Chapter 29: The Doomsday of Shuschel, Larry Brown's Depression
The semi-finals will be held on April 4, during which there will be almost a week off. The game is in the Hubert Humphrey Dome that caused the LSU Tigers to encounter Waterloo last season - the Minnesota Vikings home stadium - the Hubert Humphrey Dome.
O'Neal is very familiar with this place, and he also took his teammates and Wang Lin to the kagya to have a meal of Kobe beef, but Wang Lin was still paying for it. Forget it, he has reached the semi-finals anyway, so just treat it as a reward for them. Wang Lin can only comfort himself like this.
The other three teams in the semi-finals are Duke Blue Devils, Cincinnati Pandas, and Michigan Wolverines. The two teams behind them have not been to the semi-finals of the Elite Championship for many years, so the media's attention to those two teams is not as high as Duke and Lsu. Who made these two teams the top teams in this elite competition? One is the No. 1 seed and the other is the No. 2 seed.
However, compared to the smooth sailing of the Tigers, Duke and the Kentucky Wildcats played very tragically. Like his previous life, Duke defeated the Kentucky Wildcats in overtime through Letterner's magical countdown. Aminutin Black still became the target of Letterner's trampling, and the referee was still an ordinary technical foul. Letterner's failure to play also means that the hope of Kentucky and Masburn entering the semi-finals of the Elite Championship was completely shattered.
This game caused a lot of criticism after the game, especially for Letterner. Duke fans think he is a hero, but not Duke fans think the opponent is too hateful and he is not sent out. This is simply because NCAA deliberately covers up Duke. For a moment, Duke Blue Devils completely surpassed Lsu Tigers, which made their semi-finals more eye-catching with Tigers. Because there are more fans supporting Lsu.
It is impossible for Leitner to win all important personal awards this season like he did in his previous life, unless he can eliminate the tiger in the semi-finals, but this probability is not the same as that.
The Michigan Wolverine and Cincinnati Panda are defined by the media as runners. As for whether they can create miracles, it depends on the next two duels.
When the news that Lsu entered the semi-finals reached Baton Rouge, the whole of Baton Rouge seemed to celebrate Christmas, and in Louisiana it was also full of joy, which made Shuschel very uncomfortable. He was in the office of the board of directors, facing the room of big men, and didn't care about taking a breath.
"Paul, a month is coming soon, and the Elite Tournament is about to end. Why did you and Wang still not negotiate the contract? Do you really want Wang to be poached by other school teams? "A big guy on the board of directors slammed the table directly. Although the Tigers have entered the semi-finals of the Elite Tournament more than once, compared with the previous few times, this year's Tigers are the most promising tigers. They are really likely to win the championship in the Elite Tournament. Now Shuschel has not even completed Wang Lin's contract extension. This guy is definitely not working hard.
Shuschel wiped the cold sweat from his head, wondering how to defend himself.
"The headmaster, Larry Brown and his agent arrived here, and they said they were here to talk about the Tigers' head coach contract."
The secretary walked in from outside. Her words made Shuschel knock over the cup in front of her and then sat on the ground, and she didn't even have time to wipe the water from the cup on her head. Damn, why did that bastard Larry Brown come? Didn't he tell him not to hurry, don't hurry? He was anxious, f.u.c.k, all the unfavorable situations were squeezed together.
Principal Larry Brown?lsu snorted coldly, "No wonder, you haven't negotiated a contract with Wang. It turns out that you have found a successor. Very good, let Larry Brown come in." Shuschel, sitting on the ground at this time, could not tell whether the principal was happy or angry.
After being fired by the Spurs, the first thing Larry Brown thought was to stay in the NBA. He went to the Clippers in his previous life, but in this life, Baylor looked down on him. Baylor felt that he could not get along with players of such a good temper like the Admiral, let alone with other NBA players. So Larry Brown was unemployed. At this time, Shuschel's recruitment was extremely important to him. Although he received a salary of more than 3 million in the Spurs, Larry Brown was not satisfied because Riley's qualifications were not as high as his. Some of the salaries were as high as millions. But he, the coach who won the NCAA championship, has only been 700,000 for a year. What a joke.
