Hello. First of all, I'd like to thank you for taking part in the interview. My first question is related to the CCL - your team has won it this season, though you didn't manage to take the local trophies of your country back home. Did you intentionally took them less serious? And by the way - what do you think about teams taking the CL not seriously, losing all the way?
Hey.Firsta of all i wanna thank you for your congratulations after winning my first and well deserved CCL title. If you better looked my 1.SKL schedule of last season you will see that i played against PROK in 29th leg and one day after i played again Epi in the CCL finals. Till then i was unstoppable in 1.SKL probably with best team but i did not wanna play against oscar with my best team cause i wanna be sure that i will play with my best team one day after that game. Epi told me that he will play with youngsters but i can not believe to his words because he has league game after my league game so i never know what he has in mind and i wanna be sure so i played with my reserves against oscar and i dropped league championships but i do this intentionally like Slovenian NC. CCL were my onty titlle waiting for and i know how tough is to win CCL and be the greatest team in the charazay in last season. I get this trophy and now i collect every title with my club which i can and i am very satisfiesd and proud of that.
What am i think about teams that play CCL with youngstres...hmmm...that is problem of the charazay staff and not the problem of me or that teams. Epi plays with youngsters in CCL final but that is his thing, i just know that i was prepared for the finals very well so the trophy would stay in my team in every case. I play the CCL beacuse i wanna win that trophy and in the early stages i gave some of my rookies also minutes which they need for better experience.
Your team - the Koseze Bulls - has brought back home so many titles already! How do you manage to keep on the top for so long time?
It is only motivation. When i star playing charazay my first goal till first minute was be better every day till you will win the best trophy in charazay and i did it. When i started to play charazay i bid every good player and then i sell him in next 24 hours to collect money. When i do that i read manual, i was in the contact with some great managers, i looked in to the forums etc etc..and of course train hard..and you must know what you wanna do, just selling and buying players or win some trophies but if you wanna win some trphies you must buy the best players in the game. For example BC Husters, BC Kalev, Los Koalas funamulistas, Virtus Bologna, PROK, Wintherthur Barca etc..have or have had great players with great transfers history but nobody of that clubs i think never won CCL. Yes you need some luck and you must have great players and knowledge of the tactics etc and you can won everything. I can tell you when i prepare to play against some of greatest tem in charazay now i can prepared 1-2 hours...i am crazy to do that for a virtual game:). But now when i get CCL trophy everything will be easier and different for me because i will be without any pressure that i must get 1 CCL trophy because it is really hard win CCL trophy with 10 great teams around you...that is not WC when you have maybe 1-2 really great teams with great players in it. It is only motivation and learning process.
Apart from managing your team, you also run the Slovenian National Team. Unfortunately, just few days ago you got knocked out of the World Cup, by the loss to Belgium. What was your countrymates reaction on that loss?
My countrymates reaction was very cool beacuse i have a lot of real life friends from charazay and they know how much my private time i need to write to every manager who own that player, made a tactics etc etc...we played without Vizintin and his manager leema didn't wanna to hire doctors for that game and if he did that we would won probably but ok you can not get everything that you would like to get:). But i am very happy that other manager will take my spot to managing NT because i did not have time for that.
You played against Poland in the WC's first round and got a convincing win. Did you prepare anything special for that game?
We beat Poland with great game but this was first game in that group and i know that game will be harder for Poland than for us and i am sure that Poland underestimated us and we grab a big win. I prepared for that game similar like for other games and i know every player skills almost from Poland team and that help me a lot.
At the second WC round, your team got into a very tough group. In the quarterfinals there are 3 teams from that group! What are your predictions for the semifinals? Who's going to take it all?
Serbia will win against Belgium beacuse they have great manager and great roster and Belgium will not have a chance tonight. Usa probably will win against Italy and in the Finals if Rolando will play with his best team probably he will beat Serbia. USA have better players than Serbia but Marquess is way way better manager than Rolando. Marquess is former CCL champ 2times i think and he know how to play that kind of games. It will be great finals. I hope that Serbia will win..but don't underestimate Italy and Belgium.
Which NT's performance disappointed you the most? And from the other side - which one had a great tournament, turning victorious from an underdog?
Romania disappointed me the most beacuse they have great players but maca have probably some problems to play with them and bring that team to the top of charazay because they have the best roster for sure. On tthe other side Hungary and France did a great job but their groups was a way easier than Slovenia, Romania, Usa,Serbia...group. Hungary have great team for sure and in 2-4 season i expect of that team to be in semifinals or finals maybe.
Right before the game against Poland, your great F/C Dariusz Zieliński (by the way - a Polish starplayer) was a bit tired. Do you know anything about it? :)
Do you know maybe that i played CCL this season and my best players like Van Ham, Sakip, Spiqler,Corsini played every game 30 minutes on sunday. I am sorry for that but i wanna get CCL trophy and that's it:).
Do you consider starting in the NT coach elections once again? How about junior NT coaching?
