"CBA freshman" Xu Changsuo, with a season to experience the anxiety and confusion of professional coaches

As the top four teams last season, the Shandong men's basketball team was still worried about whether it could enter the playoffs until the penultimate round, Shandong men's basketball coach Xu Changsuo was under a lot of pressure, fortunately, in the end, with the efforts of the whole team, Shandong team successfully broke through with the last wave of three consecutive wins.

As a "freshman" who led the team to play a full season for the first time, looking back on the entire regular season, he saw the team's progress, and more often saw his own troubles and reflected on his shortcomings.

A catcher

On March 22, the Shandong high-speed men's basketball team played against the defending champion Guangdong Team, and in the fourth quarter of the passive situation, it broke out to equalize the opponent and narrowly won by 1 point in overtime, thus surpassing Tianjin in the last moment and ranking 11th in the regular season.

In fact, shandong has been in a state of catching up this season.

After the first game of victory over Beikong, Shandong lost to Liaoning and Guangsha in succession, although they played several good games, they rarely performed well in matches with the team, and the ranking has always been in the middle.

This is also the basic embodiment of the strength of the Shandong men's basketball team.

Due to well-known reasons, the Shandong men's basketball team hastily changed the owner before the season, the coaching staff pushed back and started, and the player introduction came only one Qiao Wenhan.

Half a month after Xu Changsuo arrived, the team went out to the field, and the coaching team was only him and assistant coach Duan Chenlong.

"At that time, it really felt chaotic, the internal personnel of the team needed to be adjusted, the club was not yet formed, and a lot of relationships needed to be straightened out." Looking back on this special coaching trip, Xu Changsuo was very emotional.

And the team's difficulties are more than that.

Just after playing 5 games in the league, the inside boss Jiao Hailong was injured. As an important player of the team, Jiao Hailong averaged nearly 30 minutes per game before the team's foreign aid arrived, between the main force and the substitute, and the importance to the team can be imagined, and he was injured until the end of the second stage.

The return of Ding Yanyuhang is also considered to be an important embodiment of the overall strength of the team before the game, and there are several games in the first stage that have indeed helped the team a lot, and Xu Changsuo often has high hopes for him at key moments.

After the first stage of the game, Ding Yanyuhang was injured by his teammates in a training session, and suddenly missed the second stage.

In the first interval, the Shandong coaching staff was reorganized, and the arrival of head coach Gong Luming brought great help to Xu Changsuo, but foreign coach Leiden and Tomivich could only rely on online communication for a long time because of isolation, and although foreign aidEson and Girenwott returned, Gillenwater only practiced with the team for a few days, and Hudson even ended the isolation until after the second stage of a game.

Throughout the second stage, the two major players of the Shandong team were absent, the foreign aid foreign teachers needed to run in, Gao Shiyan had a fever before the game, and his foot was injured in the first game, and he could not find the state for a long time. Under such circumstances, the Shandong team played several high-level matches, defeating Shanghai and Guangsha, which were once at the top of the list.

In the third stage, the Shandong men's basketball team finally waited for Ding Yanyuhang and Jiao Hailong, and the team injured the core player Tao Hanlin in the second game. What is more difficult is that the Shandong team lost three consecutive games in the opening stage, most of which were normal against Guangdong, 3 points to lose to Tianjin and 3 points to Shenzhen, which was a blow to the morale of the team. Although Shandong then won consecutive victories over Beijing and Fujian, but then lost consecutively to Shenzhen and Tianjin, the team faced a lot of pressure, especially the two losses to the direct opponent Tianjin team competing for playoff qualification, making Shandong almost desperate.

The desperate Shandong team gave up in the last three games, defeated Fujian, Beijing and Guangdong, and finally threw off the Xinjiang team at the last moment, and surpassed the Tianjin team in one fell swoop to end the regular season journey.

"This result cannot be said to be perfect, but it is also a complete achievement, which is the embodiment of the hard work of the big guys throughout the season." Xu Changsuo said.

A learner

This is the first time Xu Changsuo has led a team to participate in an entire season, and the last time he played in a CBA game as a head coach was 15 years ago.

In 15 years, the CBA has changed a lot, the public opinion environment has also changed a lot, especially the rise of self-media, the shortcomings of the team and the head coach will be infinitely magnified, because the Shandong team has great ups and downs this season, the pressure xu Changsuo is facing can be imagined.

Xu Changsuo is a very good at learning people, he will also consult in many ways, listen to the opinions of fans, at the press conference will also take the initiative to respond to some external concerns, a season down, he also has a lot of his own experience: "Bearing pressure is a coach's responsibility, for the fans and media criticism, I will also seriously review, from which to find a way to solve the problem." I hope this interaction can help the Shandong team. “

Of course, more often, Xu Changsuo is still thinking about the problems existing in the team and himself in the game, during the league, the reporter and Xu Changsuo have also discussed the problems that appeared in the game many times, and it can be seen that he himself has been very anxious.

