America 1979

Chapter 52 Evaluation
Southeastern United States, Alabama, University of Alabama football stadium.

Outside the large meeting room on the second floor, dozens of men with strange shapes and large backpacks were waiting.Jones is one of them, and these "big carrots" with unqualified body management are his peers, professional scouts.

Today is the gap between the NCAAF regular season and the playoffs. College football coaches often start to select high school students who have performed well at this time. Those who are selected can get invitations to summer camps or offers from college teams in the summer.

This practice is determined by the NCAAF mechanism. In order to prevent coaches from poaching players in advance, the college football league stipulates that high school students must have two seasons of competition experience. Its performance determines whether to give it a place in the summer camp, and when most of the regular season in the second season is over, the coaches will issue a college offer.

"Mr. 47, please come in!"

After waiting for a century, Jones finally got the order to let himself into the conference room, which means that the previous 46 colleagues have recommended the outstanding players they have selected.

No way, the University of Alabama football team is almost the strongest in the entire United States, and its ability to absorb money exceeds a considerable number of professional teams. Naturally, it is willing to spend money in recruiting players, and scouts are willing to come here to make money.

Jones picked up the large backpack at his feet and entered the "trial room" with dozens of videotapes inside. Each videotape is a player's highlight performance this season. As long as the coaches see it, Jones can get Very generous rewards.

Because of this stand-in interview, the layout of the conference room was specially remodeled. An extra-long beech wood table was placed in the center of the room, and several monitors with big buttocks were placed on one side of the beech wood table. More than a dozen people, including coaches and team leaders, sat on the other side.

With the help of the staff, Jones successfully inserted the first videotape into the machine, and after handing the paper materials to the judges, he began to introduce the quarterback from Massachusetts.

"This is from Albert High School..."

Each player favored by Jones often has only one or two minutes of introduction time, sometimes even shorter, because the previous peers have recommended enough outstanding high school students, and some positions are almost full.

Jones pointed out the good qualities of high school students on tape, and the team managers and coaches on the other side were judging from the paper data and tape whether it was worth spending a few more minutes to understand this player.

The offense was introduced first, based on the importance of player positions, but it took Jones only five minutes to introduce the thirteen quarterbacks and running backs because most of them were dismissed before the tape even started.

"This is Bill Ferrari from Southern New York County at tight end and defensive tackle..."

Jones began to introduce the players after the running back. This Bill is also the most physically fit among the players he selected.

This time the team manager and head coach didn't interrupt Jones' tape play.

"It's the furthest he's ever put the ball, past the linebacker, the strongback, and the freeback for a touchdown."

The first part of the video tape is naturally the part that best reflects the overall strength. Jones showed Bill Ferrari's only touchdown with the ball to this group of people.

"Well! Well!" Before the head coach could speak, the team manager clapped his hands and said yes.

Another tactical coach echoed the team manager's opinion, "I have an impression of this young man. His push to get the next first attack has aroused many people's discussions. In the position of pure tight end, he performed well. It's pretty good, especially when it comes to opening the way for teammates."

The team manager pointed to the data on the paper, "Quick 230 pounds, 1.8 meters [-], [-] yards, [-]... His body is quite good, and he can execute various tactics with a flexible running back."

Head coach Paul Bryant did not speak, but continued to watch the tape until it was finished.

"Why didn't he catch the ball?"

Jones spread his hands, "This is one of his shortcomings. He played without systematic training on receiving the ball. In the intervals of this season, he only trained the charge with the ball and the [-]-yard dash."

Head coach Paul Bryant nodded. "I see. This player has no invitation to summer camp."

The team manager on the side disagreed, "Old Paul, he is obviously very good, and his ability to break through the front line has at least reached the standard of a professional player. If you look at his performance as a defensive tackle, I dare say he is the best player in the SEC Southeastern Conference." , Few cornerbacks can stop him as a bull."

The SEC is the college football league in the southeastern part of the NCAAF and one of the most important minor leagues in the NCAAF. Because of the existence of the University of Alabama, the champion of the SEC is almost the national champion of college football.

Head coach Paul shook his head, "Super rushing is both his strength and his weakness. What is visible to the naked eye is that he has almost no ability to catch the ball. I don't expect him to do well in one or two spring trainings and next season." This. As the top two legal receiver positions, tight end is the third most important skill position, and he's just too bulky and doesn't have a great run."

"This is your sophistry!" The team manager insisted, "Look at him, he gives me the impression that he is a heavy cavalryman who can tear through any defense. Such a person should not be rejected, I think it is just you It won't work."

Bill Ferrari's physical fitness and performance on the field made him feel that he should be accepted, even if Bill was used as a bench player, he could not be poached by other college teams.

What the team manager didn't know was that Mr. Ferrari, who was more than 2000 kilometers away, might still look down on the University of Alabama.

"You're right, I really can't use him well. This man is a heavy cavalry, but what we need are light cavalry in the technical position and heavy infantry in the forward position. This Bill's style of play is too fixed, and he is easy to be As for, we, as the number one in the country, shouldn’t use such a biased player as a tight end.”

After analyzing the pass, head coach Paul began to convince the team manager, "We are the number one, the undisputed number one. If Ohio State University, Stanford or Florida State University rank ten football teams in the country, they may be Treat this person as the No. [-] tight end, because their strength and grade limit them. But we shouldn't do this..."

"No. [-] in the country!" The team manager murmured, admitting that what the head coach Jon said was reasonable, so he also rejected Bill's summer camp invitation.

On the contrary, scout Jones has gained something. He understands that he should recommend Bill Ferrari to the universities mentioned by the head coach, and he is fast.

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(End of this chapter)