"Paul, something unfortunate happened to the team. This afternoon team manager John Weisbrod, president Bob Vandervelde, head coach Yoni Davis and assistant coach Martin Kent were involved in a car accident and are now all
You are being treated in the hospital, so you will serve as the acting head coach for the team's last two games." Old Pat said on the phone. From his deep voice, Edison could tell that Old Pat was in great pain and irritability.
.
"How could this happen?"
"The details are not clear. The information the police told me was that the four of them were traveling in a car together, and then they encountered a truck with a flat tire from the opposite side on Clear Lake Avenue, which pushed them out and fell into the lake.
Fortunately, the ambulance crew arrived at the scene in time and rescued all four of them, but their condition is also very bad." Old Pat sighed.
"How are their injuries? Are their lives in danger?" Edison asked anxiously.
"It's still possible, but Weisbrod and Davis are not out of danger yet and are still in a coma... All four people have suffered severe trauma, multiple fractures on their bodies, and varying degrees of concussion.
.Wade Wade and Kent were already awake, but they couldn't get off the ground... Weisbrod was in the driver's seat, so he was rescued at the end. He was already submerged in the water at the time, and Davis was in the head.
The impact on his head was the most serious, and his skull was fractured. He is still awake now. The doctor said that he cannot rule out the possibility of staying like this and becoming a vegetative state." Old Pat's thinking was obviously confused and his speech was not regulated.
"Then why did they..."
"Okay, Paul. Let's stop here now. I will go to the training ground tomorrow to announce that you have become the acting coach. As for the four of them, I won't talk about it until tomorrow. I don't know much. Okay, Paul, that's it. I'm hanging up.
The line is on." Before Edison could say anything, Old Pat hung up the phone. Although Edison was anxious, he had clearly felt Old Pat's boredom, so even though he was worried, he did not choose to bother Old Pat anymore.
At this time, Edison did not think about it, nor did he think about it. He finally became the head coach of an NBA team and could command NBA players. But when the wheel of fate spins, there will always be one person who will be the lucky one.
The next day, April 12, Edison arrived at the Amway Center early. After waiting for a while, the players and other staff arrived at the scene. Edison could see that many people did not know that something big had happened to the team, and everyone still
They were relaxed as usual, laughing and playing with each other.
But as time passed and head coach Davis hadn't arrived yet, everyone clearly felt that something was wrong. Although Davis' coaching ability was average, he was very dedicated, although he was not exaggerated enough to be the first one to arrive at training every day.
Although he is rarely late for the game, he is rarely late. We have been training for half an hour today, and Davis has not come yet, and neither has his right-hand man Kent, which has led to various speculations.
"Paul, what's wrong today? I see that you don't look happy, and Yoni and Martin haven't come to the training ground yet. We have to play the Bulls tonight, and there's no way Davis and the others will be late. You must know something,
What the hell is going on?" Kevin Willis, the team's veteran center who had a good relationship with Edison, found an opportunity to come over and asked.
Edison was about to answer when he heard someone entering the training ground and shouting, "Do you know, it was reported in the news just now that our head coach Yoni Davis, Martin, Weisbrod and Mr. Vandevelde yesterday afternoon
In addition to the car accident, all four people are currently receiving treatment at Ben Harvey Lakeside Hospital."
After hearing the news, everyone immediately became confused. Someone immediately took out their laptops to search for relevant information online. The entire training ground suddenly became a mess, with everyone bumping around like headless flies...
Edison stood up at this time and said, "Everyone, be quiet, be quiet, and listen to me." The training ground was still noisy, and no one paid attention to Edison. Everyone was still doing their own thing.
"Quiet, everyone, stand where you are, listen to me now." Edison shouted. The training ground gradually became quiet. Edison waited until everyone stopped talking and stopped walking.
, said slowly, "The news just now is correct, everyone be quiet, listen to me first. Yesterday, Yoni, Martin, Vandevelde and Weisbrod were in a car accident. A large truck had a flat tire and lost control, killing them.
I squeezed into Clear Lake from the road. What I know is that Vandevelde and Martin are basically out of danger, but they have multiple fractures on their bodies and still need to recover. Weisbrod and Yoni haven't woken up yet, so I
I got the news last night, and I don’t know the current situation. Both of them were seriously injured. Both of them were hit on the head. Yoni’s skull has been fractured. Although Weisbrod did not have a fracture, he was injured in the lake.
It's flooded and it's very serious. That's all I know. Everyone, calm down. I will be the acting head coach for tonight's game, so I will preside over this morning's training. Pat Williams will be here soon.
