Rockets believe they have "one of the best coaches ever." It's time to figure out how to keep him. 爱我别走 Posted by Jonathan Feigen at April 9, 2011 11:26 PM http://blogs.chron.com/nba/2011/04/rockets_believe_they_have_one.html 自翻 Sometime next week, Rockets owner Leslie Alexander will start the "process" of deciding what to do with Rick Adelman and his coaching staff. 在下礼拜的某个时间点, 火箭队的老板会开始决定教练团的去留. This is an important decision. It is a serious question. 这很重要, 不是闹着玩的. There is, however, a sense that he will be asking the wrong question of himself and Daryl Morey. 不过我担心, 老板会搞不清楚事情的重点. He does not need to ask if the Rockets should bring back Adelman; he must ask what they need to do to get him back. 他不应该问出"我该不该留下Adelman"这样的问题, 应该要问的是, 为什麽这支球队那麽需要他. All along it seemed that they were both waiting for the other to make the first move, but with Adelman heading to free agency, the Rockets should know by now what they have and what they would lose should he and his staff not return. 敌不动我不动, 就是目前球队与Adelman彼此的写照. 不过就在合约即将到期的时刻. 火箭队应该越来越清楚他们会失去甚麽东西. I did not agree with every decision Adelman made this season. No coach ever will make every move as someone else would. And no human has been perfect. I have also yet to find anyone outside the organization that can even guess why this is in question. 我并不赞同Adelman在某些事情上的处理风格. 但, 人不是完美的, 没有一个教练能讨好所有人. That Adelman, who on Saturday tied Bill Fitch for eighth in coaching wins with 944, has continued to squeeze winning seasons out of this roster has been remarkable. It is not just that the Rockets had Yao Ming and Tracy McGrady for part of just one of Adelman's seasons, he had one or both going in and out of the lineup, wasting time to build with what he had. Giant chunks of the Rockets roster sat next to him throughout his four seasons, yet every year, the Rockets improved through the season to a team far better than the sum of its healthy parts. Adelman在星期六的比赛以944场的胜绩追平了Bill Fitch的史上第八, 并且还有机会再添胜场. 以这样子的阵容来说是相当不可思议的. 姚明与TMac的伤伤停停, 到现在的正式解体, 让他必须花更多的时间重建与调整. 姚大个有四个球季都跟Adelman一样穿西装坐在椅子上, 不过每一个球季这支球队的进步与惊喜却没有因为伤病问题而停滞不前. There has not been championship contention or even a playoff spot the past two seasons, though there was a 22-game winning streak, the only playoff series win in 17 years and a seven-game series with the Lakers. But neither the highs nor the lows are the point. 我们不是一只能够争夺冠军的队伍, 甚至在这两个球季都进不了季後赛. 虽然之前有过22连胜, 并且打进季後赛二轮, 还将湖人队拉到第七战. 不过这些高高低低都不是重点. Adelman was hired to win. That's what Alexander wants, how he frames his decision-making. He wants to know what will give his team its best chance to win. If he wanted something else, then he should make that clear. He has, however, been abundantly clear about what he wants and expects. Adelman是被请来带领球队赢球的. 这是老板的要求, 也是老板的目标, 他总是会把这些事情清楚表达出来. Alexander wants to win and he does not just talk about it or wish for it. 老板就是要看到一场接一场的胜利, 他不会跟你多做讨论. He will spend if he believes it will help the Rockets win. He will buy draft picks, hire a huge staff, operate a D-League team, scout everything and everywhere - all to win. 他会做一些自认能帮助球队的事情. 例如花钱买选秀权, 雇用一些高手幕僚, 与发展联盟合作, 一切都是为了他要赢球. He put it well last month in Miami. 他说得很明白. "The decision I'm going to make is the decision I think is the best for the future of the team to win," Alexander said. "That's the only thing I care about, nothing else." "林盃就是想要赢球, 我脑子里没有其他东西."Alexander说. Then what else is there to talk about? Only seven coaches in the history of basketball have won more games than Adelman. Of the top 10, only two had a better winning percentage. Of the coaches in Rockets franchise history, none had a better winning percentage than Adelman has these past four seasons. 那还有甚麽好说的? 历史上只有七位教练的胜场比Adelman还多. 前十名里面也只有两位比Adelman的胜率还高. 火箭队的队史上也没有任何教练的胜率赢过Adelman过去四个球季的总和. "He's one the best coaches ever and we have him here in Houston," Rockets center Chuck Hayes said, expressing the opinion widespread in the locker room. "The way we started the season and the way he's taken the pieces and worked with them and put them together, man, we're privileged to play for one of the best coaches ever." "他是史上最伟大的教练之一". Hayes说, 他表明了更衣室里面大众的心声. 他工作的方式以及执教的本领, 能够在他手下打球是一件很荣幸的事情." This was a disappointing season for many reasons, but that does not mean that an organization that prides itself for looking beyond the surface should ignore everything and let disappointment drive its decision-making. All things considered, winning 42 to 44 games this season should be considered an accomplishment. 很多因素, 这是一个令人失望的球季. 但是这并不应该掩盖了某些了不起的成就, 而影响了任何决定. 在这个球季能赢到42,44场比赛已经是一项成就. Actually, Alexander said last season what he needs to say next week. 实际上. Alexander在上季就说过了下礼拜他该说的话 "I think he's done a terrific job," Alexander said then of his plan to extend Adelman's contract to this season. "He's taken a team that has lost two key starters and he melded the team and he's won. That's what we want here. He only cares about -- which I love -- the team and winning." "我认为他做的相当不错." Alexander说他即将与Adelman续约. "他带领一支失去两个主力的球队, 还能够整合它并赢球. 这就是我们要的, 也是我最爱的, 球队与赢球." In that case, he should already know who he should have as coach next season. Now he can move on to figuring out how to make it happen. 若是他之前所言不假, 他早应该知道这支球队在下个球季会需要哪一位教练. 他应该好好想一想怎麽做. --

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