"Kuvaputki Oy presents a film by Oskari iastila" "A BASKET CASE" "The Basketball league was first to remove the quota - of foreign players of any of the leagues in Finland." "The board ofTarmo doubled the budgetfrom lastyear." "A new manager, a new coach and a new player budget - would pave the wayto the top." "I take care of sponsors, laptops and training gear." "Adidad?" " F.y.u. the idea is thatthe players who make it - into theteam get shoed with their own autograph and number." "Team logo go on the otherside." "An Armani suitforthe coach?" "No logos on thatone, please." "Maybe Dressman ifyou're lucky." "Lastyearwe didn't even getthat." "Hey, the season in mind, the guys need to habe training gear." "Let's say three sets when they arrive." "I don'twantthem walking around wearing their own clothes." "Two turnaround jerseys different colour each side?" "." "Three sets because these guys don't do laundry." "Once a week max." "_ If even that." "And then they complain about the lack ofwashing machines." "we need onethere." "Ice_cube machine was 149 euros." "Thatwe willgettoo." "I always wanted an icecube machine when I played." "were your muscles sore when you played?" "." " Neber." "They don'twhen you sit on the bench." " or ifyou just carry drinks." "Tomi was quite a young coach atthe time." "I had judt made a break into thatteam when he arrived." "And I had dtarted to get minutes in real games." "Notonlythe lastfew seconds." "Then thatcoach didn'tget his salary and moved on." "so Kaminen came to rescue the team." "He ignored me completely." "He didn't even care ifl was in the practice or not." "He played with the few guys he trusted, end of story." "On myteams young players habe always gotten chances." "And that is stillthe case today." "so don't thinkyou wouldn't be good enough." "Be brave and relaxed, play along." "There's something aboutthis guy." "He's never been properly coached." "Nobody's taught him anything." "He could progress immensely." "Get his shooting right." "He's so athletic and all." "Nice balanced shot. _ Yes." "I have to throw the fan gallery out if it is too loud." "A playerfrom the zimbabwean nationalteam is coming." "Ok." "Zimbabwe." " Hey, come on." "And at leastTomppa knows that the Cameroon boys are coming on the 24th. - 0k." "The borders opened. you can bring as many players as you want now." "we were offered two Cameroonians." "One is the best player in the countrythree times." "The other is his cousin or brother." "somebodythere has enough faith in them to paytheirflights." "Nice to meetyou." "Lari kangas, manager in Tarmo." "I found the Cameroon dudes." "The bigger one at least looks like an athlete." "The smaller one was supposed to be a guard." "we'll seewhat he's made of on the court." "It's notbery large." "I don't know ifwe are going to have itway here." "But it's quite clean, quite comfortable." "wejust need a tv, maybe a computerfor internet if possible." "And we habe beautiful windows to observe the town." "How did you liftthis?" "_ You lift it like that." "It's difficult, no" " You're right." "I really need a bicycle because down there is a beautiful girl." "what's that?" "There is no plastic bag here." "we need anothervacuum bag." "The first choice." "_ ofthe draft to draft Porvoon Tarmo.. _ Okala Blaise." "I'm a good player." "In addition to arranging allthis." "I have three sponsors to make contracts with." "Then I have a meeting in one candyfactory." "Yes!" "Can the coach getan accountthere?" "The idea is Tarmo_licorice." "_ Not bad." "Not bad." "It's not myfault." "Itwas their idea." "Until nowthe team has been run bybolunteers." "we've had major problems in following up on marketing." "we've taken the moneywithout carrying out later obligations." "Because people were working on theirfree time." "Nowwe have professional coaches, professional players professionally-led organisation." "Nowwe have the product." "_ It comes too fast." "Notime to do anything, just like before. we give something, - you get something and we don't benefitthe least bit." "It has been so bad." "We'be only got complaints - and reclamations of howthings are taken