Announce this information. I will now give you 10 minutes to discuss or confirm this information. In ten minutes, everyone will gather with me at the training ground, including players and coaches, as well as players recovering from injuries. Come back and continue.
Do you understand the training?" As he spoke, Edison also named a few people and asked them clearly if they understood. After receiving a positive answer, Edison continued: "Okay, give it to me in ten minutes from now.
Come back to assemble and disband now."
As soon as the disbandment was announced, the training ground was once again in a state of chaos. A group of 3 or 5 people who usually had good relationships gathered together, some were discussing intensely, and some were whispering in low voices.
People are very strange. Many things are something that you don’t know how to cherish when you have them, but you don’t know how important they are until you lose them.
The players of the Magic are also in this state now. Team management leaders like Weisbrod and Vandevelde don’t have much direct contact with the players and rarely see them, so it doesn’t matter. But the head coach Yoni David
It's different in Magic. This season, the original head coach Doc Rivers was fired due to poor record in seven games. Yoni Davis was appointed as the head coach of the Magic on November 7, 2003. Although David
Si's coaching level is very average, and the team's record is still not improving, but in the past six months, everyone has become accustomed to Yoni standing in the position of the head coach and giving orders to everyone. Of course, if it is because of the record, the team will
If he is fired and a new coach is hired, then there are only two possibilities for everyone's feelings. If he was incapable of doing things before and caused outrage and discord between the generals, then everyone will only feel happy and think that he should have been fired long ago and then welcome him
The new coach. If he did a good job before, lived in harmony with everyone, and worked together, but was fired because of lack of strength or other reasons, then everyone will feel sad that the rabbit died and the fox died, and the mood may be low for a day or two, and then the mentality will
It's easier to adjust and then put the experience back into the game.
But this is not the case now. Because of the accident, Yoni Davis was unable to continue coaching the team. Neither the players nor the coach had any adaptation process or early signs. They suddenly changed people. Everyone felt that the backbone was missing.
, you will feel inexplicably panic in your heart, and even the best players will become overwhelmed. (This is not my personal imagination, but to give a real example, Karl, the Nuggets head coach in 10 years, had to die due to cancer.
If you don't put down the pointer and go for treatment, the Nuggets, a strong team, will be finished in an instant, and their playing will obviously become less organized. The downwind ball is okay, but once the wind goes against the wind, everyone will be very impatient. Even if they are better than
Players like Billups also behave very abnormally. Billups' psychological quality and business intelligence are the best in the entire NBA, and even in the sports circle. I say he has the best mental quality.
, is the first. Some people may object, but there are definitely people who support him. Players like him cannot adjust themselves well, and then the Nuggets suffered a direct tragedy. Later, it didn't matter that Melo left. This shows that this unexpected coaching change
The lethality to the player’s team.)….
Ten minutes soon arrived, and players and coaches returned to the training ground one after another. However, Edison found that no one was in the mood to train. Although everyone was still engaged in various activities, both players and coaches were absent-minded and wanted to train.
A player like McGrady would hit his foot simply by dribbling for a layup, which shows how bad everyone's condition is.
Regarding everyone's confused state, Edison saw it and was anxious in his heart, but there was nothing he could do because he was in the same state now. About half an hour later, Pat arrived at the training ground and said, "I
I think everyone knows that the team has had some misfortunes. Head coach Yoni Davis and assistant coach Martin Kent had an accident. They can no longer be with you for a short period of time, and they cannot know about everyone's game training. After the ball
According to the team's research, Paul Edison will be the acting head coach in the last two games of this season. Paul is the old man of the team and everyone is familiar with it, so I won't introduce him anymore. I believe Paul can lead everyone out of the trough and become the basis of the team.
The season has come to a successful end. I would like to ask Paul Edison to tell you a few words." After speaking, Old Pat took the lead in applauding, and then made a gesture of invitation to Edison.
Edison also clapped politely in front of the players, "I know everyone is sad now, and I am too, but being sad doesn't solve the problem. I hope everyone can forget this sadness first, put it aside, and focus again.
Go to the competition field and training field. If you have no objections, please continue training now. In addition, go to the locker room half an hour early tonight to prepare for the game."
In fact, Edison also clearly understood that nothing he said at this time was in vain, and no one could listen, but there was no way, he couldn't let everyone disperse and prepare to go to bed. He still had to say something in this kind of situation, and then sent Old Pat to leave.
Before leaving the training field, Old Pat suddenly turned around and said to Edison seriously, "Paul, I know this is difficult to do, but I hope you can win a victory today, which can also be a comfort to Johnny and the others. But everyone's
Morale is obviously a problem now, I hope you can solve it." Then he patted Edison's shoulder hard.
