Choco Mucho’s head coach Dante Alinsunurin wants the Flying Titans to use their impressive campaign in the VTV Cup as inspiration heading into the Premier Volleyball League Second All-Filipino Conference.
The Rebisco-backed squad is coming off a bronze finish in the tournament held in Vietnam last August, and he hopes that the experience they gained there can boost their campaign in the season-ending conference as they aim to end the franchise’s podium drought.
“Yung team sobrang excited sa third conference kasi sa naging resulta namin ng VTV sana madala namin. Sinasabi ko naman kung nasaan yung level namin,” said Alinsunurin during the Second All-Filipino Conference press conference last Wednesday.
“Ang importante gawing inspirasyon yung VTV then dalhin natin sa third conference kasi doon kami nagsimula, doon nila na-experience ulit na mag-podium finish. Importante nasimulan na natin pagdating sa third conference dapat ituloy tuloy na natin,” he added.
During the First All-Filipino Conference, Choco Mucho finished seventh out of nine teams before eventually making a significant leap in the Invitationals, once again finishing seventh, but this time in a 13-team field.
The Flying Titans actually had the chance to make the semifinals of the mid-season conference, but crucial losses to F2 Logistics and Cignal dashed the team’s playoff hopes.
This time around, Alinsunurin wants Choco Mucho to seize the opportunity and finally make it to the semifinals.
“Syempre naman gusto namin talaga yun naman yung goal namin unti unti. Sabi ko nga nung first conference tatry namin kung paano manalo, nung second conference nanalo na kami medyo kinapos lang,” said the NU head coach.
“Then binigyan kami ng pagkakataon makapaglaro sa international para mapakita namin kung ano talaga yung sistema na binibigay ko sa kanila. maganda yung naging resulta namin sabi ko lang sa kanila kung ano yung goal ng bawat isa dapat kunin natin ngayong conference.”