care of." "Ok." "We'be mainly justgiven things forfree - but ifthe place and salespeople are untidy." "And dropped candy is lifted backtothe counter." "Or salespeople forgetto come." "_ So there is no sales atall." "The good side is thatwhen wejumped into this so fast, - we don't have the slightest chance of acquiring sponsors properly, - professionally, widely enough." "so now you get a big piece of us with peanuts." "so howwas Cameroon?" "Is it cold there?" " yea yea." "we get little snow here." " Two, three months of snow." "Good." "Butwe have some little things and..." "Let's see what happens." "Ok?" "_ Good." "Defender goes down." "now come and makethe screen _" "like this and geta chance to shoot." "I don'twantto see this." "Notthis." "We don't play like this." "Ok?" "One more lap, no two laps." "First passthe guywho comes off the screen, hard." "First lap." "second lap, we pass the screener who slips tothe basket, hard." "Good spacing." "You run, you go hard." "Third. we go forthe big guy and getthe ball, he cuts." "setthe screen." "I fake, Ifake." "I attackthe basket by myself." "Three laps and that's it." "Then we stretch." "No more lazyass jogging goddammit." "Hard passes." "Thankyou." "_ Who is it?" "." "Hello." "Who is it?" "The star ofthe cinema?" " No, he is.." "I don'teven know where he is." "He was in Idols..." "How do you sayjudge in English." "Thejudge in Idols." "I don't know what he's doing now." "Ok." "Thankyou." "what do my eyes see?" "Are they rubbers?" " Well.." "Hello." "How are you?" "." "Daddy here, little brother." "Ah." "I am happyto hearyou." "You understand?" "I came here to buyyou a bike, shoes and a nice Ronaldinho shirt." "Yes, dad." " Well, do not getangry because I left, ok." "There was supposed to be three flats according to Lari." "Lari forgotto tellyou that one ofthem has been given up." "Buttodaywe've been discussing and on Wednesday - we habe a meeting and we decide ifthe lease is continued." "It is possible to continue it, but, but..." "Then Samu goes to the hotel." " Ijust sentthe hotel a message." "But no worries." "Right!" "This is one way oftaking care ofthings." "Maybe this came as a surprise." "_ No." "Lari knew..." "He knewyou were coming." " Yes." "He asked me to come already lastwednesday. - see." "Isn't that Kunta Kinte coming tomorrow?" " Yes." "And he was supposed to take one ofthe flats." "You won't believe this butl started giving this kind of helpto Tarmo, porboo, - exactly 31 years ago." "_ Before I was even born." "I'm an old man now, but I have been taking - these foreign players to Porvoo so manytimes." "The apartmentdoesn't have anything yet butthe coach you met, vesa, - will bring you at leastsome furniture." "probablytoday only matresses, but overthe weekend - there will be some otherfurniture coming also." "I can't open this one." "Like what?" "what's allthis broken stuff here?" "I should concentrate only on sponsors now." "I have too manytasks now." "Thode are manager's duties but in this situation, - the budget needs to be hammered together." "Club"s interest is to delegate allthese day-to-daytasks." "Ifl was running thid show, " "I'd make others do allthose and do sponsors myself." "And then I return to those tasks when sponsors are done." "Yes, sponsors are the issue now. _ Yes what's the situation with team_ leaders and assistant coaches?" "Are they doing anything" " They are bolunteers and doing a lot." "And it's difficult to make them do anymore than that." "But our salary earners aren't doing much." "The problem is that." "I have to do everything." "I have to take care of hotels, apartments, eberything." "You know perfectly well." "we got 7, no 9 flats." " I know." "It's a hell of a job." " Furniture, electricity, water contracts..." "That's a lot of work." " You have to get - the water-plugin forthe washing-machine and install it." "These guys can't do itthemselves." "what could you have done?" " Dunno." "You sharethe language?" " No." "You could have said, I'll go through the backdoor." "I'lltake a hand-off." "Right?" "You habe to screw the defender...allthe time." "Eberybody needs to screw here." "That's the