From: IndyStar http://www.indystar.com/article/20110416/SPORTS04/104160352/1062/SPORTS04 /In-Pacers-Bulls-Frank-Vogel-true-Cinderella-story http://goo.gl/WGFia In Pacers-Bulls, Frank Vogel is the true Cinderella story Written by Jeff Rabjohns April 16, 2011 Frank Vogel's coaching career began as a video coordinator under Rick Pitino at Kentucky. At least that's how the story usually begins. Frank Vogel 的执教生涯，是从在 Kentucky 名教练 Rick Pitino 底下担任录像专员开 始。一般来说，故事都是从这边开始说起。 In reality, that was an ending, because by then Vogel had secured a spot on the coaching ladder under one of the biggest names in the business. How far he would climb was far from being determined, but he was on his way, somewhere. 但事实上，故事在此早就告一段落，因为此时 Vogel 已经在篮球界最有份量的教练团队 中占有一席之地。他能爬到什麽地位当时还未可知，但起码他已在这条路上。 Vogel's real journey is about how an unknown college student from a tiny school on the East Coast talked and worked his way into one of the most storied programs in college basketball when it was contending for national titles. Vogel 真正的故事，是从东岸一间没没无闻小学校的学生身份开始，靠着言谈和工作表 现，打入大学篮球界最具传奇性的系统之中。 Vogel is now the interim coach of the Indiana Pacers, leading the team into its first playoff appearance in five years by going 20-18 since replacing Jim O'Brien in late January. Vogel 现在担任印地安纳溜马队的过渡教练，在一月末取代 Jim O'Brien 之後，带领球 队打出 20 胜 18 败的成绩，睽违五年後首次重返季後赛。 At one time, he was just a pre-med student playing small-college basketball. Instead of finishing his senior year, he threw a few belongings into a beat-up 1989 Dodge Colt and drove from New Jersey to Lexington, Ky. 他那时只是个在小学校打球的医科预备生。他没有留着读完大四，而是带着一些行李， 开着他那 1989 年的破 Dodge Colt 车，从 New Jersey 前往 Lexington, Ky. When he arrived, this fast-talking East Coast guy wasn't exactly welcomed in the Bluegrass State. It didn't matter. He would do anything -- even "picking up jockstraps and taking care of the laundry" -- for the chance to learn under Pitino. 当这个讲话很快的东岸小伙子抵达的时候，并没有受到当地的欢迎。那也不要紧。他肯 作任何事 -- 包括收拾护档和打扫洗衣间 -- 只为了能在 Pitino 底下学习。 Sometimes staying up 24 hours in a row, Vogel proved his worth and was ultimately rewarded with a position on Pitino's staff. Vogel 有时甚至连续熬夜 24 小时工作，证明了自己的价值，也争取到 Pitino 团队中 的一个位置。 Humble beginnings The journey began with a kid who barely belonged on his high school team. Standing only 5-5 as a sophomore, Vogel played at Wildwood High School in New Jersey and, unrecruited by colleges, enrolled at Division III Juniata College in Huntingdon, Pa. 故事从一个勉强挤进高中校队的小伙子开始。Vogel 在 New Jersey 的 Wildwood 高中 打球，高二时只有 5 尺 5 寸高，也没有收到任何大学的招生邀请，後来加入了位於宾 州 Huntingdon，Division III 的 Juniata 大学。 By his junior year, he was captain of the basketball team and being a biology major had taken a back seat to his desire to be a basketball coach. He figured his 2.6 grade-point average wasn't going to get him into medical school anyway. 大三的时候，他担任校队队长，在校主修生物学，但他想要成为一位篮球教练。他发现 自己 GPA 2.6 的成绩不足以让他进入医学院。 "I had become infatuated with the college basketball game . . . and in particular what coach Pitino was doing at Kentucky," Vogel said. Vogel 说道：「我当时完全迷上了大学篮球……特别是 Pitino 教练的 Kentucky 大学 。」 Working at the legendary Five-Star Basketball Camp in the New York area, Vogel asked for an introduction to Pitino, who was there recruiting along with O'Brien, then a Pitino assistant. 藉着在着名的纽约五星篮球营工作的机会，Vogel 向当时偕同助理 O'Brien 一起前往招 生的 Pitino 毛遂自荐。 "Rick was like, 'We appreciate your interest and if there's anything we can do when you get down there, let us know,' " Vogel said. "To me, that was enough to take a leap of faith." Vogel 说：「Rick 当时好像是说『感谢你的关注，如果有什麽我们能帮得上忙的地方， 请告诉我们。』对我来讲，这些话就足以让我的信心三级跳。」 The conversation lasted about 60 seconds. 这段谈话只有短短的 60 秒。 