The next day, Frank Johnson was fired from the Suns, fast without warning, simple with just a few words.

Brian Colangelo did this particularly neatly, because he could see that Guo Xu was really angry. Guo Xu, who is usually known for his humor, rarely shows a smile to the media when he arrives in the sun.

As a player, if you question the head coach as soon as you come up, it will leave a bad impression on the management, so Guo Xu endured it for a while and tried to change Frank by means of communication.

As a result, this person is not only waste, but also very paranoid, the core of the team and the first assistant coach have not been persuaded to do so, and Frank insists on using a waste wood center and a half-waste veteran as the starter, which is too much.

There's no pressure on management to fire Frank, who took over in the second half of last season after Scott Skeys was fired, coaching the Suns for 31 games with an 11-20 record of just 35.5 percent.

He was already a transitional coach, and if it weren't for the fact that the Suns couldn't hire a coach to coach in the summer, the team wouldn't have needed him a long time ago.

Not only Brian, but even owner Jerry Colangelo thinks Frank is a brain-dead, he often praises Guo Xu in press conferences, but he is stubborn in terms of tactics, completely ignoring Guo Xu's advice and adding to his blockage. With his kind of neurotic approach, he still wants to have a good relationship with the core of the team?

In short, coaches can easily be fired, because from the 90s onwards, the status of the players has been rising. Superstars are worth a lot more than a manager, and even if the record is poor, the star can still sell tickets for the team.

On the other hand, when the team's performance is not good, the general manager in charge of operation always has to find someone to "take the blame", after all, the money is spent by the manager, and there is no effect after spending it, of course, the boss has to ask him. At this time, the general manager naturally wants to find the person who can take the blame the most.

As a business league, the NBA is eager for quick success and results. The union of economies is the supremacy of interests, and the feelings between each other are secondary. If Kidd and Marbury are not successful, they will be traded, and the most vulnerable coach in the entire chain will be needless to say.

Guo Xu doesn't remember what it was like for Frank to lead the Suns in his previous life, but vaguely remembers that the Suns reached the playoffs in the 2002-2003 season, and Marbury did a good job this season.

He now wonders how the Suns can make the playoffs with this kind of undercover coach and two trailing starters. Could it be that Marbury is the hidden god, the real number one point guard in the world?

The answer was that the Suns were lucky, with Gugliotta starting only 11 games before resting with a serious injury, and by the time he returned in March, the game had already entered the second half of the game, and Stoudamire was firmly in the starting line-up and playing at the level of the best rookie.

Gugliotta played a very short period of time in the first 16 games of his comeback, averaging 4.8 points, 3.7 rebounds and 1.1 assists per game this season.

Chacalidis played 33 games and was reimbursed for a serious injury and never returned, and the Suns didn't renew his contract next season and had enough. He averaged 4.9 points and 3.7 rebounds per game.

At that time, the media felt that the Suns were finished, they no longer had a center available, Stoudeyer was a cameo center with a big forward body, and Bootelo and Scott were both poor power forwards.

As a result, the Suns only played 58 games due to Hardaway's injury, and on the premise of average statistics, they made it all the way to the playoffs, and only went out in six games in the first round against the horses. In the sixth game, the Suns only lost by two points, and the play of the trident of Xiaosi, Marion, and Marbury shocked the Spurs into a cold sweat and almost blackened the Spurs.

The reason why he played so well was because when the Suns did not have a meat shield center, Frank could only follow D'Antoni's advice and speed up the pace to run and bomb, and the effect was unexpected.

Now, some butterfly effects caused by Guo Xu have caused some changes in the schedule of the Suns and their previous lives, Gugliotta was not seriously injured, and Chakalidis was not able to jump around, but he was also squirming healthily on the floor, if he didn't change his coach, the Sun would definitely have to kneel if he continued like this.

There is no such thing as an airtight force, and the Suns' dismissal of a head coach made sports news, and Frank became the first head coach to be sacked this season.

Speaking to reporters, Frank spoke about being fired: "Anytime a guy gets fired, that feeling always hurts, and I don't think I made any mistakes, which is really disappointing. ”

The reporter asked: "What do you think caused you to be fired?" ”

"Jason Kwok always didn't like my tactics, he wanted to play fast and say offense wins, while I put more emphasis on defense, and we had a big disagreement on that. And he had a good conversation with assistant coach Mike D'Antoni. I think it should be for this reason. ”

Frank was angry at the Suns' firing of him, and he managed to become the head coach without even finishing a full season.

The reporter asked: "What do you think of Jason Guo?" Did he force you away? ”

In the NBA, some big-name stars will disagree with the coach and force the palace to drive away the coach, these people are called "coach killers", the reporter wants to guide the topic in this direction, and then it can be extended to Guo Xu's character.

Frank smiled wryly: "He's always very amiable and doesn't get angry, but our philosophies are different, and I don't believe that these young Suns can get stronger by playing fast breaks." He's still young, he's too naïve, he's surrounded by a bunch of ordinary teammates right now, and it's impossible to be as good offensively as the Lakers. ”

The reporter asked: "The Lakers are currently averaging only 100.4 points per game, which is a significant decrease from last season, do you think, will Jason Guo really have a way to lead the team to win the offense?" ”

Frank shook his head and said with some disdain, "Time will tell." ”

That night, Guo Xu invited all the players to a dinner at a famous local Mexican restaurant to celebrate Frank's departure.

Not only Guo Xu and D'Antoni, but many people in the team can't stand Frank's coaching.

The newcomers dare not speak out, for example, Stadamier was forced by Frank to practice his back, currently 208CM tall, weighing only 107 kg Xiao Si, no ass, and his back is not wide, what kind of back does he use to hit the opponent. Frank, on the other hand, felt that playing with his back in the low post was more dominant and could attract the bag.

Joe Johnson can hold the ball and shoot three-pointers, and the offensive end can share Guo Xu's pressure, and the efficiency is not low. He was arranged by Frank as a pure fixed-point pitcher, and he played well in the first few games when he had the ball, 15+ in a row, and after changing the pitcher, he watched the excitement while changing his skills.

This is to make the floor flow "contemporary Jordan" develop in the direction of Fisher, this kind of coach may not be fired, but should be shot directly.

What doesn't please him even includes Tom Gugliotta, who is reused by him.

Tom's physicality has made it difficult to attack with the ball, and he knows very well in his heart that he can't play efficiently. Frank, on the other hand, often encouraged him to be tough and aggressive. I'm tough on your sister, I don't average less than 5 points per game......

After eating for a while, D'Antoni stood up and spoke his tactical thoughts.

"I'm going to give the newcomers a lot of minutes next game, I need you all to run and try to get an attack in 5-10 seconds, Jason is in charge of the ball distribution, whoever has the opportunity is shot. You lack experience, the strength is physical, play to that advantage and we will definitely make the playoffs this year! ”

"Good!" The young players are getting excited. (https:)

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