Article by Narcis Drejan – Published on Tuesday, 02 December 2025 23:23 / Updated on Tuesday, 02 December 2025 23:23
When coaching becomes television scenery, then we can expect anything, even to see Marian Valorosu coaching CSM Bucharest, because it's still a waste of public money
Adrian Vasile's case says more about Romanian sport than a hundred conferences about strategy and vision, honestly, I don't even know if I should put vision and strategy in quotation marks, as they are talked about. A trainer trained in years of gym, silence and mental wear abandons the job for a television set. It's not an exotic move, it's a symptom: the sport has become too difficult, and the show is more profitable.
This is not a personal choice, but a professional signal. When you quit your job to hunt for ratings, you send a devastating message: work is negotiable, and the nerve of the profession can be replaced by the cold lights of the set. It's not rebranding, it's a disguised withdrawal.
The dressing room does not compete with the set
Coaching is not a job for the curious, nor is it a seasonal activity. It is a job that grinds nerves, pride, time, health. Television promises the exact opposite: comfort, notoriety, applause without ranking. A tempting offer for someone tired. An image hit for the guild. But that's it for now.
It's like on Love Island, as if that's what they call it, when a tattooed nene appeared, telling us what the “samset” looks like. Okay, Adi Vasile shows us a bit of Manowar, on powermetal handles. When a famous coach changes the whistle on the microphone, the whole profession loses authority. Today comes television. Influencers are coming tomorrow. The day after tomorrow the hall remains empty and the profession ridiculed. Let's not wonder why we are here with sports, with everything, in fact.
If we keep playing sports…
In the new logic, we should go all the way. If anyone can be anything, maybe we should make Radu Vâlcan coach at CSM Bucharest. Or any other TV presenter of your choice. After all, if image matters more than competence, why pretend that sport is a job?
There was a time when Dan Diaconescu brought all kinds of non-values to the people's television, and Adi Vasile as a presenter is close to Roxy Manelista. My sources assure me that Gabi Tamaș will also participate in the show where Mr. Adi Vasile will present.
That's what we were missing, to turn water into wine and have the impression that the Messiah of TV is raging with a syringe in front of the microphone.
And if we're still talking about stability: after being walked around and evicted from many places, maybe it wouldn't hurt not to be “kicked out” from television as well. Let him at least stay where ranking is not required, but charisma. Where there is no table, but rating.
Popularity is no substitute for competence
In sports, it's not who recognizes you on the street, but who respects you in the locker room. Visibility does not produce value. Audience has no place for progress. And a media contract doesn't make you more of a coach, just like it doesn't make you a leader. What is sold as courage is, in fact, beautifully packaged abandonment. The job doesn't take a break.
He leaves it. And when you leave, you no longer invite her as a decoration in your life. Adi Vasile is not the first seduced by the lights of the set and he will not be the last. But his case clearly shows how Romanian sport loses professionals and gains characters.
How coaching becomes an image accessory, not a professional destiny. Sport is not a launching pad. It's the finish line. Those who have no more patience for her should not pretend that she is still running.
