Unsurprisingly, Jean-Pierre Siutat, the president of the French Basketball Federation, confirmed during a press conference that Vincent Collet was kept at the head of the French men’s team.
Same thing for Jean-Aimé Toupanealso retained in his position for the French women’s team.
In both cases, it’s not really a surprise, even if Jean-Pierre Siutat initially did not close the door to a change at the head of the Blues. But recently, he assured in “Stephen Time”, on RMC, that Vincent Collet was still “the man for the job” in his eyes.
“After a failure, we always look for those to blame. The first two offenders are the head coach, Vincent. We experienced this situation in 2016 and 2017. There was criticism of the Games and in 2017, in Turkey. And then the second, through the federation, it can also be its president. We still see what’s happening… Of course, the players, the staff, everyone is responsible for the failure just as everyone must take ownership of a victory and a medal. Twice, Vincent submitted his resignation to us in 2016 and 2017 and twice I refused it because I believed he had the ability to bounce back and he did so. We’ll see what we all decide together, but sincerely I think Vincent will remain the man for the job to lead the team into 2024.”
While Vincent Collet will lead the Blues well into the 2024 Olympic Games, Jean-Pierre Siutat has on the other hand announced that the preparation had to be reviewed, as well as “the composition of the staff”especially male.
The president of the FFBB intends to better define “the roles of each person” and there could be change around Vincent Collet, The Team mentioning the names by Frédéric Fauthoux (Bourg) and Laurent Vila (Cholet) to add or replace one of the assistants (Pascal Donnadieu, Ruddy Nelhomme, Laurent Foirest and Bryan George on video).
