"Because I'm not good at running the ball. I think I might not be able to fool the opponent's defensive players. The significance of the pseudo-pistol formation is that it blurs the opponent's judgment. It only takes a moment of hesitation. After the kickoff again, our pass The offense can create a gap. But, like I said, I need to know where the defenders are moving and where they are."
Faced with Jim's rhetorical question, Lu Ke first made a fool of himself, then regained his composure and expressed his views seriously and sincerely. Low laughter filled the entire tactical conference room.
Jim raised his chin and thought about it seriously, "This tactic is a failure, but your attempt is worthy of recognition." Jim smiled and nodded in affirmation, "You still think of the tactical changes too simply. ..." Immediately, Jim began to analyze again, following Lu Ke's ideas, and further analyzed the tactics.
Tactical meetings are always boring, even obscure and boring, especially when a certain player always actively answers every question of the coach and always actively participates in every tactical discussion, which makes it even worse.
Undoubtedly, Lu Ke is smart and hard-working. He has quickly adapted to the team's rhythm less than a day after joining the team, but this is like a bowl of fruit gummy covered with maggots. like. Colin believes he is not the only player who can't stand Mr. Encyclopedia.
After the tactical meeting, the players left the meeting room one after another. Pares called out to Lu Ke and pulled him aside, "...what's your name?"
"Lu Ke."
"Okay, Luke." There was no tone, and he habitually brought in English pronunciation. Pares frowned and reprimanded with dissatisfaction, "We all know that you are very smart. You got a perfect score on the Fonderrick test. This is very good." Amazing. But, on the court, the Vonderrick test is nothing. Those professional players can fool you around with one hand. So, now you can shut up and stop pretending that you know everything."
A smile flashed in Lu Ke's eyes. He didn't speak or refute. He just raised his hands in a gesture of surrender.
Pares was very satisfied with Lu Ke's performance and patted Lu Ke's shoulder heavily, "This is a good boy." Then, he swayed his body swaggeringly, walked towards his friends, and turned away happily.
Not far away, Colin was leaning against the wall, watching all this silently, with a cheerful smile finally appearing on his face, gloating about his misfortune.
Afterwards, Braylen rushed out at a trot and took the initiative to say hello, "Hey, Colin, let's go to the training ground together."
Colin's face couldn't help but change, he turned around in a panic and left quickly; but Braylon didn't understand the meaning of this action, glared at Lu Ke fiercely, and then quickly chased after him, "Colin, wait a minute. wait for me."
"What a bunch of clowns." Logan shook his head, looking at the bustling figures rushing towards the elevator in the corridor, and complained. However, I’m not sure whether I’m complaining about Braylon or Pares.
Then he saw Lu Ke following him out of the corner of his eyes, and turned around, "Bambi, what are you going to do?" Logan, Marcus and Aldon all saw Lu Ke's surrender gesture just now.
Marcus rolled his eyes. The bright whites of his eyes almost made people think that his eyeballs were about to roll back. At the same time, he exaggeratedly leaned back, stuck out his tongue, and made a "dead face" His expression said, "Jesus Christ, who do they think they are? Each one of them is really awesome at bragging. Why can't you see them showing off their power on the field? They have such big mouths, they think they are toads."
That merciless complaint was obviously aimed at Pares, causing several of his friends to laugh softly.
Marcus returned to his normal expression and looked at Lu Ke worriedly, "Bambi, are you not afraid anymore? And then you really become an obedient boy? This is not feasible on the court."
Lu Ke said seriously, "I have always been an honest citizen who abides by the law. I always abide by the team's disciplines and rules. How could I refute the rules of the team's seniors?" He was obviously serious. His expression, but the words he spoke were... nonsense.
After saying that, Lu Ke walked forward quickly with a righteous expression of "I refuse to be associated with you". Logan and Aldon both lowered their heads and laughed, and quickly followed, leaving Marcus alone behind, "Bambi? You didn't mean what you just said, did you?" However, no one responded to him. ,"Bambi!"
After only five seconds, Marcus knew the truth of the matter - not five seconds, to be precise, but fifteen minutes.
After the tactical meeting, the team came to the training ground and officially began to engage in today's tactical drills. The offensive team and the defensive team started a game and practiced different routines and combinations.
Although the 49ers currently have three quarterbacks on the roster, Alex Smith did not even appear in the training camp due to injuries, only Colin and Lu Ke. Therefore, in every offense, Jim requires the two quarterbacks to take turns playing and practicing, and requires every player to understand the tactics as equally as possible.
