Almighty Coach

A dozen people gathered in the conference room, all of them managers of the U.S. national track and field team. That includes the USA Track and Field team leader and manager, team doctor, rehab trainer, nutritionist, and even a lawyer who specializes in legal issues. In addition, there are several assistant coaches.

Affected by the doping scandal, the coaching team formed by Sebastian had already been wiped out, and the second coach Rivers was ordered in danger, and he left sadly before he had time to build his own team. The current U.S. track and field team, not to mention the deputy head coach, does not even have a special coach in charge of a certain project, only a few assistant coaches recruited temporarily.

At this time, these assistant coaches were talking in low voices, and some of them looked faintly excited.

"The new Coach Li came here yesterday morning. He locked himself in the office all day, and even ordered takeaway for lunch. I haven't seen him yet." One of them spoke.

"I saw him when I got off work yesterday. Let me tell you a piece of news, he came alone." Another person said mysteriously.

"Alone? So what?" a person next to him asked puzzled.

"One person means that he has not yet formed his own coaching team! Maybe one of us will have the opportunity to become a coach of a certain special event." The man replied.

Several assistant coaches immediately became interested. They are the lowest-level coaches in the national team. They can only be the lowest-end performers in daily training. team to the Olympics.

If you can enter the coaching team of the head coach, the situation will be completely different. At least as a special coach, in charge of a certain project, you can follow the US team to participate in the Olympics.

Someone next to him poured cold water on him: "I don't think you should think too much. There are so many coaches in the United States. Even if a new head coach wants to form a new team, he won't be able to use us."

"But the third training camp is about to start. How can the new head coach have time to form a new coaching team? He still has to rely on us."

As the head coach of the U.S. track and field team, Li Dai must first set up his own coaching team if he wants to carry out his work smoothly. He needs at least two assistants. In addition, sprint, middle-distance running and marathon, high jump, long jump, throwing, race walking, hurdles and obstacles, all of which require a special coach to take charge of them.

It’s just that building a coaching team is not something that can be done in a short while. It took Sebastian several weeks to build his own coaching team. Now many coaches are involved in doping scandals. Dai Li had fewer people to choose from, and it became more difficult to form a coaching team.

Several assistant coaches were discussing, a series of footsteps sounded from the corridor outside.

"It seems that a lot of people have come." Everyone looked in the direction of the gate, and after a few seconds, they saw Dai Li pushing the door and coming in, and Dai Li was followed by eight or nine people.

"Why did you bring so many people?" Everyone looked at Dai Li curiously.

Dai Li coughed dryly, cleared his throat, and said, "Hi everyone, I am Dai Li, the new head coach. Behind me are my coaching team. I will introduce them to you in a while."

The expressions of the assistant coaches who were looking forward to it suddenly became gloomy. Everyone couldn't understand how Dai Li, who came alone yesterday, turned into a whole coaching team today.

"Coach Li, I didn't expect you to build up a coaching team so quickly. But these coaches look very unfamiliar." The American track and field team leader and manager Downey who spoke had met Dai Li before.

"These are the coaches of my own physical training center." Dai Li pointed behind him, and then said: "Time is running out, I don't have time to contact other coaches, and a new team also needs time to adjust, so I just bring My people come, we are familiar with each other, and we have already formed a tacit understanding, which can save the time of running-in, and can devote ourselves to work faster."

"So that's how it is." Downey thought to himself, rich coaches are different. It's so easy to set up a coaching team. It would take a few weeks for others to complete, but Dai Li directly recruited his employees. It is easy to complete.

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Under the leadership of Dai Li, the third training session of the American track and field team was carried out step by step. The training went smoothly. There were no unexpected changes, and no athletes intentionally made trouble or disobeyed management. Everything was carried out according to Dai Li's plan. conduct.

The list of participants of the US team has been reported to the International Olympic Committee, and the current US Olympic delegation can be regarded as officially established. According to the usual practice, after the participants are determined, each sports association will also hold a media meeting.

The U.S. track and field team has always been the team with the largest number of people in the U.S. Olympic delegation, so the scale of the media meeting has always been relatively large, and every media meeting can be described as a gathering of big names. Only this time, the US Track and Field team's media meeting was a bit bleak. Affected by the doping scandal, too many big-name athletes were unable to participate. Therefore, at the media meeting, only a few people such as Alvin forcibly supported the scene.