"As a CBA 'freshman', I also have a lot of distress in the game. For example, when a tactical arrangement goes down and the players can't execute it, I will be particularly anxious, it seems to be a very simple tactic, but the understanding of 5 people is different, and the lack of running-in, the implementation will change. If it is destroyed by the opponent, how to respond is another problem. ”

"I haven't coached the CBA for a long time, there is a lack of experience, and many situations need to be re-adapted, such as referees' decisions, understanding of rules, the use of players, there are too many things to learn here."

Indeed, throughout the regular season, Shandong team has left regrets in several games, and lack of experience is an important reason.

The third stage played Shenzhen, the first game, the two teams drew in the last moment, Jiao Hailong did not score two free throws, Shenzhen counterattacked, Shandong team defended and leaked, Bai Haotian pressed the whistle to shoot three points, 118-115 to kill Shandong team.

In the second game with Shenzhen, Shandong launched a counterattack in the backward situation, Hudson shot 9 three-pointers, scored 38 points, and tied the score at the last moment, but Shandong played too simply under the strict defense of Shenzhen, two three-point shots did not score, was counterattacked by the opponent, and lost the victory.

And two consecutive losses to Tianjin team made Shandong team almost lose the playoff qualification.

In the first game, Shandong always had the upper hand, and 45 seconds before the end of the game, Shandong led by 1 point. Tianjin team attacked, Shandong team has been defending until the other side has 2.4 seconds left, victory in hand, but a leaky person, Tianjin team sneaked to score under the basket, the score was reversed, Shandong team made a mistake in the next attack, can only foul the opponent on the free throw line, 3 points behind the Shandong team the last attack failed, unfortunately lost to the opponent, but also injured the general Tao Hanlin.

The second game is about the card position, Shandong team won the first three quarters, the last quarter suddenly collapsed, was reversed by Tianjin team, the whole game, let Tianjin team shoot 21 three-pointers.

Afterwards, Xu Changsuo was still grumpy about these two games: "For these two games in Tianjin, I was very inspired, for example, their foreign aid can be four quarters and five people, which has not been encountered before, we lack experience, both games are very good defense in the third quarter, to the fourth quarter the other side is missing a foreign aid, we are busy defending, Rochester and Burton are long-range shooting masters, the result is a big loss." “

A dreamer

In any case, the CBA regular season is finally over, shandong team also completed the pre-game goal, into the playoffs, as a new coach, Xu Changsuo left a lot of regrets, but also gained a lot of experience.

"This season, I have always held a learning attitude, and everyone's efforts have also given me a great improvement." Xu Changsuo said.

After a season, Xu Changsuo has a new understanding of the league, and he has also continued to improve in one game after another.

"Although our team is not young overall, there are still too many ups and downs in the game. For example, against The Shanghai team, we didn't have any ideas in the first game, we just fought hard against the opponent, and the result was to win the opponent by 17 points. A few days later, he fought in Shanghai, and as soon as he came up, he was confused by the opponent, and the team's hard work was gone, and he lost to the opponent by 28 points. Xu Changsuo said.

In Xu Changsuo's view, Shandong is still worried about the playoffs in the last moments of the regular season, which also reflects his lack of ability to control the game.

"In the first stage of Xinjiang, we had the advantage, but we did not seize the opportunity and only won 10 points. In the second stage, we touched Xinjiang again, and we didn't adjust well, especially in the fourth quarter, we only scored 13 points, and the result was that the opponent won 14 points. It is the difference of these 4 points that finally becomes the factor that determines the future, so that we have been very passive in the card battle, if we win a few points in the first game, or lose a few points less in the second game, why should we look at others' faces at the end? ”

However, everything has its own advantages and disadvantages, if there is no "momentary softness" for the Xinjiang team, if there is no rush to the Tianjin team, there may not be a three-consecutive win at the last moment, and there will be no reversal of the Guangdong team.

"This season, there have been several players who have performed well. Tao Hanlin won the local rebounding king, was selected for the Sixth All-Star Game, and as the captain, he played a good leading role, especially in the last two games, he was wounded, and his wrist has not healed so far. Chen Peidong, Liu Yi and others have also played a key role in some competitions. Xu Changsuo concluded.

"The playoffs are about to start, and now the atmosphere is very good, everyone is united and the team is moving in a good direction. The match against Guangdong proved that as long as everyone works hard, we can beat any team. “