basketball player

Chapter 47 046: The first day of becoming an official head coach

The summer of 2010 was definitely a turbulent summer for the Indiana Pacers.

Team coach Jim O'Brien was told he had been fired while he was on leave. A day later, the team officially announced that assistant coach Henson Joe had become the team's interim head coach.In the draft, the Pacers used the tenth pick to pick a guy who was predicted to be No. 20 and a hot potato that no one dared to take over.Subsequently, the Pacers announced their withdrawal from the Orlando Summer League and won the Summer League Championship in Las Vegas.It didn't calm down for a long time, and the transactions involving Horford, Hinrich, Hibbert, Murphy and multiple draft picks suddenly occurred.

Just when everyone thought that the Pacers should wait for the start of the new season honestly, the photos of the team's new coach Henson Joe and the mysterious sexy woman kissing on the beach exploded in the gossip circle. On the same day, the famous electronic technology giant Vivek Ranadivee announced his entry into the Indiana Pacers. Vivek, who bought a part of the Pacers' shares, became one of the owners of the team.

"I love basketball very much. I have also formed a team and been a coach. I hope that entering the NBA this time and working with the Pacers will allow me to learn experience in managing the team." Vivek's speech at the press conference was very simple, and the fans cheered for it.With such a rich man, the Pacers may be able to squander money in the free agent market in the future.

From the coaches, to the players, to the owners, this summer for the Pacers has been a bustling one.Henson sat in his room, took a newspaper and looked at the photo of Vivek Ranadivee.Well, it doesn't look like An Jiali at all, things are definitely not what I thought
After drinking coffee, Henson just put down the newspaper, put on his suit slowly, and looked at the clock.

Today is the start of the Pacers' new season pre-season training camp. After returning from traveling with An Jiali, Henson accompanied An Jiali in the Bay Area for a period of time and spent a happy and sweet life together. It was also Henson's last leisure time in the summer of 2010.

It's seven o'clock in the morning, that fellow Holiday should have arrived at the training facility, maybe Paul George has also arrived.According to Henson's habit when he was an assistant coach, he should also appear on the training ground now.Henson used to like to arrive early when he was an assistant coach, so that he could not only prepare in advance, but also supervise the training of players.

But now, Henson is not in a hurry to go out.Although Henson has been the head coach of the Pacers for a whole summer, just yesterday, Bird also changed the "interim head coach" of Henson into the official head coach with a three-year contract of 3 million US dollars.But he only became the coach after the end of the season, so this is actually the first time Henson attended the pre-season training camp as a head coach.

Therefore, this "first time" is extremely important to Henson.Although he had established a certain prestige among the players when he was an assistant coach before.But that's not enough. To fully control the team, the most basic thing is to let the players listen to you.How to make players listen to you?Build prestige!Very powerful prestige!Let the players be a little scared, but trust you very much.

And the prestige of a head coach has already been established from the first day he stepped into the training hall.Henson's predecessor, O'Brien, has always been a "good old man", a "players' coach".So even if he tries to change later, it will be difficult to get rid of the image of "good old man".

What Henson has to do now is to prevent himself from establishing this image.Therefore, on the first day when he officially took office, Henson did not intend to arrive at the training hall before the players, otherwise the group of guys would definitely regard Henson as an assistant coach who came to clean up the training ground early in the morning.Important characters are usually the last to appear.Henson's late departure can also give the players similar psychological hints.

It wasn't until 07:30 in the morning that Henson dialed Carter's phone slowly, hailed a car and headed to the Conseco Arena!
Conseco Arena, a huge building that looks very similar to a church, is located in the center of Indianapolis, with very convenient transportation.This luxurious and modern arena, which was built in 1999 and cost 1 billion US dollars, is the most high-profile location in Indianapolis.

Henson got out of the car and looked up at the gigantic building. The Pacers' schedule for the next season had already been printed on the outer wall of the Conseco Arena.This is the tradition of the Pacers. Every year, they will print the schedule directly on the outer wall of the arena for fans to check.

Henson stared at the wall for a long time. These 82 games will be the toughest test he will face!I don't know if I will soar into the sky, or like O'Brien, I can only leave with my tail between my legs in despair?
"Hey, Henson!" Just as Henson was staring at the Conseco Arena in a daze, the taxi driver Carter poked his head out of the car.

"Ok?"

"Come on, don't care what the media say, anyway, we fans are very supportive of you!"

Seeing Carter's simple and honest smile, Henson instantly became less nervous.Bird believed in himself, and the fans believed in themselves.What Henson has to do now is to make himself and those players trust himself!
Henson has witnessed the demise of Posey and O'Brien in the Pacers. It can be said that he stepped on the bodies of the two of them to the present.And if Henson can't form his own influence on the team and bring a considerable record, then he will be the next corpse.

This will be a gamble about the reputation of Henson and Bird. If a rookie coach like him who does not have enough background and experience and relies on the trust of Bird, his superior, to take the top position, if he cannot make a huge improvement in his performance, what awaits him will only be abuse from fans and the media. At the same time, Bird will also lose the reputation and prestige he has accumulated over the years.

Therefore, this is not Henson's battle alone, and he will never lose!After staying at the entrance of the arena for 2 minutes, Henson stepped into the arena with confident steps.

With $1100 million in three years, Henson never dreamed that his head coaching career would start like this.

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Although today is the first time for Henson to participate in training as a head coach, he is already very familiar with this place.

As he approached the training hall, Henson could already hear the screeching sound of sneakers rubbing against the wooden floor.Pushing the door open, sure enough, the team is basically full.

Henson didn't greet the players, but found that his players waved to him.And Henson didn't respond too much, just nodded.

He doesn't want to show up like a clown and get all the players together and talk nonsense.He'll talk when it's time to talk, but right now Henson thinks it's better not to interrupt the players' practice.

"Henson, I thought you were going to be late. I have already started training all of them according to the training plan you made." Frank Vogel greeted Henson enthusiastically. Henson was very emotional. At the beginning, he always thought that he was going to help Vogel.Unexpectedly, the reality is just the opposite.

So, things are unpredictable.

"Thank you, Frank. These guys, it's not a lot of trouble." Henson said, scanning the training ground.Holiday is shooting, Horford is developing three-point ability according to Henson's request, the skinny George is frantically gaining muscle in the weight room, Matthews and Green, two guys officially mentioned by Henson in the NBA, are exchanging defensive skills, and Granger, the big brother, keeps encouraging everyone to keep working hard.

Now there are not many veterans left in the team, and the veterans are either traded or not renewed.The main composition of the team is basically the group of people recruited by Henson himself.Therefore, few people will oppose Henson because he is a rookie.After all, the players recruited by Henson himself were all in awe of him.

And the few old fritters are not big-name players themselves, so they don't know how to play their temper.

But in this happy scene, Henson soon found that there was one guy missing.

"Everyone is very serious, just"

"It's just that Stephenson hasn't come yet, has he? What a good boy, he was late for training on the first day!" Before Frank finished speaking, Henson discovered the problem.

After a while, Henson's cell phone rang.After answering the phone, Henson was immediately stunned.

"What's the matter?" Frank Vogel couldn't help but feel a little worried when Henson frowned.

"The police station asked me to pick him up." Henson shook his head, wanting to be angry and laughing at the same time, "It seems that guy Lance can't bear to be lonely."

That bastard Stephenson actually filled in Henson's name in the emergency contact column.And, remember Henson's phone number.
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(End of this chapter)