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The owner of Zalgiris Kaunas, Vladimir Romanov, has decided that the captain of the team, Dainius Salenga, will also be, formally, the head coach for the rest of the season. Salenga took the responsability in the last game of the LKL Finals against Lietuvos Rytas, won by Zalgiris, after the firing of Darius Maskoliunas
SOURCE: Krepsinis
As expected, Darius Maskoliunas is no longer the head coach of Zalgiris Kaunas. Maskoliunas replaced Ramunas Butautas on February, but the owner of the club, Vladimir Romanov, has decided to fire him despite on being in the middle of the finals of the Lithuanian league. The new head coach of the team could be the current player of Zalgiris, Marcus Brown, after the assistants of Maskoliunas refused to replace him.
SOURCES: Sportalas, Basketnews.lt
More problems for Zalgiris Kaunas. The owner of the club, Vladimir Romanov, has asked head coach Darius Maskoulinas to resign, as reported in the Lithuanian media. Maskoulinas is in charge of Zalgiris since last February when he replaced Ramunas Butautas. The team is now fighting for the LKL title in the finals against Lietuvos Rytas, and Maskoulinas could leave the team after the Game 3, scheduled for today
SOURCE: Lithuania Basketball
Rimantas Grigas has decided not to come back to Ukraine to coach Budivelnik, officially for family circumstances. Budivelnik is currenly in the first place in the Ukrainian league. Grigas, though, is rumored to take control of Zalgiris Kaunas, currently coached by Darius Maskoulinas after the resignation of Ramunas Butautas.
SOURCES: Ukrbasket, Atn
Today, Monday, expires the LKL period to register new players and coaches, and Zalgiris Kaunas hasn't made any movement to sign a new head coach, despite some rumors involving Sarunas Sakalauskas. Lithuanian team is likely to keep temporary coach Darius Maskoulinas (assistant to former head coaches Gintaras Krapikas and Ramunas Butautas) until the end of the season.
Shocking news from Kaunas: Head coach Ramunas Butautas was asked to resign by Zalgiris owner Vladimir Romanov, along with sporting director Algirdas Brazys, due to the bad results in he last weeks. Butautas arrived to Zalgiris just two months ago to replace Gintaras Krapikas, a few days after resigning as BC Donetsk head coach. The temporary Zalgiris head coach will be, for the second time this season, Darius Maskoliunas. Butautas was considering coaching Polish NT days ago.
SOURCE: Krepsinis
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