[外電] Obama, White House wanted Thibodeau …
這篇是結合 Obama找Thibs的始末 還有老闆說要拿冠軍的 原文
http://tinyurl.com/47e984u 原文連接 (芝加哥太陽報)
Thibs教練來的原因 因為現在美國的教育部長Duncan （芝加哥人）
在87-91年跟Thibs(助理教練)在哈佛籃球隊共同執教 所以Duncan跟Obama推薦
Though many observers are surprised at the quick success of rookie coach Tom
Thibodeau, Bulls chairman Jerry Reinsdorf was optimistic all along.
It doesn’t hurt that Reinsdorf’s optimism was fueled by a glowing stamp of
approval from President Obama and his closest team of White House advisers,
who had long lobbied for Thibodeau’s hiring.
‘‘Tom Thibodeau was first recommended to me by [U.S. Secretary of
Education] Arne Duncan,’’ Reinsdorf said during an exclusive interview with
the Sun-Times on Tuesday. ‘‘And that was two years earlier. The Celtics didn
’t give us a chance to talk with him until after the playoffs, when they won
the championship.’’
After the season in 2008, Thibodeau was on the Bulls’ radar thanks to Duncan
’s suggestion, Reinsdorf said. The Bulls had the No. 1 overall pick in the
draft and wanted their new coach to have input on whom they should take (they
eventually picked Derrick Rose). With Thibodeau untouchable, the Bulls
instead hired Vinny Del Negro.
After two seasons with Del Negro, the Bulls were again in the market for a
new coach. Again, Obama’s advisers entered the picture. Keep in mind that
Duncan, the former CEO of the Chicago Public Schools, was the co-captain of
the Harvard basketball team and played professionally in Australia. So he
knows something about basketball.
And he knows Thibodeau well. Thibs was an assistant coach at Harvard who
helped develop Duncan’s game.
‘‘When the job was open again, I talked to Duncan several times on the
subject, and he still strongly recommended Thibodeau,’’ Reins-dorf
recalled. ‘‘So we hired him. Then in July 2010, the White Sox were playing
in Washington, and we invited President Obama to come to the game.
‘‘First, David Axelrod [then Obama’s senior adviser] arrived and said, ‘
Thanks for hiring Thibodeau.’ Then a little while later, President Obama
came in and the first thing he said to me was, ‘Great hire.’
‘‘Isn’t that a beautiful story?’’
Reinsdorf, who rarely gives interviews, was full of beautiful stories Tuesday.
With the Bulls set to celebrate their 1991 NBA championship team — the first
of six — on Saturday, Reinsdorf has been reminiscing about Michael Jeffrey
Who.
That’s what Reinsdorf thought of Michael Jordan when he and his partners
reached a handshake agreement in 1984 to buy the Bulls for $16 million.
‘‘I didn’t have the slightest idea who Michael Jordan was,’’ Reinsdorf
said. ‘‘I knew he was a two-time Player of the Year in college, where he
was an 18-point-a-game scorer. And when [former Bulls general manager] Rod
Thorn drafted him, he said something like, ‘He’s going to be a fine
offensive player. But you’re not going to build a franchise around him.’
“So, I did not know what I was buying, and [the previous owners] did not
realize what they were selling. But by the time we closed on the transaction
[in early 1985], Michael was already a star. Did I think we’d win multiple
championships with him? No. But I was hoping we’d win a championship if we
built the team the right way.’’
Reinsdorf and fans will celebrate that 1990-91 team during halftime of
Saturday night’s home game against the Utah Jazz.
‘‘It’s a great thing to bring these players back,” Reinsdorf said. ‘‘I’
m sure the fans will enjoy seeing them, and they will be extremely
well-received.’’
Reinsdorf says he believed his team would win the title a year earlier. But
after the Bulls lost Game 7 of the Eastern Conference finals to the Detroit
Pistons, he was sure it would happen in 1991.
‘‘Rather than seeing a bunch of guys moping around and being despondent,’’
Reinsdorf said, ‘‘I saw a resolve in that locker room that this was not
going to happen to us again. Within days, they were back in the gym preparing
for the next season.’’
If Reinsdorf had questions in 1984 about who Jordan was and what the team
would do with him, he has no such questions about Rose and what these Bulls
will do.
‘‘If you don’t see something special in Derrick Rose, then you’re blind,’
’ Reinsdorf said. ‘‘We have an outstanding coach, an outstanding bunch of
players, the team is deep, and if we stay healthy, we have an awfully good
chance of winning at least four championships.’’
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