0rz.tw/4c31E Feisty Saunders still fighting back 努力不懈的老桑还没放弃 Chris McCosky / The Detroit News AUBURN HILLS -- Flip Saunders has a chance, a good chance, to accomplish something no Pistons coach has been able to do since Chuck Daly left. Last three full seasons on the job. 老桑有个机会，而且是个好机会，来完成一项自从Chuck Daly离开後就没人完成过的壮举 ─在活塞队连续担任整整三年的总教头。 "What's that been, like 12 years?" Saunders asked. "那是多久以前的事啦？12年吗？"老桑好奇问了一下。 Try 15. Daly left after the 1992 season. The Pistons have employed eight coaches since, none has completed three full seasons. "Is that right?" said Saunders, who will ring in year three of his four-year deal when camp opens Oct. 1. 试试看15年吧！Daly在92年离开之後，活塞前後聘了8个总教练，没人能够成功连任三年 。"有没有这麽夸张？"10月1号开季之後就要迈入他在活塞队的第三个年头的老桑吓到。 他的教头合约是四年，也就是到08-09赛季。 "I think most coaches consider every year as a lame-duck year (laughing). We've had great success here. We have won as much or more than anybody the last two years, we just haven't gone out and won the big one. And until we do that our approach, our focus, isn't going to change. 我想大多数的总教练都会觉得每年没什麽进展。(这句不太会翻)事实上我们一起在这里 完成了很多伟大的事情，我们前两年的胜场数比别人还多，只是暂时把总冠军让给别人 炫燿一下而已。在我们还没把总冠军要回来之前，它就是我们唯一的目标。 "I don't look at it any differently. I don't think you can ever be in a situation where you can look over your shoulder. If you did, you could never coach." Until about a month ago, nobody could have blamed Saunders for at least sneaking a peek over his shoulder. (这段...实在翻不出来 求救>"<) He was roundly vilified after the Pistons flamed out in the playoffs for the second straight season. Not only was he taking heat from fans and media, he was also taking heat from some of his players. 老桑在活塞连续两年止步於季後赛後，承受着一波又一波的抨击诽谤。这些不只来自球 迷和媒体，也来自他所带领的球员。 Ben Wallace took public potshots at Saunders after the Pistons were knocked out of the playoffs by Miami in 2006, and he took some more shots after he signed with Chicago a month later. 活塞06年被热火击败之後，大班公开抨击老桑的带队方式。而这样的事情在大班和公牛 签约後一个月又再次发生。 Last season, Rasheed Wallace openly challenged Saunders during the pivotal loss in Game 5 of the Eastern Conference finals against Cleveland. He exhorted his teammates to disregard the coach's instructions late in the game, which ultimately led to disastrous defensive breakdowns and a fatal loss. 去年活塞输了重要的东区冠军战第五战之後，溪蛙挑战老桑的权威。他怂恿他的队友在 球赛末段不要理会教练的指示，最後导致防守阵势的彻底溃散和一场难堪到极点的败仗 。 On top of that, Saunders was asked, for the second straight season, to revamp his coaching staff. After his first season, Sidney Lowe (North Carolina State) and Don Zierden (Minnesota Lynx of the WNBA) left to take head coaching jobs. After last season, Pistons president Joe Dumars did not renew the contracts of assistants Ron Harper and Kevin Wilson. He replaced those two by hiring former Pistons forward Michael Curry. 在教练团部份，老桑连续两年被要求要改造补强他的教练团队。他的第一年执教之後， S. Lowe和D. Zierden去其他球队当总教练了。去年，杜老爷没有和助理教练R. Harper 和K. Wilson续约，杜老爷聘了前活塞前锋M. Curry来补上他们两人的位置。 The loss of Wilson (he's now the dean of admissions at Bethany College in West Virginia) was especially tough for Saunders. Wilson has been with him essentially all of his life. He's been like a big brother. 失去Wilson对老桑是个非常重大的打击，Wilson从老桑的教头生涯开始就跟他一起合作 ，对老桑来说，他就是是一颗排球...不是，一个大哥一样。 "I miss Wilsy and Sid and those guys, sure," said Saunders, who even offered to pay Wilson's $100,000 annual salary out of his own pocket. "You miss people. When I was in Minnesota, I had the same staff for 10 years. But what this does do, having to teach coaches again, it's helped stimulate me. I am a firm believer that things happen for a reason." "当然，我很想念小威和小席和其他人。他们是从灰狼队开始就跟我一起工作超过十年的 人，说不想他们是骗人的。但是现在的情况，我必须重新训练一批助理教练，这有助於 给我一些不一样的刺激。我相信每件事的发生都有他的原因。"老桑这样说。他甚至向 Wilson提出了10万年薪的酬劳，这笔钱由老桑自己掏腰包。 Saunders does seem rejuvenated. There is a bounce in his step and a self-assuredness that belies the public storm he has endured since the end of the season. 老桑的确有返老还童的样子。上个赛季结束之後的风暴让他的脚步更有力，表情更有自 信。 "It might sound crazy," he said, "but I am more excited right now going into a season than I have ever been -- even more than my first two years here. I can't even explain why. Maybe it's the combination of the young players we have coming in and everybody talking about how the conference has gotten so much better. But I kind of feel like, 'We're still here. Come on, we're standing here. Come get us.'?" "这听起来或许很疯狂，但我现在甚至比前两年还要期待赛季的开始。我说不上来是为什 麽，或许是因为年轻球员的活力和现在联盟变的多清新的关系。