Chapter 17: The Young People of Lexington
Lexington, Kentucky, a small city with a population of just over 200,000, is home to the University of Kentucky.
The University of Kentucky is not a super prestigious school in terms of literature and scientific research, but if you talk about sports and NCAA, Kentucky's reputation is greater.
The University of Kentucky Wildcats, one of the most brilliant basketball teams in the NCAA, is the first NCAA team to win 2,000 wins, and is also an eight-time NCAA championship basketball team.
At that time, Frank Vogel was able to stay with the Kentucky Wildcats because of Rick Pitino's appreciation, but because of his unwarranted qualifications in college, Frank Vogel could only stay in Kentucky as a video assistant, and when Rick Vogel went to Boston as head coach in 1997, Frank Vogel found out that he was in a bad condition.
The new head coach is Tabby Smith, Frank Vogel found that Tabby Smith really used himself as a video assistant, originally under Rick Pitino, Frank Vogel could still participate in the team's tactical formulation, lineup and on-the-spot command, and when Tabby Smith took over, Frank Vogel found that he even needed to be qualified to audit the tactical class......
This is not what Frank Vogel wants, he has been staying in Kentucky just to learn more, Frank Vogel has learned the bomb three-point strategy from Rick Pitino, as well as Rick Pitino's defensive philosophy, and now, the newcomer Tabby Smith is a defensive master, and Frank Vogel prefers defense to offense, so he turned down Rick Potino's invitation and chose to stay.
Outcome...... As a result, as described above, Frank Vogel only listened to a few tactical lessons at the beginning of the season, because the team needed him to play the video, and then then, tactical joint practice and tactical analysis, Frank Vogel only listened to half of it, although half of the listening Frank Vogel was also confident that he could evolve Tabby Smith's defensive tactics, but the problem was that Frank Vogel didn't know anything about the deeper things in Tabby Smith's tactics!
Yes, I don't know anything, whether it is the on-the-spot adjustment in actual combat or the specific tactical movement, Frank Vogel can only guess on his own.
In fact, these are not too important to Frank Vogel, after all, what he doesn't understand tactically, he can still ask his friends and his mentor Rick Pitino for advice, but the most uncomfortable thing for him is that he is too unvalued by Tabby Smith.
Frank Vogel aspired to be the head coach of a professional team, but now, with the arrival of Tabby Smith, Frank Vogel found himself in a position that seemed to be fixed on the role of video assistant, which made him feel that his future was so gray that it was difficult to find his way forward.
"Hey, Frank, Coach Taby told you to go to the locker room with the video of yesterday's game! The team is waiting to use it! Pushing open the door of the video studio, Frank Vogel heard someone shouting not far away, and he smiled bitterly: Look! That's it, my current position in the team is like a miscellaneous!
Shaking his head, Frank Vogel was ready to grab the video and go to the locker room, maybe there will be a chance to listen to Coach Taby talk about tactics and on-the-spot command today!
Just then, Frank Vogel's phone rang.
"Hello? Who is it? …… Golden State Warriors? …… Oh! Are you Mr. Chris Mullin? …… Wow! Why would you call me? …… What the! It's true! …… But I can't believe it! …… It's true? It's true! Frank Vogel swallowed hard and asked a little nervously, "You mean, the assistant coach of the NBA Golden State Warriors?" ”
Frank Vogel was very nervous, afraid that the answer given on the other side of the phone would be no, and he didn't dare to hear the words "of-course", Frank Vogel jumped up!
"Choking! Oh yes! ”
At this time, an uninvited guest came outside the door of the video room: "Hey, Frank! What are you doing! Coach Taby has been waiting for a long time! ”
Coach Tabby? Coach Tabby! Frank Vogel glared, then threw off the tape in his hand and ran out of the arena: "Dude, go tell Tabby Smith that shit!" I quit! I'm Frank Vogel gone! Ha ha! ”
Richard, who had returned to Golden State, didn't know what was happening in Lexington, but he couldn't help but smile when he heard that Frank Vogel had accepted the Warriors' offer and would feel Oakland in two days.
Frank Vogel came, and Richard finally found a better helper, but after choosing Frank Vogel, Richard still felt that his coaching staff lacked experience, but experience is a luxury for this Warriors, as the worst team in the West, it is difficult for Richard to find any old coaches and famous coaches to help him.
Frank Vogel will report in two days, and in those two days, the Warriors will play their third game since Richard took over, this time against the Charlotte Hornets. In the last game, the Warriors ended up losing by 8 points, and after Richard took over the Warriors, he achieved a two-game losing streak.
However, the media will not be less critical of the Warriors and Richard, and Richard's "seniority is a fart" at the inaugural press conference is still repeatedly brought out because of the two consecutive defeats.
For these somewhat harsh criticisms, Richard still cares a little, although he knows that a large part of the Warriors' two consecutive losses are related to the strength of the team itself, and it has little to do with Richard himself, and even Richard himself as the team's head coach has made the Warriors improve, if it weren't for Michael Reed's delay in finding his form, maybe the last game against the Raptors, the Warriors could have won.
After all, the Warriors only lost by 8 points in the last game, and as long as Michael Reed can make a few more three-pointers, maybe the Warriors will be able to win the last game.
In the last game, Michael Reed came off the bench, and finally scored 17 points on 6-of-16 shooting, 3-of-11 three-point shooting, it should be said that there were opportunities, but Michael Reed didn't grasp it, as the commentator of the game between the Raptors and the Warriors, Hubie Brown, said: "If the Warriors replace Michael Reed with Ray Allen, then the Raptors will be shot by the Warriors in this game!" ”
Richard can only regret that the current Michael Reed is not Ray Allen, and he can only wait for Michael Reed to find his outside touch, once Michael Reed can adapt to the Warriors' tactics, then the most critical part of Richard's tactics can be supplemented, after all, in this Warriors team, there is still a lack of pure pitchers like Michael Reed.
Richard is not prepared to interfere with Michael Reed, who is now a little confused, he will still put Michael Reed on the bench like in the last game, and let him slowly find his feel and form.
As for the upcoming game with the Hornets, Richard is not ready to change the team's style of play, anyway, facing the Eastern Conference playoff team, it will be difficult for the Warriors to win, but after two actual games, Lee can still look forward to his first win.
So before the game against the Hornets, Richard removed the sticking style of play in the pre-game arrangement for the team......