Djoko to be coached by Agassi

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Meles

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AA is a spiritual guy himself. Pepe is just a spiritual adviser. He's a stooge in the Djokovic camp. He doesn't control a thing and isn't harmful to Djokovic or his game in any way. He's definitely not the reason for Djokovic's slump. He's been around Djokovic for years!
I'm eagerly awaiting seeing Andre sitting between Djorde and Pepe in the players box at RG. Then Nole starts staring down opponents and ripping off his shirt when he breaks Zverev's serve finally.:rolleyes:
 

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70後

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AA is a spiritual guy himself. Pepe is just a spiritual adviser. He's a stooge in the Djokovic camp. He doesn't control a thing and isn't harmful to Djokovic or his game in any way. He's definitely not the reason for Djokovic's slump. He's been around Djokovic for years!

I hadn't been following the whole Pepe saga, barely been paying attention, but according to his site, he believes in stuff like telepathy and telekinesis! Read a bit of his musings. Wow. I am beginning to agree with everybody who were saying all along he is a charlatan. I myself get a Svengali impression of him. Just because he was in the Djokovic camp for years doesn't mean that it wasn't until just recently that his influence, which may have been dormant and biding its time, suddenly grew exponentially, especially with BB and all of Djokovic's old team all thrown out.

Reason why I didn't want Agassi at first was because of all his baggage and BS over the years. Yes, he has his foundation, foundations are rich man's toy. Bill Gates has 50 of these, you don't thank him for Windows XP. AA is a spiritual guy, who comes with no end of his anti Pete, anti Chang nonsense, never grew the heck out of it. And his "only eight for me" remark proves to me his envy of Fed, Pete. Why would he want Djokovic to win even more? That is mainly why I didn't think Agassi would be a good idea.

But I wonder if AA might be just the antidote to Pepe.

Please assure me though that you aren't for Djokovic keeping on Telekinesis because you are anti Djokovic. ;)
 

joekapa

Legend
I hadn't been following the whole Pepe saga, barely been paying attention, but according to his site, he believes in stuff like telepathy and telekinesis! Read a bit of his musings. Wow. I am beginning to agree with everybody who were saying all along he is a charlatan. I myself get a Svengali impression of him. Just because he was in the Djokovic camp for years doesn't mean that it wasn't until just recently that his influence, which may have been dormant and biding its time, suddenly grew exponentially, especially with BB and all of Djokovic's old team all thrown out.

Reason why I didn't want Agassi at first was because of all his baggage and BS over the years. Yes, he has his foundation, foundations are rich man's toy. Bill Gates has 50 of these, you don't thank him for Windows XP. AA is a spiritual guy, who comes with no end of his anti Pete, anti Chang nonsense, never grew the heck out of it. And his "only eight for me" remark proves to me his envy of Fed, Pete. Why would he want Djokovic to win even more? That is mainly why I didn't think Agassi would be a good idea.

But I wonder if AA might be just the antidote to Pepe.

Please assure me though that you aren't for Djokovic keeping on Telekinesis because you are anti Djokovic. ;)
Very good points. AA has a chip on his shoulder, that's for sure. Always has. But he does know tennis.
 
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HAHA. First coached by alcoholic Becker, now by Crystal Meth ex-addict Agassi. What's next, Jesse Pinkman? Maybe Skinny Pete, Badger, and Combo can sit on his box too. LMFAO

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joekapa

Legend
Booo. Was hoping for a Kyrgios and Agassi partnership just for the lulz.

Very curious to see what Agassi brings to the table in a coaching role. I expect more aggression from Djokovic
Agassi knows tennis people, make no mistake. All the former greats do. Some of the commentary I've heard from him, when he has been invited into a commentary booth, has been spot on.
 
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Fedfan34

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Good choice by Djokovic. As he ages, he needs to learn to hit the ball on the rise consistently. That's what kept Agassi in contention in his 30's and that's what still keeping Federer in contention at almost 36.
Federer hits the ball at its peak as opposed to its rise which is right before that. That's why his shots are so much smoother and more effortless than Agassi's.
 

TheGhostOfAgassi

Talk Tennis Guru
I hadn't been following the whole Pepe saga, barely been paying attention, but according to his site, he believes in stuff like telepathy and telekinesis! Read a bit of his musings. Wow. I am beginning to agree with everybody who were saying all along he is a charlatan. I myself get a Svengali impression of him. Just because he was in the Djokovic camp for years doesn't mean that it wasn't until just recently that his influence, which may have been dormant and biding its time, suddenly grew exponentially, especially with BB and all of Djokovic's old team all thrown out.

