Chapter 16: The Most Arrogant Head Coach in History
At the press conference after the game, the head coach was going to attend as usual, and he should also bring his best player today, Xu Yi thought about it, and pulled Vince Carter to the scene of the press conference.
The NBA's press conference is different from the press conference of a football game, the home team and the away team will not hold a press conference together, so the small room of the Raptors' press conference is specially prepared by New Yorkers, and only reporters who want to interview the Raptors exist here.
However, after Xu Yi walked into this small room, he found that there were very few reporters here, so few that they were pitiful, even fewer than Xu Yi's inaugural press conference three days ago. Xu Yi smiled, he knew that some reporters were afraid to face him anymore. But fortunately, several important media are still there, such as ESPN, such as Sports Illustrated.
Xu Yi didn't waste any time, he brought Vince Carter with him for a purpose, Vince Carter is the star of the Raptors, as long as he has confidence, others will naturally have it, so Xu Yi directly snatched the microphone in the host's hand and cleared his throat according to his own plan.
The reporters in the audience widened their eyes and complained frantically in their hearts: Fvck! This guy is going to play his cards out of the box again!
"Hello everybody, let me see, what old friends are coming, and those old friends are afraid to come, oh, is this Mr. Mark Stein from ESPN? You still dare to come, and this one, Mr. Michael Rosenberg of Sports Illustrated, you are also here, they are all old friends, so good, I announce the start of the press conference! ”
Vince Carter sat on the side, looking at Xu Yi holding the microphone in some surprise, teasing those reporters, and most importantly, the expressions of these reporters were still a little embarrassed.
"The first link, Raptors head coach Xu Yi's independent interview, you don't have to speak, just listen to me." Xu Yi directly interrupted several reporters who wanted to ask questions. "When I came to New York, I said that I was here for victory! Now, I did, you must be upset, right? Haha, but I just won, and I'm going to keep winning! ”
Xu Yi was very arrogant, but only Xu Yi himself knew that the reason why he behaved like this was due to his nature on the one hand; On the other hand, he is using this way to help the team rebuild morale!
Right now, for example, Vince Carter is laughing happily. Although he was surprised by Xu Yi's approach, he felt very cool like Xu Yi! NBA stars hate reporters the most, reporters will catch you every thing, every move to scribble, many star players have suffered such a hardship, Vince Carter is no exception.
Now, Xu Yi is so arrogantly mocking this group of reporters, how can Vince Carter not feel refreshed?
"Gentlemen, I'm done, so let's talk to Vince! Good bye! Xu Yi left without looking back, but the reporters were already surprised, this is Xu Yi's third press conference, the first two times, didn't he do it like this?
And Vince Carter felt a little embarrassed, his coach actually didn't give reporters face, but this made him more and more interested in this head coach, it seems that this is a very different head coach!
After the 36-point victory over the Knicks, Xu Yi ran to the sidelines to comfort the old coach, in fact, he wanted to persuade the old coach to resign and leave after this season, the Knicks are in troubled waters, it is really not suitable for long-term coaching, this season's Knicks can still enter the playoffs, and when they wait until next season, the old coach will definitely be a backstabber.
But Xu Yi hesitated for a while, but he still couldn't say it, he was afraid of being misunderstood by the old coach, after all, his team had just won the old coach's team by 36 points!
The Raptors flew back to Toronto that night, and on the plane, Xu Yi also canceled the next morning's training to let the players go back to rest, they only have one day to spare, and a day later, the Raptors will face the Grizzlies at home, which is the real tricky opponent.
What Xu Yi is most worried about is the game with the Grizzlies, whether the fast attack can be played. Although White Chocolate is not a player who is good at controlling the rhythm, but the Grizzlies' backup point guard, the player named Earl Waterson, if Xu Yi remembers correctly, that guy is a player who is very good at controlling the rhythm, passing the ball well, and controlling the ball is also great, if you describe it vividly, he is the poor man's version of Jason Kidd.
What is the most feared thing about run-and-gun tactics? The most feared thing is that there is a rhythm master among your opponents. If you have a player like Steve Nash in your team, it's okay, if not, then when you meet an opponent with such a rhythm master, your team is finished, and you don't want to play the run-and-gun tactics you want, and now, Xu Yi is facing this problem.
After thinking about it for a long time, until the planes landed at the Toronto airport, Xu Yi didn't think of any good way, and counting on a group of assistant teachers under his command obviously couldn't get any advice, Xu Yi could only shake his head, ready to take a step at a time.
When the Raptors returned to Toronto, the newspapers of the major print media were printing, and a few hours later, the photo of Xu Yi turning around and leaving at the press conference was put on the headlines of their sports pages by the major media, with Xu Yi's abrupt back on the big page, and then the text below: The most arrogant coach in history!
"We didn't have a successful conversation with the Raptors head coach, he said a lot of things in the press conference and then turned around and walked away, which is simply the most arrogant head coach in history. However, the Raptors still won, 36 points of victory, it can be seen that this Chinese still has a lot of goods in their stomachs, and the Raptors, who were in bad shape before, seem to have found their backbone, and they began to exert their strength! Watch out, Celtic! Watch out, Knicks! Watch out, teams that can make the playoffs! ”
Xu Yi shook the newspaper in his hand and made a loud noise, he couldn't help laughing, the media is like this, when you are very strong, they will only praise you, hold you high, and then wait for an opportunity to let you fall to the ground hard, and it is best to fall to death!
Therefore, Xu Yi has to be careful, he doesn't want to give this group of reporters this opportunity.
At this time, Xu Yi had just finished breakfast, the time was 9 o'clock in the morning on March 27, closed the newspaper, Xu Yi went out directly and went to the training hall.
For convenience, Xu Yi's rented house in Toronto is only 5 minutes away from the training hall, and there is no training scheduled in the morning, Xu Yi is now going to the stadium to prepare for the next day's competition.
The game with the Grizzlies has become a concern for Xu Yi, Xu Yi felt the pressure of the head coach for the first time, and now he understands why people with heart disease can't be the head coach, the pressure is too much.
You can't lose the game, so Xu Yi has to work hard.