point ofthis game." "Notthatwejust run around here." "You habe to score, - to be dangerous allthetime." "I don'tsee any ofthat now." "Notonce habe I seen the guard bringing the ball in - passing to high point, jogging two steps and dashing - tothe basketfora lay-up." "Defender is here legs straight." "Ifyou only had a spurt here you'd get a lay-up everytime." "Nobody has eben tried thatyet." "I'm getting worried here." "I see no effort at all _ ofwanting to score and win and making the defenderwork." "This one is trabelling quite light now." "His basketball_shoes are evidently somewhere else." "The luggage didn'tarrive or weretheytactically leftat home?" "I'm not ableto say whetherthat's the case here." "Fuckin tourists..." "when he whistles, who got the ball?" "." "Ifyou have the ball - and you hear a whistle, then you're a defender." " Ok." "This one goes." "Notsure aboutthose Glory days, - butit needs to b'e replaced at least." "And then - those are in good shape." "Kunto-funktio goes away." "Take some?" " Thankyou." "I suggestwe start by you updating us - on whatyou'be achiebed during the summer - and what contracts you habe made, and so on." "Then we could habe a look at our lastyear's contract." "I assume you have ittoo?" " In fact, I don't." "In that case you can look atthe pricerange from this." "we can increase that amounta little bit _ but notsignificantly." "Ifthatfloor advert is 1,5 x 0,5 meters - and there'd twenty ofthose." "You see the big ones more clearly." "Lastyeatthere wad Ensto, that was 1,5 x 1,5 meters, - orwas it 1,20 x 1,50 meters, because the logo is like that." "A logo like that stands outfrom the floor, and then..." "And then a logo in thejersey." " Would it be possible to getthese - digitally, so we could see how the jersey and the courtwould look?" "And where our advertwould be." "so we'd understand it better. _ yes" "It's good to have an info- package we can referto." "And ifyou'd make a list of our partners, - those involved, so we knowwho we are with there." "That's ok." "I'll email ityou." "Nottoday, buttomorrow." "I have to eat pineapple, b'ananas, - because of a lackoff spoons, forks and bowls." "I wanted to eat cheesewith bread but I don't have a knife." "That's my dinner." "Are these african dudes staying for much longer?" "." "wouldn't mind ifthey left already." "I'll sms 'Larry' and ask if he knows _ how long the boys' visit to Finland is going to last?" "Two weeks, I think. - so they don't play in Tarmo?" " No." "How about if Samu moved nextto me?" "No more people waking up at 3 am and bashing the walls." "You mean like this?" "You told us you are going to give us money." "You were supposed to give us some on Wednesday." "Yes." "I can giveforthe days that you've been here now, obviously." "But notfrom this onwards." "Because nowthe decision was made _ thatthere is no contractwith us." "so I can give until now - butfrom now on you're on your own." "Here." "There you go." "Firstthey hired me." "Then after a month they hired a coach." "who should normally be below me so that I can replace him if necessary." "Butthis coach used to be my old coach." "He didn'twantto be a subordinate of mine." "He's only subordinate to the Chairman." "Ok." "Then he wanted certain budgets for players." "so he can use 167.000 on players." " Oh dear!" "Thatdoesn't include agent fees orflighttickets, - housing, phonebills, cars..." "The budget grows and grows." "There's no such money." "I was skepticalwhen I heard that he's here." "I remember Lari used to talka lot." "But his actions don't libe up to his words." "This was in Topo." "He played there and I was the coach." "He was talking sweet but notdelibering." "Now he justtexted me." "would you paythe flight-ticket with your own credit card?" "why can't he use his own card?" "." "Another example of his ways." "Ok." "He'd transferthe money - to me first." "why can't he do it himself?" "." "I'be been waiting forthree hours forthis Chris Hesterto arrive." "Not in sight so far." "It did say lounge 3, departures." "we've been here." "I checked lounge 2 also." "Nobodythere either." "I sawfour blackguys." "Two ofthem were