Yesterday, the Tianjin Ronggang men's basketball team officially announced that Caesar was off. Today, there is news that the Shandong high-speed men's basketball team has communicated with Caesars, and Caesars himself is willing to return to the Shandong team to coach. For now, Caesars seems to be a win-win-win deal: recognition from the top, support from the players, and Caesar himself is very happy.
Alexander Caesar, born on April 2, 1972, is a Serbian coach who has coached the Serbian national team and the giants of Russia, Greece, Ukraine and other European countries, and has achieved good results. Caesars coached Shandong for three seasons from April 2015 to September 2018, bringing the team into the top 8. In particular, in 2016-17, he led a crippled team (12 players were not able to make up due to player bans at the beginning of the league, and half of the regular season schedule was a single foreign aid) to the playoffs; in the 2017-18 season, he reached the semifinals.
In September 2018, because Shandong Dongwang Group took over Shandong Basketball, Caesar was terminated early and Wu Qinglong Fire Line took over the team. In December 2019, as a firefighting coach, Caesar coached the Fujian team with only 2 wins and 11 losses, not only led the team to magically reach the playoffs, but also led the team to stage the "following gram" miracle in the playoffs, eliminating Zhejiang Guangsha, who ranked 5th in the regular season, to reach the quarterfinals. In August this year, Caesars coached the CBA Fish Belly Tianjin team for the past years, and although the first four rounds only achieved a record of 1 win and 3 losses, the upset victory over the playoff team Qingdao team led by Wu Qinglong was also impressive.
During Caesar's coaching of Shandong, he was deeply recognized by the club's top brass. After Caesar was forced to leave the Shandong team, Wang Jun, deputy general manager of the Shandong High-speed Men's Basketball Team, expressed deep regret and did not hesitate to praise, he thought that Caesar should be the best coach in the history of Shandong basketball, he said: "The two of us have been together for two seasons, 16-17 You bring a crippled team (do not let us participate in the preseason, the league begins to be suspended due to players 12 people, half of the regular season schedule is a single foreign aid) to break into the playoffs; 17-18 to the semifinals, don't forget, Our team has only two national team members (Ding Yanyuhang and Tao Hanlin). We communicate a lot, I can feel your love and dedication to basketball, but also feel the spirit of a fighting nation, no matter how much pressure, no matter how big the difficulty, you will not give up! No matter what the outside world says, I firmly believe that Shandong High-speed is right to choose you! ”
During Caissa's coaching of the Shandong team, the relationship with the players was very harmonious. Ding Yanyuhang shined under him, winning the CBA domestic scoring champion and the domestic MVP in the regular season in the 2016-17 and 2017-18 seasons, and the "Ding Shen" who ushered in the peak of his career averaged 26 points, 5.3 rebounds, 3.2 assists and 1.6 steals per game in a single season, which is definitely a foreign aid level performance.
When Caesar left, Tao Hanlin, the fierce general of the Shandong team, bluntly said that Caesar was like his father, "Grateful for the good time spent together for three years, grateful for your tolerance of everything I have!" Goodbye, my father on the basketball court." Under Caesars, the players were given a lot of free space, and the degree of freedom was relatively large and comfortable. This management style is an important factor in Caissa's support from the players.
Caesar's days in the Shandong high-speed men's basketball team were also very pleasant, and he said in an interview at the time: I really love this group of young men, and everyone is very united and happy together. In the three years of coaching shandong team, I have seen the hard work of the players and the love of the fans for the team, and I feel that in my coaching career, the three seasons of Shandong team are the happiest time in my coaching career!
After having these reasons, we look forward to the return of Caesar, who will surely be able to lead the Shandong men's basketball team to rebuild its glory! It is worth mentioning that after the return of the high-speed group, the original old ministers have basically returned, the players have Ding Yanyuhang, Liu Guancen, the coach has The coach of the Shandong men's basketball team Xu Changsuo, and the coach of the women's basketball team Li Guangqi. Therefore, Caesar's return is also logical.