On an ordinary day eight years ago, Eric spoolstra rewritten Josh Richardson’s career.
Richardson was a hot rookie defender at that time, and he almost didn’t get the chance to play. He usually went to the stadium to practice shooting on the other day. But on this day, as soon as he practiced halfway, he saw the two-Crown Coach Spo coming towards him. Before that, the most in-depth communication between them was limited to Spike’s rejection of Richardson’s application to devolve the G League again and again, because at least he could get more playing time in the G League.
“He always said, ‘I want to see you train, and I want you to see how we train every day,'” Richardson recalled. “I respect his opinion. I didn’t have never seen a tough coach in college. I was prepared for this, but SIBO…… Spike is harder than them.”
But it was not until that day of rest that he understood what this toughness represented.
Spike gave Richard Sen such an order: 100 three-point shooting exercises and 10 shots at each point. A total of 70 goals are qualified.
“So I hit the iron for a while, my hands were hot for a while, and finally 57 were thrown,” he said.
Since he didn’t finish the goal, SIBO asked him to run back and forth on the court five times. Richard Sen couldn’t help laughing at himself when he was immersed in running: His teammates were probably on vacation on the beach. Look at what he was doing?
“I thought to myself, ‘it’s really speechless! This is a rest day. What does he think? ‘”Said Richardson.
Running out of sweat all over, Richardson continued the shooting challenge. This time he feels a lot better, maybe 63 or 64.
“Five more trips,” SPO said.
At this moment, Richardson was a little spicy and hot: “I have already blamed him in my mind, ‘Don’t forget that I am cooperating with you. ‘”After running, he picked up the ball and threw it out and scolded a dirty word. But to his surprise, spike seemed to be very happy about it.
“He said, ‘that’s right! Just fight with yourself! ‘”Said Richardson. “I’m surprised, what does this guy mean, ‘what are you talking about? ‘”
He was so tired that he was out of breath that he started the third challenge with dirty words.
“I voted over and over again, and I remember I had 69 together,” Richardson said. “It was really the limit at that time.”
Spike raised his right hand and raised his index finger, indicating that he would run five more times.
“I was directly angry,” said Richardson.
Even if he burst into anger, he still started the fourth round trip. Even though he was so angry, he still wanted to be recognized. He was very alert from an early age and did not trust others easily. But at half of the rookie season, he had already begun to admire SIBO just by observing his words.
“Without respect for no reason, he must have come up with something that can convince me,” Richardson said. “SIBO is a guy who does everything more than anyone else. He works very hard. Everyone knows that the heat has culture, but he is really doing it. From the first day I joined, everyone told me that Sibo was always striving for better. And I found that he was almost paranoid about it.”
The fourth round trip of Richardson was different from the previous three. He began to have a sense of mission and felt a fanatical concentration. Then, he scored 70 goals and had not finished all of them. At the moment he finally finished, he didn’t celebrate or even have any mood. He watched SIBO coming and prepared to respond. And Sibo patted his chest hard.
“He said, ‘You did it! You did it! ‘”Said Richardson. “He said, ‘Come here is not just shooting, not like this. To fight, to force yourself. I have to practice like this every day in the future. ‘”
After that, Richardson played for five teams one after another, earning more than 56 million dollars in his career. He said that the intensity of each shooting training was never lower than the standard set by SPO.
“I practice shooting like that every day, which has become a daily habit and has always maintained that kind of hard work and pressure,” he said.
Everyone who deals with SIBO can tell a different story. After all, it is hard for someone not to be moved by him. His encouragement, his anger, his challenge and his delicacy can be said to shape the foundation of this team. He led the Heat to the finals and won two championships. Last year, he was officially elected to the list of 15 greatest coaches. Last month, his coaching victory has entered the top 20 in history.
Many people love to tell the story of SIBO, because he himself is too low-key, which also brings a touch of mystery to his success. Since the character record of Li Jenkins (translated note: Zhan Huang returned to his hometown) in Sports Illustrated in 2014, he has never talked about himself specifically to the media. He said that the reason why he was so resistant was that he had been put on the fire for four years during the period of the hot three giants, and now he just wanted to return to the background. Moreover, he hyped himself heavily, which also violated one of his most important principles: there was only “us” and no “me” in the heat “.
Therefore, we can only see the way of SIBO through the stories of his population. It was his passion, fighting spirit and courage to face the conflict that made him succeed, and at the same time made him realize the principle of harmony between yin and yang in the process of teaching.
“Everyone likes him,” Kelly ollinick said. “But at the same time, everyone hates him.”