working here." "One had a jersey, but..." "He's not bald, is he?" "I'm not sure." "He wentstraightto the bus-stop and I don't know..." "There's no way he could be in the other lounge." "what size was he?" " Well, let's say..." "I guess he is aboutthe same size as Mixu." "Maybe." "skinny guy?" " No." "I wouldn't say skinny either." "Definitely not as chubby as that boy, Lipke." "He shouldn't be." "Ijust spoke to your mom." "He"s not here.." "Howyou doing?" " Good." "The assistant coach." "You came to work right now" " Yep." "Just now." "Aboutthe apartmenton Rauhankatu." "Are you on top ofthis now?" "It's been keptfor us until today." "Now I have to call." "Do we take it?" " Yes." "We keep it." "I'lltryto get a month's noticeto the contract." "An American is coming." "Itwas in the papertoday." " What?" "Are you notaware ofthid?" " I don't know shit anymore." "American. 202 cm." "Big story in the paper." "Are you notatallaware?" "_ Haven't heard a bit." "This is how it all happens here." "You really didn't know?" " Notthe slightest idea." "Buttext messages have been beeping constantly." "How did he make the contract?" " Name is in the paper." "so chairman signed it?" " No, he hasn'tsaid anything." "Then how...?" " He doesn't havethe authority." "Exactly." "You been here for awhile?" "_ Well..." "Yes." "sorry aboutthat." "Couple of hours." " Wellyes, but... we go outto the car park." "You gotyour luggage?" "so here's the keys." "Then this is...umm...the bed" "Can I sleep ober here?" " Well, it's a..." "You can but I'd rather sleep on thefloor." " Yes." "If you wantthis to be taken away..." "I said, when I saWthis, fuck, we'lltake that shitout ofhere." "I gotyou some new stuff, because..." "All right." "Welcome." "I'm sure I'llsee you around." "I'll come checkoutthe practices." "The budgetthat was promised to me..." "It's not even close to hitting the red." "Hey!" "One thing... something Ijust have to ask." "since the Board gave you this budget." " Yes?" "what had not been dealtwith is what belongs to the players budget?" "Apartment?" "Agent's fees?" "I'm sure you think none ofthose." "I'be onlytalked about player salaries, - but I knowthere are other expenses." "That has to be clear in advance." " Yes, yes." "Of course." "That has to be taken into account. _ Yes." "Is the apartment on Rauhankatu sorted?" "." " Yes." "That's damn good." "we got a really good deal on it." "A month's notice." "It's tricky." "We habe a breach of contractwith the coach." "And that contract is so garanteed - that we can't give him the boot." "But if he decided to leave _ we'd have 5 000 more chips a month." "That'd get us two really good players." "And a new coach that I'd bring from Uusikaupunki straight away." "we don't habe a penny atthe moment." "That's whythe finalaccounts, that are reviewed in the annual meeting - need to be tidied up, so thatthe new Board _ would accept responsibilityfrom the old one." "I checked the settlement of the accounts." "The auditors have _ committed a crime too." "This has been going on foryears." "I trusted them." "I couldn't imagine the scale ofthis scam." "I was approached in the spring." "And I'be given it a lotofthought." "whethertojump into a business that is unknown to me." "I have no basketball background." "Ifl may now express my opinion ofthe ladtthree years." "There was a trio in charge - that kept everything to themselves." "The board had no say oberthefirstteam's issues." "During this lastyear - everything has been slowly coming into daylight." "From this year's sponsorship money - we've paid 35 000 of lastyear's expenses." "some old debts, taxes, - and social security payments habe been neglected." "The accounts have been tampered with to look nicerwith that 35 000 - to put it bluntly." "I'll buyyou one tomorrow." "_ You don't habe to do that." "This is bullshit, you know." "This should be... you know." "Atthe momentwe are getting a washing-machine here" "You know..." "I thinkyou kind of heard my opinion already." "It must be taken care of." "It's in the contract." "These are thetype ofthings that..." "Fuck." "we havethis one characterwho..." "The coach is