After spending his brilliant rookie season, changing his jersey number is definitely a major decision for the team.
On the one hand, fans have gradually become accustomed to Lu Ke's jersey number. If the number is changed, it means that the team must re-produce the jerseys, and the fans must also buy new jerseys; on the other hand, for referees, commentators and other sponsors , Lu Ke’s image signage and related products must be replaced.
This is not an easy decision.
But the San Francisco 49ers still proactively extended an olive branch.
It can also be seen from this aspect that after a full year of operation and promotion, Lech's work has begun to bear fruit - the official position of the league represented by Goodell naturally also plays an important role; unless there is sufficient interest, otherwise, San Francisco How could the 49ers make such a fuss over a rookie player.
Don't forget, they even tried to bring in Peyton Manning during the offseason.
However, for Lu Ke, the real feeling is the feeling of seeing someone walking away.
It's not sentimentality, nor is it compassion.
He has always known clearly that in the final analysis, the professional league is still a commodity based on commercial operations. People always joke that if you want to watch real competition and passion, then the NCAA is the best choice. It is not mixed with interests, it is more of a pure competition, although the confrontation between the four major professional leagues is more intense and more exciting. , but equally, they also lost that purity.
Lu Ke already knew about this. But today is different, because this is the first time that Lu Ke has truly felt the core idea of overriding interests, whether it is Manning or Alex, they are all like this.
Both of these players were once the pride of heaven and stood at the pinnacle of their careers, especially Manning.
He had his own life, his own career, his own family, and even his own life in Indianapolis. He once thought that he would live in that city for a long time until he came back. As long as I can't fight anymore, I will dedicate my life to this city and this team.
However, Manning's loyalty and sincerity ultimately lost to reality.
So, what about him?
Will one day in the future, he will also become a member of the transfer list; or further, one or two years later, he will end his career hastily, just like John Ward of the Bruins Same with Kevin Press. Then, he was drowned in the wave of money offensive and disappeared.
The beautiful fairy tale of his first-year career, after entering the offseason, finally ushered in the cruel and cold reality.
"Bambi?" Laihe noticed that Lu Ke was slightly distracted. He didn't know why. After waiting for a moment, he called out.
Only then did Lu Ke come back to his senses, and the smile on his lips rose. Everyone has his own road to walk. No one knows what is waiting for him at the scenery along the way and at the final destination until he walks it himself. Therefore, he will run with all his strength, fight with all his strength, and spare no effort. Strive and leave no regrets.
Bathed in the warm sunshine of Los Angeles, his mood cheered up again and glowed with vitality. Lu Ke met Laihe's gaze and said, "No need. Number 14, it's good. I'm used to it now."
Number 11, that belongs to the past.
The 14th belongs to the present; likewise, it belongs to the future.
Laihe was slightly surprised, "Are you sure?"
Lu Ke didn't hesitate at all, "Yes, I'm sure."
This time, Lech did not continue to ask further questions, but just nodded in agreement, "No problem, I will inform Trent. Just leave this matter to me."
Agreeing and giving up are both reasonable choices, but the way of conveying them requires skills.
In front of the team, Lech needs to show Lu Ke's generosity and friendliness. In order to avoid causing more trouble, Lu Ke took the initiative to give up changing his jersey number. This was not Lu Ke's obligation, but he still chose to cooperate. Although Lu Ke will not ask for any benefit exchange for this, the team must still understand this.
However, this is a game between the agent and the team manager. Lu Ke does not need to understand or worry.
After the matter was explained, Lech did not leave immediately. Instead, he put his hands behind his back and continued walking slowly. "How is it? Is everything going well during the offseason training? After the break, is it necessary? Have you started physical training?”
Among the simple questions, you can still feel a little awkward. Just like Lu Ke is not good at interest games and long-term planning, Laihe is not good at repeated boring training.
This made Lu Ke chuckle, "If there is nothing else, there is no need for you to stay here. After a short rest, I can start training again. If necessary, we can keep in touch at any time."
Laihe also burst into laughter and exhaled exaggeratedly, "Huh, this is such a relief. I can finally get rid of those boring pleasantries. You know, numerical calculations and brainstorming are what I am good at, but manual skills are not. "
"It seems that we have reached a consensus again." Lu Ke and Laihe exchanged a look, and then, without further words or politeness, one walked towards the training ground and the other towards the locker room. pace.
