The Milan boss explains some of his go-to plays as part of the Euroleague Masterminds series
Ettore Messina: ‘I try to learn every day from my players’
Euroleague Masterminds, presented by Motorola, talks to five Turkish Airlines EuroLeague head coaches about their philosophy and tactics.
The third instalment of this series, following episodes one and two with Zeljko Obradovic and Ioannis Sfairopoulos, respectively, sees Ettore Messina impart his wisdom after 47 years as a coach and four EuroLeague championship successes.
“I was not a player. I stopped very early, when I was 17, because they offered me to try to become a coach,” Messina recalls. “I try to learn every day from my players to see how they behave, how they react, how they think. Most of the talented teams play extremely simple but extremely efficient, with a lot of attention to the details.”
In the coming weeks, Euroleague Masterminds, presented by Motorola, will feature episodes from two-time champion Pablo Laso of FC Bayern Munich and four-time Final Four qualifier Sarunas Jasikevicius of Fenerbahce Beko Istanbul, who follow Obradovic, Sfairopoulos and Messina in taking you inside the mind of an elite head coach.