Coach: Coaching the Grizzlies at the beginning, playing the bantam

Chapter 32 Lineup Adjustment!The newcomer finally finally.. gets reused!

The next morning, Lu Yong received a call from Fratello.

"Lu, come to the arena to chat. We need to adjust our style of play. The team can't lose anymore." Fratello said weakly.

"Okay, I'll go over after dinner."

"Why don't we just eat something together, I just didn't have lunch."

"There is a fast food restaurant downstairs that tastes good. I'll wait for you there." Lu Yong suggested.

After meeting, the two ordered hamburgers, chicken wraps, pizza, milk and other food.

Lu Yong had a good appetite and cooked three hamburgers in one go.

Fratello obviously didn't have an appetite. Sitting across from him, he looked haggard, and he knew that he didn't sleep well last night.

The team has lost three of the last four games, and he is under too much pressure as the head coach.

He wanted to prove himself against the scolding from the outside world, but it turned out that his persistence and arrogance would only make things worse.

Lu Yong can understand his thoughts. The ability to be an assistant coach is too strong, and Fratello feels a deep sense of crisis.

He is eager to prove himself in front of the fans, so he has held the power in his hands recently and is unwilling to let it go, and he and Lu Yong have had an unpleasant quarrel because of conflicts in employment.

Now that the team's record is poor and the offensive firepower is stretched, he has reached the end of the road, and he can't think of any way, so he can only bow his head and ask Lu Yong for help again.

Lu Yong proved his vision as early as in the summer league. He has a good use of marginal players, and his magic seems to make young players better.

Although Fratello still feels that Lu Yong is too bold in employing people, his rhetoric has long since lost its persuasiveness in the face of the facts, so he can only bow his head and admit his cowardice, and secretly ask Lu Yong for help behind the media's back.

Fratello felt that he had failed too much as the head coach. He was conquered by the assistant coaches in offensive tactics in the early part of the season, and now even the employment depends on Lu Yong's face.

To paraphrase the words of the fans, his coaching level has really caught up with the tethered dog on the coach's bench.

"Lu, the team must win the next game. We can't suffer a three-game losing streak. It hurts the morale of the team too much." Fratello reached out and rubbed the space between his brows. "Do you have any good suggestions for employing people?"

Lu Yong smiled and said: "My suggestion is still as I said before, take veteran Eddie Jones out of the starting lineup and reuse rookies Lowry, Rudy Gay and Barea. You can give it up, he can deliver a good performance in the regular season, but I don’t think he can become a qualified starting power forward in the playoffs.”

"Instead of waiting for the time to change on the spot, it is better to hone the newcomers in the regular season and complete the transformation of the lineup earlier."

"Wouldn't Warrick and Swift become substitutes?" Fratello frowned.

Lu Yong nodded. "If I employ people according to my thinking, it is impossible for them to serve as starters in the two new seasons. They have already sat on the bench as early as the preseason."

Fratello was stunned for a moment, he didn't expect Lu Yong to have such a big opinion on the team's current starting lineup. "I know you don't like players with no shooting ability. I don't want to argue with you on this point. But are you sure you want to reuse those three rookies? They have too little game experience, and it is easy to make mistakes in the starting lineup."

"That's why we have to reuse them in the regular season so that newcomers can accumulate experience. Otherwise, the teams entering the playoffs will need to change their formations. How dare you rashly put them in the starting lineup?" Lu Yong said sternly.

Fratello lowered his head and fell into deep thought, this time he did not open his mouth to refute.

"Little Flying Squirrel" Stoudemire's injury made him understand that no matter how well the Grizzlies play this season, it is impossible to remain unchanged.

The offensive tactics deployed by Lu Yong at the beginning of the season are very strong, but once the execution players change, the effect will be greatly reduced in an instant.

The regular season is a very long period of time, and no one can guarantee that players can play the entire season in good health.If he doesn't reuse rookies to accumulate experience now, he will only have fewer cards to use in the playoffs, and even a slight mistake can easily bring the Grizzlies into a doomed situation.

Lu Yong went on to say: "Mike, I hope you can understand that the goal of the big guys has never been to have the first record in the regular season, but the championship. In the regular season, we can adjust the lineup when facing the underdogs and try different ways. The collocation will give new players more playing time and let them warm up for the playoffs in advance.”

"Only when everyone is in a state of combat readiness, our chances of winning in the playoffs will be greater, no matter where the team's final regular season record ranks."

Fratello frowned even tighter, unable to refute at all.

In the final analysis, it is caused by his coaching habits. He reuses veterans and dies as the main force. After his 20-year coaching career has tasted the sweetness, these old stubborns are indeed unwilling to make changes easily.

Today's trip to Fratello was enlightened, but he was in a very depressed mood at this time.

He always finds it a bit strange that an old man in his 50s is being given crazy classes by an assistant coach, teaching him how to employ people and how to train rookies.

Most importantly, he found that Lu Yong was right.

Those problems that caused him headaches were nothing to Lu Yong, and they were solved lightly.

This is the young coach of the new generation of the league?
His grandma's vision of looking at problems is too advanced, she really is a monster.
On the afternoon of the 7th, the Grizzlies, which suffered two consecutive losses, started a temporary training in the arena.

Lu Yong walked up to Guy and the others, smiled at him with a tactical board in his hand, and said, "Kyle, Rudy, you two have performed well recently, and the team will increase your playing time."

"Really? Coach!"

"Of course, train well and don't let me down after playing." Lu Yong said with a smile: "I just finished talking with Mike this morning. I believe he will bring you good news."

"Great, coach! Don't worry, we won't let you down!" Guy and Lowry clapped their chests excitedly.

Since "Little Flying Squirrel" Stoudemire was injured, Barea has been able to get stable playing time in the last two games.

In addition, Lowry and Gay will also be reused, and several rookies that Lu Yong reused in the summer league will enter the rotation.

For him, this must be good news. He can show his presence in front of the media again and prove his vision.

During training, Lu Yong asked Gay to focus on breakthroughs with the ball, while Lowry and Barea practiced three-pointers to find the state of the game in advance.

Gay's ability to break through with the ball is good. With a height of 2 meters and a weight of 03 kg, his mobility is not inferior to that of a defender.

The excellent wingspan advantage can also ensure that Gay's face-up layup is not easy to be blocked, and the finishing efficiency in the penalty area is very high.

Barea and Lowry are both point guards. Breaking through with the ball is a basic skill for them and does not require additional training.

As long as they usually practice three-pointers well, the offensive firepower of the two brothers will be strengthened. The rookie season is definitely better than the parallel world.

After training, Fratello found Guy and Lowry alone.

Said that they would start the game against the Raptors tomorrow night, and got a one-on-one expression package with shocked faces.

Although Lu Yong had reminded them before that they would be reused, Gay still did not expect that he would become the starter.

This is more exciting than playing a trumpet and following fans on the Internet to scold Fratello!

Swift, who was downgraded to the bench, felt a little upset, but he didn't dare to show it in front of the coach.

This season, he averaged 8.5 points, 6 rebounds and 1.2 blocks per game. He played poorly in the past four games, scoring all in single digits.

There is no way to be sent to the bench. I can only blame myself for not seizing the opportunity.

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