Nationaltrainer und Bayern-Coach Dirk Bauermann im Interview mit heinnews.com

heinnews’s David Hein this week went down to Munich to check out the Bayern Munich basketball project with its “Mission Promotion” while talking to Bayern head coach and German national team boss Dirk Bauermann. They discussed Bayern’s 96-68 blasting of Osnabrück; Bauermann’s return to the club coaching bench; all the hoopla about his situation for next season; Dirk Nowitzki and the German national team; Brose Baskets Bamberg’s push in the German BBL; and 17-year-old Bogdan Radosavljevic.

heinnews: Hello coach Bauermann, this showdown was pretty clear from the beginning. Talk a bit about the comfortable victory over Osnabrück.
Bauermann: These kinds of games are statement games. Obviously you want to win them. You almost have to win them, you are at home. You have to win that game. But if you can you want to dominate and you want to send a strong message to the league that winning this ProA championship is very important to you. That you have the determination, the quality the talent to get it done. And that you go very professionally about your business.

heinnews:  What does the return of Steffen Hamann mean to the team?
Bauermann: First of all he just gives us a presence second to none. He has so much experience and is such a complete player. Defensively he’s great. Offensively he’s a facilitator but he can also score when necessary. He makes Jonathan Wallace’s job a heck of a lot easier. There’s not as much pressure on Jon Wallace to run the team, to score, to do everything. And obviously having a player of his status on our team does something to our opponent. They were already in first place and then they get this guy back. So it helps us in many ways.

heinnews: So, it’s been a long time since we talked. What does it feel like to be back on the sidelines at the club level?
Bauermann: It’s fun. It’s good to be back and work with a really good group of guys on a daily basis to teach a system. They’re all buying into it. There’s no doubt. The young guys are getting better. It’s fun. I missed it dearly, working with them on a daily basis and at least coach one game a week. I would much rather coach two. But, yeah, it’s wonderful. I’m enjoying myself.

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