[轉錄][證實] Roddick fired Gilbert
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作者: carillon (我不貼心) 看板: Roddick
標題: [傳言] Roddick fired Gilbert
時間: Mon Dec 13 18:01:19 2004
震驚震驚震驚!!! @@
目前為止我還只叫它傳言
因為還沒有Andy或Brad的正式回應或發表聲明
但看起來愈來愈像真的了
Jim Courier 是新教練可能人選
下面有三篇文章
*還處在無法相信的狀態中*
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Roddick sacks Gilbert
By Leo Schlink
December 13, 2004
The Herald Sun
ANDY Roddick has ended his 18-month partnership with coach Brad Gilbert.
The world No. 2 and US Open winner won 121 of 147 matches and nine titles
under Gilbert, but has decided it is time for a change.
No reason has been given for the split, which comes just two weeks after
Gilbert was strongly criticised by Mike Agassi, father of Andre Agassi,
another former Gilbert charge.
Roddick sacked his previous coach Tarik Benhabiles after an opening-round
loss to Armenian Sargis Sargsian at the French Open last year.
Gilbert, who parted from Agassi the previous season, immediately revived
the young American's stocks with a typically heady game plan and improved
concentration.
The author of the aptly titled Winning Ugly, Gilbert guided Roddick to the
No. 1 mark last year and helped the 22-year-old to titles at Miami, Queen's
Club, San Jose and Indianapolis this season.
Gilbert's departure will trigger a clamour for the unexpectedly vacant
position, and Gilbert is unlikely to remain on the sidelines for long
either.
Roddick had appeared unusually quiet during the US's 3-2 Davis Cup final
defeat to Spain in Seville this month.
It is understood he was mulling over the decision.
Former world No. 1 Jim Courier's name has already been linked to Roddick.
Mike Agassi recently touched on Gilbert's gregarious nature.
"You can shut the Grand Canyon, but you can't shut Brad Gilbert's mouth,"
he said.
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Roddick charts new career direction
By Neil Harman, Tennis Correspondent
The London Times
“WHEN the moment comes that we have serious business to do, I not only feel
completely comfortable; I completely believe in what Brad tells me. That's
genius coaching — simple and complicated at the same time.”
That was Andy Roddick talking about Brad Gilbert, his coach, seven months
ago. Yesterday, mulling over his indifferent end to the year when his game
had lost much of its sense of direction, Roddick decided that he and
Gilbert should part company — the second time in 18 months that the
American, 22, has chosen to move in a different coaching direction.
No official reason has been given for the unexpected split and it is not as
though the pair did not get along. On the tour they seemed more like elder
and younger brother than coach and protege. But perhaps spending so much
time in each other’s company — given Gilbert’s verbose manner, even
Roddick may not have been able to get many words in — put a strain on
their relationship and the younger man needed more of his own space.
Roddick has dropped only one spot in the 12 months from the end of 2003,
from No 1 to No 2, but that fall must seem enormous given the gap between
Roger Federer and everyone else in the game. In their three matches this
year, Roddick managed one set, a sequence that extended their head-to-head
record to 8-1 in favour of the Swiss.
It is not as if Gilbert does not leave with an impressive CV. In their time
together after Roddick dispensed in May 2003 with Tarik Benhabiles, the
Frenchman who had taken him from being the world’s leading junior to a
place inside the world's top ten, there were 121 victories from 147 matches
and nine singles titles, including the Stella Artois at Queen’s Club in
their first tournament together and last year’s US Open, his one grand-
slam title.
Gilbert had come with a ringing endorsement from Andre Agassi, whom he had
coached for eight years. Intriguingly, Agassi wrote in a foreword to I’ve
Got Your Back, a book Gilbert penned this year: “For BG, there was never
a short cut to success. When you stepped on to the court, you had to
believe in yourself, based on your homework and preparation. What Brad
helped me with the most was the ability to believe in myself by learning to
think for myself. A great coach can lead you to a place where you don’t
need him any more.”
That may be Roddick’s thinking in a nutshell. He has seen at closer hand
than most what Federer has achieved without a coach — although the world
No 1 has not yet given up all hope of persuading Tony Roche, the Australian
who guided Ivan Lendl and Pat Rafter to grand-slam successes, to come out
of retirement and work with him. Roche initially turned down the invitation
because of the travelling involved, but a part-time relationship is thought
to be a possibility.
Roddick has to look elsewhere. Jim Courier, a former world No 1 and twice
a French and Australian Open champion — two events in which Roddick has
failed to shine — has been mooted as a possible replacement for Gilbert,
though he has no coaching pedigree to speak of. Darren Cahill, another
Australian, would be top of the list, but he intends to stay loyal to
Agassi until the 34-year-old finally runs out of steam or interest. Like
Gilbert, Cahill has taken an experienced player (Agassi) and a youngster
— in his case, Lleyton Hewitt — to the world No 1 ranking and grand-slam
successes.
DRIVING WITH THE COACH
The Gilbert gospel
“If it was four in the morning and my guy called and said: ‘I need you to
come over’, I wouldn’t ask what it was about. If it’s important enough
for him to call me at that hour, it’s important enough for me to go. And
whatever the situation was, we would figure it out.”
The Gilbert effect
Mike Agassi, Andre’s father: “You can shut the Grand Canyon, but you
can’t shut Brad Gilbert’s mouth.”
Andy Roddick: “Brad — I don’t win matches on grass.” He won his next
ten grass court matches in a row, including the Queen’s title and reached
the semi-finals at Wimbledon.
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Source: Roddick has fired coach
In 2003, Andy Roddick's celebrated partnership with Brad Gilbert — forged
after the then 20-year-old American's early flameout at the French Open —
led him to the U.S. Open championship and the year-end No. 1 ranking.
In the process, Roddick and Gilbert, who previously had helped Andre Agassi
climb back to the top of the rankings, became close friends.
In 2004, however, Roddick won none of the Slams and he fell to a distant
No. 2 behind Roger Federer.
Now, it appears Gilbert has fallen victim to Roddick's frustration. A
source who had spoken with Gilbert said the popular former touring pro was
fired as Roddick's coach Saturday. The source said Gilbert "was stunned.
Andy's decision took him completely by surprise."
Roddick was in Boca Raton, Fla., for his charity-foundation tennis event,
which Gilbert hadn't attended. Neither could be reached for comment.
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