Reason why I didn't want Agassi at first was because of all his baggage and BS over the years. Yes, he has his foundation, foundations are rich man's toy. Bill Gates has 50 of these, you don't thank him for Windows XP. AA is a spiritual guy, who comes with no end of his anti Pete, anti Chang nonsense, never grew the heck out of it. And his "only eight for me" remark proves to me his envy of Fed, Pete. Why would he want Djokovic to win even more? That is mainly why I didn't think Agassi would be a good idea.

But I wonder if AA might be just the antidote to Pepe.

Please assure me though that you aren't for Djokovic keeping on Telekinesis because you are anti Djokovic. ;)

Rafa could add Pete to his team. That would spice things up. Or maybe even Federer (hence the beef Federer and Novak)
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Djokodal Fan

Hall of Fame
fantastic move by Djoker. Agassi is a very good choice considering how better he became with Age. Results may not be immediate (like the same way it took time for Djok and Becker to start having a fruitful relationship), but I think this should work out well and I believe Agassi will bring the desire back to djokovic to win.

That's all djokovic needs to start playing at a high level again.
 

SystemicAnomaly

Bionic Poster
Not read the thread but I just discovered that this partnership might be only a short-term thing:
http://www.tennis.com/your-game/201...-steffi-graf-roland-garros-french-open/66308/

Federer hits the ball at its peak as opposed to its rise which is right before that. That's why his shots are so much smoother and more effortless than Agassi's.

Huh? Roger is very adept at hitting the ball on the rise. One of the best on the tour at the half-volley. It's his talent for hitting OTR that made his SABR possible.
 

tennisnut1

Semi-Pro
I am very excited to see Agassi come out and work with the joker at the french open. He cleaned out his crew and needs to get some fresh blood in there. It may be in his head, but he has been losing way to much lately and needs something to turn it around. I hope this duo continues for a while.
 

Bartelby

Bionic Poster
I've read that Agassi could have got anywhere between 3 months and 2 years for taking crystal meth and recreational drugs are banned whether one likes it or not.

The ATP as the supervising body was told by Agassi it was ingested by accident and the ATP said we'll forget about it and covered it up.

So he did in fact fail a drug test, lie about how and why he had the drug in the system and then have the whole thing go away due to the authorities.

If you ask me that is a far worse set of facts than the more recent case.

Given his personal issues at the time, and the fact that it was a recreational drug, I am not too fussed about this but I am one of the few around here that does not moralise about drugs.

I am surprised therefore to find that all is forgotten, if not forgiven. Djokovic's intervention in the recent case can now be seen for the PR job it always was.
 

Roddick85

Hall of Fame
I'm really thrilled about the new partnership, Agassi was one of my favorite players growing up along with Pistol Pete so I'm very happy to see him back on the tour. I'm also very curious to see if this will have an immediate effect on Djokovic and how Andre will tweak his game. I will definitely follow Djokovic closely when the FO starts.
I understand that this may be short lived, but I would like to see extend until the USO, so that Andre gets a fair chance.
 

Noleberic123

G.O.A.T.
After Djokovic's Thiem performance I thought he was back to business but in truth that Thiem performance looks like it was an outlier. Zverev played well vs Djokovic in Rome but Djokovic was horrible.

I doubt Djokovic will have the superlative form necessary to win seven matches to win the FO title. Could he do it? Sure, anything is possible with an ATG but I think he needs more time and that his form isn't good enough yet to do it. Therefore, I don't think he's a co-favorite along with Nadal to win the FO.

You would still have to put Djokovic as second favorite to win the title because of his ATG status and the fact that he holds the title and also because the others are either head cases or too inexperienced, but for me, Djokovic is the reluctant second favorite way below Nadal.
The Thiem match proved that he can still play at peak level, but the Zverev match proved that he can't sustain that form like he used to. Thats why he won't win the FO
 

cc0509

Talk Tennis Guru
The Thiem match proved that he can still play at peak level, but the Zverev match proved that he can't sustain that form like he used to. Thats why he won't win the FO

Djokovic is a bad match-up for Thiem and on top of that, Thiem couldn't put the tennis balls in the court the day he played Djokovic. He didn't exactly make it difficult for Djokovic to look excellent.
You never know if Djokovic will find some good form at the FO but I'm not sure it will be good enough to win the title. We'll see.
 

