From: IndyStar http://www.indystar.com/article/20110206/SPORTS04/102060382/1062/SPORTS04/ Vogel-s-dream-lands-him-spot-Pacers http://tinyurl.com/48zhqdz Vogel's dream lands him spot with Pacers Written by Mike Wells Feb 6, 2011 Frank Vogel wanted to be the Rudy Ruettiger of college basketball. Frank Vogel 曾梦想成为大学篮球界的 Rudy Ruettiger。 Vogel, an undersized point guard, wanted to turn his time on the basketball court into a coaching position. Vogel，一名矮小的控球後卫，想从球员转换跑道为教练。 There was only one place and one coach he wanted to do that for: the University of Kentucky and Rick Pitino. 而只有一个地方、一名教练，能让 Vogel 想为其效力：University of Kentucky 的名 教练 Rick Pitino。 Vogel, then a senior at NCAA Division III Juniata College in Pennsylvania, loaded his beat-up 1989 Dodge Colt and drove more than 600 miles to Lexington, Ky., in an attempt to walk on for the Wildcats. Vogel 当时是隶属 NCAA Division III 的宾州 Juniata College 的大四学生，开着他 那 1989 年出厂的破旧 Dodge Colt 车，开了超过 600 哩路来到莱辛顿，为了成为 UK 野猫队的一员。 Vogel never became the next Ruettiger, who walked on and made the football team at Notre Dame and inspired the movie "Rudy." But Pitino liked his determination and gave him his first opportunity to become a coach, hiring Vogel to be the school's video coordinator in 1994. Vogel 没能成为下一个 Ruettiger（以非运动奖学金球员的身份挤进 Notre Dame 的正 选名单，事蹟拍成电影 "Rudy"）。但 Pitino 欣赏他的决心，给了他往教练之路发展的 机会，从 1994 年起雇用他为球队的录像专员。 "I decided to chase my dream," said Vogel, who is the NBA's youngest coach at 37 after taking over as the interim coach of the Indiana Pacers. "I didn't have any guarantees that I would be part of the Kentucky program at any level. It worked out, and I owe it to Rick Pitino." Vogel 现年 37 岁，接任溜马过渡教练之职後成为全联盟最年轻的总教练，他说：「当 时我决定要追寻我的梦想。没有任何保证说我可以成为 Kentucky 体系的一员，但我作 到了，这一切都得归功於 Rick Pitino。」 Question: What made you want to pursue your dream at Kentucky? 问：是什麽缘故让你想到要去 Kentucky 追寻你的梦想？ Answer: It was a two-part move for me. I saw if I stayed at the Division III level and tried to coach, I would have to be a volunteer assistant and make only $2,000 a year. That meant I would have to work a full-time job during the day and come in to coach during the spare time. I didn't want that. The whole story of how coach Pitino revamped that program and made it a powerhouse really inspired me to really want to play and work for him. 答：对我来说有两阶段。我心想：假如我继续待在 Div III 层级然後试着执教，我势必 得是自愿性的，一年只能领两千美元。意思是说我白天得找另一份全职工作，空闲时间 才能来执教。我不想要这样。而 Pitino 如何将球队改头换面，成为一所名门的故事激 励了我，让我想要为他打球、为他效力。 Q: What made you think you were good enough to go from D-3 ball to play for a powerhouse like Kentucky? 问：有什麽因素让你认为自己好到足以从 Div III 层级三级跳到 Kentucky 这种名门打 球呢？ A: Because I wanted to compete against the best. That never came about, though, because when I got down there, they told me that only kids from Kentucky could walk on for them. It was devastating. I was borderline depressed that I had thrown away my senior year at Juniata. I was still hanging around the gym watching workouts and pickup games, so I decided to take coach (Pitino) up on earlier offer from when I met him at a camp where he told me if he could ever do anything for me let him know. 答：因为我想和最强的人对抗。但这没能实现，因为当我到那儿的时候，他们告诉我只 有 Kentucky 出身的学生，才能以自愿加入者（walk on）的身份加入。那真是糟透了。 我差点儿就要消沉不起，因为我可是抛弃了在 Juniata 的最後一年才跑来的。我还是在 体育馆周边晃来晃去看球队练习跟分组比赛，所以我决定接受教练 Pitino 早先在一个 训练营给我的提议，说假如他有什麽能帮得上忙之处，就和他联络。 Q: Did you just walk into Pitino's office and ask for a job? 问：所以你就直接跑去 Pitino 的办公室向他要一份工作？ A: I went up to the basketball office and told them my name. (Jim O'Brien, the recently fired Pacers coach who was then an assistant at Kentucky) met with me and said he could use help in the video room. Obie talked to Rick and called me two days later saying they were going to give me a trial run working in the video room. I was also doing student manager duties, like picking up jock straps and mopping the floors. I did it all. 