Chapter 16 Soft rice is really fragrant
The day after returning to school, Jiang Dongbing was thinking about where Jackson and David were going in the office.
"Dingling..." The phone rang on the desk.
After Jiang Dongbing answered the phone, he chatted with the other party for half an hour. After hanging up the phone, Jiang Dongbing's expression was quite exciting.
The phone call was called by the director of the Athletic Department of Virginia United University, who kindly invited Jiang Dongbing to their university to serve as head coach.
The reason why Jiang Dongbing has a wonderful expression is mainly because this university is the alma mater of the starting point's first center-Ben Wallace.
Unfortunately, Da Ben has signed up for the draft in 1996. Although he was out of the election, the head coach of the Washington Bullets, Anseld, gave Da Ben a chance to join his team.
According to the content chatting on the phone, Jiang Dongbing could also clearly feel that the other party's main target was actually David Taylon. They might be thinking about recruiting David to make up for the inside vacancy that Da Ben left.
As for Jackson, they didn't dare to expect it at all!
If Virginia United University is a top-notch university, then Jiang Dongbing would definitely agree without saying a word, but now they are just a second-level alliance school, so Jiang Dongbing could not have sold David just because the other party asked him to be the head coach.
The key is that Jiang Dongbing also looks down on the second-level alliance school, so it would be better to stay in Butler.
The players that Butler cannot recruit, even Virginia United University cannot recruit, and Jiang Dongbing can live more comfortably with Butler.
Of course, Jiang Dongbing has the ambition to climb up, but his goals definitely do not include second-tier league teams.
...
Just as he hung up the phone, the phone rang again. Jiang Dongbing answered dozens of calls in the whole day.
Half of these calls, like Virginia United University, were all trying to provide Jiang Dongbing with a job and then get David Taylon.
The other half is the first-tier league team, and they are more targeting Jackson.
The second-tier league probably knew very well that Jackson could not choose them, so he simply didn't mention Jackson's name.
Jiang Dongbing thought about it and called Jackson and David to his office the next day, and David's mother Robin was also called over.
"Young guys, in the next few days, you may make the first extremely important decision in your life." Jiang Dongbing said to the two proud beloved generals in front of you.
Jackson looked full of longing. Although he had been delayed for a year, during this year, under the training of Jiang Dongbing, he could clearly feel the progress of his strength.
As Jiang Dongbing has always said, sharpening a knife will not delay chopping wood, and he will enter NCAA with stronger strength. This delay of one year may not be a bad thing.
Robin was also looking forward to it. Even in her dream, she never expected that her son would have such a day, and her eyes were full of gratitude when she looked at Jiang Dongbing.
Before Jiang Dongbing could continue talking, the phone rang, and Jiang Dongbing directly opened the hands-free one.
"Hello, Coach Jiang, I'm Rogers, who contacted you yesterday, the head of basketball operations at the University of Louisville."
"Hello, Superintendent Rogers, Stephen and David are by my side, you can have a good chat with them." Jiang Dongbing was like a matchmaker who helped others to help.
Rodgers' only goal is Jackson, who is not very concerned about David, probably because they have a strong center in the team, and they think David's performance against the Pine Hawks is just a flash in the pan.
"We welcome Stephen to the Cardinals, who is a natural leader, and we just lack such a leader to lead us to the national championship."
"If Coach Jiang is interested in joining the Cardinals, we are willing to provide Coach Jiang with a job," Rodgers said at the end.
This made Jackson's eyes shine and he quickly asked: "What job? What job can you provide to the coach?"
He originally didn't think that he could play under Jiang Dongbing in the future. Now, after Rogers reminded him, he found that as long as Jiang Dongbing was willing, they could "transfer" with Jiang Dongbing.
"The Cardinals are currently missing an assistant coach, with a salary of about 80,000 US dollars." Rodgers replied.
Jackson was immediately displeased, "Teacher Assistant? Do you know what you are talking about?"
"David and I will be NBA All-Star players in the future. You asked the coaches who trained two All-Stars to be assistants for you? Why don't you let Clinton be assistants for your principal!"
"Bang!" Before Rogers could reply, Jackson hung up the phone.
Jiang Dongbing's mouth twitched. Jackson's temperament was so straightforward that he directly confronted the other party to heaven with disagreement.
"Coach, I suddenly thought of a good idea. Why don't we go together and three of us join a team!"
"I and David are packed together, and I can help the coach get a head coach position, and I must be a team in the first-tier league."
"David, would you continue playing with me and the coach?" Jackson supported David Tyron next to him with his arm.
"Yes." David replied in a low voice.
Robin, who was standing beside her, had her eyes flushed with joy. She was originally happy and worried. She was happy that her children had the opportunity to enter a good school, but she was worried that David would be bullied if he would be unsociable after he went there.
Now, if the three of you can really continue to work together, Robin doesn't have to worry about David at all. He believes that Jiang Dongbing will definitely take good care of his children.
Jiang Dongbing felt strange. Is this considered eating Jackson and David's soft rice? It's true that the soft rice smells quite fragrant.
Next, many top universities called, but they didn't mean to hire Jiang Dongbing as the head coach. Jackson was quite straightforward. When he heard that the other party refused, he hung up the phone directly.
It’s really because Jiang Dongbing has too little qualifications. He said he led the team to defeat the Song Eagles, but now he doesn’t have real results. Who cares about the results of the third-level league...
Therefore, it is not that easy for Jiang Dongbing to find a decent head coaching job.
"Dongdong." A knock on the door came from outside the office.
Jiang Dongbing opened the door and suddenly found Principal Viti standing at the door with a middle-aged man in a suit.
"Miss Viti, who is this?" Jiang Dongbing asked curiously.
"Let me introduce this, Mr. Pirlo, the head of basketball operations at the University of Pittsburgh."
"I am also my alumnus of the same class. I have important things to discuss with you this time." Viti blinked and smiled at Jiang Dongbing.
"Hello, Coach Jiang, I'm very happy to meet a young and promising coach like you." Pirlo politely extended his hand to Jiang Dongbing.
After the few people sat down, Pirlo said directly: "This time I came to Butler, in addition to recruiting Stephen and David..."
"We also have the idea of letting Mr. Jiang Dongbing be the head coach of our Panthers. I wonder if Coach Jiang has the intention to do this?"
The Pittsburgh Panthers are now missing anything. The team cannot find a leader like Jackson, nor a strong inside player like David. Even the head coach is just a temporary coach now.
Originally, Pirlo had never considered hiring Jiang Dongbing. His main purpose this time was to recruit Jackson and David, but when he learned from his colleagues from other schools, he simply made a favor to go with the flow.
Anyway, they don’t have a very suitable head coach candidate, so it’s better to let Jiang Dongbing do it first and get Jackson and David first.
If Jiang Dongbing did a good job, they would make a profit. Even if they didn't do it well, Jackson wouldn't be able to stay at the University of Pittsburgh for the rest of his life. Then he found an excuse to replace Jiang Dongbing.
Faced with the olive branch that Pirlo extended, Jiang Dongbing originally wanted to be reserved...
As a result, Jackson made a decision without saying a word, "We agree, when will we enter school?!"
"Yes, our David agreed, too." Robin said immediately.
Pirlo was very happy. If he could get Jackson and David so smoothly, the Panthers' competitiveness will be improved by at least one level next season!
Chapter completed!