The signing was completed quickly and the entire process was uneventful and lackluster.
The next morning, after Lu Ke arrived at the training base, he began a long physical examination process. This is not a physical examination at the rookie training camp. In order to confirm the status of the players, the team must conduct a comprehensive physical examination. Just the drug test includes a urine test and a blood test; and injury testing and sports skill testing are conducted for more than a dozen times. projects.
It took more than four and a half hours before and after, and I finally reached a stage.
After lunch, under the guidance of the staff, Lu Ke visited the entire training base, including the gym, indoor training ground, locker room, etc., and got a preliminary understanding of the team. The most important and interesting - or the most boring part is the introduction to the Honor Room:
The accompanying staff explained in detail the long history and glorious past of the San Francisco 49ers. The purpose could not be more obvious: they hope that the players can have a sense of belonging and honor for the team.
Like other ball sports, player transfers are also very common in rugby league. However, the position of quarterback is relatively special. Those outstanding quarterbacks, or stable and reliable quarterbacks, may not change teams throughout their careers. Among the current four elite quarterbacks, except for Germany Except for Rue Brees, the other three major quarterbacks only played for one team.
No matter what the future holds, at least for the next two years, Lu Ke will completely belong to the San Francisco 49ers.
In fact, there is no need for too much introduction by the staff at all. The San Francisco 49ers, located in the Northern Bay Area of California, are undoubtedly one of the most successful, glorious and greatest teams in the history of the league.
The NFL is divided into two conferences, the American Football Conference (AFC) and the National Football Conference (NFC); each conference is composed of four divisions, east, west, north and south, and each division has four teams. . San Francisco is part of the NFC West, along with the Arizona Cardinals, Seattle Seahawks and St. Louis Rams.
In this year's Forbes list of the most valuable sports clubs, the Dallas Cowboys ranked first, followed by the New York Yankees, followed by Real Madrid Football Club, Manchester United, and Barcelona Football Club. The San Francisco 49ers rank ninth on this list.
Incidentally, there is no place for basketball clubs in the top ten.
As of 2011, on the league's historical honor list, the Pittsburgh Steelers have won six Super Bowls and are still the most successful team in the league. After that, the San Francisco 49ers and the Dallas Cowboys both Won five Super Bowls, tied for runner-up, and then four Super Bowls with the Green Bay Packers.
It is a great honor for any player to join the San Francisco 49ers!
However, this is all "their ancestors were once rich." The last time the San Francisco 49ers won the Super Bowl was way back in 1994.
After the turn of the millennium, the team did not enter the playoffs for eight consecutive years. What is even more shameful is that among these eight years, there was only one year before last, with eight wins and eight losses, and the number of wins and losses was exactly the same. It suffered more losses than wins, and fell into the darkest, longest and most disorderly period in the team's history.
This great team has historically produced players such as Steve Young, Joe Montana and Jerry Rice. It is a striking name even in the Hall of Fame, and can even be called the best candidate in history; now, fans are always struggling to call for a savior to appear, once again leading the 49ers out of the darkness and embracing the light again.
Once, people had high hopes for Alex Smith, but unfortunately, they were disappointed; this year, people didn't dare to expect Colin Kaepernick, but they couldn't help but look to the future. Then, he can carry it Are the 49ers off the deep end?
For an undrafted rookie, especially an undrafted quarterback, joining the San Francisco 49ers is indeed a dream come true. This is one of the most coveted teams in the league, which is also one of the greatest teams in the league. At the same time, this team is in the doldrums, struggling to find an opportunity to rebuild its glory, and the rookie quarterback can also get more trust.
More importantly, San Francisco is where Lu Ke’s home is located. Is there anything else that could make this more perfect? Perhaps the team's starting position is a little too greedy, but this is Lu Ke's next goal.
As usual, all Lu Ke's work is over today, and the next step is to wait for the physical examination report. Before the official signing, the team cannot show the tactical manual to Lu Ke, and the team cannot open internal training to Lu Ke. After all, , From a legal perspective, Lu Ke is still not a member of the team. In the leisure time of the afternoon, Lu Ke could drive around and enjoy a rare vacation.
However, preseason is imminent and the team has no more time to adjust.
After the visit, Lu Ke went into training again - not at the regular training ground for the main players, but at the open training ground next to it.
