Chapter 34: Interim coach

Dawson did not expect that Van Gundy ’s response would be so intense. He waved his hand and smiled and said,
Jeff, you know I did n’t mean that. You and I have worked with the Rockets for more than three years. You should understand that I just want to Let you take Don's advice. "
Van Gundy can't listen at this time. He doesn't know if a head coach has no offensive command and no right to arrange rotations, is he still called a head coach? It would be better to be an assistant coach.
Tang Tian is an assistant coach.
He has been coaching in the NBA for 17 years and has been the head coach for 11 years. He has not encountered this situation.
"I will resign to management tomorrow," Van Gundy continued.
Dawson's smile froze. This old Van Gundy was really stubborn.
"Jeff, you don't have to do this, it's just a trivial matter." Dawson began to persuade.
Van Gundy didn't speak, but judging by his expression, he was really angry at the moment.
"Jeff?"
Dawson saw that Van Gundy had not spoken, and his face gradually pulled down.
Van Gundy is too shameless for him, he is also a veteran of the Rockets, which makes him lower his posture, and his face cannot be pulled.
"Well, if you insist," Dawson said finally.
Van Gundy froze, he had hoped that Dawson could take back what he said before, but he did not expect that this was the last word to come.
He said nothing, got up from his seat and left the general manager's office.
"Damn!" Waiting for Van Gundy to leave, Dawson punched him on the table.
Van Gundy's old guy is really stubborn.
The Rockets' opponent in the next game is the New Jersey Nets. Tang Tian and other teaching assistants are discussing the tactics of the next game in the conference room.
After waiting for half of the discussion, Tang Tian noticed that Van Gundy had not yet come and asked Xibodu, and Xibodu shook his head.
At this moment, the door of the conference room was pushed open and a staff member came in and said directly, "Don, Carol is looking for you."
Tang Tian got up in doubt, and then came to Dawson's office with this person.
He walked into the office and found Dawson's face dimmed, as if something had happened.
"Mr. Dawson? Are you looking for me?" Tang Tian asked in confusion.
"Yes, you sit first." Dawson motioned to Tang Tian to sit down.
是 "Yes, Jeff, because of something, cannot go to New Jersey with the team in the next game, so you need to be interim head coach." Dawson rubbed his head and said.
Interim head coach?
Tang Tian looked puzzled. What happened to Van Gundy?
"Just a few personal things, Jeff, he's fine." Seeing Tang Tian's doubts, Dawson continued.
Tang Tang nodded, but the doubts in his heart continued.
Dawson's mood was not very good. After talking about this, Tang Tian went back to prepare for the game.
When Tang Tian was approaching the door, Dawson suddenly called him again.
"Prepare well."
This extra shout made Tang Tian always feel that things were not so simple.
But Dawson didn't say, he didn't know the need, and nodded and left the general manager's office.
Walking back to the meeting room, Tang Tian's brain turned fast.
No matter what happened, Van Gundy's absence was not an opportunity for him?
The opponent Nets team in the next game is very good. If they can win with the new rotation, when Van Gundy returns, he will definitely accept it.
As soon as I thought about it, Tang Tian's face showed a happy expression.
After returning to the conference room, after talking about Van Gundy's temporary incident, he then turned over all the tactics previously arranged and directly took out a new set of tactics based on the new rotation.
Sibodu and other assistants have no objection. In fact, losing not only makes the team turbulent, but also puts pressure on the coaching staff. At this time, some changes are indeed needed.
The tactical arrangement of the coaching team was completed, and Tang Tian called Novak and Spinnorris separately to the office for a while to talk.
The two men began to wonder, and Spanoulis even thought that he was going to be traded, but after hearing that they would get playing time in the next game, they were very emotional and looked eager.
Seeing the reactions of the two, Tang Tian nodded with a smile.
After lingering for so long, I believe that the two will play well in the next game.
接着 He then went to veteran Juwan Howard.
Howard is an All-Star veteran, UU reading www.uukanshu.com is actually his third salary this season in the Rockets.
I originally thought it would take some time to persuade him, but what surprised Tang Tian was that after hearing that he was going to put himself on the bench, Uncle Huo nodded without saying a word.
I can see that the veteran is also not very comfortable in being beaten one after another.
Things went better than expected. When the training was over and everything was ready, Tang Tian took the Rockets on a plane to New Jersey.
In the summer of 2004, there were two big deals that shocked the league. One was that McGrady left Orlando and switched to the Houston Rockets. The other was that Carter moved from Toronto to the New Jersey Nets.
Carter, together with the original Kidd and Richard Jefferson, formed the league's well-known "New Jersey Trident", last season's record ranked third in the East, strong.
It is obviously not a sane thing to test a new rotation in front of such an opponent, but Van Gundy may return to the team next game, and Tang Tian has no choice.
The team arrived at Newark Airport, New Jersey.
The next day, Tang Tian organized team training early in the morning.
The content of training is naturally related to the new rotation.
Tang Tian didn't say it directly, but after a training session, the team members felt vaguely.
Most people's faces are filled with excitement.
Not only knowing that Novak and Spanoulis will play in the next game, but also other players. After all, this sends a signal of change. Even Spanoulis and Novak at the end of the bench have a chance. And they are not impossible.
The morale of the team has improved significantly compared to before.
That night, the Rockets played all against the New Jersey Nets at the Continental Airlines Arena.