Ever since O'Brien gave Henson a dismissal in front of all the members of the coaching staff, Henson has not had any conflict with O'Brien. In the beginning, Henson only wanted to do everything he could to support O'Brien, live up to Bird's expectations, and make the team better, at least to catch the last train of the playoffs.

But when Henson joined the coaching staff, he found that things were not as rosy as he had hoped. O'Brien has gone crazy, and in order to solidify his position and reputation, this guy has started to become a maverick. Vogel didn't listen very well.

His defensive style of play allowed the Pacers to play without Daniel. In Granger's case, the offensive efficiency dropped to the third-to-last in the league! The atmosphere in the squad has become a mess due to the constant losses, and the players are becoming more and more lazy in training.

Henson simply did his "job" at this time, and he asked Stephen to do his job. Silas observes Paul. Every game of George, and regularly send myself videos of George's games. In addition, Henson paid special attention to Wesley. Matthews and Danny. The two Greens are in the state of the development league, closely monitoring their progress every bit of it.

If O'Brien continues to do this, he will surely be swept away by Bird next season. When the time comes, both Frank. Vogel takes over, or Bird finds someone else to replace him, and Henson will do it himself. But in the face of Jim. O'brien? Even if he were given the best coaching staff in the league, he would be saved. It's just a pity that the Pacers have wasted another season that could have been able to make a breakthrough......

Before Christmas, on December 22, the Pacers traveled to Boston to play a game against the Celtics, who have the "Big Three". At this point, the team's record is 9-17. Needless to say, O'Brien's team has yet to reach a double double in the regular season until the end of December, and it goes without saying how sad such a result is.

With the exception of a four-game winning streak when Granger was healthy, the Pacers are essentially living in a spiral of defeat and defeat on a daily basis.

And before this game, the Pacers had just experienced their fifth three-game losing streak of the season. The whole team was disheartened, and everyone in the dressing room was talking about how to spend the Christmas holidays, not how to win the game.

Ahead of today's game, Henson was watching the team train as always. He would hear some complaints from time to time, and Henson was used to it.

Cinnabar. Holiday wanted to improve his off-ball ability, and Hibbert wanted to practice his mid-range shot. But so far, they haven't even touched the ball. The Pacers were practicing their defense all morning. The boring stances and lateral movements soaked the players' vests and extinguished their enthusiasm.

Henson doesn't know how a team without passion can win on the pitch.

O'Brien did not do this without reason, firstly, he hoped to emphasize discipline through such training, and rectify the recent laziness and laziness. Second, he also hopes to forcibly implant the game idea of "defense first" into the minds of the players.

Can the Pacers really play defensive tactics, though? In Henson's opinion, there is no one in this team who can be called a defensive giant. Even, I can't find a player who is tougher than Matthews.

O'Brien is the quintessential "tactical maniac" who only knows how to put his favorite tactics on top of it, but doesn't care if the players are suitable for such a system.

Henson stood on the sidelines and watched for a while, and O'Brien, with two big black circles under his eyes, walked out of the office. When he saw that the players were still lazy, the guy went on a rampage.

"I said, can we be more mindful!? Do you still think your grades are good!? 9 wins, 17 losses, gentlemen! It's a disgrace, a disgrace to you, to me, to everyone present! O'Brien's yelling silenced the training gym in exactly the same atmosphere as when O'Brien rejected Henson's training plan half a month ago.

"Zhu. Holiday tell me what you're practicing!? Defense, do you know what defense is? This time last year, I heard our scouts say you're a hard worker, but now it seems like a big mistake! O'Brien then pointed the finger at Holiday . Of course, this is tantamount to pointing the finger at Henson. After all, he was "that scout".

In the past days, O'Brien has always been gentle with his players and rarely had conflicts with them. But this kind of "weak" coach usually has a drawback, that is, it is difficult to establish his authority. A gentle coach will be liked by everyone, but it will be difficult to convince the players. The Pacers' lazy training state is not something that can be cultivated in a day or two. Granger's "anchor needle" is not there, and the players are even more lawless.

If a coach can't even make his players obedient, what results can he talk about?

So this season, driven by a lot of pressure, O'Brien has changed. He became irritable and irritable, no longer close to the players, and casually scolded. The simple reason is that O'Brien finds himself in need of building his prestige, and he wants to be a little tougher.

And today, O'Brien undoubtedly wants to take advantage of Holiday as a rookie.

"Coach, I ......" Holiday is bitter and unspeakable, he is the one who comes first and leaves the latest almost every day. But even so, after two months, his playing time is still not guaranteed.

O'Brien has changed his formation several times this season, and after Holiday played a starter for a while, O'Brien thought that Holiday had too much desire to attack, and also used Duntai. Jones played the No. 1 position, and later found that it was not good, and then used the 30-year-old Earl. Watson played the starter.

Now Earl. Watson is a player who can't be more mediocre. He may be able to eat in the NBA, but only to the point of eating together. And what about O'Brien? He'd rather let a mediocre player play as a starter than keep Holiday in the starting lineup, even if it's as a fake starter.

Needless to say, I also know how aggrieved Holiday is in her heart. Henson let him shine in Summer League and gave him a lot of anticipation for his career. Who knew that it wasn't Henson who coached him later, but Jim, who didn't trust the newcomer at all. O'brien.

"We will have attacking training before the game starts this afternoon. But Holiday you continue to practice lateral movement and switchback running! Now, keep practicing for me! ”

After O'Brien finished scolding, the coaching staff gave Henson a wink, hoping that he, who is good at rhetoric, would come forward to resolve the embarrassment. But Henson was unmoved, and watched with his hands on his chest and cold eyes.

O'Brien's mess, Henson doesn't want to clean up!

As soon as the fire came down, the players really got a lot nervous. But how many days can such tension last? Three days or a week? O'Brien was afraid of Henson squeezing himself out, and he wasn't willing to just be a transition coach. But now, it's O'Brien himself who is tearing down his own stage. Since O'Brien doesn't want to do it, Henson will fulfill him.

After O'Brien left, Henson walked over and patted Holiday on the shoulder. Lovely little fellow, he looked very depressed.

"Cheer up, Jule, I'm sure you're stronger than people think."

"Mr. Henson, isn't it up to you to make the team's training plan? But why ......?"

"I made it, and I did my best. But Jim, he didn't adopt my plan. Henson spread his hands helplessly.

Holiday smiled wryly, "I guess too, he's the head coach and everything has to be up to him." ”

"No, Jule, on the Pacers, everything will only listen to Larry. Bird's! ”

Holiday suddenly looked up at Henson, not knowing what he meant. He certainly understands every word and knows Larry. Who is Bird. But Holiday didn't know the deeper meaning of Henson's words.

"Hold on, at least for the season. Do your job and try not to off Mr. Jim. Then trust me, everything will change. At most next season, everything will be fine. Do you believe me? You trust me, right? Drew. ”

"I believe in you, Mr. Henson." Holiday nodded, if there is anyone in this team who is Holiday the most trusted, it is undoubtedly the Chinese coach who once let him win the MVP and let him show himself on the basketball court.

"That's good, train hard now and be obedient." Henson touched Holiday on the head, then walked away with his hands behind his back.

As for how O'Brien will get along with the players in the future, it's none of Henson's business.

It seems that it is not O'Brien as the head coach who is taking charge of this team, but the mysterious Henson. Joe.