God's hand behind the scenes

Chapter 216 Public outcry
After Brown came forward to clarify Snow's "injury", Chang Wei believed that there should be no surprises in the team's rotation strategy, but soon someone with a heart saw the clues.Since the 76ers announced that Snow was absent due to physical discomfort before the game against the Cavaliers, 76ers players have been declared unwell for several consecutive games, including the main players including Iverson, Lewis and Mutombo and others. Several main rotation players were absent from the game, and what's weird is that these players only had one truce, and they returned to the list for the next game, and those who were put into the inactive list were replaced by other players. A player, this cannot but make people feel suspicious.

For all-pervasive media reporters, suspicion means that there may be a hot spot, and a hot spot means sales. If the sales volume has increased, will your bonus be far behind? ESPN and other media giants immediately sent senior reporters to Philadelphia to find out what happened, and those small media also began to follow suit, wanting to see if they could have some soup behind Big Brother, and even the official NBA media also secretly dispatched They hired their team of reporters, and they also wanted to get first-hand information.

Fortunately, Brown and Chang Wei did a good job of keeping secrets, and Chang Wei also unified the voices of the players in advance. At that time, I found that everyone was either silent, or talked about him, but refused to give an accurate statement.Really anxious to ask, they threw out the sentence "You can ask our head coach", and then slipped away with oil on the soles of their feet.

But the more this is the case, the more motivated the reporters are. In their view, everyone has the same statement, which in itself is a huge flaw.Although they didn't get any news worth reporting for several days in a row, they all tirelessly wandered around the 76ers training hall. After all, this is closely related to their bonuses. Who doesn't want to put them in their wallets? What about stuffing more pennies?Even if it is for the green Franklin, we must persevere!

As the saying goes, hard work pays off. After a week of in-depth investigations, a reporter finally dug up a piece of news. No, strictly speaking, it was just a sentence: "All players who did not play in the previous games will remain In very good shape.” As for who said it, does it matter?We still have to protect our informants. Anyway, it is enough to know that there are staff members inside the 76ers who broke out such a sentence, and then they can use this sentence to get to the bottom of it.

With a definite direction, the following investigation was relatively simple. Soon many media reported on their websites that the 76ers deliberately arranged for players without injuries to truce, just for the sake of playing in the playoffs. To achieve better results, this is irresponsible to the fans and broadcasters...

"Bang!" Brown slapped the table heavily, and shouted loudly: "Who told this to the media casually? Huh? Don't you know what kind of virtue these reporters are? Usually, if there is no topic, they have to pick from eggs." Bones, now we still give the knife to others by ourselves?"

The old man is really angry, and he is not angry with Chang Wei who made this suggestion in the first place.In fact, during this period of time, he has deeply realized the benefits of the rotation. Not only did the players under his command not decline due to the rotation, but they became more energetic.In such a tense time period, it is very important for the players to have a precious day of rest. This is not only a physical rest, but also a psychological rest, which is more conducive to the playoffs.

But now someone has revealed the real situation to the media in private, can the old man not be angry?This is simply dismantling one's own platform!
Chang Wei quickly reassured him, and said in a low voice: "Coach, the most important thing now is not to find the culprit, but to eliminate the influence of the media! Otherwise, with the current media's style of listening to the wind, it will rain." , we have no way to prepare for the battle, who can calm down in such an atmosphere?"

Brown said helplessly: "Well, I will let the public relations department issue the rule of holding a press conference later, and I will explain the problem to the reporters myself."

Chang Wei said with a smile: "Tomorrow is the home game against the Supersonics. You still need to continue to watch everyone practice! Besides, I made this suggestion. If you don't mind and the management doesn't object, I hope I can represent you. You're here for this press conference, but I still need to borrow Eric."

After struggling for a long time, Brown waved his hand and said, "Okay, Chang, I hope you can control the press conference and don't give the reporters any new excuses..."

With Brown's permission, the management had nothing else to say, so at the 76ers' press conference the next day, the reporters were surprised to see Chang Wei appear on the rostrum, sitting in the middle position, beside him is team captain Snow.Although it was strange that Brown didn't show up, at least someone from the 76ers who could speak showed up to explain the rotation. Chang Wei slapped a wave of faces during the All-Star Weekend, and he was still hot at this time.

"Mr. Chang, is it true that the main players are rested in rotation? And it's still when they don't have any injuries at all."

"Mr. Chang, it is said that you rest your players in order to prepare for the playoffs. Don't you feel sorry for the fans who bought tickets to watch the game?"

"Mr. Chang..."

After the PR manager indicated that the press conference started, the conference room immediately turned into a vegetable market. Everyone was eager to know the answers to their own questions, so they ignored the rules of raising their hands to ask questions and asked questions in a hurry .Chang Wei only felt that there was a "buzzing" sound in both ears, but at least he heard a few questions clearly. Basically, everyone's questions were focused on the purpose and negative impact of the players on rotation.This is normal. Before this, no head coach has tried a large-scale non-injury-related rotation. The 76ers are undoubtedly the first team to eat crabs. But for things that are unreasonable, everyone’s first reaction is naturally to question .

Chang Wei didn't say anything, just sat on the chair and looked at the reporters below with a smile, as if he wasn't in a hurry.Snow even looked sleepy, as if he would fall asleep right away with a pillow.Seeing Chang Wei's performance, the scene quickly quieted down. Every reporter stretched out his hand holding the microphone, waiting for Chang Wei to answer his questions.

(End of this chapter)