这很难解释，但我的感 觉是'我们在这啊~来追我啊~~!'" Positive attitude 积极的态度 It could be, too, that Saunders has been fortified by the steadfast support of Dumars and owner Bill Davidson. "We have reiterated this to Flip all summer," Dumars said. "He has our full support. There is no second-guessing for us about supporting him." Saunders has also reached out to Rasheed Wallace, who has lost 25 pounds since last season and has been a daily participant in the Pistons' offseason workouts. The two are on the same page again. 老桑的自信也可能是来自杜老爷和大卫桑的坚定支持。"暑假期间，我们大概跟老桑讲了 一百遍'我们会全力支持你，也对你完全没有任何疑惑。'"杜老爷强调。老桑也重新找回 溪蛙的心，溪蛙成功的减重了25磅并且在活塞的暑假练习中全程参与。他们两个现在可 是在同一条船上的喔！ "They have spent some good time together," said Dumars, who vowed to be an active arbitrator in the Wallace-Saunders relationship. "Flip reached out to 'Sheed and spoke at his camp (at the Joe Dumars Fieldhouse in July). They spoke again at Chauncey's (Billups) golf outing. Sheed's been in working out the last two weeks. He and Flip have been great. I am seeing a level of respect and cooperation between them this summer that I haven't seen the last two years. That is imperative for us to move forward." 立誓要成为桑蛙关系中立协调人的杜老爷解释，"他们一起渡过了一段美好的时光，老 桑在他的夏令营中亲自去找溪蛙谈了一次，之後在枪蜥的高尔夫球会上又幽会了一番， 然後溪蛙就努力不懈的训练了两周。老桑和溪蛙现在超麻吉，我在他们的关系中看到尊 重与信任，这是前两年所看不到的。这对我们战绩的进展是非常重要的帮助。" Saunders isn't expecting a completely smooth ride with Wallace; just mutual respect. 老桑并不真的期待和溪蛙有什麽很亲密的关系，但彼此的尊重还要是有的。 "Are 'Sheed and I going to have confrontations? Yes," he said. "We can get that out of the way right now. I can't be afraid of confrontation because there are things I want done and things I will demand. 'Sheed can be great and sometimes 'Sheed can snap. That's who he is. There's going to be confrontation. But anytime we've had a confrontation, the next day it's like nothing happened." "溪蛙和我之间会有对立吗？当然有，"老桑说，"我们现在就可以把这些东西处理掉。我 不能害怕对立，因为有些事情我想而做且我必须去要求。溪蛙有时候超棒但有时候又很 鸟，这就是他啊！对立的情形一定会发生，但每次发生之後的隔天，我们就床头吵床尾 合了。" The one exception, of course, was Wallace's blow up in Game 5. Saunders and Dumars both have made it clear to Wallace that he had overstepped the bounds of professionalism and such behavior will not be tolerated. "We have talked," Saunders said. "He understands that I respect him and I expect the same type of respect." 当然，唯一的例外就是溪蛙搞砸的第五战。老桑和杜老爷都很明确的跟溪蛙说：你已经 太超过了！而这种事情，我们绝不容许再次发生。 老桑说，"我们聊过了，他也了解我很尊重他，而我也期待他会以同样的尊重回报我。" Bridges built 建好的桥梁 Saunders has spent the past couple of months rewriting, page by page, his voluminous playbook. This is a task he would have delegated to an assistant in past years. But suddenly he feels like a first-year teacher preparing his initial set of lesson plans. 老桑在过去两个月里一页一页的重写他的战术电话簿。之前，他一定会把这种事情丢给 助理教练去处理，但今年，他觉得自己就像第一年教书的菜鸟老师。 "It has forced me to become more detail oriented," he said. "I think this is going to be a big help for me." 他说，"这强迫我必须注意更多细节，我想这对我是很大的帮助。" He and Dumars have mapped out a plan to hopefully incorporate veteran sixth man Antonio McDyess into the starting lineup alongside Wallace. The plan includes increased roles for young players like Jason Maxiell and Amir Johnson, as well as for rookies Rodney Stuckey and Arron Afflalo. 老桑和杜老爷列出了一个计画，希望能成功将第六号老兵袋鼠整合进先发部队和溪蛙并 肩作战。这计画也包括让Maxiell和Johnson甚至是Stuckey和Afflali这样的小将们有更 多表现机会。 "I think everybody has been invigorated by the infusion of all these young guys," Saunders said. "I know I have." There have been times the past two years when Saunders seemed like the loneliest guy in Detroit. It seemed he was on an island, surrounded by Dumars and the front office on one side and the players on the other. 老桑说，"我想大家都被小将们的活力感染了，至少我确定我有。"前两年，老桑看起来 就像汽车城里的一座孤单安全岛，一边是杜老爷和决策高层，另一边是球员们。 Now, with camp less than two weeks off, it seems sturdy bridges have been constructed on both sides and all parties are united. "I like it here, I really do," Saunders said. "I love the city and I love the people I deal with. 夏季训练营接近尾声的现在，看起来联络的天桥终於盖好了，全世界也都被连结在一起 。"我喜欢这里，真的!"老桑说，"我爱这个城市，也爱和我一起共事的夥伴们。" "When you feel people are loyal, the way the fans have been and the way Mr. D. has been and you get beat, you feel like you let people down. That's the emotional part. But, like I said, we're still here and we're still together and we've still got a job to do. I am looking forward to it." "当你感受到人们的忠诚，球迷们的支持加油和D先生的全力支援，而你被打败了，你会 觉得沮丧到不行，这是感性的部分。但就像我说的，我们还在这、我们还在一起，而我 们还有总冠军要拿!!!!! 我感到我的小宇宙在燃烧啊!!" 抱歉拖了这麽久... --

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