digning new players now." "we don'teven have moneyfortheirflights." "I hope thatthe manager and the coach van communicate - and if one makes a call, the other one answers to it." "It is unheard of ifthese two can't communicate. _ Yes." "There's been too many complaintd of not being able to reach the other." "From both parties." " Yes." "Then we have these Americans." "Duston Brown comes for a month tryout." "Tomorrow?" " Tomorrow." "He was born in 1 972." "Aveteran." "Has been reallytough." "Interesting to see, if he still is." "It's the weekend." "Enjoy it, because this weekend..." "I thinkthis is the last free weekend for awhile." "Good job." "Tarmo." "I need my motherfucking receipt." "Hey, whatdid they say about a receipt?" "He hasn't called backyet or dentthe sms." "How I'm gonna eatthen?" " Ifl borrowyou some?" "You give it backto me some day." " of course." "Thankyou." "That's all I have. _ Ok." "The receipts I have then will be different..." "You owe me 50. - 50?" "That's five_zero." " Of course." "It's betterthan nothing." "I'm on the street. _ Yea?" "I don't know, whatthe hell?" "You need to collaborate." "Do it right, man." " Listen man." "Honestly." "I really don't like this shit." "Not knowing Where the fuckI'm gonna stay." "I heard that." "That's what I heard." "Askthem." "They've already had it." "You banged some pussy already?" " Yep." "You too?" "." "You got some pussy already" " Definitely." "How long have you been here?" "About a week." " Is it that easy?" "!" "put it away." " Jesus Christ." "Did you see the ass on this lady?" "That guy right there." "That's a celebrity." "Chris." "He's a celebrity." "Him." "Chris is a celebrity." "He's been here about a month." "I've been here for..." "How many years?" " No." "I've been here 8 days, 9 days." "I'm a nurse, but ...I'm a nurse." "what is it?" "what is it?" "I'm sorry." "You're notspeaking English?" "." " I'm a nurse." "You're a nurse?" " yes." "You're a doctor?" "." "Can I getyour phone number?" "I gotta go to the doctor." "Two weeks is common." "I gabe this one a month." "He was an older guy so it mighttake him longerto adjust." "But he is half_dead already as you can see there." "Butl can get rid of him easily ifthat is necessary." "I have a bad feeling." "The seadon hasn'teven dtarted _ and I'm already pissed about howthings are done here." "Thirty more." "I can make this." "I can make this." "I'be felt like shit." "I bring these Americans here." "They go totheirflat." "TV doesn't work, norwashing machine, - microwave oven.." "All busted." "Then we haveto put seberalofthem together, - because oneWas thrown out ofthe hotel." "This is notthe way." "Unbeliebable." "This is my room here." "That's it." "That's whatyou got." "My shoes, clothes, you know..." "My Bible." "I read my Bible every day." "we're both spiritually inclined, God-fearing men." "This is, this is the key." "The Old Testament, the Bible." "It keeps mefocused." "This is the King James version." "This is the African_American version ofthe Bible." "That keeps me going, keeps me sane in the world oftrouble." "I'm sorry." " What's up, man?" "Can I have water?" "what is hetalking about?" "waterforthe dog?" "I don'tspeak Finnish." "You gotto speak English." "waterforfour-legs" " Dog food?" "Dog Water, ah!" "You wantwaterforyour dog?" "How come you don'ttake him to the store right here?" "." "store?" " Yes?" "why don'tyou take him to the store?" "Don'tyou have a house or something?" "Ok." "We go to the store to getthatwater." "I'm sorry." "I'm sorry." "I'm sorry." "I'm sorry." " That's ok." "see, I have this injury." " I understand." "It's allright." "I used to play - volleyball." "You guys have a great day, man." " Ok, bye." "I'm not gonna get your dog water, man." "Oh crap." "Looks like I tookthe wrong bag." "I left my business-cards in that other one." "Lastyearwe had the tip-off circle." " Yes." "Ifthat's available we might be able to throw in a few more chips." "we need to getfiftythousand forthat." " Fiftythousand?" "It's bisible for six and a half hours _ to 180 000 households." "How about if in the first game " "when a visiting team... - _ Can I take