But recently Shuschel has rarely contacted him. In contrast, Lsu Tiger and the young Oriental man, who have been flooding the basketball media all day long, and Larry Brown was jealous, so he had to spend too many nights and dreams. He still signed the contract and occupied the magpie's nest. Although the subprime mortgage crisis has not yet broken out in the United States, the unemployment rate is still one of the most countries in the world.
Larry Brown and his agent came in and saw the room full of people and Shuschel sitting on the ground, soaked in Shuschel. Larry Brown was full of confusion, "Everyone, what's going on here? Paul, why are you sitting on the ground? I'll call you, why don't you reply to me, when will we sign the contract?"
Shuschel could now feel that the eyes of the big guys were gathering here, and at this point, Shuschel could only bite the bullet.
"Everyone, I actually didn't go to negotiate a contract with Wang because I don't think he is so powerful. A head coach of Larry's level is what we Tigers need..." Shuschel could only save the situation through sophistry.
"I want to interrupt. Since Larry is so glorious, why did he abandon NBA and come to NCAA? NBA is now developing globally, and NCAA will not have this possibility in the next few decades. What is the annual salary of the contracts you two signed?"
Principal Lsu was not willing to listen to Shuscheldo's beeping, and directly interrupted him. Larry Brown's agent spoke at this time, "Paul offered Larry a five-year and 4 million contract. If the Tigers can win the championship within five years, this contract can become five-year and 5 million. Moreover, Larry has formulated a lot of tactics for the Tigers these days. He firmly believes that as long as Shaq stays for another season, the Tigers will still be invincible."
5 million in five years? Principal Lsu smiled? "Wang, but a 100,000 US dollars a year can bring Tigers to the semi-finals of the Elite Championship, and even win the championship. You have a salary of several times or even ten times more than him, and you have to stay Shaq for a season? And it takes several years to win the championship? What if you can't get it? Lsu can still afford it for the 5 million or 4 million, but there must be a charter. If you don't win the championship this year, or even enter the semi-finals of the Elite Championship, is it more reasonable to compensate 2 million?"
At this time, Principal Lsu was like a vendor in the market. There was no way that Lsu was really afraid of being poor. This school was not born by a mother like Princeton, Harvard, and Yale. There was no difference between Lsu and stepmother. As the principal of this school, you must learn to spend one dollar as two dollars or even 10 dollars.
Larry Brown looked at each other with his agent, but he still didn't want to give up on his 800,000 yuan year-on-year fatality.
"Are you so confident about the Oriental man who is not even Zhang Qi? In my opinion, that guy is just a show. Any assistant coach in NCAA who is better than him, and he is actually compared to me. Sir, do you think he is worthy? I have won the NCAA championship. I have cultivated a huge existence like Danny. What is that East child? He and I are not on the same level as magnitude."
Larry Brown still maintains the natural confidence in his heart. Unfortunately, if he had come when Dell Brown resigned, perhaps Lsu would regard him as a guest of honor and savior, but now with Wang Lin as a comparison, Larry Brown is so uncomfortable.
"So, if you want to sign your contract, you must accept the terms I mentioned, or leave Lsu."
Principal Lsu really doesn't want to say anything to Larry Brown. The other party's reputation has long been stinking. Except for the American academic side, he is still in the NBA, and it's just like that. Moreover, the defense and roaring referee style he advocates are no longer so accepted. Last season, he was fined a lot of money for roaring referees. For this alone, the Spurs have no reason not to fire him.
Larry Brown's face burst out and he almost fainted at the scene. Fortunately, the agent supported him, "You are insulting Larry's personality. Let's go Larry, they will definitely pay the price for today's stupidity in the future."
Larry Brown and his agent left in shame, and Shuschel still did not get up from the ground.
Chapter completed!