The next day, when Henson came to the training hall at seven o'clock in the morning, there was only Zhu in the training hall. Holiday is training alone. The team's morning training starts at half-past eight, but Holiday comes early every day to practice for herself. That's why Henson and Bird were optimistic about Holiday in the first place – he was hardworking enough.

"Mr. Henson! You're here! I've heard for a long time that you could 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 didn't trust the newcomers very much. Holiday has now become a starter, but it's just a fake starter. In terms of playing time, he is far inferior to Deng Tai, who is already 29 years old. Jones.

It's not just Holiday actually, this season, Jeff. Forts, an old center, was also put on the bench by O'Brien and switched to Roy. Hibbert starts. However, Hibbert is also a fake starter, and he only plays about 20 minutes per game. In the last loss to the Trail Blazers, Hibbert even got only 18 minutes of playing time.

In Holiday view, Henson was simply his savior! Because only Henson knows how to use young players. That Summer League champion and MVP was the honor Henson brought to Holiday !

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

Henson sat behind his desk, his body trembling slightly, he was a little excited, a little nervous! Today, he is the official assistant coach of an NBA team! It's so incredible that 11 months ago, when Henson inexplicably showed up in a UCLA basketball arena, he even thought he was going to live on the streets!

But look at the present, leather chairs, big desks, and their own offices. He went from being a scout on the go to assistant coach in less than a year!

Soon, though, Henson stopped being complacent. It's not a safe job, and if you don't do it well, you'll end up with Posey yesterday.

Thinking of this, Henson began to recall everything Stevens, the "King of Bulldogs," had taught him. How to manage a team? How do I make a game plan? How do you coach the players in training? Henson remembered these "knowledge points" over and over again in his mind, and on his first day in office, he must not mess things up!

Seeing that it was almost training time, Henson walked out of the office with a tactical board. More and more players are coming in, most of them talking to each other, but few are caring about this new face standing on the sidelines of the training ground.

It can be seen that the attitude of the players is more lazy. Ever since Daniel. After Granger's "boss" was injured, others were even more "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 right to speak. However, Granger's injury has undoubtedly broken his restrictions on the locker room.

Henson learned a very important thing from Stevens, discipline. A team without discipline is certainly not combative. But for now, the Pacers' discipline isn't as good as it could be. A manager's job is not to plan tactics during the game, and it seems that O'Brien's problem is not just a matter of directing the game. His control of the whole team is not very good.

Henson stood on the sidelines, wanting to shout a reprimand for those who were still lazy. The Pacers don't have a superstar on their roster, which is a bad thing, but it's also a good thing. At least in the face of ordinary players, the coach doesn't need to be so polite.

But on second thought, it seems that I am not suitable for this kind of thing as an assistant coach on the first day of work. So, he could only watch the players lazily arrive at the training ground and start another lifeless training day.

"Alright, cheer me up! Yesterday you lost so badly, I'm ashamed of you! Now, everyone starts training according to a predetermined schedule. Give me some hard work, if you still want to play in the playoffs! ”

As soon as O'Brien stepped through the door, he yelled. It can be seen that he often does this, because the players are tired for a long time, and even in the face of O'Brien's yelling, they still don't blush and don't beat their hearts, what should they do.

In the past, there was also Daniel. Granger could help O'Brien yell. But right now, O'Brien doesn't have that kind of treatment.

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

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

"I don't care what you do, anyway I'm going to see a copy of the training plan for the last week tomorrow morning! Now, Henson, get to work! ”

A few words sent Henson away, and O'Brien clapped his hands and began the day's training.

"Hey, don't think about it, Jim he's an acute." At this time, Frank. Vogel walked over and patted Henson on the shoulder.

Although they are all assistant coaches, there are usually different assistant coaches who also have their own roles. Now Frank. Vogel is the Pacers' tactical coach, and only he is qualified to advise O'Brien in practice and games. Henson, on the other hand, is not involved in tactical matters at all.

"I'm fine, man." 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, lazy and lazy all the time? ”

Henson has watched Stevens train his players, and to be honest, the Pacers' discipline is just too poor compared to the bulldogs. The Pacers' veterans are guaranteed playing time even if they don't train hard. And even if a young player breaks his leg in practice, O'Brien turns a blind eye.

Over time, the old players slacked off and the younger players were deflated. In this way, it is strange that the quality of training can be improved.

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

Henson stood on the sidelines and watched all morning, and Holiday struggled to practice. Because O'Brien's training program is basically centered around defense and physical confrontation. Offensive? It's just a few strokes.

O'Brien and Vogel are the kind of coaches who love to defend, and they believe that if you defend well, victory will come.

Henson is not against defense, nor does he question the importance of defense in the game of basketball. But even then, you can't just put the offensive position so low. It seems that O'Brien's training plan really needs to be overhauled.

At the end of the day, the players dispersed in the dressing room, and there was little communication between the new and old players, and the atmosphere in the dressing room was not bad, but it was also very cold. Daniel. Granger's absence is one aspect and he has always been a bridge between the young and the old. But as soon as he was gone, the bridge was broken. And O'Brien's poor management is an important reason for all this.

When he got home, Henson and Angeli briefly chatted on the phone and plunged headlong into work. Since you don't have much say in tactics now, let's do your job well in training!

The next day there was a game, so the coaching staff would have a simple coaching staff meeting early in the morning.

Henson, who slept late, was the first to walk into the conference room in the morning. He had a folder in his hand that contained a brand new training plan that he had worked hard to create overnight. This training plan follows O'Brien's defence-oriented approach, while also increasing the offensive weight in training.

At eight o'clock, all the members of the coaching staff gathered in this small conference room. In addition to Henson, O'Brien and Vogel, there are plenty of trainers and other coaches. Henson introduced himself to everyone very kindly, and everyone greeted them with smiles. O'Brien was the only one, and the guy was frowning the whole time.

"Alright, Henson, show me your training plan. Next time you should have brought it to me sooner instead of waiting for me to ask for it. O'Brien's voice was serious, and Henson smiled playfully in his heart, this guy's way of consolidating his authority was really low-end.

O'Brien took the folder from Henson's hand, and the training plan was very detailed. Not just for the next week, but for the whole season. Henson can assure that his hard work is definitely a very good training guide. Even the fastidious Bird couldn't fault anything! Against O'Brien, that's more than enough!

O'Brien, however, just flipped through it casually and threw the folder on the table.

"It's a good plan, Henson. But making a plan is not about making a test paper, you have to combine it with reality! Your plan doesn't fit the Pacers' style of play at all! You don't seem to know much about our staffing either. We're not going to increase our attacking rate, and we're not going to play that offensive style. What we have to do is we have to strengthen our defense, keep improving our defense, and last season we were last in the league in defensive efficiency, and that's why we failed! Strengthening defense is the right path for the team! In the future, we will continue to train with the previous plan! ”

O'Brien's words made the entire conference 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 it wasn't negotiable! The tone of the 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 place may be his.

Therefore, O'Brien abandoned Henson's plan in a commanding tone, most likely deliberately restraining him.

The room was eerily quiet, and O'Brien was a little nervous, and he kept touching his nose. And Henson, he seems to be trying to restrain himself from punching the head coach out.

A few seconds later, Henson suddenly reached out!

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

"As you wish, sir."

Henson was no longer angry, he wanted to see, Jim. O'Brien, a conceited ghost who just wants to keep his job, what kind of flowers can he make?