In wake of basketball brawl, Triano preaches cool heads to Canadians
OTTAWA — Jay Triano dodged a few fists and flying chairs in his day.
But Canada’s men’s basketball coach said Monday’s wild basketball brawl between Australia and the Philippines was a great opportunity to preach cool heads to his players.
“We’re going to wait to see what the sanctions are, but we tell our players to stay locked in,” Triano said after Canada’s 99-69 victory over the U.S. Virgin Island in World Cup qualifying Monday.
“You can’t get kicked out of a game. If you happen to miss the next game because of suspension, that’s a big thing. We’re playing in a world championship or Olympics, it’s an automatic suspension the next game and that could be the game that decides what you do.”