Damn man. I missed practice on a day there was an all out brawl and lines were drawn between our players. I feel responsible because I'm constantly playing the peacekeeper and this happened while I wasn't there. We're all competitive and I'm always needing to diffuse situations. Most of the time the squad realizes we are united and not enemies, but this was different. I met with the coaches for 2 hours to get all the details and discuss a strategy to get the squad back together. I wasn't really feeling what they had discussed in their approach to heal the locker room. I wanted to get an idea of the tension in the room myself in the first practice back since the brawl. Needless to say, it was pretty damn thick. Much of the divide was between offense and defense, but there was some intergrouping tension as well. Just then, in the middle of practice, I had an epiphany. That scene from "The Replacements" where they were all in jail after a huge fight. That was a proven tactic to unify a team. Who gives a shit if it was from a movie. I knew it would work. So as all the tough boys and girls were entering the locker room after a half-assed practice in complete silence I spoke up and said, "Coming back to work today. At first, I admit I was afraid. Shit, I was petrified." Nick L. Back surprisingly questioned, "You were petrified?" I immediately responded with "Thinking I could never live without you by my side" as we grinned and dapped up. Stewart Hellraiser, out of nowhere, blurted out, "The Lord is by your side" which was met with a "Have mercy" by me. I continued and approached Anya Mind, "And then I spent so many nights thinking how you did me wrong." The beautiful new addition stopped me with her hand and waved me off. I continued on saying, "And I grew strong." Hououin Kyouma rudely interrupted with, "And you know I hate this damn songggg." Finally, I broke out into song snapping my fingers. Well, it didn't take long before the whole team started line dancing. I guess you could say we're good now.
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