But before SIBO’s Way was formed, he had to find himself before he knew how to communicate with players and move their hearts. And this journey began from the tears that might be his lowest point.
* * * *
The morning in the office, when his eyes were red and swollen, changed SIBO’s life. There are still celebration ribbons on the court not far away, because the night before, The Lone Ranger just beat the heat with a score of 4-2 and won the championship in 2011.
With shock and heartache, SIBO did not leave the stadium after losing. He suffered a lot and felt that he was also responsible for the team being reversed. Even with the three giants, the heat is still unable to return to the sky. On the defensive end, the Lone Ranger ruled the forbidden zone and Zhan Wei broke through the gate. On the offensive side, the speed and talent advantages of the Heat were dispelled, and The Lone Ranger restricted their ball holding and passing, so they could always strike first.
Spike didn’t know how to fight back, which made him extremely depressed.
At dawn, assistant professor David Greamfizz Dell also returned to the stadium. He found SIBO sitting behind his desk, and both of them were angry.
“I just opened the door and knew what happened last night.” Greamfizz Dell said. “It was probably the longest night in his life. He doesn’t look good.”
Since working together as a video editor in the heat in 1997, they have cultivated strong friendship, so they opened their hearts and talked about the pain and depression brought by the finals.
“He collapsed and blamed himself very much,” Greamfizz Dell said. “So we two old friends sat there, with red eyes, comforting each other and finding ourselves so small.”
After that, SIBO took a nose, cleared his throat and sorted out his emotions. He looked at Greamfizz Dale firmly.
“That was his typical gesture, staring at me with red eyes and saying, ‘never lose like this again! Blame me…… How should we adjust next? ‘”Greamfizz Dell said.
Their brainstorm lasted until that afternoon. The attack plan was re-formulated. In order to create more space for Zhan Wei, the big people who did not score no longer occupied the strong side. On the defensive side, the effect of bag clip is enhanced by adding more cross cover, in order to guard against teams like the Lone Ranger to create opportunities through swift passing. After only half a day, they completely rewritten the tactical book of the heat.
“It was a significant moment, and failure actually led us to victory,” Greamfizz Dell said. “But the key still lies in the words of SIBO, ‘do you know? I am not perfect, and this team is not invincible. We can’t just let them blame Leblanc. We have to do our best to avoid such a situation repeating itself. ‘”
Ron Rothstein, who has been a coach in NBA for 26 years and a teaching assistant for six years under SIBO, said that when the Heat coach team met for a meeting in the new season, he felt Sibo was different.
“The defeat was lingering in his mind,” Rostein said. “I have never talked with him deeply, but I can see it from his eyes. When we chat in the office, he will fall into silence alone. I know he is hurt. We are all the same. But what makes him strong is that after encountering setbacks, he has enough wisdom to see everything clearly. He can learn from his mistakes.”
There are not only tactical books changed, but also spark himself. During his first four years as manager, he tried his best to make himself look like a real manager, but he never adapted to this role. But on the longest night of his life, he recognized himself and finally had his own voice.
“The pain of defeat made him stronger and stronger. His sense of presence in training became stronger and stronger. He began to challenge the people around him and spur them to grow up,” Greamfizz Dell said. “This change is very exaggerated. By the beginning of the new season, he really had that kind of personality charm. He set a very high standard for the team and refused to back down at all.”
With a new look in both attitude and determination, the Heat played the ruling power of Dynasty level: he entered the finals for four consecutive years and won two consecutive championships in 2012 and 2013, and played a 27-game winning streak in the 2012-13 season, winning 66 in a single season. All of these have hardened the unique coaching style of SIBO, and whoever makes a moths in the team must be solved on the table. This is very different from the current NBA dressing room environment. Most coaches and even teams are eager to please the stars and avoid the poison of some selfish people on the team’s chemical reaction.
“Many teams tend to avoid conflicts; But he chooses to face them directly,” ollinick said. “He even liked it. He thinks this kind of thing will make people stronger and better.”
* * * *
Boom-Adebayor clenched his fists and hit them hard. Once, twice, three times. On one side, the fist represents SIBO, and on the other side, it represents himself.
“We sometimes go against each other like this,” he said as he hit his fist. “There were several times when I was so angry that I quarreled directly at the scene.”
Almost every time, they quarreled because of victory and how to win. Regardless of whether the content of the quarrel is tactics, investment or selfishness, SPO always asks three requirements: look at each other directly when communicating, and the resentment does not rise to the personal level. No matter how fierce the quarrel is, there must be a result.
