By Aline Chatel
Published on 23 Feb 21 at 21:13
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A priori, Roch Bedos will complete its second season at Caen Handball unbeaten. It will even show 100% victories, unless a turnaround, to say the least, unexpectedly upsets the imagined schedule. The championship ended after three games, easily won by Vikings cut for the title. The Caen coach had built an oversized team for the Nationale 1. He will play in the Proligue next season, if the club manages to meet the specifications. There is little doubt. Roch Bedos has extended his contract for three years, he who had initially signed for two years.
An easy decision for both sides
On both the employer and employee side, the issue was quickly resolved. “The objective was to commit over time and to a project,” explains Roch Bedos. On a project: the reconstruction and stabilization of the club in order to be very operational when the new Palais des Sports is there. The forties is a man of project, who had known only three clubs in 21 years of career before arriving in Caen. However, after two very special years, “a lot of ingredients were gathered to continue the adventure and continue to build,” he says. This is also the opinion of Thomas Lamora, rather laudatory towards the technician.
You can build without stress and in all serenity, both humanely and professionally, with him. He brought his paw and succeeded in bringing in ambitious players by mixing youth and experience. He’s a hard worker. It fits completely into the project.
In a strategic position, Caen Handball has managed to find new stability with the former coach of the Le Havre women. The latter reconciles his responsibility as coach with that of manager. This is what drives him. “The club grew quickly,” emphasizes Roch Bedos. Today, we have a new lasting story to write in terms of results while continuing to structure ourselves. The stop and go that we experienced allowed us to take stock of the gaps, of what we had to move forward on. ”
A precise logbook
Over the next three years, Roch Bedos has a very clear roadmap. “The first two years should make it possible to stabilize the club for a long time in the Proligue in order to reach the playoffs in the third season. However, ambition is tinged with humility.
One stone after one stone. We know where we come from, the last few seasons have been difficult.
The momentum of the moment, paradoxically given the context, is nonetheless promising. “We need to rediscover the enthusiasm that was being created around the club before everything stopped. There is a lot of waiting. “From then on, the Proligue” was something essential but it is surely not an end in itself “. It constitutes a step towards “a little more professionalism”, a subject to which Roch Bedos is very sensitive …
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