ANALYSIS: As Gilas coach, Chot Reyes can’t avoid public scrutiny

As the national basketball coach, Chot Reyes has had a difficult year. In early March, as New Zealand was applying the final touches on an 88-63 rout of the Philippines in a Fiba World Cup qualifying match held here, several fans angrily left the game leaving chants of "We want Baldwin" to bounce around the walls of the Big Dome. Those same fans were referring to Tab Baldwin, Reyes' predecessor, who steered Gilas Pilipinas to two stirring and fan-adored victories en route to Asia Cup qualification. "I didn't hear it to be very honest," Reyes said of the chants during a television interview later. "I expected it. I accepted this job with my eyes wide open. I knew I was going ...

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