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Chapter 117 Call Me Master Coach (846)

The Celtics didn't have a convincing reason to explain their failure, because they really didn't deserve to lose to the Bucks.

In the first and second games, their loss made people despair of this team.

Bird, unwilling to let the team be swept away, went all out in the away game. He scored 30 points and 14 rebounds. However, other teammates basically walked on the court, and no one could rewrite the result of the game.

Later, ML Carr admitted that this was the way they wanted to get Fitch out.

It just hurt Bird's desire to win. He was furious in the locker room and denounced the performance of his teammates, especially the sentence "You all sissies should be traded" was the most intense.

By contrast, Bill Fitch was disheartened.

His relationship with the players has broken down, and even Bird has no common language with him.

Auerbach didn't like him, the players hated him, the fans booed him, and even his former partner Louis was no longer willing to provide him with help and support. He only had himself and four professional but incompetent assistant coaches in the Celtics.

The role of the coach dictates that unless you are a player-coach, if someone doesn't want to play for you, even if you are the best coach in the world, you can't command a team that is far away from Germany to perform well.

Fitch knew his path with the Celtics was dead.

In four years, he has helped the team achieve the No. [-] record in the league for three consecutive years, as well as a championship. He has nothing to regret.

After the Game 3 loss, Fitch called Auerbach, who resigned on the phone citing health reasons.

Auerbach falsely shirked a few times, saying that the team still needs Fitch to lead them through the final road.

"Continuing on will be torture for me and them." Fitch clarified at this moment. "This team is very talented. Even if there is no coach, let the players decide the course of the game by themselves, and the result will not be worse than it is now."

In the end, Auerbach thanked Fitch on behalf of the team.

For all their unhappiness, Fitch brought a team back from rock bottom and transformed it as much as he did in Cleveland.

Fitch is a coach with obvious strengths and weaknesses.

Now, Auerbach must consider who will succeed Fitch.

The current appeal of the Celtics is no longer to win the championship, but how to get out with dignity. Even if they win a game, it is better than being swept away.

Auerbach lit his cigar, and he knew very well that the best successor was Louis, who knew the contradictions of the team and the characteristics of the players well.

But Louie has a Louie problem.

He is too young, only 23 years old, without any previous coaching experience.

The youngest head coach in NBA history is the current Knicks general manager and team star Dave Debusschere, who was still playing in Detroit at the age of 24.At that time, the team's financial situation was very bad, and they couldn't afford a good coach, so he was the player and coach.

That team's record also deserves their decision to hire De Buschell as a double-coach.

Moreover, for the media, the head coach suddenly dismissed get out of class, and the most ideal successor should be the chief assistant KC Jones.

KC has a very high reputation in the team. At the same time, he has also taught in other teams and achieved good results. It is most suitable for him to inherit Fitch's job.

Auerbach put down his cigar and decided to call KC.

"Hey."

He got on the phone.

"it's me."

"Reed?"

"I'll cut to the chase," Auerbach said. "Bill resigned."

KC asked, "Is that Bill I thought of?"

"Besides him, which other Bill needs me to call to resign?" Auerbach said directly, "The morale of the team is very poor now. I want you to take on this burden. There are no other requirements, at least to win the Bucks."

On the other end of the phone, KC fell into a long silence.

"Is your bastard dead?" Auerbach said impatiently, "Speak up!"

KC said gloomily, "Don't bother me, I'm fighting fiercely with my own desires."

"Damn, when did you become so morose, hurry up!" Auerbach knew what KC was thinking, and he was very happy that KC had this idea.

If he directly agrees and accepts the coaching job, Auerbach can only follow his wishes and let his family fight the fire in accordance with the Celtic tradition.

Although Louie came from Boston, KC is the authentic Celtic.

"I know how good the team is on paper and no coach can say no to coaching them, but..."

"Hurry up!" Auerbach was anxious.

KC said in frustration: "I'm not sure if I can handle the intricate relationships within the team. Reed, if Bill can't handle it, can I handle it? When I was in Washington, I couldn't balance the relationship between Weiss and Big E. I didn't do my job well, and let a championship team that was far stronger than its opponent lose the final disgracefully." ⑴
Auerbach listened.

