Almighty Coach

Williams came to his office with several newspapers in his hand. Judging from the smile on his face, he should be in a very good mood today.

"Good morning, Mr. Williams." The secretary immediately stepped forward to greet Williams.

"Good morning, Jenny." Williams smiled kindly, and then continued, "Go tell Mr. Frey to come to my office."

"I was just about to talk about this. Mr. Frey is waiting for you in your office now. He came early in the morning." The secretary replied.

"It seems that there are people who are more impatient than me." Williams shook his head with a smile, pushed the door and walked into his room.

Frey had been waiting for a long time. After seeing Williams, he immediately stood up. He was about to speak, but Williams threw the newspaper in his hand to Frey.

"Good job. We won four gold medals in one day. This is the best result we have achieved since the start of the track and field event. Almost all the media are talking about this matter. You, the chief operating officer, must have put a lot of effort into it!" William Si opened his mouth to praise.

"I have been in contact with those media last night. The pages of many media have been confirmed, and they have been changed temporarily, and it has become this news. But we also paid a price. I promised them that I would release a few An ad," Frey said.

"It's worth it. The impact of the doping scandal not long ago was too bad for us. It almost ruined our entire Athletics Association. Now we need a shot in the arm. The necessary publicity and public opinion guidance are correct. Choose." Williams nodded.

Frey went on to say: "Mr. Williams, I think we should strike while the iron is hot, invest more money in the media, and increase publicity, so I hope that an additional budget can be applied for publicity."

"We already have a lot of publicity budget this year, right? Moreover, the doping scandal has also consumed a large amount of our public relations expenses. Recently, we have been increasing income and reducing expenditure. If we want to increase the budget now, you need to give me A reasonable excuse." Williams asked, frowning.

"Yes, due to the Olympic Games, our publicity budget this year is indeed a bit more than in previous years. But I can guarantee that our increased investment is definitely worth it. This Olympic Games, our results are very good, and we have the opportunity to sign more With more sponsors, our current investment can get doubled returns from the sponsors!" Frey said.

Williams nodded without speaking, still thinking about the pros and cons.

Frey continued to persuade: "Mr. Williams, so far, our track and field team has won 11 gold medals in the Olympic Games, which has exceeded the total number of gold medals in track and field events we won in the last Olympic Games. After five competition days, next, minus the last day of the marathon, there are still four days of track and field competitions. We will get better gold medals and our results will become better. If we are conservative, we can at least be able to 15 gold medals, maybe even 20 if you're lucky!"

"This national team may create a history, and it may be the best result ever achieved by American Track and Field in the Olympic Games. For us, this is also a godsend opportunity to expand our influence! Take this opportunity, We can sweep away the adverse effects brought about by the previous siege of doping, not only can reshape the image of the Athletics Association, but also gain more recognition from the public. If we miss it, it is really a pity, we may wait again There is no such opportunity.”

Williams was finally persuaded, and he nodded: "You are right, the opportunity is rare. I agree with your idea. I will try to persuade the council to increase the publicity funds."

"In addition, I want to apply for a trip to Europe, and I need to apply for some public relations fees." Frey continued.

"What are you going to do?" Williams asked.

"I want to see some officers of the Lawrence Sports Association." Frey said.

"Are you going to lobby them?" Williams immediately understood Frey's intentions.

Frey nodded: "The award for the best sports team in Lawrence this year should belong to our US track and field team. In addition, I would like to try whether the award for the best comeback in Lawrence can be awarded to Alvin or Alexander. They both won the Olympics. Gold medal, it's a very successful comeback."

"Speaking of Lawrence, I heard a gossip before. It is said that this year's Lawrence Awards will add three awards, namely the Best Extreme Athlete Award, the Best Sports Model Award, and the Best Coach Award." Williams said. casually said.

Frey hesitated for a moment. He was a little uncertain about Williams' intentions, so he asked, "Mr. Williams, you mean, let me fight for the best coach award? Dai Li?"

Williams nodded: "We asked him to take the blame for us, but he saved us, so don't you think we should thank Coach Li?"

"Uh...you should thank him." Frey's words were a little insincere. Based on his understanding of Williams, Williams is the kind of person who values ​​interests very much. It doesn't matter much.