SPO dared to confront the players in a showdown in the national live match, including the eastern semi-finals and Wade in 2012 and Butler in last March. But these contradictions have never affected the course of the whole season. At that time, he broke out conflicts with Wade, and the heat was still successfully promoted and finally defeated Thunder to win the championship. Similarly, he and Butler quarreled at the end of the regular season against the Warriors, but then the Heat still played all the way to the seventh game of the Eastern finals.
“SIBO knows the truth of true gold fears no fire,” said Greamfizz Dell. “The way to create opportunities for yourself through the test of quenching is to spread everything out.”
Rostein also said: “This is a bit like some kind of marriage philosophy: allowing the gap to widen will only worsen the relationship. We may as well face up to the problem. Only in this way can we make things right.”
The dispute with Butler last year may be the most public and thorough demonstration of SPO’s resolute refusal to retreat. During that pause, he constantly provoked Butler. Veteran Hasham also wanted to rush up and was stopped by his teammates. Butler refused to be interviewed for this article, but a year later, all the parties present mentioned this matter with a smile.
“Any ordinary training of the Heat team is like this,” Hasham said. “We usually look like this, this attitude. At that time, my dissatisfaction with Jimmy was, ‘what was he doing there? Can we have a good discussion and unite to play the game? As for whether our relationship was affected or not, we drank and played cards the next day. ‘”
Coreb Martin said that the conflict between Butler and Sibo had more advantages than disadvantages for the team.
“I knew we were going to get better at that time,” Martin said. “Outsiders may think that we are going to fall apart after seeing it, but in fact, this matter has brought everyone back into a group. Everyone who went back to the dressing room understood that this was not a personal grudge, so we immediately started a dialogue. Let’s say that everyone should not struggle. As a result, everyone has a clear mind. Whatever outsiders say, there is no hostility inside us, and we can speak directly. I think that was really the best moment last season.”
Greamfizz Dell revealed that when SIBO quarreled with Wade in 2012, Wade misunderstood SIBO’s words before questioning him. The two had a quarrel. Later, Wade took time to visit his college coach Tom Klin. After he returned to the team, he solved the contradiction with SIBO.
“I will never forget that everyone didn’t talk about it at that time,” Greamfizz Dell said. “Before the start of G4, we watched the video together. SIBO explained to the whole team, ‘it is normal that such a thing happened in the playoffs, and contradictions are inevitable. Then he looked at Wade and said, ‘D, are you okay? ‘Wade said, ‘coach, it’s okay. Then nothing happened.”
This is the sun side taught by SIBO. Basically, he never compromised and would not allow the stars to put themselves before the team. For some people, this is an irreconcilable contradiction, but SIBO’s goal is never to be a good man.
“He doesn’t want to please anyone, and he doesn’t care whether you like him or not,” Greamfizz Dell said. “He just wants you to go through that hardening, and this kind of process is bound to be difficult. Some players may scold him as an asshole, but he is not an asshole, just a tough attitude. He will never back down on really important issues.”
Ollinick also said: “If there is a discord in the team, he can settle it. When it comes to the playoffs or when it comes to a critical moment, the team will often be able to deal with it calmly, because everyone already has enough respect for each other. So it’s hard for you not to appreciate him. I am really think everyone respects him. What he has done is for the best interests of the team. Even if sometimes players disagree with him about what is the best interests, they will still respect his attitude, because his efforts to win are undeniable.”
How does a coach who is so stubborn and straightforward that he may hurt others win this respect?
“This is the magic of SIBO,” Adebayor said. “He can always let players buy money, let everyone believe in his system, and believe that he can become better.”
Some players said that the key to SIBO’s respect lies in his empathy. Either giving gifts, caring about the players’ families, or taking a walk together to watch the sunrise in the morning, SIBO is willing to participate in the players’ life, which makes him different from others. Sometimes, even a simple text message can become a profound communication.
* * * *
On March 9th, it was a day off. As soon as Martin finished his dinner, the phone rang. It’s a text message from Spike.
Martin had been starting before, but after the end of the all-star holiday at the end of February, Spike transferred him to the substitute, making the loafers who had just signed the contract become the starting point. After playing several games like this, SPO sent a text message to express his sympathy to Martin, confirming his value-both starting and substitute are the same.
The words sent by Spark are more than one or two sentences. Martin said that the space he wrote occupied the whole mobile phone screen.
“Obviously he thought it over,” Martin said.
The main purpose of SIBO is to praise Martin’s contribution to the team and his gratitude for giving up the starting line. This kind of thing is not acceptable to everyone.