Although there are many fewer celebrities, there are quite a few reporters present. Most of the reporters are very good. Came for other purposes, such as asking for trouble.

A male reporter wearing black-rimmed glasses took the microphone and asked: "I heard some rumors that the selection of the national team athletes was unfair this time, and some athletes did not perform well in the selection competition. , was even eliminated in the first round, but was selected for the national team; and some athletes, whose results in the trials were obviously better, were not selected, I wonder if this rumor is true of?"

"Sure enough, someone raised such a question." Chief Operating Officer Frey smiled calmly, and he said calmly: "Before this, the only criterion for our selection of athletes was the results of the Olympic trials, but this year's situation is a bit special. Some of our athletes were involved in the doping scandal and withdrew from the current national team. Due to the limitation of the registration time of the International Olympic Committee, we must report the list of athletes to the International Olympic Organizing Committee as soon as possible, so some athletes , was personally selected by our head coach, Mr. Li Dai."

The reporter wearing glasses then asked: "Then, Coach Li, how do you ensure fairness in the selection of athletes?

The microphone was passed to Dai Li. Dai Li thought for a while and said, "As for the selection of athletes, I will give priority to selecting better athletes."

"And how do you determine that an athlete is better than others? What are your criteria?" the bespectacled reporter asked in a pestering tone.

"There are many evaluation criteria, such as physical condition, personal talent, athletic ability, overall strength, effort, mental stability, injury status, and even the desire to win, all of which are within my consideration. I will make a comprehensive consideration, and then Select a suitable athlete." Dai Li said slowly.

"Your comprehensive consideration?" The eye reporter smiled disdainfully: "Then can I think that you rely on personal preferences to select athletes?"

Dai Li frowned slightly. This reporter asked such pointed and sharp questions, obviously because he was afraid that the world would not be chaotic, so he deliberately came to find fault.

"Of course you can't think that way, because your understanding is wrong." Dai Li's expression became serious, and he continued: "If you want to be selected by me, the athlete's comprehensive ability must be recognized by me. This has nothing to do with personal preferences, recognizing someone's ability and having a good impression of someone are completely different things."

Dai Li spread his hands, and then said: "For example, the best actor in the Oscar every year, you may not like him, but you will definitely recognize his acting skills. You can't say that because you don't like this actor, you think he has no acting skills ; or do you think that every Oscar winner wins not because they are good enough themselves, but because the judges like them more?"

The reporter wearing glasses was at a loss for words. He originally wanted to change the concept, but he didn't expect that Dai Li was also good at using this trick.

"Then how do you prove that the athletes you selected are more capable? What if there are parallel imports among them?" the reporter wearing glasses asked angrily.

"You are a reporter, you should be able to see the news value of a report, because this is your professional skill. Similarly, I am a coach, as it should be, I can also see the comprehensive ability of an athlete, This is also my professional skill. Interlacing is like a mountain, and you are not a coach, so you may think that what I say is a bit fanciful, but if I, a sports coach, do your job, for example, to distinguish whether a report has As for the news value, I also feel in the fog." Dai Li replied.

When it comes to the professionalism of sports coaches, reporters wearing glasses are obviously no match for Dai Li. Even sports reporters who specialize in sports news may write sports-related comments in a logical manner, but when it comes to professionalism, they ? Impossible to match a career coach.

The reporter was obviously not reconciled to failure, and he continued: "Coach Li, according to you, only athletes you approve can enter the national team? You make me feel like a dictator, which is not at all democracy."

"Democracy? Do you think that voting should be used to determine who should enter the national team? Then the Olympic games don't have to be used, and the champion is determined by voting. Does this achieve what you call democracy?" Dai Li looked indifferently. Looking at the reporter with glasses, he continued: "There is no democracy in competitive sports. This is a world where the strong prey on the weak and the winner is king. Your democracy cannot help the US team win even one more medal!"

Dai Li said as he patted his chest: "And I'm the head coach of the U.S. track and field team, so my approval is the standard for entering the U.S. track and field team!"

At this moment, Dai Li exuded the light of a domineering president.