"You still don't understand what I mean." Williams put on a serious expression, and continued, "I hope I can take this opportunity to show kindness to Dai Li, because he has shown us enough coaching skills And the ability to lead the team, it is worth our favor to him, now you understand?"

"I understand. I will go for it and get Dai Li a nomination for Lawrence's best coach." Frey nodded immediately.

If Li Dai is just a coach with average level and ability, or if he fails to lead the US team to achieve good results, then he will definitely become the scapegoat of the USA Athletic Association.

And if Dai Li has a high level and great ability, and can lead the U.S. team to achieve a result similar to the previous ones, the US Athletic Association certainly doesn't need this scapegoat, and will recognize Dai Li's level.

But now, Dai Li's performance in leading the team has surpassed previous ones, and it is possible for the U.S. track and field team to achieve the best results possible. In the eyes of the U.S. Athletics Association, Dai Li's value is completely different. Dai Li has proved that his coaching level and team leadership ability are far superior to other coaches. At this time, even the USA Athletic Association has to please Dai Li.

Whether in the East or in the West, the strong will be respected by people, and it is the subconscious instinct of human beings to please the strong.

...

Winning four gold medals a day is indeed a great incentive for the US track and field team, especially in men's high jump and 110-meter hurdles, which are not expected to win gold, which has given great encouragement to other athletes. It also gave them the confidence to compete for the championship.

So far, the U.S. track and field team has won 11 gold medals in track and field events. In the last Olympics, the U.S. track and field team won a total of 10 gold medals. Now that the Olympic track and field competition is just over halfway, the number of gold medals of the US track and field team exceeds the total number of gold medals in the previous session. In the next competition, the US team still has several gold points, and it is inevitable to create better results.

On the sixth day of the Olympic track and field competition, the morning is mainly the preliminaries of some men's decathlon events and several other events. In the final, there is only a men's 3,000-meter obstacle course.

The 3,000-meter obstacle course is a very difficult sport. In terms of physical energy consumption, the 3,000-meter obstacle course consumes almost the same physical energy as the 5,000-meter long-distance race. The impact on the athlete's rhythm will be very large.

The results of the competition did prove the difficulty of this event. Among the fifteen contestants who participated, only ten finished the competition, and the remaining five quit the competition halfway. And even for the finishers, the gap between the first place and the tenth place has reached 40 seconds.

The 3,000-meter "obstacle king" Hengluo from Kenya won the championship without any suspense. He is the ruler of this event, the last Olympic champion, and the champion of the World Championships. Dai Li has scouted him. This is a player of S+ level. If there is no accident, in the next five years, when Hengluo is at the peak of his body, no one can challenge this king of the 3000-meter obstacle race. issue a challenge.

The American player won the runner-up in the 3,000-meter obstacle race. Dai Li is already very satisfied with this result. After all, there is an S+ class Hengelo, so there is no need to count on the gold medal. The silver medal is already the best that the American team can get. Achievement.

As usual, there was no track and field competition in the afternoon, but Dai Li was not idle. He accepted an exclusive interview with Liu Ran, a female reporter from CCTV Sports Channel.

...

"Coach Li, I heard that you are not an American citizen, so you are the first non-American head coach in the history of the U.S. track and field team?" The female reporter chose such a question as her opening statement.

"Yes, I didn't become an American citizen, and I didn't have that plan. I just got a green card in the United States. After all, my main job is in the United States. If I have a green card, it will be much more convenient for me to work and live in the United States. " Dai Li replied.

"The international public opinion is generally not optimistic about the US track and field team this year, but it seems that you have led the US track and field team to achieve very good results. How did you do it?" The question from the female reporter was very Almost to the point.

Dai Li thought for a while, and then answered: "Actually, before the game, the U.S. track and field team was in a difficult situation, and I was ordered in a crisis. The first thing I did as the head coach of the U.S. track and field team was to break the rules of the U.S. team." Under normal circumstances, the U.S. team selects athletes based on their performance rankings through Olympic trials. I did not choose this method..."

Dai Li began to introduce in a continuous manner, but he did not talk about the core content of the training, nor did he specifically comment on a certain athlete, but only talked about some superficial things.