At 8 o'clock in the evening on April 12, Orlando Magic players arrived in the locker room one after another and found that there was an extra rear-projector in the locker room. Acting head coach Edison was playing with the computer next to the rear-projector. Soon everyone was organized
, Edison began to mobilize before the game.
In the meantime, Edison turned on the rear projection and connected to the computer. Everyone's eyes were wandering on the curtain and Edison's face, their eyes full of suspicion.
The camera connected, and the team's assistant coach Martin Kent appeared on the rear projection. Martin was lying on the bed, his body covered with bandages, his right leg was in a plaster for traction, and his right hand was also in a plaster. It was obvious that these two places had been fractured.
But Martin still smiled at the camera, and then tried to wave his right hand out of habit, but found that he couldn't move, so he waved his left hand instead, and then Martin's voice came from the speaker, "Hello, everyone. I am Martin.
, I’ve become like this, can everyone still recognize me?” Then came the hearty laughter that everyone is very familiar with. “Yesterday, Mr. van de Velde, Mr. Weisbrod and Jonny David and I
I had a little accident and ended up like this. It looks like a mummy. But it doesn't matter. Although it looks serious, it is all flesh wounds. It will be fine after 3 or 5 months of treatment. But
It's a pity that I can't be with you all. This is more painful than a broken bone. Tonight we are playing against the Bulls at home. You must work hard. Paul, it's up to you. You must lead everyone to defeat the Bulls. I will be on the TV
For those watching the live broadcast of the game, I will also record the performance of each of you. If any of you performs poorly, I will train him hard when I go back. Everyone must work hard." Then the same message appeared in the video.
It was Vande Velde who looked like a "mummy" and said, "Please don't worry, I'm fine, but if any of you performs poorly, then something is definitely wrong with him. You have to work hard in today's game." Finally, Weisbrod and Yoni Dai appeared.
Weiss was affected, but the two people did not wake up. The picture was taken outside the glass window...
Then Edison closed the computer and said, "This was recorded this afternoon. I asked the team staff to go to the hospital to record it. It took a lot of effort. As you know, the doctors didn't want us to disturb them. Everyone saw it.
Martin and Mr. Van de Velde have recovered well. In fact, they were also seriously injured, with 4 or 5 fractures on their bodies, but they are strong and optimistic. They are still thinking about the team, you, and everyone.
Tonight's game." Edison paused here and then continued.
"Mr. Weisbrod and Yoni are not ideal now. They haven't woken up yet and are still in a critical stage. You have also seen that their footage was taken outside the ICU ward. The doctor said their condition
It's terrible. Both of them have intracranial hemorrhage. The next 12 hours will be the most dangerous time for them, and they may not be able to survive at any time. And in fact, they survived and passed the dangerous period, but if at 0 hours
They haven't woken up yet, and they may never wake up and become vegetative." After finishing speaking, Edison looked around for a week and looked at each player carefully.
"I'm not being alarmist. I think you don't want that to happen, so I hope to win tonight's game and kill the Bulls. Of course, it doesn't mean that if we kill the Bulls, they will survive the dangerous period and wake up.
Come here, but this is the only thing we can do at the moment. They are now in the hospital fighting with themselves and with death, but I believe they must still be thinking of us, and we must use our own efforts to support them." said
Then Edison took out something and put it on the table, "This is a tape recorder. I will record the sound of today's entire game and then play it to them. I hope the tape recorder can record us outside the fans tonight.
Cheers, not boos. I hope what is recorded is DJ cheering every one of your names, not the names of those bastards from the Bulls." Edison looked around again, and then fell on McGrady's face, "t-mac, I hope you
Can you score 40 points?"
"No problem. Let me play if you want."
"Gooden, Juwan and De Klerk, I don't want to record the sound of Curry and Davis ravaging the basket. Can you do it?"
"After the slam dunk, you just hear the DJ shouting our names."
"I hope to get 100 points today, do you think there is a problem? Tyron, Bogans, Hunter."
"no problem."
"We will definitely kill the bull today, right? Kill the bull!" Edison clenched his fists and shouted loudly.
"Kill the Bulls!" "Kill the Bulls!" Magic players formed a circle, all stretched out an arm, clenched their fists, and shouted.
"Okay, let me start planning tonight's tactics."
In fact, some things are destiny. If the Magic's opponent in this game is the Spurs or Pistons, then no matter what Paul Edison does, it will be meaningless. But this is fate, luck, or character. In this special situation
At this moment, Magic encountered Bull, who was also an underdog. This gave Edison a chance to seize fate and began to try to seize fate by the throat.
If I have something to do tonight, I will upload it in advance.
