来源：http://goo.gl/61Ya5J By Jerry Zgoda Star Tribune APRIL 22, 2016 — 10:05PM Q&A with Glen Taylor: Wolves owner acted quickly to land those he wanted 访谈Glen Taylor：灰狼老板迅速的猎取目标 Only seven days after they announced they would search to fill their two most important jobs, the Timberwolves on Wednesday moved swiftly and decisively, giving three titles to Tom Thibodeau and Scott Layden. 在灰狼队宣布要寻找新任教练及总裁之後仅仅七天，他们在周三迅速果断的签下Tom Thibodeau 以及Scott Layden。 It was a sweeping decision that transitions the franchise from October’s tumultuous death of Flip Saunders, its coach and president of basketball operations, to a new day that won’t include prominently or at all the two men — interim coach Sam Mitchell and General Manager Milt Newton — who guided the team through such a trying time these past six months. 这是一个大搬风的决定，去年10月球队总裁Flip Saunders溘然长逝的混乱中，球队任命的 临时主帅Sam Mitchell及临时总经理Milt Newton都不再续任。 Wolves owner Glen Taylor — who also owns the Star Tribune — discussed where his team has been and where it is headed, now that it has hired former Chicago Bulls coach Thibodeau as coach and president of basketball operations and San Antonio Spurs assistant GM Layden as general manager. 灰狼老板Glen Taylor(同时拥有本文报社：Star Tribune)，讨论了球队现况以及未来，现 在已签约Tom Thibodeau为新任总教练及篮球事务总裁，并签约马刺助理总经理：Scott Layden为新任总经理。 Q Happy belated 75th birthday. Was the timing a coincidence or a present to yourself? Q：75岁生日快乐！请问这个时间点签下新教头是巧合还是你给自己的生日礼物？ (注：4/20是Taylor的生日，同天搞定Thibs及Layden的合约。) A Thank you. I’m really happy with this. This was my birthday present, one of them, a big one. I had talked to quite a few people, had all my work done. Then I called these two guys [Wednesday] morning and said, ‘OK, this is the day, let’s finish it today or not, one way or the other.’ So they knew it. We worked on it all day, got it done kind of late but we got it done. A：谢谢你。我真的很高兴。这是我的生日礼物之一，非常大的生日礼物。我与几个面试者 谈过，完成了所有面谈。最後我决定在周三早上打给这两个人，然後我说「好了，是时 候了，让我们今天把签约搞定吧。」他们就懂了。我们整天都在弄签约的事情，弄得很 晚，最後终於完成。 Q Why is [Thibodeau] the right guy? Q：为什麽选了Thibodeau？ A There’s never one reason. I liked his answer to one of the first questions I asked: What are the things most important to you? The first thing he said was, ‘I want to be the coach of an NBA championship team. That’s my goal in life.’ Then we talked about his life and how it’s so much about basketball, how hard he works at it. He has friends and all that, but he just said this is very important to him. So I say, ‘OK, we start with that. This guy is probably going to outwork anybody else I know.’ A：这个问题有很多原因，我很喜欢他在一开始其中一个问题的回答，那个问题是：「对你 而言什麽事是最重要的？」他最开始说的是「我想要当一个NBA总冠军教头，那是我人 生的目标。」接着我们谈了他的生活，与篮球相当的紧密，他非常投入篮球工作。他当 然有朋友、社交圈，但他就是表达了篮球对他的重要性。所以我说「好，我认为这个人 会比任何人做的都要好。」 Q When Flip took over both coaching and management jobs, you were reluctant. Has your opinion on that changed or did doing that again get the deal done? Q：当Flip同时签约教练及管理层的工作时，你那时是不太情愿的。是否你的看法已经改 变？还是只有这样做才能签的了Thibs呢？ A It’s the way to get the deal done, but the arrangement isn’t so much that Thibs is going to run everything. I hired him as coach, but I said we’re going to hire a really strong GM. They understand it’s a partnership; it’s written into their contracts. It isn’t the same as Detroit’s [with coach/GM Stan Van Gundy] or anybody else. The two of them signed on the same day, for the same length and they are hired as a team. A：只有这样做才能签的了Thibs，但是我们的安排是Thibs不会去处理所有事情。我视他为 教练，我跟他说我们会另外签一个真正的GM。他们了解这是一个合作关系。这写在他们 两人的合约中。这与活塞的SVG不同。他们两人同一天签下，合约一样长，他们是被雇 用为一个决策团队。 Q So who determines what? Q：所以谁要做决定？ A On some decisions, Thibs will have the final say and on some decisions, Scott will have the final say and we have it all written down. The ultimate goal is, it doesn’t pay to do something if the other guy is going to block it. I’ve seen this work and used in business if you can get the right guys. They’re friends, they respect each other. They both have said it’s highly unlikely that one will have to make a decision over the other. A：有一些决定，Thibs有最终决策权，另一些则是Scott，这些都白纸黑字写在合约中。