Never say never but i am 99% sure that i will not be NT coach ever. I did not have a lot of time in my real life to do that anymore. We have some great managers with much more time in their lifes than i am and i know that this managers is very motivated and they can do a lot for NT.
Can you please share with us your thoughts about the last changes here on CBM?
Hmm, maybe is the problem if you have really good team to share thoughts about changes on charazay beacuse my players have great defensive skills, offensive skills, rebounding skills, footwork more than 20, experience almost every player have 30 so when you have that kind of players in your team for me it is same what kind of game engine will be. But on other hand if i would be GM or staff charazay i will be doing a lot of different things on charazay. For example fatigue, teams which played in CCL and CWC have 4 games per week including mondays NT game? How can we play without fatigue? Why we must have fatigue on CCL, CWC games? Why we must play NC till second round? Why we don't have playoffs in charazy when season is finished we could play the best of 2 or 3 in the quarterfinals or semis and finals? Because of that i lost 1.SKL championships this season probably...Why can we buy 50 or more players in every season and than sell them? 5 it must be enough..small clubs will be small and big clubs will be big...i would change a lot of things here on CBM but i can not do nothing:).
You're playing CBM for over 6 real life years. That's a long time! Is the game really that great? What keeps you still inside?
6 real life years??:)Damn i must be crazy to play virtual game such a long time..maybe my love for the basketball is so big and this is one of my hobbyes. For me charazay is not so hard and with 10 minutes per day you can do anything when you are on top. I will play charazay maybe one season more and than it will be done!:).
Who's the best from the best among CBM managers?
The best from the best..i would say Marquess, he is a great manager, great tactician and i know him for a long time here on charazay. He helped me a lot 2-3 seasons ago and we talk a lot about tactics etc..for me he is one of the greates manager of all time here on charazay.
OK, lets leave CBM for a while now and get into touch with the "real" Sajh :) Please tell us a bit about yourself - what's your name, how old are you, where do you live, etc?
Real Sajh?Damn man you told me that tomorrow you will go on vacation, do you really have time to read all of that stuff about me:). Ok...i can give you 3 minutes presentation about me..it is hard to told you about me...but ok, my real name is Sasa and Sajh is my surname. I am 35 years old..yes 35...:). I live in Bled, i moved last year at Bled form capital of Slovenia Ljubljana. I worked here, my gf is from here and i am really really enjoyed here on Bled. Please just look at link of Bled. I am 190 cm, 85 kilos, sportsman, 4 times per week i going to the fitness, in winter i like to swim and i like going to the mountains and i can not live without do any sport.That's me:). Whe i was younger i play basketball , i coach some teams etc..I have a lot of real friends here from charazay from real life and we played basketball sometimes....i wanny enjoy my life with full potentional without a lot of stres:).
From what I've seen, you're interested in the NBA. Do you see any room for comparision between the league nowadays and the league from the '90?
Yes i am interested in NBA. Now it is all comercialized a lot. In '90 i watch every day NBA with my hero on the top MJ:). Now everybody wants to play like him but nobody will be..everyone just play for the money (lockout) but players in the '90 play for the love of basketball that is for sure. Last couple of seasons i watch NBA just beacuse of that one my real life friend played in NBA for Houston Rockets, Goran Dragic. Me and my friend oscar (PROK) were on january and february in Phoenix at Goran place and we watch some NBA games. We watch Oklahoma, Celtics,Milwaukee, New Orleans and Charlotte Bobcats...yes i see Michael Jordan face to face:).I am done!:)). We met a lot of NBA players beacuse Goran now know everybody, we took a lot of pictures with NBA players..for example Gortat:).Pietrus,we get a lot of autographs..yes i can not forget picture of Bill Cartright he is a legend! That things i can say...other i can not:).
Some easy, quick Qs now :) Brunette's or blondies? Ferrari or Mercedes? Beer or vodka? Computer or console?
Hey man this is the hardest question?:)...Vnezuela girls are the pretties ans South Americans and Phoenix girls are ok too:).Here in Slovenia we have nice girls too but i am very satisfied with mine:).What about Poland girls?:). Mercedes for sure..Beer for sure..vodka just with Red Bull and with enough money in your wallet:).
How did you get to know about CBM?
I played hattrick at the begining and one manager who played CBM ask me why i did not play CBM...and i do the biggest mistake in my life than...:). I spend for sure till now 200 full days for that virtual game....i can not believe..:).
What's the secret behind your nick and teamname? What's their origin, what do they mean?
Probably you know every thing abot my nickname and teamname..:). Sajh23...my surname and number of the best player of all time in basketball the one and the only MJ...Koseze Bulls...i lived in Ljubljana in Koseze that is the name of area in Ljubljana - Koseze...in Koseze we had a lot of good basketball players....for example brothers Dragic is from Koseze and we playe togother basketball in some places some years ago...
Thanks again for the interview.
Have a nice time!
Dembol1994 - Great work !
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