Chapter 263 262. Head Coach's Progress
It's pitiful, but isn't the purpose of giving birth to a son to take the blame?

Anyway, my son is thinking about changing jobs, so I have to make good use of the surplus value.

Facing the 'hard-hearted' old man, Bickerstaff complained madly, but immediately began to phrase it...

The next morning, a few minutes before 9 o'clock, Zhang Yang arrived at the stadium.

After playing four consecutive away games, the Bobcats got three days to prepare and adjust. They rested after returning to Charlotte yesterday. Today and tomorrow are both training days.

The coaching staff arranged the meeting time to be 10 o'clock, but we arrived at 9 o'clock because several players who played core tactical roles needed to hold a small meeting in advance.

During the playoffs last season, we held a small meeting to proactively review and analyze the previous game and predict and plan the next game.

Small meetings are now held during pre-season games. If we don’t hold meetings to discuss tactics, some people will fall behind and not keep up.

When passing by the home team's meeting room, Zhang Yang stopped to listen. There were already voices inside, and the coaching staff's meeting had already begun.

He thought about some of the things he had learned while chatting with Carlisle the past two days.

Carlisle told Zhang Yang about his experience of learning from several famous coaches after he couldn't make it as a player after two or three years.

The teacher who had the greatest influence on Carlisle was the legendary coach Bill Fitch. In addition to coaching, Bill Fitch also taught him a lot of things. Zhang Yang summed it up in four words - self-reflection and self-discipline.

Another coach who had a great influence on Carlisle was Sloan. In addition to coaching, he learned an excellent quality, which Zhang Yang summarized in eight words: discipline first, lead by example.

However, in Zhang Yang's opinion, Carlisle not only learned these 12 words, but also combined and sublimated them - he had very high requirements for himself, hoped that his colleagues would have the same high requirements as him, and always urged his colleagues to do the same.

Not only that, Carlisle is also very competitive and he wants to do everything better than others.

It is normal for the coaching staff to review each other's opinions before the team meeting. Every team does this. The Bobcats also did this before Carlisle came. But it is enough to gather and review half an hour in advance. This was also the case this season.

But things changed after the second preseason game.

Since some teammates could not keep up with Carlisle's rhythm and could not understand the tactics so quickly, Felton called his teammates together for a small meeting one hour in advance on the game day to discuss tactics. Zhang Yang and Rondo, who have strong tactical abilities, helped the young teammates explain and analyze the tactics.

Carlisle saw that the players actually held a small meeting half an hour earlier than the coaching staff, and he immediately became competitive. He moved the coaching staff's small meeting time forward to 8:. Not only that, but the requirements for the meeting became higher, requiring each coach to put forward suggestions for tactical adjustments...

It’s not too bad when we play away games. We all stay in the hotel and most of the time we are on the same floor, so we just have to get up an hour earlier.

But at home... Zhang Yang stopped for a while, bared his teeth and shook his head.

If the meeting is at 8:7, the coaches have to get up at 8: at the latest, right? They need to prepare for the meeting, and they have to be ready before : at the latest, and they have to rush to the stadium.

Zhang Yang finally understood why Carlisle had such good results as a coach with the Pistons and the Pacers, but he never heard any player from these two teams complain about his dismissal or express their reluctance to see him go. He also understood why the media in his previous life said that Nowitzki saved Carlisle's coaching career in 2011.

With this coaching style, if it weren't for the championship, Carlisle would have sooner or later fallen out with the Mavericks management, coaching staff, and players, and then there might not be the famous coach who had coached for more than 20 years.

Sighing, Zhang Yang thought it would be better to do his own thing and go to lounge No. 3 to hold a small meeting with the players.

What can you do if you choose your own coach? Just adapt!
Of course, the main reason is that Carlisle is capable, and the things Carlisle did cannot be said to be "wrong" no matter how you look at it.

Moreover, Carlisle's coaching style can indeed force the players to improve. When Carlisle went to the Pistons, he led the Pistons, which only won 32 games in the first season, to 50 wins; when he went to the Pacers, he led the Pacers, which only won 48 games in the previous season and were almost collapsed by the assassins, to 61 wins, ranking first in the league.

From the perspective of achieving results alone, there is hope in following Carlisle.

Just as Zhang Yang was about to leave, he heard a heated argument in the meeting room. Someone loudly rebuked Carlisle. From the sound of it, it was Little Bickerstaff, who had the best relationship with the team members...

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On October 2007, 10, an internal conflict broke out among the Bobcats coaching staff.