coffee?" "... comes to iorvoo." "we would give them this book - in the end ofthe game when players are awarded." "so ebery opponentwould get it." "sure sure." "But hear me out, I'be been in politics a bit." "This is election year." "Need I say more?" "." "I'm well_known in the political sphere." "I have quite a queue already, - ofthe members of Parliament and the candidates." "Eben ministers, who want to attend things like this." "They always need some activity." "The longer, the better." " Ok." "what I mean, is that..." "Well." "For example the leader of the Socialist party, Heinaluoma." "Thatwould be wonderful from our perspective." "But, but..." "Is there any way to get some more ofthat money?" "we're stretching this bigger and b'etter." " Yes." "well, the set up is good - butwe already decided to drawthe line at4 000." "There's a box." "I mean it'd a bookfrom _ from my mom." "You know." "From my mom." "You know." "Thankyou." "so thatwas it." "Here's the book." "The Bib'le _ Bookof Promises." "Holy shit." "Lookwhat's coming there." "Heavy legs." "Toes out." "pretty much waitfor herto walk by." " Yeah. iretty much." "You serious?" "You gotta dance with it and everything." "Mightsee that in the nextvideo." " Man, stop." "That's alrightthere." "Native Americans in Finland." "Americans, nigga." " Right." "Reallndians." "BlackAfrican watching." "Black nigga." "Today is the day it happens, he said." "Have you seen a washing- machine brought here." "washing machine?" "." " Yes." "Washing machine." "Lari kangas, manager." "Nice to meetyou." "I heard you're missing a car?" " Missing a car?" "D!" "I need to talkto you." "Can you cometo the office justwuickly before the practice?" "Is the car on the way?" " Everything is on the way." "The gear, the cars, the money." "Eberything." "I'm on it." "The coach said I should gibe you an advance on money." "If it's going to be likethis I won't be ableto make it." "I can't live like that." "so then we are square on the first month." "You need to sign that." "where's my card?" "Let me see there." "Did you getthe minutes already?" " No." "shit." "Bag fullof clothed?" "In my house..." "In the kitchen." "Drying on the rack." "You see what'd ours." "The rest is Chris's." "Also the ones on the left nextto the closetare Chris's." "They need to be told to change the bench." "Tarmo on thatside?" " Yep." "I wanna see this from you." "Notjustthatwe are playing and..." "Ok, helping." "I wanna see you guys wanna win as a team!" "Let's go." "Come on." "Ladies and gentlemen." "On the broom, Dan Stenback." "Lebelwith the ball, Mixu." "Get back." "Tom." "Tom." "Chris." "Defend." "D up." "No easy swing." "Fuck." "Take Ryan." "You gotto take Ryan." "Tarmo number 5, McDade. 4th foul." "You go againstthatfat guy." "You're strong." "You staywith him." "Get back Chris, get back." "Uh.." "Lind, rebound!" "watch it!" "I hityou back now!" "." " Ville, take it easy." "Nofoul." "That's good." "Keep it here." "No!" "Oh no!" "Pekka, Pekka." "Fouls, number 12, Tarmo." "_ But he crams in there." "Defender has to be able to mobe where he'd moving." "Hejumped straight upwards!" "Tarmo number 6, Hester. third foul." "How can it be a foul, when hejumps upwards?" "If hejumps upwards and the other guy comes athim?" "samara wins 66 _ 79." " Thanks, thanks." "You were maybe rightthere." " Yes." "He jumped straight up." "Chris scored 10 on the first quarter." " Yes." "He tried to force ittoo much later." "we callthem groupies." "Basketball-groupies." "They like you only, because you play ball." "The one thatjusttexted me has - big bazookas." "pretty big bazookas." "And a fat ass, which is what I like." "I'm a legs and ass guy." "And this other girl, she's more slim, - more petite." "Taller." "More of a model-type girl." "I wanna see your b'adge." "You gonna arrest me today?" "He's a business-partner of mine." "We worktogether." "I help him with his clientele sometimes." "That's a business decision." "You sit in my office - and watch me make a business decision." "I'm going to let her know - that I'm going to see her later on this week." "Nottomorrow." "I can'ttalkaboutthat now." "I'm reading