Even before that meeting, Vogel had written letters to Pitino, passionately stating his love for basketball, his desire to learn and willingness to work for nothing. 而在这次会谈之前，Vogel 也写信给 Pitino 过，热情地叙述了对篮球的热爱，学习的 渴望，以及愿意无偿工作的意愿。 "When I got a long letter from him saying he wanted to be a manager at UK and that he would take anything, he just wants to come learn under me at UK, I was blown away that a kid from New Jersey would want to come to Kentucky," Pitino said. "I took it as a compliment from a man who had great ambition and wanted to be a basketball junkie, and that's exactly what he was." Pitino 说：「当我收到他的长信，说他想要在 UK 担任经理，愿意作任何事只为了能到 我底下学习，我吓了一跳：New Jersey 的小伙子居然想要到 Kentucky 来。我把这当成 一位充满抱负的篮球中毒者捎来的敬意，而他确实就是那样的人。」 Vogel arrived at Kentucky in the fall of 1994. He wanted to walk on to the basketball team. He was told those spots are reserved for in-state students. Vogel 在 1994 年秋天来到 Kentucky。他想要以自愿者身份加入球队，但被告知位置得 优先保留给当地学生，而吃了闭门羹。 He went to Bill Keightley, the equipment manager whose tenure at UK dated back to Adolph Rupp, and asked to be a manager. Those spots also were reserved for in-state students. 他跑去找 Bill Keightley，UK 的装备管理员，年资甚至可追溯到 Adolph Rupp 执教的 时期，要求担任经理的职务。但这个位置也是保留给州内的学生。 After a few weeks, Vogel feared his dream was slipping, but a phrase stuck in his head: If there's anything we can do when you get down there, let us know. 几个星期後，Vogel 害怕他的梦想会就这麽溜走，但他脑海里浮现了一句话：如果有什 麽我们能帮得上忙的地方，请告诉我们。 Vogel went to see O'Brien. The coaches worked it out with Keightley. Vogel would be a manager and help O'Brien in the film room. It was all volunteer. No promises, and no pay. Vogel 去见了 O'Brien。他搞定了 Keightley 那方面。Vogel 将担任经理，和 O'Brien 一块在影片室里工作。完全是志愿性质，没有任何保障条件，也不支薪。 "I was just happy to be a part of the program," Vogel said. ". . . It was really paying-your-dues type of responsibilities." Vogel 说：「我为了能成为团队一分子而高兴。……那是个辛苦，但有收获的职位。」 Kentucky had just purchased a high-tech digital video editing system. O'Brien, who was in charge of film at the time, wanted to know if Vogel was computer-literate. Kentucky 刚购入一套高科技的影像编辑系统。当时负责录像的 O'Brien 问 Vogel 是否 熟悉电脑操作。 "I could barely type at the time, but I told him, 'Oh yeah,' " Vogel said. "I became one with the video machine. I could take it apart and put it back together myself, I got so good with it." Vogel 说：「我当时连打字都还不太会打，但我还是告诉他：『喔，当然会。』我成了 录影机的负责人。我可以靠自己分解它再拼回去，完全熟悉了操作。」 His first year at Kentucky, the 1994-95 basketball season, Vogel spent more time editing film than doing almost anything else, including sleeping. The assistant coaches were impressed. Vogel 在 Kentucky 的第一年，1994-95 球季，花了比作其他任何事情都还多的时间在 录像编辑上，甚至比睡觉时间都还多。助理教练群们印象深刻。 "They were all telling me, and they meant this in a good way, 'This guy is sick. He was up all night with me, watching me do all these things, asking questions.' They all spoke so highly of Frank," Pitino said. "I never thought he would get married because I thought he was married to watching film. I didn't think he had time for girls." Pitino 说：「他们告诉我：『这家伙太猛了。他和我熬了整晚，看着我做这作那，问一 堆问题』，当然是称赞的意思。他们对 Frank 的评价都很高。我甚至没想过他居然能结 婚，因为我想他大概只能和录像结婚。我真不知道他从哪里挤出时间陪女孩子。」 The rest of the team managers were Kentucky natives, who grew up as part of Big Blue Nation, as UK fans refer to themselves. Vogel didn't fit. 其他球队经理都是 Kentucky 当地人，从小就耳濡目染成为 UK 球迷。Vogel 却不是。 "We were all good ol' boys from Kentucky and knew everything about UK basketball and the pride involved there, and some little guy from New Jersey with a bad accent is trying to squeak in here," said Brian Stocker, another team manager at the time. Brian Stocket，当时另一位球队经理说：「我们都是土生土长的 Kentucky 人，了解一 切关於 UK 篮球的事情和骄傲，一个从 New Jersey 来，讲话口音超重的的小家伙，居 然还妄想要加入。」 "Frank would get lost during practices because he was so focused on studying coach Pitino and the offense and the defense. The other managers were off doing their work. He would get in trouble as a manager sometimes because his heart and passion were in coaching." 「Frank 有时在练球时会感到失落，因为他的目标是学习 Pitino 的执教、进攻和防守 。其他经理在作他们的工作。作为经理，他有时会陷入麻烦，因为他的心和热情完全都 在执教上。」 The Kentucky boys, though, were soon won over by Vogel's passion for basketball and to this day remain friends. 然而，这群 Kentucky 男孩很快就被 Vogel 对篮球的热情给征服了，直到今日他们都还 是朋友。 Heavy film load The film work was extensive: Kentucky's previous game, Kentucky's upcoming opponent, individual cuts for each UK player, individual cuts for opponents each UK player would be defending. 录像的工作内容很广泛：Kentucky 之前的比赛，未来的对手，每一个 UK 球员的个人剪 辑，每一个 UK 球员将防守的对象的个人剪辑。 All of it fell to Vogel, and he loved it. 全部的工作都落在 Vogel 头上，而他也热爱这份工作。 "You come across a couple of these guys maybe every five to seven years, and you don't think they're going to pass academically because they're spending so much time breaking down film," Pitino said. Pitino 说：「大概每五到七年，就会遇到几个花大把时间弄录像的家伙，甚至会担心他 们到底有没有办法兼顾课业。」 The other players and managers living in Wildcat Lodge seldom saw Vogel. They picked up quickly that he was serious about basketball. If they needed to find him, they went to the film room. 其他住在野猫队宿舍的球员和经理很少看到 Vogel。他们很快就知道他对篮球的热情是 玩真的。如果他们有事要找他，只要去录像室一定找得到人。 In addition to required textbooks, Vogel's side of his room was filled with books about coaching and motivation. One of his favorites was full of sayings. 除了必要的教科书外，Vogel 的房间内堆满了关於执教和鼓励的书籍。他最爱的书本之 一充满了谚语。 "He'd always be hitting us with those quotes," said Sean Gray, another manager at the time. "We could all tell very shortly after he got there that we'd be seeing him coaching for some NBA team someday." Sean Gray，另一位当时的经理说道：「他总是会引经据典来和我们讲话。我们很快就知 道，总有一天我们会看到他在 NBA 某支队伍执教。」 After the 1995-96 season, when Vogel was essentially a fifth-year senior, he graduated with a degree in biology. 在 1995-96 球季之後，Vogel 当时大五，毕业拿到生物学学位。 Pitino had seen enough. Vogel had proved himself. Pitino created the job of video coordinator for Vogel. When Pitino left for the NBA's Boston Celtics, Vogel went with him, eventually moving up to assistant coach, following O'Brien to the Pacers and taking over when O'Brien was fired midseason. Pitino 已经观察他够久了。Vogel 已经证明了自己。Pitino 为 Vogel 设了录像专员的 职位。而当 Pitino 前往波士顿赛尔蒂克执教的时候，Vogel 也跟着他一起去，晋升到 助理教练之职，尔後又随着 O'Brien 来到溜马队，在 O'Brien 季中被炒後接手。 To those who knew him at Kentucky, none of this is a surprise, especially not his former roommate for two years, Cameron Mills, who had to put up with one unbending Vogel ritual. Each night, Vogel went to sleep to the movie "Hoosiers." 对那些在 Kentucky 就认识他的人而言，这一切都不意外。尤其是和他当了两年室友的 Cameron Mills 更是如此。他必须忍受 Vogel 从不妥协的「仪式」：每天晚上，Vogel 都得放着电影「Hoosier」入睡。 "Any of us that play basketball, we get the movie, but to fall asleep to it every night? I mean every night, he put that movie in and went to sleep. Sometimes I'd come in the room, Frank would be asleep and 'Hoosiers' would be playing," Mills said. "That takes it to another level." Mills 说：「咱们打篮球的都知道这部电影。但是每天晚上放这部入睡？我说的是『每 晚』，他都放这部片然後上床睡觉。有时我回到房间，Frank 已经睡着了，而 Hoosiers 还在播。这已经超越热爱的等级了。」 Frank Vogel 个人档案： 2011/01/30 被任命为溜马过渡教练，取代 Jim O'Brien。一开始打出 7 胜 1 败佳绩， 最後以 20 胜 18 败的成绩收尾。 年龄：37 岁 家庭：妻子 Jenifer；女儿 Alexa 和 Arianna 高中：Wildwood, N.J. 大学：前三年在宾州 Division III 的 Juniata College；1994 转学到 Kentucky，毕 业於 1996 年 执教历程：Kentucky 录像专员（1996-97）；波士顿赛尔蒂克录像专员（1997-2001）； 波士顿赛尔蒂克助理教练（2001-04）；费城七六人助理教练（2004-05）；洛杉矶湖人 高级球探（2005-06）；华盛顿巫师高级球探（2006-07）；溜马助理教练（2007-11）； 溜马过渡教练（2011/01/30 迄今） 其他人对他的评语：「从 Frank 担任录像专员的工作後，我们就很少看到他。我们知道 他根本不睡觉。我们知道他负责剪辑一个月内不会碰头对手的影片，还得剪辑每个 play ，把每个球员的片段整理出来，还有其他有的没的。但我们还知道的是：Frank 真的热 爱这份工作。」 -- 前 Kentucky 球员 Cameron Mills --

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