Dai Li is not stupid enough to disclose some key core secrets, such as the shortcomings of the athletes, or the targeted training he has adopted for the athletes. Dai Li would never do such things as exposing shortcomings to opponents or teaching apprentices to starve their masters to death.

The content of Dai Li's answer was a piece of tasteless food for a high-level professional coach, but it was more than enough to fool the female reporter in front of him.

"Coach Li, as the head coach of the U.S. track and field team, what do you think about Chinese track and field? Or do you have any suggestions for Chinese track and field?" The female coach asked another question that was more meaningful.

"The development of sports is a long-term matter. In many cases, we need the efforts of one generation or even several generations to achieve results. This requires a long-term plan. It is not a few simple suggestions that can bring sports to a country. To improve your strength." Dai Li replied with a smile.

"Coach Li, a digression, are you interested in returning to China to coach? For example, return to China to coach our national team?" The female reporter asked again.

"In fact, I once had a coaching experience in the national team. For me, returning to the national team is like going home. If I have the opportunity, of course I would like to go back. After all, no matter how good the outside is, it can't compare with home. Ah." Dai Li sighed.

"I have also noticed this. When you were in China, you were in the national team's training camp for a long time, and you also participated in the Asian Games with the national team." The female reporter then asked: "So when you Why didn't you stay in the national team?"

"Actually, I was working in the Sports Bureau of Hanbei Province at that time, and it was common for the national team to transfer staff from the sports bureaus of various provinces. After the Asian Games, I might also join the national track and field team, but By chance, I met Coach Gu Zhizhong, who recruited me into the National Table Tennis Team as a physical coach. The National Table Tennis Team has the best athletes in the world. As a coach, I hope to coach the best athletes in the world, so I just went to the National Table Tennis Team. This is also considered to have entered the national team, but the event is not track and field, but table tennis, and it is the same to play for the country." Li Dai introduced.

"According to your resume, after you left Guoping, you went to Dingtian Football Club. Then why did you leave Guoping? Is it because Dingtian Football paid a lot of money? We all know that Dingtian Football Club In terms of finding talents, the cost has always been ignored." The female reporter asked.

"Well..." Dai Li hesitated for a moment, and finally said: "I didn't take the initiative to leave Guoping. After the Guoping strike, I was transferred from Guoping to be a member of the Tai Chi World Heritage Committee .I am a coach, so I chose to resign, and I was introduced by an acquaintance, so I went to Dingtian Football and became a physical coach."

"Tai Chi Chuan Inheritance Committee, is this going up in the dark? It sounds like you have been suppressed." The female reporter said in a teasing tone, which sounded very unprofessional and more like a A random, unintentional loss.

Dai Li was more willing to believe that the female reporter was digging a hole for herself inadvertently.

"None of these journalists who can come to the Olympics to interview is a fuel-efficient lamp!" Dai Li said inwardly.

It's just that the current Li Dai is no longer an ignorant and ignorant young man. Even if he was really promoted and suppressed in the past, he was really suppressed, but now he will not speak out directly.

"I'm just a sports coach, and besides leading and training, I don't do other work." Dai Li shrugged: "For me, it's enough to do well within my ability Just like what I am doing now, leading a team to compete in the Olympics, this is exactly what I can do.”

Dai Li did not directly respond to the female reporter's "repression theory", which disappointed the female reporter, but she did not show the slightest emotion on her face, but still maintained a professional smile, and continued to start the next question.

"Coach Li, I heard that you have a physical training center in the United States, can you introduce it to us?" the female reporter asked.

"Of course! I have specially prepared some materials." Dai Li took a stack of promotional materials from his assistant, and then continued: "Reporter Liu, you can give me your email address, and I will send the information to you later. Here you are. Now let me introduce you to my training center. By the way, this is not an advertisement, right?"

"Coach Li, you really know how to joke. This is an exclusive interview with you. Introducing your achievements in the United States is also a necessary content of the interview." The female reporter smiled even wider.

"Well, I know that domestic advertising is not allowed to use words like 'best' and 'first', otherwise you will be fined by the Industrial and Commercial Bureau. Since this is not considered advertising, then I will tell the truth, I The physical training center is definitely the best physical training center in the world!"

The female reporter looked at Li Dai, and the admiration in her eyes flashed inadvertently. At this moment, Li Dai seemed to radiate confidence.