John Bickerstaff, the son of the general manager, fiercely expressed his dissatisfaction with the new head coach Rick Carlisle in the coaching staff meeting, criticizing Rick Carlisle for being too harsh on the players, colleagues in the coaching staff, and trainers, but for using the system building method used on the mature players of the Pistons and Pacers on the Bobcats' young players...

After the conflict, the team's preparation meeting at 10 a.m. was temporarily cancelled, and General Manager Bickerstaff and owner Jordan rushed to the Turkish Airlines Arena.

After learning the whole story, Bickerstaff, despite the dissuasion of his superiors and subordinates, exercised his power as general manager, expelled John Bickerstaff from the arena for affecting the unity of the team, and issued a dismissal notice to Bickerstaff Jr.

As soon as this incident happened, the outside world's attention was focused on the Bobcats, and the discussion became heated.

As the defending champions, the Bobcats have been receiving a lot of attention and news this summer, but there has been no good news.

First, Gerald Wallace left for Memphis because he wanted to be the first offensive point on the front line.

Then, the Bobcats want a player, and as soon as the offer comes out, there will be teams competing with them for the player.

Later, Jordan was stimulated to raise prices everywhere, even Matt Barnes was raised to 2 million for 900 years.

Now there is another internal conflict among the coaching staff...

In short, public opinion is even less optimistic about the Bobcats' performance in the new season.

On the Bobcats team, players were also discussing the sudden internal conflict between Carlisle and Bickerstaff Jr.

During lunch, Felton, who loved gossip and was good at gathering information, chattered to his younger brother about the information he had gathered.

In just two or three hours, Felton had already understood everything.

After finishing speaking, Felton sighed repeatedly, expressing his concerns about the new season.

Zhang Yang thought about the matter and said, "Don't worry, we may have an easier time next time."

Felton: "Hmm? Why?"

Zhang Yang started to teach the boss a lesson. Instead of answering, he asked, "Boss, do you think Rick's authority in the team has declined after this incident? Do you have doubts about his ability?"

Felton thought for a moment and said, "I don't think so. John has been fired, so Rick's authority will only be higher. I have never doubted his ability. He led the Pistons to the Eastern Conference Finals in his second year as coach. If Billups hadn't been suppressed so badly by Kidd, the Pistons might have played better against the Spurs in the finals than the Nets."

Zhang Yang: "In this case, this incident actually has no negative impact on us players. Our preparation rhythm is already extremely tight and there is no way to tighten it any more. John's actions may help Rick calm down from the huge pressure and look at his current situation with a more rational eye, see the true abilities of our players, and make reasonable adjustments to the preparation rhythm."

Felton was stunned when he heard this and said, "John is such a nice guy! He sacrificed his job to help us get a more relaxed preparation environment?" Zhang Yang rolled his eyes at Felton and said, "The father and son performed it for us players and Rick for more than two years. Don't you understand John's character?
Randy is open-minded and doesn't mind being scolded. He can tolerate Rick. Chip is an old-fashioned academic coach. Not only does he not dislike Rick's coaching style, he appreciates it very much.

John probably couldn't stand Rick's high-pressure coaching style and wanted to run away. Old man Bernie just maximized his profits from this matter."

Felton said dissatisfiedly: "Jack, you can't always speculate about others in such a malicious way!"

Zhang Yang: “…”

The fat boss felt very happy when he saw the frustrated expression on the face of his little brother. He finally got to enjoy being the boss in front of his little brother.

Happy education still has its advantages. Felton prefers to look at the world with a pure eye...

Felton: "Shall I talk to my teammates and ask them to express their support for Rick during the interview?"

Zhang Yang threw away his inexplicable guilt and responded, "Let them also thank John for his help over the years and for standing up to speak for us this time."

Felton: “Okay…”

After lunch, Felton happily went to do what the boss should do.

Zhang Yang returned to the lounge and turned on his computer to read the news and forums.

Some people laughed at Carlisle, some people made fun of Carlisle, but no one questioned Carlisle's ability.

In his first three years as a coach, the team won first place in the Eastern Conference once, first place in the league once, and reached the Eastern Conference Finals twice. Carlisle had already proved his coaching talent at the beginning of his coaching career.

Zhang Yang felt mixed emotions as he watched them dominate the portals and forums, becoming the most 'hot' team at the moment.

Zhang Yang: This old man Bernie is really good at stirring up trouble. Even when he is no longer the head coach, he is still a tough guy!
When the player rankings appeared, the Bobcats did not get any traffic benefits, but now Bickerstaff has created a high-traffic topic with his own ability!

