Even if Shougang suffered a deadly loss and lost the first match with Jilin, before the two teams fought twice yesterday, not many people would believe that Jilin could sweep Shougang to advance to the quarterfinals. After all, just looking at the strength of the book, Shougang still has the confidence to pull back. The basic situation of the two teams is good, on the one hand, the rich and powerful, the only team in the league with 4 foreign aides, almost all of the 12 registered players have national brand experience; on the other hand, it is recognized that the league's poorest, playoffs only single foreign aid team, only 7-8 people rotate all year round. In the two games of the regular season, Shougang won by 60 points, which also seems to be enough to prove the gap between the two teams. But what makes sports attractive is that you can never predict where the game will go. Civilian team Gilling has created an incredible miracle, staging the most inspirational "below gram" in CBA history.
At the last moment of the game, seeing that the team was unable to return to the sky, the broadcast camera swept to Qin Xiaowen, who was sitting on the sidelines, and her face was blue and her eyes were full of tears. This is her fifth season with the team, and after losing the game, Shougang has also set its worst record in the last five years – only ninth. Five years ago, Marbury led the team to a narrow ninth place to miss the playoffs, and an era ended. Shougang began to rebuild under the leadership of Qin Xiaowen. But five years later, Shougang is back to square one. We may wish to carefully review the past five seasons - 17-18 season, the seventh regular season, 1/4 final loss to Liaoning, stopping in the quarterfinals; 18-19 season, regular season fifth, 1/4 finals in the big score 2-0 lead suffered a big reversal, 2-3 defeat to Shenzhen, stopped in the quarterfinals, became the first team in CBA history to have a 2-0 lead reversed; 19-20 season, regular season fourth, 1/4 final defeat Fujian, semi-finals first leg big score ahead of Guangdong was reversed, In the third game, wims was killed, 1-2 against opponents, stopped in the final four; 20-21 season, the ninth regular season, 1/4 finals in the last 5 seconds still ahead of the good situation suffered a reversal, once again by Weems, stopped in the quarterfinals. Coupled with the first battle with Jilin was killed by Jones, the last three seasons of Shougang have encountered opponents in the playoffs. If a kill can be explained by bad luck, then it is a bit too coincidental to be killed for three consecutive years.
After the game yesterday, Shougang left only three words on the official Weibo: "I'm sorry", and the whole team fell into an incomparable loss. The last person to post "sorry" on Weibo after losing the game was the Chinese men's football team. I don't want to use an angry attitude to put the blame on someone. I just want to talk calmly about the merits of Shougang's reconstruction of these five years - objectively speaking, considering that Marbury was indeed getting older that year, it is reasonable for the team to replace him. Looking back at the past five years of reinforcements, the management led by Qin Xiaowen has also done remarkable.
The arrival of Li Muhao and Fan Ziming strengthened the team's weak inner line, and after the dissolution of Bayi, he won raymond and Tian Yuxiang, who were very powerful. Plus signing Liu Xiaoyu and signing Chang Lin. You know, the current rule of the CBA is that as long as the original team pays the maximum salary, the player must renew the contract unconditionally. Therefore, within the scope of its ability, the management of Shougang has made great efforts.
In terms of foreign aid, it is not necessary to say that in the case of such a serious epidemic, four foreign aid can still be introduced, and the difficulty of communication and coordination can be imagined. As for the head coach, Shougang has been in addition to Yannis for five seasons, but also tried Xie Libin and Italian coach Payagani, but the effect of leading the team has also been seen, and Yannis is obviously higher than the other two. So, the management seems to have made so much effort, but why has the team's results never improved, and the best result is only a final four, which is far from the four-year triple crown in marbury's era. I tried to make my point – first of all, the team management was in too much of a hurry. You can clearly feel that Shougang in recent years is like a young man who has just lost love, and he doesn't want to prove that I can live better without my ex. Competitive sports have their own development laws. According to someone in the NBA, a team's rebuild usually takes eight years. Even if the CBA draft cannot be compared with the NBA, it is not realistic to simply change foreign aid and head coaches and want to quickly achieve high results. The management's anxiety subtly resounded up and down the club, and after the 2-3 Shenzhen reversal match that year, the club's official social platform actually announced that it was "successfully rebuilt". Later, Qin Xiaowen could only personally explain: "Only by winning the championship can we be considered a successful reconstruction." As we all know, the more we lack something, the more we like to flaunt something, and the staff's anxiety is evident.
Secondly, the current management has a division and forgetting of history. A few days ago, it was the 10th anniversary of Shougang's first championship victory, and many media and fans spontaneously remembered it. However, the club did not have any official commemorative activities, which caused the dissatisfaction of many steel fans. Indeed, the club's breakup with Marbury that year was almost tearing up. But no history is written by anyone. Marbury was a representative of that era, but the glorious history was also the result of the joint efforts of the whole club and even the entire city. Respect for history in an atmospheric and dignified manner can earn respect. As for the retirement of the No. 3 jersey, it is also the wish of most Beijing fans. Finally, on the technical and tactical level, since I am not a professional, I will only talk about my views from the perspective of a media person or a fan -
The first point is the choice of foreign aid. Instead of finding 4 foreign aides with an average score of 70, it is better to find two top foreign aides. Shougang's foreign aid in recent years has obvious shortcomings, the money has not been spent less, and the effect is not good. Whether it is Gibson, Jeremy Lin, or Hamilton, it is difficult to meet the standard of 90 points. Considering the CBA's four-person foreign aid rule, it is better to find two top foreign aides like Weems in the past two years. The second point is that the team's tactics are old-fashioned and not in line with today's trends. I've always thought That Yannis is a good coach, especially on the defensive end, but it's not hard to see that his tactical system is no longer in line with today's development trends. The NBA entered the era of small balls, and the traditional standing pile center function was weakened. Yannis was too obsessed with the twin towers of Fan Ziming and Li Muhao, and was completely targeted by his opponents. The regular season is fine, and the playoff weaknesses are infinitely magnified.
The third point is that domestic players are too old. Turning over the history of the CBA, all good teams have strong hematopoietic ability. Needless to say in the early Bayi Guangdong, shougang won the championship that year, in addition to Marbury Morris, don't forget that there are also young players such as Zhai Xiaochuan, Zhu Yanxi and Fang Shuo. But 10 years later, Shougang's main domestic players, in addition to the introduction later, are still these old faces. Over the years, Shougang's own players have only been Qiu Tian. Of course, due to various reasons, Zeng Fanbo has not been able to play in the CBA for Shougang, but it is clear that Shougang's young players have been faulted. Relying solely on external introduction cannot make up for the lack of hematopoietic capacity. At yesterday's post-match press conference, Yannis took responsibility and announced his resignation. But Shougang's current problems, I'm afraid, really can't be solved by Yannis's resignation