the Book." "I'm reading the Word, man." "Is the washing-machine in your car?" "Great." "we're building a team now and the idea is that... we have a breach of contract here, constantly!" "No car...fuck." "Nofurnished apartment." "That includes a washing-machine." " Yes." "It says rightthere." "I picked it up from there - and I told Pekka, no problem." "I payforthe flight-tickets..." "And the washing-machine." "Afterthe season _" "I'lltake it back." "_ That's how itworks." "It's a shame you have to do allthis." "why is thatone guy notdoing it likethis?" "." "Team leader should bethe righthand ofthe manager." "sol asked Dannewhat responsibilities he accepts?" "whathavel done before?" "Alothas been done." "You said thatyou'd write down whatyou wantmeto do - but I've never seen that paper." "That's why I haven't done anything about it." "But ifl do everything " "I'be done before, we don't need a manager." " Right." "I'be done almost everything." "write down whatyou do." " Ok." "And don't putallVesku's tasks on your own paper." "Ryan!" "How are you today?" "." " I'm good." "That's the daughter?" " Yep." "what's her name?" " Jessi." "You heard what?" "." "what did you hear?" "Her... _ That's her dad?" "Yep, drivertoday." " Oh, shit." "Is she gonna be on the bus?" "He'll swerve and hit something with the bus." "'Meetthe Fockers'" " Pretty much." "This is the big bus." "E13.Juho Nenonen." "E14." "Latars Gaavo williams is E12." "Mixu got E12." "Cannot dribble with his..." "D!" "Just quick." "E12." "Because you're going to be on E12 also, Williams" "He cannot dribble with his left hand." "Force him to do it." "1, 2, 3, Tarmo." " Tarmo!" "D up!" "That's it." "That's it." "Good, D!" "Go!" "Make a dribble." "Rightatjump." "Good D!" "Good D!" "Hands up!" "." "Pick it up, Tom!" "Inside, Ville!" "Come on Mixu." "Let's run!" "sweep!" "sweep!" "pete, hey!" "what?" "How can he push with his hands if hands are like this?" "." "Lookfrom the tape." " You joking?" "I don't know whatyou see - but Ifl see a foul, I blowthe whistle." "Give me a break!" "Hey!" "Goddamn!" "what a call." "Fuckthat!" "Dumbass!" "Forfuck's sake with this voice." "Damn." "How many offensive rebounds?" "Hey!" "Forfuck's sake!" "." "Are you for real?" "You're sofucking blind." "You don't see shit!" "Hey." "Are you claiming he didn'tcharge him there?" "." "Thatattitude doesn't getyou anywhere." "Can you answer me?" " Yes." "Ifyou cooldown a bit." "Two guys there, and one stumbled. _ Ok." "Ok." "I see." "Always the same fucking shit." "Technicalfoul called on Coach ofteam Tarmo." "You can't make me silentwith calld like that." " Verywellthen." "In that case I won't talkto you anymore." "Hey!" "Firstthing." "One thing." "Firstthing." "we have a god damn timeout." "The whole team huddles up." "I don'twantto see anyone sitting - ortalking with a team mate atthe end ofthe bench." "Ebery player huddled up." "Comes to listen to what we have to say." "Understood?" "Ok." "That's it." "New gametomorrow." " New game tomorrow, yes." "And a newteam nextweek." "That's pretty much how it's going to be." "Hey listen!" "Don't get hurt because she's fucked up." "Kati!" "_ She's a friend of mine." "seriously." "This guy is attacking me." "You're notthe first one!" "He's running away!" "Only in Finland!" "Only in motherfucking Finland." "You hit me forfuck's sake." " I'llcallthe cop." "And you havethe nerve to mess with me?" "you faggot!" "Kurre, listen how deformed yourwife is." "Listen." "Fucking shit." "Fuckyou all." "_ This is the lasttime." "Kurre, help me." "Ouch." "Don't." "He had open shots and he missed all ofthem." "so how long does he stay?" "." "_ A month." "Butl don't have to lookat him that long." "He can start packing." "Ijusttold our American guard - that in a way, he is not kept here." "These are really crappy situations." "You getto know him." "Good guy." "Nice person." "we pay him so little." "He has three little kids in the States." "On the other hand he comesfortwo weeks." "Ittakes time to adjust, - but a tougher guy would have adjudted by now." "I'm not anything." "I'm just a basketball player." "sometimes I forget I'm a basketball