Gazelle

G.O.A.T.
Great choice, a guy who looks like he hates tennis being coached by a guy who actually hates tennis.

Djokovic always makes great choices of coach. Becker learned him the art of infidelity, I'm sure Andre can bring something to the table too.
 

Roddick85

Hall of Fame
The Thiem match proved that he can still play at peak level, but the Zverev match proved that he can't sustain that form like he used to. Thats why he won't win the FO
You do realize that Djokovic had played 2 matches the day before, and the final was a 3rd one in not even 24 hours? I don't think it's representative at all.
 

smash hit

Professional
You do realize that Djokovic had played 2 matches the day before, and the final was a 3rd one in not even 24 hours? I don't think it's representative at all.

The two matches that you say he played the day before consisted of 20 games in total. Hardly a hard days work. The first, which was a to finish match, had 7 games, which would have served as a nice warm up for the momentous 6-1,6-0, match scheduled for that day.
 

LETitBE

Hall of Fame
Djokovic is a bad match-up for Thiem and on top of that, Thiem couldn't put the tennis balls in the court the day he played Djokovic. He didn't exactly make it difficult for Djokovic to look excellent.
You never know if Djokovic will find some good form at the FO but I'm not sure it will be good enough to win the title. We'll see.
First of all i must apologise for calling you a moron(its the enthusiastic drinking that does it)but believe it or not we see through similar eyes.You articulate it much better though because i couldnt be arsed
 

smash hit

Professional
According to Rusedski, Djoker hired Agassi because he wants to be loved like Agassi was as a player. Lol

Well it has achieved the the thing that he craves most, which is attention. I wonder if it is coincidence that he chose to do it at Roland Garros, when much of the talk was going to be about Nadal going for his tenth. IMO Djokovic has always been driven by the thought of beating Rafa, at everything. He doesn't seem to get that you are either popular or you are not. In the words of Abraham Lincoln,

You can fool some of the people all of the time, and all of the people some of the time, but you can not fool all of the people all of the time.

Much of the attentionm which surrounds Djokovic now, at Roland Garros, seems to be centred on Agassi.
 

Sartorius

Hall of Fame
Time will tell whether this partnership will benefit Djokovic immediately or later on, or if at all, but I don't think any harm will come off it (like Tood Martin).
 

clayqueen

Talk Tennis Guru
Well it has achieved the the thing that he craves most, which is attention. I wonder if it is coincidence that he chose to do it at Roland Garros, when much of the talk was going to be about Nadal going for his tenth. IMO Djokovic has always been driven by the thought of beating Rafa, at everything. He doesn't seem to get that you are either popular or you are not. In the words of Abraham Lincoln,



Much of the attention which surrounds Djokovic now, at Roland Garros, seems to be centred on Agassi.
"Much of the attention which surrounds Djokovic now, at Roland Garros, seems to be centred on Agassi."

Rusedski made that very point that Agassi might also be craving the love he had as a player.
 

70後

Hall of Fame
Much of the attentionm which surrounds Djokovic now, at Roland Garros, seems to be centred on Agassi.

I did say Agassi loves the limelight. He'd find a way to make it all about himself while leading everybody a song and dance.
 
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Fedfan34

Guest
Not read the thread but I just discovered that this partnership might be only a short-term thing:
http://www.tennis.com/your-game/201...-steffi-graf-roland-garros-french-open/66308/



Huh? Roger is very adept at hitting the ball on the rise. One of the best on the tour at the half-volley. It's his talent for hitting OTR that made his SABR possible.
I'm aware that Roger is brilliant on the half-volley. My point is that the majority of his "rally" ball shots are taken when the ball is at the peak of its trajectory. Imagine a frown shaped parabola. Roger hits the ball at the top point of such a trajectory. And to be clear, this requires even more perfect timing than taking the ball early.
 

BlueB

Legend
I'm aware that Roger is brilliant on the half-volley. My point is that the majority of his "rally" ball shots are taken when the ball is at the peak of its trajectory. Imagine a frown shaped parabola. Roger hits the ball at the top point of such a trajectory. And to be clear, this requires even more perfect timing than taking the ball early.
Nope, it's easier.
And, BTW, most of modern coaches ask their high performance students to hit the ball at the peak of trajectory, as long as it's not higher than shoulder.

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