Quarterback coach Kip Kleist immediately appeared on the training field, accompanied by physical trainers, nutritionists and other related staff. They began to conduct special basic tests to observe Lu Ke's various behaviors. For various technical movements and various physical indicators, in the next few days, they will formulate corresponding special training plans to help Lu Ke reborn.
It sounds very professional; but in fact, the content of basic training is still the same without much change. The excitement and unfamiliarity at the beginning soon gradually entered a familiar track, and time seemed to travel to yesterday again. There was no signing, no selection, no change. He was still an undrafted rookie who was working hard on trial training.
The expected freshness and novelty finally came to an end in ordinary training.
On the morning of the third day, Lu Ke came to the team building again, and Jonas appeared again. Accompanied by him, the two parties formally introduced the key items of the contract. After Lu Ke confirmed them one by one, the contract Above, he signed his name in black and white, and then the signing was completed.
Then, Kip appeared at the door of the office and knocked on the door, "Is everything over?" After getting a positive answer, he looked at Lu Ke, "Lu Ke, come, follow me to the next door. Come to the conference room." There was no room for Lu Ke to breathe, and he hurriedly waved and shouted, "Hurry, we don't have much time to waste."
Lu Ke picked up his contract and followed it in a panic without even having time to stuff it into his backpack.
The two of them were walking quickly in the corridor side by side. Kip lowered his voice and said, "Logically speaking, we should introduce ourselves first and then go to the locker room to meet other teammates. But now we are falling behind. We were falling behind and we were running out of time.”
Just after signing, before the ink was dry, Lu Ke had already entered professional player mode. For rookies such as Logan and Marcus, they have spent three months adapting to the mentality of professional players, the training rhythm of professional teams, and the daily pattern of professional leagues, but Lu Ke did not. nothing.
Entering the tactical conference room, this is the space where magic is performed and magic is shown before every game.
At the end of the left hand side, a large projector screen hangs on the white wall to facilitate the players to watch the game video together; at the end of the right hand side, there is a white panel standing against the wall, with dazzling scrawls on it with black carbon pen. , all filled with tactical terms and tactical breakdown diagrams; in the center is a large number of chairs placed in rows.
"Here." Kip's voice brought Lu Ke back to his senses, and he temporarily stopped looking. Then he saw a thick stack of documents placed on the table to Kip's right, piled high and high. It seemed to be taller than two palms, and it was spectacular. "This is the tactical manual."
The legendary tactical manual. In college, there were not many tactics, even less than a thousand; in professional leagues, it is said that there are as many as 20,000 tactics. The team will arrange and combine them according to the coach's style and the configuration of the players. The quarterback There are at least thousands of tactics that need to be memorized and used.
Today, Lu Ke finally saw the tactical manual of a professional team.
Lu Ke thought he was mentally prepared, but when he actually saw it, he couldn't help but open his mouth slightly, "...It is indeed thicker than the Oxford Dictionary." After being stunned, the first sentence that came to his mind was actually Ma Kusi's teasing broke the tension, and a smile crept up the corner of his mouth.
Kip didn't know why, so he just nodded, "Next, you need to read the entire tactical manual, understand it, apply it, and preferably have your own ideas and opinions..." After saying this, Kip paused, Colin - Kaepernick has been reading the tactical manual for nearly three months and still has no ideas and opinions of his own. This is really too difficult. So Kip changed his words and said, "If you have any questions, please feel free to ask and discuss with your teammates. Discussions with the coach are welcome."
Kip put his right hand on the tactical manual and patted it lightly, "This is not an easy task, but there are only less than five weeks left before the regular season kicks off, and we need to speed up. You...try your best. , if you can't keep up, the entire team will provide help." Suddenly an idea flashed in my mind, "Look at me, Feng Derek has a perfect score in the test, the last thing you need is my worries."
Lu Ke laughed and joked, "It's a lot of pressure. If I had known better, I would have made a wrong question on purpose." The confident and confident look on his face made him even more humorous, and even Kip laughed out loud. .
Open the tactical manual. The first few pages are the training plans for Friday, Saturday and Sunday. The detailed daily schedule is even specific to the arrangements for every ten and fifteen minutes; then there are the formal tactics, and the tactics at the top. An exploded diagram, from player formation to movement patterns, with annotations below.
The annotations for each tactic are very detailed, with at least a dozen or twenty explanation options, all explained one by one, extremely clearly.
The difference between professional quarterbacks is beginning to be revealed.
