America 1979

Chapter 9 Italian Efficiency

As the birthplace of competitive sports data quantification, various sports competitions in the United States can be made into a series of numbers, and then shown to coaches and audiences.

The same is true for joining the rugby school team. Coach Murphy coveted Bill's strong figure, so he naturally thought of asking Bill to take a physical test on the spot.

But Bill excused himself to take care of family affairs and pushed the full physical examination that should be conducted to Wednesday.

"74 inches, 220 pounds, has not yet undergone systematic muscle training, is simply a perfect defensive tackle, and is also good as an offensive end."

In the coach's office in the gym, Murphy praised.

The defense is the defensive group of players on a football team, usually the biggest players, while the tackle is primarily responsible for rushing the quarterback and also defending against the run.

The importance of defensive tackle can be known based on salary. In the NFL (National Football League, National Football League), the core of the team with the highest salary is the quarterback, and the second highest salary is the tackle position.

Defensive tackles are slightly lower than offensive left tackles, but not much different.

As for the end forwards, they are the two on the far side of the offensive group. The strong side is called the tight end (TE for short), and the weak side is called the spilt end (SE for short).

The end forward, especially the tight end, is usually the most flexible player in the offensive team. According to the different coaching concepts and quarterback tactics, the tight end can perform as a running back with the ball or a passer to block the defense. Players, catch passes from passers or work with other offensive linemen to provide greater protection to the quarterback.

Forrest Gump in the well-known "Forrest Gump" is the running back of the offensive team. Because he can run very well and has a strong physique, he serves as the running back.

Bill, who was surrounded by the coach and two assistant coaches, didn't quite understand why Coach Murphy was so excited, but judging by the actions of these three people, he was born to play football.

But he doesn’t know much about this ball game. He only knows that it is the largest competitive ball game in the United States. The NFL’s annual championship game is called the Super Bowl. It has become an unofficial national holiday in the United States, and the Super Bowl is the second-highest single-day food consumption day in the United States, second only to Thanksgiving.

The original owner didn't know much about football, after all, their family mainly watched baseball, that is, MLB.

As for the NBA, which is well-known to Xia Guo audiences, it ranks fourth among the four major professional sports leagues in the United States and focuses on overseas markets.

Robert, a younger assistant coach, echoed: "Bill is also very powerful. You are also a professional coach, but you were overthrown by him all at once. Thank God for the gift."

As he spoke, he made the sign of the cross on his chest.

Murphy was even happier, and made a sign of the cross.

Another assistant coach, James, asked: "Bill, I'm curious. What have you been doing for the past two years? Of course, this is purely out of curiosity. If you have a private question, you can choose not to answer it." .”

This is a white male with a red peaked cap, casual gray short sleeves, and a red neck from the sun. Visually, he looks like a white farm man in a southern state.

It is also commonly known as red neck. In the American media in the twentieth century, the word red neck was regarded as a derogatory term for poor white men in the south.

But in the 70s, mainly during the period when Jimmy Carter was the chief commander of the American Renzong, a word called "redneck chic" appeared, that is, it became a fashion for white people to tan themselves into red necks through tanning.

Therefore, there is a high probability that James is not a poor white man in the southern state, but a fashionable urban white man.

Bill thought about it. The original owner did not do anything earth-shattering and bad during the two years of dropping out of school. He had been in the society for two years. In the future resume, this point can be written in a big book.

"My parents died a few years ago because of a mugger." Bill tried to look sad before telling his story.

The three people around were really touched. Coach Murphy stopped smiling, and Robert patted Bill's arm.

"So when I went to high school, I became at a loss because no one told me what to do. My uncle and aunt who raised me were busy with work and couldn't even manage their own children. I just followed my cousin and left school to go to nightclubs and bars. went."

"Get up around noon every day, and then go to work in the afternoon until the early morning. After two years of this kind of life, it may be God's guidance. One day I had a dream. I dreamed that I was doing experiments in college and had a beautiful girlfriend. , the tutors and classmates are also very friendly, the future seems to be bright, and then I woke up. Since then, I have been thinking about going back to school and living the life of my dream. After weeks of hesitation, I finally Take that step and try to get back on campus."

"Thank you three very much. If it weren't for you today, I might have extinguished this dream."

Murphy and the two assistant coaches were naturally very helpful. Coach Murphy turned his head and looked like he should do it.

In American society, there is a very invisible rule, which we can call prestige, that is, what good deeds a man has done in other people's mouths.

If Bill becomes a well-known football player in the future, even if he is not nationally famous, but only famous in the college team, Murphy and others can appear on Bill's thank you list in public, and they are often the first few appearances. prestige.

That's why these three are so useful.

After chattering for a while, the three agreed to let Bill go.

Of course, before leaving, a lot of words were thrown at the scene: "Dear Bill, if you have any difficulties, any difficulties that hinder you from realizing your dream of going to college, you can come to me, my home phone number is XXXX-XXXX .”

Bill used the paper in Murphy's office to write down the phone call. The high school football coach is considered a wealthy middle class, so he might be able to use it.

"Okay, see you on Wednesday!"

After saying goodbye, Bill went to the nightclub where he worked part-time. Now that he can go to school, he should quit this time-consuming and laborious job.

Public high school education in the United States is generally free, and there is no need to pay tuition fees, which makes Bill less worried.

The lobby manager of the nightclub lamented Bill's decision, "As long as you want, we welcome you back anytime. We can even hold a party for you to drop out of school again."

The lower-level people in the United States do not have much knowledge acceptance, so some people are very anti-intellectual and resist going to school to receive education.

So in the eyes of the nightclub manager, Bill is going to hell for himself.

The chick knew his ambitions, but Bill left without paying attention to the nightclub manager's sincere efforts to persuade him to stay.

This day was considered to have achieved the preliminary goal, Biershan was satisfied, and without a car, he whistled and walked home.

At the door of the uncle's house, another piece of good news was waiting for him.

"Boy, I want you to feel the efficiency of the Italians."

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