player, - when I do otherthings." "Butatthe end ofthe day, I'm a basketball player." "I have it all here." "Organised team, professionalism, Bigger budget, more visibility" "I have to take my communicator to the Nokia service." "I hope they can fix it afterthe swimming trip." "Hi." " Hi." "This one took a dive." "_ Sea or a lake?" "Actually a toilet bowl." " Ok." "Hello. _ Hear me out." "whatwillyou give me?" "Nobody will..." "Hey!" "No English?" " Yes yes but..." "You speak English." " I can't." "I only know Finnish." "I don'tspeak any Finnish. _ No worries." "Thanks." " Hey." "You gotta speaksome English?" " No, no." "Thanks foryour help." " I'll prayforyou, brother." "I'll prayforyou, man." "_ Likewise." "You'll go nowto have some drinks." " Ok." "That budget is a lot of money." "One ofthe biggedt in the league." "It's easyto say it's too much." "we have a situation _ where a coach is farfrom his dream-job'." "His aim is to lifta team from the bottom standings to the top - so he willgetthe glory - and a chance to return to the real money leagues." "That's howthis has been built." "The insanity started - when they hired two leaders to run thid." "Kaminen is responsible onlyto the chairman." "On top ofthat he was given an astronomical budget." "who made the contract?" "The Board?" "They didn't even read it." "I was there." "They listened to me for a second and put me outofthe room." "Aftertwo minutes they asked me back." "They had signed withouteben reading it." "Danne had negotiated it." "I think it is properto ask in this situation... when Tomi's contractwas made, - whatwas included in the figures?" "." "That offer had to be made in two minutes, so I did the math quickly - in my head." "_ And it's that sum?" "The sum justcame out ofmy mouth." "I was made to spit it outthat second." "This is now used against me." "Thatl promised the budget hastily." "It's in a contract, - so it's pretty much undisputed." " Exactly." "That's what it is." "The chairman announced that this is alltoo much for him." "He was put on a sick leave from his actualjob as well." "Because oftoo much stress, - he can'tcontinue." "It's too stressful." "I didn't know about his condition." "Eben ifwe are snarling we're not hereto kill people." "He then passed the ballto the bice chairman, who refused." "He didn'twant the responsibility either - of running the board." "somehow everything was left open." "Then Danne suggedted that I be given the boot." "He said there wad a good candidate to replace me." "Butthe board pretty much ignored it." "They knocked it down on the spot." "Took it as an insult as if they didn't knowtheir business." "I tellyou, they don't know shit about it." "He would have been a professional who knowd howthings are done." "They don'twant any help." "Unbeliebable." "He would have joined us with very little money." "Nowthey are holding raffles to sabe the team." "Hello?" "Resignation to the board." "Termination of the contract." "They can't even get the fucking paper right here." "Ok." "Notime forthis then." "we got a washing-machine againsta season ticket." "Nowwe just haveto get it spinning during the practice." "It's heaby like shit, man." "Can we just lift itoverthere?" "Ok. 1, 2, 3!" "I do this dometimes when I think, we need a big heart." "Todaywe need a big heart." "Eberybody show some heart, some character, some team spirittonight." "Together on three..." "1, 2, 3..." "Together!" "Against kataja tonight, Tarmo from Porvoo with a renewed roster." "A priority appeared." "I have to take my daughterto her dancing class." "And that is more important - than these work-related thingies." "There's plenty oftime to resign tomorrow." "Manager Kangas resigned when he found a working printer." "A month laterthe team leader left." "Tarmo's course ended in the first round ofthe play-offs." "Coach Kaminen and the treasurertook off." "At best Kaminen had seven americans playing in one game." "Afterthe season the league brought backthe quota ofthree foreigners." "The ex-Tarmo players continued playing in South-Korea, Iceland, " "Italy,Japan, portugal, sweden, Germany, - saudi-Arabia, Turkey and USA."