Chapter 36: Larry Brown's Invitation
Richard did not answer Reggie Miller's question head-on, but asked rhetorically, "How?" Are you Pacers looking for a head coach? ”
Reggie Miller didn't think much of it, just thought Richard was joking......
"Why, man, it's Larry Brown ...... our head coach."
When Richard heard the name Larry Brown, he was stunned, good guy, he didn't notice that Larry Brown, the old guy, was actually coaching in the same state as himself?!
"Oh? What do you mean by that when you asked me? Richard asked with a light smile.
Reggie Miller put his arm around Richard's shoulder, "That's right, man, Coach Brown has seen many of the games you've coached and thinks you're a young coach with a lot of potential, so he wants to recruit you to his coaching staff as his assistant coach......"
As soon as he finished saying this, Richard scolded his mother directly in his heart!
Judging from the evaluation that Richard gave Larry Brown in his heart, it is clear that he definitely has no affection for this coach.
That old guy let himself go and give him a hand?! He wants to be beautiful, why doesn't he go to heaven?!
Richard would rather be an assistant coach for Popovich than have anything to do with Larry Brown!
In Richard's opinion, this old guy is simply harmful, and he is also the kind of harm that bullies the soft and fears the hard!
In the era of the explosion of Internet information in the later generations, no matter what search engine, as long as you search for the name Larry Brown, the first thing that pops up must be "How many rookies has Larry Brown ruined"!
The worst ruined by him should be Darko Milicic, who is known as the "cigar of human victory"!
This 03 generation's top show, if you want to say that his potential is an average of three or four points per game, there is only one possibility, that is, the scouts of the entire NBA are blind......
You must know that Melon Anthony, who won the NCAA Final Four MOP on the front foot, was only selected with the third pick!
Of course, there must be something hateful about the poor man, and the hateful thing about Milicic is his submissive character!
Just imagine, if Milicic hadn't played for Larry Brown, a brutal old guy, I'm afraid his career would never have been so miserable!
It's not wrong to say that Larry Brown is brutal, and little potato Nate Robinson has been insulted by his various personalities......
If it's external, it's fine, but he's all playing against his own players.
What's even more outrageous is that this old guy has a different attitude towards the unruly stars under his hands.
For example, Iverson, such as Reggie Miller, such as Big Ben, this guy seems to play the role of a loving father!
Thick-skinned enough to lick his face and say that Iverson averages at least 50 points per game!
Typical bullying is afraid of hardness, specializing in picking up soft persimmons and pinching!
Richard even had some doubts about whether this old guy was a little psychologically deformed, and he was abused in his rookie season and left a psychological shadow, and he specialized in abusing newcomers after taking power......
And although Richard is not a rookie, he can only be regarded as a rookie in the coaching profession!
If he really made it to Larry Brown's coaching staff, how could that old pervert not abuse Richard?!
Richard was already able to envision what it would be like when he joined the Pacers......
Larry Brown is scolded every day, all kinds of stupid and idiot calls......
Don't doubt it, there is absolutely a 100% chance that this will happen, you must know that Little Potato was coached by him at the Knicks at the time, and this old guy shouted Little Potato "** cub" every day!
When Little Potato went to Brown's office with tears in his eyes, begging not to insult himself like this, the old pervert continued to scold in front of the team, and told the whole team, "Robinson just wiped his tears and came to me, please stop scolding!" ”
Think about Robinson, a native black man in the United States, who has been abused so miserably, then the treatment of Milicic, a foreign white man, can be imagined!
If Xiao Tudou is a cancer player with a bad attitude and no hard work, this way to humiliate him is also very disgusting, but at least he can give a reason to humiliate others......
The key is that Xiao Tudou is extremely motivated and extremely hardworking, and is definitely a typical inspirational player in the NBA, with a height of less than 1.7 meters, he can gain a firm foothold in this league, relying on his hard work!
How hard is this guy? Participating in the summer league every year, the summer league management committee had a headache and directly retired this guy's jersey......
A player who works so hard, even if his strength is not very good, he still has to be respected!
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The manager does need to maintain authority within the team, but definitely not in this way!
At least even if Richard commits suicide, he will never insult the hard-working players under him!
Except for Larry Brown, don't think that the Pacers don't have any other bullshit, Reggie Miller, a street scolding expert, don't look at hooking up with Richard now, maybe one day if you are not satisfied with something, you can chase Richard's ass and scold the street all day, and there is no duplicate!
Where are you going to be a teaching assistant?!
It's all about jumping into a fire pit!
Besides, entering the NBA as an assistant coach was never in Richard's plan!
Either you don't enter, or if you want to enter, you must be the head coach, this is the bottom line that Richard has set for himself!
If you don't have a chance this year, then next year!
If you don't have a chance next year, then the year after!
Richard doesn't believe that he can't get a head coach position in the NBA after leading the team to three consecutive championships!
With nearly 30 teams in the NBA, and almost every year five to 10 head coaches are fired, Richard has so many opportunities that he can't afford to work with someone like Larry Brown!
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If another team asks Richard to ask him to be an assistant coach, then Richard may be polite and express that he is not good enough to be an assistant coach of your team......
But in the face of Larry Brown's invitation, Richard was not so good.
"Not interested!" Richard didn't say a word and directly rejected Reggie Miller's invitation.
Reggie Miller's eyes widened, Richard's attitude made him confused, how could he be so decent, and suddenly his attitude became so blunt?!
"Lee, this is a great opportunity! Coach Larry said that he would pass on all his experience to you and recommend you to take over as head coach when he stepped down! ”
"This is definitely a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity, and you just turned it down?!" Reggie Miller asked Richard with a frown.
Without mentioning it, Richard may be able to maintain some patience......
Wait for Larry Brown to abdicate?!If Richard remembers correctly, when this old guy retired, it was almost 2010, and he waited for him for fifteen years?!
And Larry Brown's coaching experience? This Richard was not interested at all......
Although Larry Brown is indeed successful as a coach, he has a good honor in his hand, and he has won the championship in the NCAA and NBA, and the NBA was the 04 Pistons counterattack Lakers F4......
But just because he can treat the little potato like that, Richard is despised by his character!
"Not interested!"
"Don't even think about it!" Richard reiterated his attitude.
"Guys, we'll go back to the hotel when we're done, and we'll head back to West Lafayette tomorrow morning!"
Richard stood up and beckoned his players to leave, not forgetting to pay for today's meal before leaving......
The $500 order made Richard's heart bleed......
But he paid without blinking, although this meal was not invited by Larry Brown, but even if it has anything to do with Larry Brown, Richard has to clear it up!
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"Coach, why did you pay for it?"
"yes, didn't they say they wanted a treat?"
Big Ben and Iverson were a little puzzled, they knew very well that their coach was not the kind of rich man......
Richard sighed, looked at the two people in front of him and said slowly: "There is an old Chinese saying, it is called taking people with soft hands and eating people with short mouths!" ”
"Remember this, and it will be of use to you for the rest of your life!"
As soon as he heard the ancient precept from China, Iverson's eyes suddenly lit up, and he silently wrote down these two sentences in his heart.