basketball player

Chapter 28 028: Freezing Point

The next day, when Henson came to the training hall at seven o'clock in the morning, only Zhu Holiday was training in the training hall.The team's morning training starts at 08:30, but Holiday will come early every day to give himself extra training.This is why Henson and Bird were optimistic about Holiday at the beginning-he was hardworking enough.

"Mr. Henson! You're here! I've heard that you might join the coaching staff, but I didn't expect it to be true!" Seeing Henson walk into the training hall, Holiday was extremely excited.Playing under O'Brien, Holiday actually struggled a bit, because O'Brien always doesn't trust newcomers.Although Holiday has now become the starter, he is only a fake starter.In terms of playing time, he is far inferior to the 29-year-old Dengtai Jones.

In fact, it's not just Holiday. This season, the old center Jeff Fortes was also put on the bench by O'Brien, and Roy Hibbert started instead.However, Hibbert is also a fake starter, and his playing time in each game is only about 20 minutes.In the last loss to the Blazers, Hibbert even only got 18 minutes of game time.

In Holiday's view, Henson is simply his savior!Because only Henson knows how to use young players.That summer league championship and MVP is exactly the honor Henson brought to Holiday!

"Of course it's true, practice hard, and see you later in training!" Henson patted Holiday on the shoulder, and then walked straight to his office.That office originally belonged to Percy.Hopefully, yesterday, Percy had cleaned up the inside.

Henson sat behind his desk, trembling slightly, he was a little excited and a little nervous!Today, he's an official assistant coach for an NBA team!It's incredible, 11 months ago, when Henson inexplicably appeared in the UCLA basketball stadium, he even thought he was going to live on the street!

But look now, the leather chair, the big desk, belongs to his own office.He went from a scout who needed to travel around to an assistant coach in less than a year!

Soon, though, Henson stopped being complacent.This job is not absolutely safe, if he does not do well, he will end up like Posey yesterday.

Thinking of this, Henson began to recall everything that Stevens, the "king of bulldogs", taught him.How to manage a team?How to develop a game plan?How to guide the players in training?Henson remembered these "knowledge points" over and over again in his mind, and he must not mess things up on the first day of taking office!
After checking that it was almost time for training, Henson walked out of the office with a tactical board.More and more players walked in, most of them whispering, but few people paid attention to this new face standing on the sidelines of the training field.

It can be seen that the attitude of the players is relatively lazy.Ever since the "boss" Daniel Granger was injured, the others were "turned upside down".Although Granger is not very old, he is also a well-deserved leader in this Pacers team, and he still has some say.However, Granger's injury undoubtedly broke his restriction on the locker room.

Henson learned a very important thing from Stevens, discipline.A team without discipline is definitely not effective.But for now, the discipline of the Pacers is not satisfactory.A head coach's job is not to arrange tactics during the game. It seems that O'Brien's problem is not just a problem of commanding the game.His control of the entire team is not outstanding.

Henson stood on the sidelines, wanting to reprimand those guys who were still lazy.The fact that the Pacers don't have a superstar is a bad thing, but it's also a good thing.At least when facing ordinary players, the coach doesn't have to be so polite.

But after thinking about it, it seems that I am not suitable for this kind of thing as an assistant coach who took office on the first day.As a result, he could only watch the players lazily arrive at the training ground and start another day of lifeless training.

"Okay, cheer me up! You lost so badly yesterday, I'm ashamed of you! Now, everyone starts training according to the scheduled plan. Work harder for me, if you want to play in the playoffs!"

After O'Brien stepped into the gate, he immediately roared.It can be seen that he often does this, because the players are already tired, even in the face of O'Brien's yelling, they still don't blush and their hearts don't beat, what should they do.

In the past, there was still Daniel Granger who could shout for O'Brien.But now, O'Brien does not have such treatment.

"Hello, Henson, welcome to the coaching staff! I hope you can get familiar with the working environment as soon as possible. After all, I don't have time to teach you. Your job is very simple. It's your job to make a training plan. Dennis left a template before, and you can follow his template." O'Brien's tone was a little impatient.

"Template? Isn't the training plan adjusted based on the game video and the opponent?" Henson spread his hands. He also learned from Stevens about making a training plan, but he had never heard of making a training plan and a template.This thing is just like tactics, it should be alive.

"I don't care what you do, but tomorrow morning I will see a training plan for the last week! Now, Henson, start your work!"

After a few words to dismiss Henson, O'Brien clapped his hands and started a day of training.

