Bruce Buckley’s welcome to the league moment was bigger then a welcome to the league moment, it was a welcome to football moment. Bruce Buckley had never experienced American football as it didn’t have a real footprint in Western Sydney. Bruce had never experienced playing sports in pads so his first practice session for the Myrtle Beach Buccaneers when he got in the first drill was the true welcome to the league moment.
Let’s set the scene:
1v1 drills, the padding doesn’t fit right as Bruce Buckley doesn’t know his size, the helmet is uncomfortable and he is sweating to death in the summer heat of the South Carolinian sun. He was getting beat constantly as Bruce Buckley did not understand the techniques and training required to play on the offensive line.
It was time for the final drill of the day, where everyone was watching the defensive line and offensive have a series of one on one challenges and drills with the whole team around celebrating and cheering them on.
It was time for the final battle, rookie defensive tackle Octavio Clemente and rookie Offensive lineman Bruce Buckley. The whistle went and they engaged as the crowd roared but the battle was over quickly. Clemente had blitzed by Buckley and got a ‘sack’. He turned around and said “welcome to the league”.
Let’s set the scene:
1v1 drills, the padding doesn’t fit right as Bruce Buckley doesn’t know his size, the helmet is uncomfortable and he is sweating to death in the summer heat of the South Carolinian sun. He was getting beat constantly as Bruce Buckley did not understand the techniques and training required to play on the offensive line.
It was time for the final drill of the day, where everyone was watching the defensive line and offensive have a series of one on one challenges and drills with the whole team around celebrating and cheering them on.
It was time for the final battle, rookie defensive tackle Octavio Clemente and rookie Offensive lineman Bruce Buckley. The whistle went and they engaged as the crowd roared but the battle was over quickly. Clemente had blitzed by Buckley and got a ‘sack’. He turned around and said “welcome to the league”.
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