opponents, I wanted to have Eilat as the first game we played. I have a lot of respect for this team and coach and wanted to face them because they are a tough team. We decided to stay here and play as many games as possible and play Israeli teams as the competition in the domestic league here is different. We have nine new players on the squad and for now it\u2019s been a good move that we are playing in Israel and didn\u2019t go abroad.\u201d <\/p>\n<p>\u201cEven though we haven\u2019t lost a game I don\u2019t mind if we would lose as I\u2019m looking at the big picture. All the teams that we played in the preseason are different and this one, Eilat, was physical and played switching defense. I liked the fact that every game we have played so far someone else has stepped up. I\u2019m not sure why some people underestimate Eilat as they are a very good team, physical and tough.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Dzikic who as a foreign coach has no alliance to one player or another, doesn\u2019t care what passport each one may carry. Whether it\u2019s American, Estonian, Israeli or any other, the Jerusalem coach wants players who will give it their all, game in and game out.<br \/>\n<div id=\"attachment_67709\" style=\"width: 1290px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-67709\" src=\"https:\/\/sportsrabbi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/5BC9E35B-8E53-422F-AE2A-0BB7D3162FF0.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1280\" height=\"853\" class=\"size-full wp-image-67709\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sportsrabbi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/5BC9E35B-8E53-422F-AE2A-0BB7D3162FF0.jpeg 1280w, https:\/\/sportsrabbi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/5BC9E35B-8E53-422F-AE2A-0BB7D3162FF0-610x407.jpeg 610w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1280px) 100vw, 1280px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-67709\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Or Cornelius- Photo Credit: Yehuda Halickman<\/p><\/div><br \/>\nOne of those players is Or Cornelius who has worked himself up the ladder in Israeli basketball as the 24-year old started his career Maccabi Rishon Le\u2019Zion, moved to Nes Ziona, spent last season with Hapoel Gilboa Galil and moved to one of the country\u2019s biggest teams in Hapoel Jerusalem for the new season.<\/p>\n<p>So far under Dzikic\u2019s tutelage, Cornelius has been superb on both sides of the court, offensively hitting his shots from deep while also playing stellar defense recording an incredible score of 8 in the Eilat game in the recovery statistic which measures defensive prowess. The next best player scored a 3 in this category to give an indication as to just how incredible a performance the guard had which is definitely something that the coach made sure to pay attention to.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;As long as Cornelius is fighting and playing defense, he\u2019s going to play for me and he knows it,\u201d Dzinkic said. \u201cHe is one of the guys who accepts my coaching, some other guys are having problems with it and he\u2019s one of the guys who isn\u2019t having problems with it. I like his initiative and I believe he will be an important piece for us this year.\u201d<br \/>\n<div id=\"attachment_67687\" style=\"width: 1290px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-67687\" src=\"https:\/\/sportsrabbi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/C2AF029E-C73D-49CE-9F58-A51DB2A30A37.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1280\" height=\"853\" class=\"size-full wp-image-67687\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sportsrabbi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/C2AF029E-C73D-49CE-9F58-A51DB2A30A37.jpeg 1280w, https:\/\/sportsrabbi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/C2AF029E-C73D-49CE-9F58-A51DB2A30A37-610x407.jpeg 610w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1280px) 100vw, 1280px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-67687\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Oz Blayzer &#8211; Photo Credit: Yehuda Halickman<\/p><\/div><br \/>\nThere was no question as to which players accepted Dzikic\u2019s coaching and those who did not in the Eilat game as veterans Oz Blayzer, Itay Segev and Khadeen Carrington gave it their absolute all. Zach Hankins who was spotted having a one on one talk with the coach by the bus outside of the arena just before the team left to go home and Noam Dovrat who played an uninspired 12 minutes could have done better, but Dizkic also knows that they have the potential to turn it right around and set things on the correct path.  <\/p>\n<p>\u201cCarrington (27 points) stepped up against Eilat and the next time it will be Dovrat, after that (Levi) Randolph, after that Zach (Hankins) or somebody else. Dinos (Carrington) played well and probably the next team will try something else and try to put more attention on him. That player accepted his role (Carrington), Cornelius starting and accepting the role and it\u2019s partially Dinos\u2019s team because he accepted coming off the bench. But it\u2019s early and easily this could become an issue during the season which is something none of us want but we will try to fight it as a team.\u201d<br \/>\n<div id=\"attachment_67695\" style=\"width: 1290px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-67695\" src=\"https:\/\/sportsrabbi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/88A0D7C7-E6BC-4257-A1D4-FE8BFF084CF8.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1280\" height=\"853\" class=\"size-full wp-image-67695\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sportsrabbi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/88A0D7C7-E6BC-4257-A1D4-FE8BFF084CF8.jpeg 1280w, https:\/\/sportsrabbi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/88A0D7C7-E6BC-4257-A1D4-FE8BFF084CF8-610x407.jpeg 610w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1280px) 100vw, 1280px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-67695\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Khadeen Carrington &#8211; Photo Credit: Yehuda Halickman<\/p><\/div><br \/>\nIn fact, in the defeat to Hapoel Tel Aviv Hankins played incredibly inspired ball grabbing rebounds from the outset at a phenomenal clip as he finished the game with 14 boards, six of which came on the offensive side of the glass. While Hankins still is not producing offensively, Dzikic was not concerned and was actually a bit cryptic when asked.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m not concerned, because we know what is happening and we know what\u2019s going on with Zach and that is something that we will fix with time. It\u2019s not like we don\u2019t know what is going on, but he is an important player for us and obviously in the Basketball Champions League we will have one more player that we missed (in this game). The guys wanted to win and they were trying. The effort was there now we have to build on that. It\u2019s super easy to find the bad things at the end of September but that is not going to be our approach.\u201d<br \/>\n<div id=\"attachment_67719\" style=\"width: 1290px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-67719\" src=\"https:\/\/sportsrabbi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/EB7E23BB-7FDE-4FF7-8EC4-E85890B244D4.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1280\" height=\"853\" class=\"size-full wp-image-67719\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sportsrabbi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/EB7E23BB-7FDE-4FF7-8EC4-E85890B244D4.jpeg 1280w, https:\/\/sportsrabbi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/EB7E23BB-7FDE-4FF7-8EC4-E85890B244D4-610x407.jpeg 610w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1280px) 100vw, 1280px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-67719\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Zach Hankins &#8211; Photo Credit: Yehuda Halickman<\/p><\/div><br \/>\nWith Dzikic, it\u2019s his way or the highway and if one looks at his record as a head coach, it\u2019s hard to argue with his methodology as he has been successful throughout his career. There\u2019s no reason to think that this won\u2019t be the case at Hapoel Jerusalem especially when the veterans have totally bought into his style. <\/p>\n<p>With the new season about to begin just as we celebrate the Jewish High Holidays, a new start and new beginning with new hopes are on the horizon with Jerusalem coach Aleksandar Dzikic leading the way.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>There\u2019s no question who\u2019s in charge at Hapoel Jerusalem. If anyone had any doubts that head coach Aleksandar Dzikic wasn\u2019t going to be the most dominant personality for the Reds this 2022\/23 season, you certainly hadn\u2019t followed the Serbian bench boss throughout the years. 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