"attack!"
At this time, it was Lu Ke who was standing on the court performing drills. It was not a pistol formation or a shotgun formation. Lu Ke was standing tightly behind the center, only an arm's length away from the defensive players. This was a close-range pass rush training. , requiring the quarterback to face a strong attack from the defensive player and complete a short pass while the pocket is shrinking.
It's not a medium pass, it's not a long pass, it has to be a short pass.
At the command, the center kicked the football out. After Lu Ke received the ball, he quickly retreated and the entire pocket quickly shrank. Under the leadership of Pares, the intensity of the defensive players clearly exceeded the training level. It seemed that they had taken the ball. After getting out of the game, he made up his mind to teach Lu Ke a lesson.
The pocket shrunk faster than expected. In just one breath, Lu Ke was already in trouble. However, he did not surrender. He continued to retreat, and then decisively rushed out of the pocket, continuing to move and run, while scattering outside. All the receiving players are in view and quickly find the passing target.
"Beep, beep," offensive coach Craig Roman blew the whistle, interrupting this training session. This is a pocket short passing training, which requires the quarterback to stay in the pocket. Now that Lu Ke has left the pocket, the training naturally ends.
However, Lu Ke still did not give up. Almost as soon as the whistle sounded, he quickly found Logan in the crowd. With his hand raised and the knife dropped, he made a five-yard pass and safely entered Logan's arms.
Logan did not continue to sprint. He grabbed the football with his right hand and raised it high, showing off to the defensive players; while Lu Ke clenched his fist hard and shouted "Yeah!" over and over again. Cheer yourself up, the tight muscles and protruding veins reveal Lu Ke's concentration.
It was as if this was not a training session, but a Super Bowl game. Try your best without relaxing at all. Just like his sparring career back then.
Pares stood there, panting heavily, staring dumbly at Logan and Lu Ke, who were high-fiving each other, with a very bad look on his face. They were ready to teach this rookie a lesson, but they were slapped hard by the opponent. This was really embarrassing. Anger and shame surged in his chest.
As a coach, Craig couldn't help but be stunned and muttered in a low voice, "This is training, not a game. I have stopped the training, what happened to him?"
Kip Kleist, who was standing next to him, showed a smile, "What he focuses on is not training, but winning. He has a strong sense of competition, which is a good thing. Have you forgotten? On the first day of trial training, On the 20th offensive, he completely defeated the training team. This ability, this concentration, and this investment are definitely not something that just any player can possess."
Craig laughed dumbly, "I know. But..." The words were slightly stuck, and he raised his head and looked at Lu Ke, not hiding his excitement and excitement at all, "It's just that I didn't expect it."
In the United States, people have a fixed impression of the Chinese-American community. They are always shy and quiet, always humble and low-key, always silent and reserved. It seems that they don’t even participate in ordinary daily social activities, let alone be proactive. integrated into the local community.
But apparently, the first-year student is an exception.
Next, Lu Ke's performance also completely subverted the 49ers coaching team's fixed concept of Chinese Americans.
This is definitely not a kind person. He is fully committed, determined, focused, and has a strong sense of competition. He has initially demonstrated his ability to use tactics flexibly and his ability to further interpret himself. Every attack, every tactic, go all out, without reservation. During the afternoon training, Lu Ke stole a lot of the limelight from Colin.
On just the first day he joined the team, Lu Ke had clearly drawn a line and set a goal: he was not here to be a substitute, he was not here to sit on the bench, his goal was to be the main force. The absolute main force, his goal is to stand on the field and win the game, and he is full of confidence and motivation.
For the coaching team, they are happy to see the results. The competition between the two rookie quarterbacks can increase each other's motivation; but for the players, this is not the case.
Before Lu Ke joined, they had established an entire training system with Colin as the center; but now, Lu Ke's active efforts have brought variables and troubles - after all, Lu Ke and Colin are Two quarterbacks with completely different styles, the focus of tactics is even more different.
Is this a good thing or a bad thing? But, for better or worse, the competition has begun. On the first day of his appearance, Lu Ke left a deep impression.
Pares didn't like this, even hated it. It's not because of the competition between Lu Ke and Colin, but because Lu Ke is challenging the authority and bottom line of the senior players. If they don't teach this first-year student a lesson, I'm afraid their authority will not be able to do so throughout the next season. Keep it up.
The team needs order, and the rookies need lessons.