最 终目标是，如果其中一人不同意，那麽这件事就不会进行。我在商业上看过这样的做法 ，只要你能找到正确的人们。他们是好朋友，尊重彼此。他们都说几乎不可能做出凌驾 於对方的决策。 Occasionally, somebody’s got to make a decision, right? We’ve set up a way to do that and who will call it and it isn’t the same person in all cases. Thibs has the [president’s] title. I understand that. It was important to him, it wasn’t important to Scott. You’ll find out Scott is a strong personality himself, and he wouldn’t come here if he thought he was too much of a second fiddle. As Scott explains it to me, this is how it works in San Antonio. Pop [Spurs coach Gregg Popovich] doesn’t stand up and say, ‘This is what we’re going to do.’ Scott said they’re very much a consensus group. 有时候，有人总必须要负责做决策，对吧？我们已经设定好一个进行的方式、由谁来进 行，这不会都是同一个人负责。我了解Thibs有总裁的头衔，这对他重要，但这对Scott 不重要。但你会发现Scott有很强烈的性格，如果他认为他只是来当个副手，他是不会 来的。Scott跟我解释，这就是马刺队运行的方式。Pop不会说「就照着我说的办。」 Scott说马刺是有一个决策团队而非一个人说的算。 Q How much of your search was influenced by discussions you had with Flip when you both were looking for a coach two years ago? Q：你的决策是否受到两年前与Flip商讨教练人选的影响？ A I would say a good part. We talked about Thibs and [ESPN analyst Jeff] Van Gundy and others and he shared with me what he liked about guys and what he didn’t like. An impression had been left in my mind and I can recall all of it, what he thought of people. What I’ve done this year, we probably were going to do it anyway. Flip loved coaching, but he didn’t necessarily have to coach. He knew long-term I didn’t want him to coach. I wanted him to run the team for me. A：我会说这占了一大部分。我们讨论了Thibs、JVG还有其他人，他跟我分享了他喜欢谁、 讨厌谁。因此我心中留下了印象，他怎麽想的我都记的很清楚。我今年做的事，如果 Flip在世，也是会这麽做。Flip喜欢执教，但他不是必须要教。他知道长期来看我不希 望他当教练，我希望他为我管理这支球队。 Q Tom was fired in Chicago after five successful seasons there. What did he say when you asked him why? Q：Tom在五个成功的球季後，被公牛开除。他怎麽跟你谈这件事？ A I’m not going to go into detail, but I talked to him about that because I didn’t exactly know what happened. When he explained it to me, I understood and I thought there were reasons for that not to happen here and I felt comfortable that he wanted to build a good, long-term relationship with ownership, with other managers. So I felt good about that. I told him most of my career I’ve had really good relationships with the people I have worked with. When I write it down, this is really important to me, that I like the person and that we can communicate. A：我不会把细节说出来，但我确实问了这个问题，因为我不知道发生什麽事。当他跟我解 释後，我了解了，而我认为那不会在我们这里发生。我也对他希望与老板、经理建立良 好、长期的关系感到满意。我跟他说，我的职业生涯都跟工作夥伴保持着良好的关系。 当我把这部分记下来时，发现这对我而言很重要，我喜欢这个人，我们能良好的沟通。 Q How much did his defensive-minded nature appeal to you? Q：他的铁血防守有多吸引你？ A He indicated it’s not only about defense. Yes, he knows defense, but he talked about all parts of basketball and what you have to do to get a championship team. He talked about cutting back on shots that aren’t high percentage, about the importance of threes now, how the game is changing. He talked about small-ball. He just talked about a lot of things. I could see he has a lot of flexibility within him, and I liked that because it is changing. A：他说这不仅仅只有防守。当然他懂防守，但他谈论了篮球的所有层面以及你如何打造一 支冠军队伍。他谈论了如何压低对手投篮命中率、现代三分球的重要性、比赛的改变。 他谈论了小球。他谈了很多。我能够看到他有很多招数变通，我很满意，因为现代篮球 打法一直在改变。 Q Will his coaching staff include an offensive specialist? Q：他的助教群会包含一个进攻专家吗？ A We talked about that. He wouldn’t call a guy an offensive coordinator. Obviously, there will be somebody who’s very good with offense, but he believes a good coach needs to know both sides. A：我们谈论过这个，他不会称一个助教为进攻助教。显然，有些人是比较擅长进攻，但他 相信好的教练需要同时了解进攻及防守。 Q Tom coached Kevin Garnett three seasons in Boston [as an assistant]. Will this decision affect whether KG plays another season or not? Q：Tom在Boston教过KG三个球季，这会影响到KG下季是否留下来吗？ A I can’t answer that. They have respect for each other, so that’s good. Thibs questioned whether he’ll play and I said you better ask him. I don’t know. So I think we’re right back to how are KG’s knees and legs? And I told Thibs I don’t have the answer. A：我无法回答这个问题。他们尊重彼此，这是好事。Thibs问过我KG下季是否留下，而我 跟他说你最好自己问他看看。我不知道。我们会观察KG的膝盖和脚的状态，所以我跟 Thibs说我无法回答。 Q What did Tom tell you about his year away from the game? Q：Tom怎麽跟你说他在过去一年没当教练时做了什麽？ A He called it his sabbatical. I think it was 13 teams he went and spent time with, watching their practices, how they do things. He didn’t come back and say, ‘I saw this great big thing somebody is doing that’s tremendous.’ But he told me he saw lots of little things that he can incorporate into his system or his practices. I liked that. I like a guy who is out there and aggressive and went to other teams and watched them. A：他说这是他的休假。我认为他利用这段时间去拜访了13支球队，观察他们的训练，看事 情是如何进行的。他并没有说「我看到某支队伍做了一件很棒的事情。」但是他告诉我 ，他看到很多小事情可以让他整合入他的系统、他的训练。我喜欢他这麽说。我喜欢教 练愿意积极的观察、学习其他球队。 Q He was known in Chicago for playing his players a lot of minutes, too many minutes. Does that concern you? Q：在Chicago，他被认为是有点过度使用球员，你会担忧这件事吗？ A I talked him about that and he said, ‘Talk to my players and ask them.’ I did not do that directly. I did that through some other people. A：我跟他谈论了这件事，而他说「可以问问我教过的球员。」所以我是透过其他人辗转得 知对这件事情的看法。 Q Did you find Tom as focused on basketball as he’s sometimes portrayed? Q：你认为Tom是别人眼中的那种篮球狂吗？ A I know a number of business people like that, in other careers. I didn’t find that unusual. There are just people in society that are just intense on whatever they’re working on. I’m fine with that. I like it mostly if they work for me because they’re tough people to compete against. A：我知道有些其它领域的商业人士也是这样的。我不觉得这有什麽大不了的。在社会上就 是有人专注在他工作的领域。我完全没有意见。我喜欢这种人帮我工作，因为这种人是 相当有竞争力的。 Q The speed with which you moved probably surprised people. Had you decided early who you wanted or did you do that to beat the competition in the search for coaches? Q：你这次下决定非常的快速，有点吓到大家，是因为你早就有钦定人选，还是因为你怕被 其它球队抢人？ A It was both. In fact, I said I wouldn’t make an announcement until the season was over, but I had made up my mind before the season was over that I had to do this. I was going to do this. I was prepared to move, but I also knew I needed to interview a lot of people and I knew the people I wanted to interview were going to be sought by other teams. Therefore, I didn’t want to get left behind. I jumped on a number of guys and talked early, so I was confident nobody was going to take another job without finding out first where they stood where with us. Everyone I talked to thought that this would be a great opportunity for them. A：两者皆是。事实上，我说过我不会在球季结束前宣布要找新教练，但我早在球季结束前 我就下定决心要这麽做了。我准备好要做更动，但我也了解我必须要面谈很多人，而我 想面谈的人也会被其他球队锁定。所以，我不想落後其他队。我提前锁定了几个人，并 早早跟他们谈过，我有信心没有人会在我们之前抢下这些目标。每个跟我谈过的人，都 认为这份工作是对他们而言非常美好的机会。 --

※ 发信站: 批踢踢实业坊(ptt.cc), 来自: 1.164.135.2 ※ 文章网址: https://webptt.com/cn.aspx?n=bbs/Timberwolves/M.1461394005.A.B29.html Thibs是今年MIT Sloan SPORTS ANALYTICS CONFERENCE会议的Hack-a-Stat座谈会成员， (连结：http://www.sloansportsconference.com/?p=18312%5C ) 座谈会有包含讨论一个叫Catapult biometrics的装置(穿戴式装置，可以监控球员的移动 以及疲劳程度分析)，这种分析法在联盟中目前也是开始在采用，而Thibs去年走访13支球 队，刚好利用这个机会观察其他球队怎麽运用。他拜访的球队也包含马刺队，马刺算是这 方面的翘楚，也希望Layden可以带来马刺这方面的更具体的作法。(毕竟他在马刺当了四年 的助理GM) 当然最希望的还是Kander留下，在Thibs任教第四年时，公牛另外聘请Jen Swanson担任运 动伤害控制的决定者：包含上场时间、能否上场跟练球，避免Thibs过度使用球员。希望 Kander能扮演类似Swanson的角色。 ※ 编辑: ymhon (1.164.135.2), 04/23/2016 22:27:54 补充一下，Thibs自己的说法是： Often criticized for playing his starters too much, he answered Taylor’s inquiry on that matter by telling him to speak with former players. On Thursday, he said his Bulls players’ minutes compared to others at their position in the league. “Some of it is more myth than fact,” Thibodeau said. “If you dig deeper, you will see that. A lot of other guys play a lot of minutes.” 他认为这是迷思大於事实，认为联盟还有很多球员打很长的时间。 来源就是下面那篇文章：http://goo.gl/9xlKTN 感觉是有可能继续操，所以Kander这类运动伤害管理师出来制衡还是很重要的。 ※ 编辑: ymhon (1.164.135.2), 04/23/2016 22:39:38