答：我到了办公室然後和他们报上名字。Jim O'Brien（当时是 Kentucky 的助理教练） 和我会谈，说他需要录像室的人手。Obie 和 Rick 谈过之後，两天後打了电话给我，说 他们打算先试用我当录像专员看看。我也负责球队经理的工作，像是捡护具啦、拖地板 等工作，我全都包了。 Q: So does that mean you owe everything to Pitino for where you are now? 问：所以你认为你能有现在的一切，全都得归功於 Pitino 吗？ A: I do. I called Rick as soon as I was named coach and thanked him for my inspiration and letting me get my start. He and Obie taught me everything I know. He called back a couple days later and said he's going to come up and see a game at some point this season. 答：没错。被任命为教练後，我马上就打电话给 Rick，感谢他给我的激励，并给了我一 个出发点。他和 Obie 教导了我所知的一切。几天後他回电给我，说他本季应该会来看 我的比赛。 Q: Is this a bittersweet feeling for you because your first head coaching job happened due to one of your mentors getting fired? 问：你的第一份教练工作是因为师兄被炒鱿鱼才到手的，心里会不会觉得五味杂陈？ A: It's gut wrenching, because I know how much Obie wanted to help turn this team around. He put his life into this franchise for almost four years. To see a friend work so hard at something and not be able to complete it is very hard. But I'll say this, it's been easy for me cause he's made it easy for me. 答：心里确实不太好受，因为我知道 Obie 是多们想要改变这支球队。他在这支球队身 上投注了将近四年的时光。看着朋友这麽拚命却没能完成目标，确实很难过。但我得说 ，我的工作简单了不少，是因为有他留下的底子。 Q: Lawrence Frank, who also never played in the NBA, took over New Jersey in the middle of the season (2003-04) and turned it into a pretty good head coaching career. Have you talked to him for advice? 问：Lawrence Frank 一样从来没打过 NBA，2003-04 球季中接掌篮网队，并开始了相当 不错的教练生涯。你有向他寻求建议吗？ A: He's obviously a trailblazer from the standpoint of having little NBA experience and stepping in and hitting a home run with the situation. I have not talked to him since taking over. He texted me congrats. What he did in New Jersey is what I'm hoping to do here. No question about it. 答：以「没有 NBA 经验，却能半途接手打出好成绩」这点来看，他确实是先驱者。我在 接任之後还没有和他谈过，不过他有用简讯传来祝贺。他在篮网所做到的，就是我想在 这儿做的，这点毫无疑问。 Q: Are you concerned players may not buy into what you're saying since you didn't play in the NBA? 问：你会担心球员因为你没打过 NBA 就不买你的帐吗？ A: There's some skepticism with players who don't know me. I think my job is easier now because these guys know what I'm all about. I know the game. I know what I'm talking about. If you know what you're doing, then respect comes easy. It could be different if they keep me and new guys come in down the road because they don't know me. 答：有些质疑意见认为球员们不认识我。我想我的工作现在简单不少，因为他们知道我 是怎样的人。我了解比赛。我知道我在说些什麽。如果你很了解你正在作的事情，那麽 尊重自然随之而来。如果他们弄一堆新面孔过来，那情况可能就大为不同了，因为那些 人不认识我。 Q: Is it true that you're like former NFL coach Jon Gruden when it comes to long hours? 问：关於工时很长这点，你和 NFL 教练 Jon Gruden 相像，没错吧？ A: I'm not that bad, but he's one of my idols. I always joke there's no weekends or weekdays in my life during the season. There's game days and non-game days. Game day I'll be in the building four hours before shootaround in the morning. I start film work at 6 a.m. I've done that for 14 years. That's what Obie does. I followed his lead. Every game day for 14 years, I've taken a nap in the afternoon. But this year my wife is letting me stay Downtown and nap. I usually nap for about (an) hour on the couch in our massage room, then get up and go back to work. 答：没有他那麽糟，不过他也是我的偶像之一。我总是开玩笑说：在球季中我的生活没 有工作日和周末的差别，只有比赛日和非比赛日。比赛日我会在早上练习开始前四小时 出现。我会在早上六点开始作录影带剪辑。这工作我已经做了 14 年了。这是 Obie 的 作法，而我跟随他。14 年来每个比赛日，我会在下午打个盹。不过今年老婆会要我到饭 店睡个午觉。我之前总是在按摩室的长椅上小睡约一小时，然後起来继续工作。 之前推文有谈到咱们年轻教头 Frank Vogel 的出身，所以翻这篇 IndyStar 的访谈当作 简略的介绍。 --

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