"Hey, don't think too much, Jim is just a quick temper." At this moment, Frank Vogel came over and patted Henson on the shoulder.

Although they are all assistant coaches, usually different assistant coaches also perform their duties.Now Frank Vogel is the tactical coach of the Pacers, and only he is qualified to advise O'Brien in training and games.Henson, on the other hand, did not involve tactical matters at all.

"I'm fine, buddy." Henson nodded at Vogel. He was glad that someone could stand up and care about him at this time. "Training ground, has it always been like this? I mean, always slack and slack?"

Henson watched Stevens train his players, and to be honest, the Pacers' discipline was far worse than that of the Bulldogs.The Pacers' veterans are guaranteed playing time even if they don't work hard.And even if a young player broke his leg during training, O'Brien would turn a blind eye.

Over time, the old players neglected and the young players became discouraged.In this way, the quality of training will be amazing.

Vogel didn't answer Henson, just smiled wryly.However, this is actually another form of answer.

Henson stood on the sidelines all morning and observed that Holiday was struggling.Because O'Brien's training plan basically revolves around defense and physical confrontation.attack?Just took a few pens.

Both O'Brien and Vogel are the kind of coaches who advocate defense. They firmly believe that as long as the defense is good, victory will come.

Henson isn't against defense or questioning its importance in the game of basketball.But even so, you can't put the offensive position so low.It seems that O'Brien's training plan really needs to be changed a lot.

After a day of training, the players dispersed in the locker room, and there was almost no communication between the new players and the old players. Although the atmosphere in the locker room was not bad, it was also very cold.Daniel Granger's absence is one aspect, he has always been a bridge between young players and old players.But without him, the bridge is broken.And O'Brien's poor management is an important reason for all this.

After returning home, Henson and An Jiali briefly chatted on the phone, and then plunged into work.Now that I don't have much say in tactics, I should do my job well during training!
Due to the game the next day, the coaching staff will hold a simple coaching staff meeting early in the morning.

Although Henson slept very late, he was the first to walk into the meeting room in the morning, still full of energy.He was holding a folder in his hand, which contained a brand new training plan that he had customized through a night of hard work.This training program follows O'Brien's defense-oriented thinking, while also increasing the proportion of offense in the training.

At eight o'clock, all members of the coaching staff gathered in this small conference room.In addition to Henson, O'Brien and Vogel, there are many trainers and other coaches.Henson introduced himself to everyone very friendly, and everyone greeted them with smiles.Only O'Brien, this guy frowned from beginning to end.

"Okay, Henson, show me the training plan you made. Next time, you should give it to me earlier instead of waiting for me to ask you for it." O'Brien's voice was very serious, while Henson smiled jokingly in his heart. The way this guy consolidates his authority is really low-end.

O'Brien took the folder from Henson's hand, and the training plan was drawn up in great detail.Not just for the next week, but even for the entire season of training.Henson can guarantee that his hard work is definitely a very good training guide.Not even the picky Bird could find anything wrong!It is more than enough to deal with O'Brien!
However, O'Brien just flipped through it casually and threw the folder on the table.

"This is a good plan, Henson. But making a plan is not a test paper, you have to combine it with reality! Your plan is not in line with the Pacers' style of play at all! You don't seem to understand our staffing very well either. We won't increase our offensive rate, and we won't engage in those offensive styles of play. What we need to do is to strengthen our defense and continue to strengthen our defense. Last season, our defensive efficiency was at the bottom of the league.

O'Brien's words made the entire meeting room quiet, and the atmosphere dropped to freezing point.Everyone could see that O'Brien just didn't want to adopt Henson's plan, and there was no need to discuss it!The tone of command was very strong.

There are only a few people on the coaching staff, and everyone knows that Posey's departure has something to do with Henson's rise.Everyone also knows that if Henson continues to be so good, O'Brien's position may be his in the future.

Therefore, O'Brien gave up Henson's plan in a commanding tone, and it is very likely that he deliberately restricted him.

The conference room was eerily quiet, O'Brien was a little nervous, he kept touching his nose.As for Henson, he seemed to be trying to restrain himself from knocking the head coach out of the way with a single punch.

A few seconds later, Henson suddenly reached out!

But instead of fighting, he picked up the folder on the table.

"As you wish, boss."

Henson was no longer angry, but he wanted to see what kind of flower Jim O'Brien, a conceited ghost who only wanted to keep his job, could come up with.

(End of this chapter)