Italian expert Sergio Scariolo has been fired by Virtus, the club officially announced.
Scariolo recently stated that he did not build the team, but the management, which angered the owner of the team from Bologna.
“Goals and philosophy? That is a question for management. The club built this team and they gave it to me. The roster was built by the club’s management and we have to give them credit for being able to build a team like this with the available budget. Now it’s up to us to achieve the best we can“, said Scariolo on that occasion.
Although it was initially assumed that Massimo Zanetti’s anger was a thing of the past, partly due to the more than one million euros that, in the event of a termination, would have followed the Italian expert, that epilogue did come.
Thus, the best selector of the 21st century will have to look for a new environment.
Scariolo came to Bologna in 2021. The next, he won the Eurocup. After that, the team was promoted to the Euroleague, which ended the long-term post of the giants of Italian basketball.
In the last season, Virtus had a lot of problems with injuries, which also affected the fact that it was not in the play-offs of the elite competition.
At the end of the Italian Championship, Sergio Scariolo negotiated with the Toronto Raptors for the position of head coach, and in the end Darko Rajakovic took that position.
It was speculated that the Italian could also join Real Madrid, but neither came to pass.
Behind the national team of Spain is an unsuccessful summer with the national team, with which he was eliminated in the group stage, when it comes to the FIBA World Cup.