king of defenders

Chapter 25 The New Head Coach

In the basketball gymnasium of Davidson College, Meng Yun met the team's new head coach Mason Carr.

This is a middle-aged black man in his forties, with a shaved head and a glossy shine, comparable to Derek's.With his round face and small eyes, he looks a little funny, but in fact he is a serious person, unsmiling, no matter what he says or does, he is very strict, like a teacher.

From Mason Carr's mouth, Meng Yun finally knew what happened these days.

It turned out that David Tester was drunk a few days ago and accidentally revealed that he had accepted bribes from players, and then he was investigated by the ncaa management committee, so that he didn't show up for a few days, and the phone couldn't get through.

Also because of this incident, the application submitted by David Tester to expel Meng Yun was also put on hold, and the school management did not immediately approve it.

After all, paper cannot contain fire.

Once investigated, the incidents of David Tester surfaced one by one. It turned out that he took advantage of his position to accept bribes from more than one student.

Along with the investigation, Oliver Matthew bribed David Tester, relied on David Tester's operation, and entered Davidson College as a "basketball special student" was also found out.

Come and go, David Tester is finished, and Oliver Matthew is also planted.

Davidson College soon announced the dismissal of David Tester and quickly hired a new head coach of the basketball team, the Mason Carr.

Today was Mason Carr's first meeting with the players. He first introduced himself, then divided the crowd into two groups and played an intra-team match.

During the players' game, Mason Carr sat on the sidelines, holding a notebook in his hand, constantly recording the characteristics of each player.

At the end of an intra-team match, Mason Carr also had a general understanding of the players.

"Assembly." Mason Carl clapped his hands, and everyone assembled, his eyes swept over everyone, and said: "The new ncaa season is about to start, and we don't have much time, so in the next period of time, we will Training has to be stepped up, every day we have to train an extra hour."

For a while, many people wailed and complained again and again.

Mason Carr didn't care, as if he didn't hear it, and continued: "Our team now has 16 people (Oliver Matthew was fired), but I don't think we need so many people, so I plan to reduce the list to 14 people. In other words, two of you will need to leave the team. As for who leaves and who stays, it depends on whether you work hard enough in the next period of training. You may not have talent, but you will definitely It is impossible not to work hard.”

After finishing speaking, Mason Carr added: "I remind you that no one is privileged, even Evan Hopps, if he doesn't work hard, he has to leave."

As soon as these words came out, everyone was shocked.

In American universities, especially the NCAA first-level colleges, it is the dream of many students to be a member of the basketball team or the football team.Because there is a strong sports atmosphere in American campuses, students are proud of the school team's victory, and being a member of the school team represents such an honor.

To put it more simply and bluntly, if you are a player on the school basketball team or football team, then you don't have to worry about not being able to find a girlfriend at all.

The players of the Wildcats have already entered the team. Some have been here for a long time, some for a short time, but they have more or less realized the benefits of this status.

Even for Meng Yun, today is the first day to participate in team training, and it was only because of Oliver Matthew's conspiracy that he played a warm-up match.

Strictly speaking, Meng Yun is not familiar with the team, but as a member of the team, he also enjoys some special treatment, such as living in a garden apartment.

Of course, there are some people who don’t care about this, such as Evan Hopps, he joined the school team not for a scholarship, not for good food and housing, nor for the convenience of picking up girls, but for his dreams.

But no matter what it is for, no one will want to leave anyway.

"Tsk tsk, this move is ruthless enough." Meng Yun couldn't help but sigh, this new coach's style is very ruthless, even Evan Hopps might leave, and ordinary coaches would never dare to do this.

He doesn't doubt Mason Carr's words, because if he bluffs, he will only lose credit in the end, and he will not be able to stay on this team by then.

As a head coach, he must keep his promise. If Evan Hopps does not perform well, even if he is the captain and the core of the team, he must leave.

However, Meng Yun feels that if there is such a time, it is not certain whether it is the newcomer Mason Carr or the trump card Evan Hopps who will get out.

Of course, for others, there is no confidence like Evan Hopps.

One by one whispered, all of them changed their expressions.

Mason Carr looked at the crowd, and after everyone finished talking, he continued: "One more thing, I checked, our team has a total of 8 scholarships, but there are only 6 scholarship recipients. That is Said that there are two vacancies, and those of you who have not received scholarships will have the opportunity to compete for these two places."

"Two scholarships?"

"That's a good thing."

"Our school's basketball scholarship seems to be $24000 a year, right?"

Generally, American colleges and universities have sports scholarships, such as basketball scholarships and rugby scholarships.But there are exceptions, such as the Ivy League colleges, they rarely give scholarships, at most two or three people in a team receive scholarships, and some people even get academic scholarships instead of sports scholarships.

It is for scholarships. Many schools also have a quota limit. Not all basketball players and rugby players are able to receive scholarships, and this quota is often not fully used.

For example, at Davidson College, the basketball team has 8 scholarships, but in the past ten years, there have never been 8 people on the basketball team receiving scholarships at the same time, because scholarships are not given randomly, and not everyone can get them.Many players can only be regarded as mediocre in their own strength and do not help the team much. Why should I give you a scholarship?
And the number of scholarships is not fixed, some colleges may be thousands of dollars, some colleges may reach tens of thousands of dollars, the difference is very big.

The basketball scholarship of Davidson College is generally 24000 US dollars, which is not a small amount. For these students who do not have a stable income, this is definitely a huge sum of money.

The eyes of a group of players are shining. Except for those who have already received scholarships, such as Evan, Andy, Ronald and others, everyone else is staring at Mason Carr, wishing to get this spot immediately.

Even Meng Yun couldn't help but feel his heart beat faster. It costs 24000 US dollars a year, which is [-] to [-] to [-] RMB. With this money, the tuition and living expenses can be almost covered.

"There are 16 people in the team, including Evan, Andy and others. A total of 6 people have received scholarships. By the way, there are still two of these 16 people who need to leave. There are only 14 people left. After subtracting Evan and other 6 That is to say, there are only 8 players competing for these two places. The chances are not small, but the competition is also fierce.” Meng Yun did some calculations and couldn’t help giving Coach Mason Carr a thumbs up. system, and then the reward system. With a big stick in one hand and a carrot in the other, everyone was easily overwhelmed."

Although he has only known this new coach for a short time, Meng Yun feels that, at least from the perspective of controlling people, this coach Mason Carr is much better than David Tester.

"I just don't know how good the coaching ability is." Meng Yun thought with great interest that if Mason Carr only had means, it might not work.

If you want to control your players well, you need to pay equal attention to kindness and strength, and you must have means, but this is just control. As a qualified head coach, you also need to have sufficient coaching ability.

After all, means are just means, and strength is king.

If you only have means, you may be able to calm people down, but it is impossible to be recognized, let alone respected!

(End of this chapter)