America 1979

Chapter 45
November [-]rd, Saturday afternoon.

"...A lot of viewers think that you as the quarterback are the key to the rapid improvement of the whole team. What's Captain Howard's opinion on this perception? Or why do you think the Fort Hamilton High School team can perform so well this season? What is it?"

Linda, a female reporter wearing a brown trench coat, and Tiqi, a fat cameraman with short sleeves and a padded vest, are interviewing the Haadun school team. Coach Jack Murphy and two assistant coaches have already given the shots. Captain Howard with his helmet tucked under his arm.

In the past two weeks, the Hamatun school team has experienced two regular season games, with a record of one win and one loss. On October 26th, they beat their opponents 21 to 21. Yesterday, November [-]nd, they lost slightly by [-] to [-]. to people.

Compared with the previous seven games, the NFHS New York State Association has significantly improved the evaluation ranking of the Hamatun school team, and the strength of the opponents arranged is also gradually improving.

This is determined by the competition system. There are more than 1000 public high schools in New York State, and there are more than 1000 teams. They are divided into minor leagues by region, and each league has dozens of hundreds of high schools. School team.And each school team will only encounter [-] opponents each season. In order to prevent inappropriate ratings, the strong team is matched with the weak team, resulting in the strong team's record and net difference significantly ahead of the opponents at the same level. NFHS New York State The association will arrange suitable teams according to the previous performance of each team in the event arrangement.

And as the strength of the opponent increases, the score also increases. Although it is not as exaggerated as the NFL where each team scores one or two touchdowns in a quarter and scores [-] to [-] points in the whole game, it can occasionally exceed [-] points. big line.

As a result, the reputation of the Hamatun school team gradually rose in Brooklyn and New York City, and Bill, who performed the most brutal and hardest, gradually entered the field of vision of neutral fans and gradually became a well-known star player.

What can best reflect this is that when they saw the No. 88 player appear on the field, many people began to call Bill with titles such as "Mr. Sports Car", "Texas Longhorn", and "Buffalo" instead of "that 88" Number".

The increase in the spread of the team and star players will bring reporters and program groups from small TV stations chasing hot spots like flies to one after another.Today's duo of Linda and Tiqi is the first group of reporters who interview the entire team.

On the training ground, the bench players who could not be interviewed individually today are undergoing physical training under the guidance of Assistant Coach James.

Howard’s next interviewee was Bill Ferrari. This was a predetermined order, so in order to show his hard training, Bill warmed up outside the camera as early as when the coaches were being interviewed, so that he could sweat profusely when he entered the camera. This is in stark contrast to the reporters who are wearing trench coats and gloves to keep warm.

"...Thanks to Captain Howard for bringing us a wonderful explanation, let us focus on Mr. Sports Car, No. 88 player Bill Ferrari, who is training hard."

Titch turned the camera slightly so that Bill, who was pretending to run past, was in the same frame as reporter Linda.

The previous warm-up effect was exceptionally good. There was a burst of white gas from Bill's head, his handsome face was flushed, sweat flowed from his forehead to his eyes, and was wiped away by his big hands.

"Hoohoo! Good afternoon, Ms. Linda and Mr. Teach." After trying to pretend to be panting after strenuous exercise, Bill began the interview in a half-squatting horse stance with his hands on his knees.

"Wow! Bill's training is really serious. What I feel now is that a heater is standing next to me, which dissipates the coldness of early winter." Linda unbuttoned one of her trench coats to show the passing of the players around her. Amazing heat.

"Some time ago, several professional football commentary programs made in-depth comments on Bill's performance in a game, and also touched on the topic of rules and fairness of penalties. As the person involved, what do you think about this? Or what do you want to explain to The fans?"

The content of the program is naturally how to attract attention. The biggest topic of No. 88 Bill is to grasp the edge of the rule and achieve a ten-yard advance. Although several former professional referees, professional players, and star coaches have identified that attack on different occasions Effective, but controversial nonetheless.

"Huh~" After taking a long breath, Bill straightened up and started talking nonsense, "Everyone knows that football is about holding the ball and advancing. Where the ball is, my goal will be there. In that game, I didn't Thinking that my behavior will receive so much attention. In fact, as a TE tight end, I only had one thought at the time, which was to implement Coach Murphy's tactics and create more offensive space and opportunities for the running back around me. .When he went down with me, the only thing I could think about was keep getting the football going..."

Interviews are one of the channels for presenting himself to the audience, to scouts, and college coaches. Naturally, he will not let go of such a good opportunity, and he is dedicated to shaping his image as a qualified player who completes 100% of the established tactics, and through commentary The previous game situation to show his field ability and physical fitness.

After the first question was asked, Linda asked the second question that received more attention: "Why do you go to the defensive team to play tackle after playing end in the offensive team? In normal games, you play six 10 minutes Aren't you tired coming down?"

"...on offense, I'm the lance that tears apart the front line, just like the knights of old, a charge piercing the line of interception. On the defense, I'm the hoplite who threatens the quarterback. , we only need three people to be head-to-head with pocket fives. Often I need to face two to three centers and tackles, so as to hold back the most enemies for the second-line comrades. As for being tired, that is not what I consider , as you can see, my body is the strongest in the entire team, without me, the team may be defeated at a certain point, and then expand the disadvantage a little bit, so that the game is lost..."

Bill's answer was not at the same level as Linda's question. He was talking about his role in the two groups, but he didn't say why he played in two groups at the same time.

The reporter asked the reporter, and he answered his own. In a word, this interview mainly focused on showing his ability and playing attitude, and the rest was just floating clouds.

Linda didn't care about these details, as long as the players have their own expressions, the audience is watching the football star they are chasing, not a female reporter who is 1.6 meters [-].

"The third and last question, how did you get into the school team and start playing football? Is it love or something else?"

It's a question every professional athlete gets asked, and Beal has been preparing for it for a long time. In fact, this rhetoric can be used all the way to the end of his career.

"As you all know, I am from the Italian community...with my parents gone and without the guidance of my loved ones...I am heartbroken and determined to repent and go back to school...Coach Murphy found out about my Talent, gave me the opportunity to run on the griddle..."

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