“Back then we were clandestine players because the league was not Fifa affiliated. Both teams have changed a bit since, with the Spurs no longer having the retired Tim Duncan and the Grizzlies being coached by former Miami assistant David Fizdale. To lose out on a coveted major, as Rose did, on the first extra hole must have been very tough to take. “For the first two, two and a half months in preseason, we were trying to do things and virtually getting nowhere,” Sermanni said.