Lu Ke did not start training immediately. Rest time was rest time. He found a specially prepared energy drink on the sidelines. While adjusting his breathing and relaxing his muscles, his eyes fell on the court without stopping.
Looking at the exaggerated expression on Logan's face, he couldn't help but complain loudly, "Hey, hey, that gentleman's expression is too scary. If he records 'Tough Guy Training Camp', he will lose his followers. .”
Not only did Logan not calm down, his expression became even more exaggerated, almost frothing at the mouth.
Suddenly, Logan's expression changed. He suddenly accelerated and sprinted with all his strength. Then he raised his overwhelming momentum to the extreme, whizzing past like a torpedo. When he was about to reach the sprint finish line, there was a series of small adjustments. While running at a fast pace, he turned around 90 degrees and began to pull horizontally towards the left sideline. The strong inertia pushed his body to collide with great force, and he was about to go out of bounds——
The steps stopped, first with the left foot, then with the right foot, and both hands made catching movements at the same time. The whole body was like Michael Jackson's 45-degree tilt dance step. The upper body had already fluttered out, while the lower body still stayed on the sideline. within. There was only a half-second pause, and then Logan lost his center of gravity. The powerful force of gravity dragged him to the ground, rolling awkwardly.
Gulu Gulu.
After rolling several times, Logan did not stand up. Instead, he spread his hands and lay on the grass in a "big" shape. He kept shouting, "Madman! Madman! Bambi, you are the one" A madman! Honestly, did you find Frankenstein’s training method and use it to torture me on purpose? I’m not Frankenstein!”
Logan's training plan also comes from the system, which is the "development gift package" rewarded by the previous mission.
Of course, Lu Ke's plan did not come out of thin air, but was based on the daily training plan of the team's tight end coach, combined with Andre's physical training plan - Logan did not hire a personal physical trainer, and also asked The ideas of Bruins offensive coach Norm Zhou were mixed with Lu Ke's personal opinions. A large number of personal opinions were quietly integrated into a brand new offseason training.
The entire training task includes physical training, technical training; of course, there is also the most important part, the running route and passing route related training between the tight end and the quarterback, as an extension of the quarterback's tactical system.
Needless to say, Logan's training weight and quality far exceed that of other rookie tight ends.
For Logan, who has always been lazy, it is definitely a severe test, even torture.
However, Logan is a typical tough talker. He complains and makes complaints about things on his lips, but he is never lazy in his actual actions.
After experiencing the regrets of the playoffs and the strong competition throughout the season, Logan finally realized that he had to work harder in order to play a more important role on the court. Therefore, during every day's training tasks, Logan never Cut corners and complete all task requirements realistically.
During the period after the start of the offseason, in Logan's own words, "I have never worked so hard in my career of more than 20 years; maybe I won't work so hard in the future. Once, once this year is enough." ”
For Logan, Marcus, Scott and others, they were envious from the beginning, but later they complained, and everyone stayed away - Lu Ke and Watt have been classified as a crazy duo, and the training intensity of the two people is far beyond In addition to other players, people are admired and even more feared; now you can add Logan.
Faced with Logan's "once a day" daily complaints, Lu Ke had long been accustomed to it, and raised his voice and joked, "Hurry up, hurry up, if today's training task is not completed, you are not allowed to eat tonight."
"Devil. Demon!" Logan shouted heartbreakingly, wiped away the non-existent tears, then stood up like a little wife, pretending to cry and said, "The next step is to cooperate with the training, I Just for a piece of bread, you have to pay so much, even Jean Valjean has not worked so hard. Come on, come here, I am ready."
This living treasure also opened his arms, looking generous and willing to sacrifice.
"JJ." Lu Ke didn't say much, he just shouted. The subtext seemed to be: open the door and release Watt. Then, Logan immediately calmed down his expression and acted quickly, "JJ, it's okay, it's completely okay, you continue!" With a panicked expression on his face, Logan quickly threw himself into the next training.
Lu Ke, Marcus and others witnessed all this with their own eyes and burst into laughter. This is their daily routine during the offseason.
Later, Lu Ke also started the following training again, repeating it mechanically, and then looking forward to the day when he would break the quantitative barrier.
