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PickSix Ii was contacted by his high school to coach temporarily as a publicity stunt. However, as PickSix II was not paid for his time, he decided to do it half assed. He played most of the team's star players both ways, severely tiring them out to gauge their conditioning which was lacking. PickSix II has no interest in coaching and he never does anything without being paid first and foremost so he relied on the assistant coach for most of the game while he just called non-stop flea flickers for the fun of it. While a very entertaining game, his high school team down by 3 touchdowns at half time.
Instead of rallying the team with a motivational speech, he simply boasted about his own accomplishments and how the players were lucky to be on the same field as him and pointed to the school records with his name emblazoned on the trophy case saying he was the only good thing that came out of that school and that's why they asked him to coach temporarily. PickSix Ii only agreed to do it because he wasn't being played by the Butchers anyway and had some time on his hands. Needless to say, the team was not motivated coming out of the half and surrendered another 2 scores before the end of the game. The school was not happy with his performance and understandably, did not ask him to return to coach while they sorted their head coaching vacancy out without PickSix II. 253 words
As Jason Garciaparra heads out to Portland, he gets one final call from North Quincy High that his old coach has to take a break off for a game and that they need an alumni to come coach the game that Friday. Without hesitation, he dropped all of his moving stuff to go coach and get ready for the game. Jason ended up training everyone on the field how to quote The Departed during the game film time rather than focusing on any practice. After all, that was how he learned to do anything in life with watching Matt Damon work his way through the movie as both a character and an actor. The team ended up losing 35-3 after only being able to act out the Jack Nicholson parts in the movie which did not have any moving around. Coach Garciaparra obviously was very upset by this development and called out to his players with the various lines of the movie but the script he had in his hands got swapped out for a play sheet at some point during the game by an actual coach. In frustration, the only player that remembered any other parts managed to kick a field goal before storming off of the field. Jason was told to not coach again and another coach had to be called to cover the still sick coach.
Nicholas Ayers was gearing up for his next matchup, busy with sorting jerseys, getting a quick bite to eat in, and whatnot, his usual routine before he needs to get going when he gets a call from his old high school coach from 10 years ago.
"Odd," he thought, "Why is he calling me?" Of course, he kept his contact around in case of unpredicted manners, but today was the day he got his call. "Hey, Nick... It's Coach from Desert Ridge High School. I knew I was getting old and decrepit, but I didn't know that it would hit me like a truck, that I wasn't able to keep coaching. We just had our worst season in 10 years, and I have resigned. I can't trust my assistants to do this sort of crap, but I thought maybe you could help us out." He paused, waiting for Ayers's response. "Coach," Ayers said, "I may be busy with Honolulu, but I can certainly help you out. Let me know what I can do." They talked for a while about possible coaching avenues, and Ayers said that he would do it. After the season ended, he made his way back to Arizona to help out with his old stomping grounds. He, with his assistants, redesigned the playbook and the schemes, recruited new kids to join the squad, created a conditioning team in partnership with the sports medicine class, and eventually, they thought that they were a force to be reckoned with amongst the other 6A schools in the region, with Skyline High, their rival, on the upswing and various other schools continuing to dominate. Ayers knew that he had work to do, and he needed to do it well. The first game was a home game against Red Mountain High School, a school that always beat them, and a classic rivalry between the schools. Ayers knew that he had to get the statement win to start his coaching career off well, and fortunately he was fairly confident in the team he had assembled. He had to get them excited to play football, and he had to get the most stomping win out of them. Mere minutes before the game, he did his best to completely hype up the team, to great success. Everyone had felt the energy and was feeding off of each other. As soon as they stepped on the field, EVERYONE knew that this team was different from the rest. It was gonna be a good game. Fast forward to the end, and they managed to squeak out the win against Red Mountain, a statement that has the whole state talking. Ayers was seen talking with the team, motivating them to keep moving forward and push on to the next school, forgetting who it is and just playing good football. This mindset led to win, after win, after win, and on and on. They ended the season at the top of the Central Division and made a successful push through the playoffs. Of course, they had to lose eventually, and they did in the semifinals against their old foe, Red Mountain, but it was the greatest turnaround this school had seen. Ayers wanted to stay, the kids wanted him to stay, and the school wanted him to stay. He did stay, and he would stay for a very long time.
Coach Clark has been a staple of the community for 5 decades. Coaching class after class of youngsters into becoming better football players and men. When Bass got the call to come back across the country to coach on the same field where coach Clark had mentored him all those years ago, he had to go. He knew he could be an example for this generation of players. He had attained the highest prize in the sport they were just now really getting the hang of. He could show them that if they put in the hours and the ffort, that they too could attain greatness. So he went.
Coach Clark’s office had newspaper cutouts of articles about Bass’ career. To his surprise, many of the players had followed his career as well and asked him about some of his performances. A few asked to see the rings, (which he had conveniently brought with him). It was truly a humbling experience. It’s easy to forget how monumental your accomplishments are when you are constantly surrounded by, and comparing yourself to, others who are achieving greatness as well. The admiration and recognition from his home town team really grounded Bass and gave him a moment to reflect on all he had truly accomplished. He then got to work on passing all the knowledge he could onto the next generation of stars waiting for him in the locker room. |
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