olympiacos failed to beat aris in the greek cup's final. in addition to that, the team was fighting for a greek league playoff position. chairman kokkalis decided to fire head coach dragan šakota, and to everyone's surprise, asked tomić to take the empty spot on the bench. tomić loved the team so much that he didn't question that decision and took the job. under his reign as head coach, the team improved and played better, but was eliminated in the greek league playoffs.