“It’s very sweet anyway,” Martin said. “Texting may sound like a trivial matter, but he has such concerns and cares about my thoughts, which only shows that he is not a coach who only focuses on the game. He cares about players and our lives. I believe everyone in the team had such an exchange with him, but I am really appreciated his care, and it was on the rest day.”
Victor Oladipo said that when his daughter Naomi was born last year, his family received a gift. That was a set of small clothes that SPO chose for his child.
“She is still wearing those clothes,” Oladipo said. “I am I didn’t expect spike to do this and think of these things. But this only shows how much he cares about players. Many people really can’t give such gifts, so they are very good at putting themselves in the shoes of thinking and communication. What is great about him is that the gift he gives has nothing to do with his work, but it can really inspire and move others.”
Max Strous said that whenever his family in Chicago visited Miami, SIBO would always greet them and pay attention to what happened in his family.
“Many things are very personal. For example, when he knew that my sister had just given birth, he would ask her if she was good. The general head coach can’t do this, “Strous said. “I found that one of his biggest characteristics was never high. He already has the status of a famous and handsome man, but he can still maintain an ordinary heart and take care of others.”
When Winslow was depressed after his injury, SPO was the first person to remind his family. He Called Winslow’s brother and said Winslow’s state was not right. He also went to Los Angeles during the offseason to meet Winslow and professional surfer Laird Hamilton.
Winslow didn’t conflict with SIBO less in the four and a half years of the Heat’s effectiveness, but SIBO never gave up his efforts to seek common ground while reserving differences. In Los Angeles, they and Hamilton began to build a trust relationship. For example, they sank into the bottom of the swimming pool together with heavy loads, then opened their eyes and forced themselves to turn to each other for help in this way.
Gradually, Winslow walked out of the Depression and invited SIBO to go up the mountain with him to watch the sunrise. Finally one day, he let go of the estrangement to SIBO.
“We talk like two men,” Winslow said. “At that moment, our identities were no longer coaches and players.”
Now Winslow has been away from the heat for three years. When talking about his views on SIBO, he said, “Now I understand him better, and I really wish I could have this kind of consciousness at that time. It’s still late…… I learned too many things in the heat, but many of them were understood after the change of time, so I respect his way of doing things in the heat very much.”
* * * *
On March 6th, the Heat played the hawks at home, which was a key match in the playoff ranking. The eagle scored eight consecutive rounds of goals at the beginning, and Sibo was furious. After 4 minutes, he paused, rushed to the court, waved his arms sharply, then pointed to the floor and shouted, “stop now!”
On the side line, he tried hard to write a picture on the coaching board, venting his dissatisfaction to the whole team. What did he say?
“Cheer up for me,” Adebayor said. “It can be said that it is very straightforward.”
The heat came back and won the game, but throughout the season, they were still quite disappointing. They reached the finals in 2020 and played seven games with Celtics in the Eastern finals last season, but most of the regular season this season, they were wandering on the edge of the playoffs.
Sibo said this season was very special, and he had never encountered such frequent adjustments in tactics and rotation. The hot fire team was the first in the league due to injury and lack of battle. The average score was the last one, and the war situation was always anxious, and the game was not easy to play. It was not easy, it was disappointed, but Spo enjoyed it. He called it “exercise”.
“He always said that if he could overcome such difficulties, he would be the most passionate moment,” Haslem said.
Therefore, always SIBO said that hard work represented “the beauty of temper” and constantly praised the tenacity shown by the team, which was the temperament of “rolling out of the mud.
“This is what I admire most about him,” loafers said. “His fighting spirit, he is keen on the process of hunting and chasing. Now, we have experienced difficulties, but it is difficult to achieve any greatness. We talked about it that day. Winning the highest honor can be said to be the most difficult task. I am glad to see that he fully understands what I mean.”
Players have to learn to perceive when there is spike as a coach. What you perceive may be anger, joy or depression. But that is always understood. Before the start of the playoffs, the heat was not regarded as a hit to win the championship, but the players in the dressing room didn’t think so.
“To outsiders, we should be a team with no clue,” Martin said. “But in fact, we truly believe that we can achieve great things. Everyone will shout slogans, but we really believe that we can really feel its existence. In our hearts, this team has always been heading for the championship.”
The source of these beliefs and feelings? Of course, it is Spike. He has won 96 playoff victories, which is the highest coaching victory record in the league after he took office in 2008.
Martin said: “With him, we will feel that we have a chance to win the championship. This is also the reason why we are different from other teams. Maybe it’s not good for us to touch and roll all the way, but in our eyes, this is the most passionate look.”
Original Author: Jason Quick
Published: 2023.4.7
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