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The assistant coach was fired, but the preparations still had to be done. After taking an extra day off, all members of the Bobcats gathered at 10 a.m. the next day and continued their normal pace to hold a preparation meeting.

No one mentioned the firing of Bickerstaff Jr., and the meeting went smoothly.

The assistant coaches and players felt the changes in Carlisle - the training volume remained unchanged, with four 4-minute training sessions in the morning and afternoon, and the intensity was very high.

But the extent of tactical adjustments and the number of new and deleted tactics have decreased!
Judging from their preparation experience during this period, normally, after playing four away games and resting for two days, they should summarize the problems found in the previous four games and make major adjustments. Both the assistant coaches and the players are prepared to be exhausted today.

I didn’t expect that the adjustments this time were not as many as after the second preseason game!

Team members: John sacrificed himself to help all of us! Rick is not the autocratic coach we thought he was, he listens to advice!

As for Carlisle, he was very angry when he was dissed by Bickerstaff Jr., because he is the head coach.

But an hour later, Bickerstaff fired Bickerstaff Jr. and expressed his unconditional support for Jim Carrey's coaching in an interview... He was a little confused at first, but soon understood the purpose of the two gentlemen.

He began to review his system-building work during this period - too hasty!

The boss, general manager, coaching colleagues, and veteran players on the team have all comforted him by telling him not to be so stressed, but the more they told him to relax, the more stressed he became.

Given his personality, if someone told him to not be so stressed, it would be tantamount to looking down on his abilities, so he worked even harder instead.

But now that he had calmed down, he realized his problem.

At the beginning, he had clearly thought about paying attention to the degree of tactical resource allocation and being patient with young talents. However, when he was actually doing it, he became impatient after a while, kept adjusting, and did not grasp the strength of the tactical allocation.

Rondo is very talented, but as a sophomore, he can at best serve as the main point guard to help core teammates launch offense. He does not have the ability to lead the tactics.

Millsap is even more unable to complete those tasks. His ball-handling and passing abilities have just improved. He can only dribble steadily when facing the inside and pass the ball to his teammates in an easy passing environment. He has passing vision and basketball IQ, but he lacks experience and cannot be as good as Hill.

Carlisle thought that it was just a preseason game, used to train new players, so he used these two as the core in multiple tactics. Moreover, if one tactic was not played well, he would immediately change the tactics in the next game, and even temporarily adjust the tactical details... making the two second-year geniuses miserable.

After this "internal strife", although Carlisle was still under a lot of pressure, he controlled his impatience, put his focus back on the three core players, and decided to proceed steadily and start from the basics.

He finally clearly realized the difference between the Bobcats and the Pistons and Pacers of that year.

The operations that Bickerstaff carried out with his son not only created a high-traffic topic, but also really helped the players... and also helped Carlisle grow.

Carlisle still puts pressure and motivation on his players when preparing for the game and coaching. The training volume and requirements are very high, but the pace has obviously slowed down a lot, which is more suitable for the Bobcats team which is mainly composed of young potential stocks.

On the 21st and 23rd, the Bobcats will face the Hawks and Wizards at home.

In these two games, the main tactics of the Bobcats were related to the three cores. Rondo, Millsap, and Mike Miller all returned to the tactical roles they were supposed to play as role players. With this style of play, they won both games smoothly, and their preseason record became 3 wins and 3 losses.

After playing against the Wizards, the Bobcats got two days of rest. There is only one preseason game left, which is the home game against the Heat on the 1th.

Although the Heat have obviously collapsed after the championship, with Wade and O'Neal, many people still have expectations for them.

That's O'Neal! At only 35 years old, O'Neal still makes many fans have fantasies.

The last preseason game is often seen as a rehearsal for the regular season. Both teams will fight for real. The local fans in Charlotte are very enthusiastic and the tickets are sold out quickly.

On the afternoon of the 24th, the Bobcats officially announced two signings.

Former NBA head coach and former NBA superstar Paul Silas joined the Bobcats as a defensive assistant coach for 3 million over three years!
85年首轮第20顺位、86年凯尔特人队冠军队成员、前活塞队和步行者队助教萨姆-文森特4年400万加盟山猫队，担任首席助教！
At the same time, the Lakers signed Bickerstaff Jr. for 3 million over 600 years to serve as an assistant coach for player development...

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I wanted to update three chapters yesterday, but I kept sneezing and sweating in the evening, and had a high fever at night. I lay down all day today, and finally recovered in the afternoon. I quickly wrote a chapter, and Xiaofeng will continue to write. I will update another chapter tonight. There are so few updates on the weekend, Xiaofeng’s fault...

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