"And the team's current problems are more serious than that team. I can only mediate their conflicts and resolve their quarrels. Because I am an assistant coach, I have no interest relationship with any of them. Once I become the head coach, they are eager to get something from me. If I can't give them, they won't listen to me."

"I have to admit that I have no confidence in coaching this team."

"What are you talking about?" Auerbach could understand KC's mentality. On the surface, he was still putting on airs. "The situation is urgent now. Bill has resigned. He will not return to his post. Understand? You are the hero of the team, you are an old man, you must stand up and bring the team out of the quagmire."

KC said in disbelief: "I can't do it."

"Did you drop me at a critical moment?"

"I raise soldiers for thousands of days and use them for a while, but you can give me some help, KC, if you don't do it, where else can I find a useful bastard?"

KC suddenly said: "I have a candidate."

"Which bastard!?" Auerbach seemed to be very angry, and no matter who he was, he would use his catchphrase.

"Lo," said KC, "Louis."

"Too young?"

"To this day, do you still despise him because of his age, Reed?"

"Can he convince the crowd?"

"Yes, in the Eastern Conference finals in 1981, didn't we rely on his strategy to turn defeat into victory? Many old players recognized his ability."

Auerbach didn't expect that KC would turn his army against him.

He hadn't mentioned this yet, but KC actually took the initiative to mention it.

"Will you feel wronged?" Auerbach still looked worried about him. "You are an old man in the team. I dare say that no one is more suitable to be the head coach of this team than you. You have countless championships and an impressive coaching resume, but now you want to be an assistant coach for someone who has no qualifications in the professional basketball circle. Can you really accept it?"

"Reed, we're the Celtics."

KC said proudly: "We don't look at age, we only look at talent; we don't look at resume, just look at results; I'm sure that no one is more suitable to command this team than Louie, because he has excavated many people in this team from college, and he understands their strengths and weaknesses better than the rest of the coaching staff. If Bierken cooperates well with him, it will not be where it is today."

"If Louis was the coach, I would never have any objections."

KC said for sure.

"That's how it is," Auerbach said with a difficult tone and a satisfied expression, "We treat dead horses as living horse doctors."

At the Marriott in Milwaukee, Louie is eating freshly delivered chow mein.

Ralph Sampson is a Chinese food insulator, he doesn't like greasy Chinese food.

Louis was very satisfied. He ate fried noodles with seasoning, which was cheap and delicious, and it was an authentic Chinese taste.

Thanks to Tongyuanhui, he has almost all the reliable Chinese restaurants in the places where his guest houses are located.He has established good contacts with the owners of these Chinese restaurants to ensure that he can eat authentic Chinese food when he is away.

"I don't get it, what good does it do a coach to mess up everybody's relationship?" Sampson complained about Fitch's brutal rule.

Louie believes that Sampson's complaints about Fitch have been relatively mild among players.

"If you are upset, just eat a dumpling, and I promise you will be healed immediately."

Sampson smells the fragrance, but still refuses Louie.

Even if Louis eats very well, it's like Zeng Zhiwei eating bento in the police station in the first part of "Infernal Affairs".

Louis didn't realize that he could whet other people's appetites when he was eating, which showed that he had the potential to be a food broadcaster. Although his appetite was not as big as others, the essence of food broadcasting was to eat delicious food and arouse other people's appetites.

Suddenly, the phone in Louis' room rang.

He went to answer the phone, and Sampson looked at the dumplings in the lunch box, remembering how Louis enjoyed it before, and he couldn't help but have evil thoughts.

"Oh, that's right, I understand."

Sampson couldn't hear the change in Louis' mood from a few short words.

He has already stretched out his hand and attacked the dumplings in the lunch box.

"Are you Indian? Put your hands down!" Louie roared before hanging up the phone.

Sampson said aggrievedly: "I don't know how to use chopsticks."

"Just now I told you to eat but you didn't eat it, now you changed your mind? It's too late!" Louis said arrogantly.

"What a cheapskate," said Sampson disappointed.

"Who are you talking about cheapskate?" Louis changed his tone, "Also, call me Master Coach!"

⑴ In 1974-75, the Warriors won the championship for the first time in history, with only 48 wins in the regular season, while the opponent in the finals at that time, the Bullets of KC Jones, had 60 wins.

　Tomorrow will start the normal third update. Wow, I added 17 chapters after it was released, and now I still owe 36 chapters, which is too scary
　　
　
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