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Meetings
Wed 14 Feb 2018
at 17:51
  • msg #981

Re: B Coach

Offense....

 Sims     had finished  Laying out the game plan. He  Asked if there  were questions...

 Miles raised his  hand,..so?  Coach. I know  we  want to crush them.. put up the points..heck.. that's  our trademark.... but...if  we don't  run the  Ball a bit?

 .. Yes...I do, understand what you are saying..but? Imagine what the press will say  when  we had 60-70 points on someone, and didn't have to run the ball ..not one time?....

 The  team laughed Duke  asked,..so throw  first?... Run  last?

 ..yeah, but  don't  get to  worried.. Klay, Mik, Lucas... they'll be getting fed alot  in the flats.... with   Bronk, Mackins and  Ben   eating up the Middle or  going deep.. they are going to have  to Blitz like crazy, or drop  folks  off into coverage... so.. the backs  will have a field day....
Benedict Hope.
player, 1489 posts
Wed 14 Feb 2018
at 17:52
  • msg #982

Re: B Coach

As usual Ben paid attention during all the meetings, but he was getting a bit uncomfortable with the aggressive tone. He believed in playing hard, but fair. He didn't view the opposing team as 'the enemy' just as, well, their opponents for the time of the game itself.
Emma Reese
player, 540 posts
Safety
Won't be outworked
Wed 14 Feb 2018
at 18:03
  • msg #983

Re: B Coach

This team still looked pretty bad. This running quarterback definitely looked like he would fit better as a running back. Still, the woman didn't have any questions and just listened. This was all pretty direct and straight-forward to her.

Emma might look up this Mosh's previous year's history because she couldn't believe he'd actually made the NFL playing like this.
dismissed.
Wed 14 Feb 2018
at 18:13
  • msg #984

Re: B Coach

  as the players were  leaving   Cal    Called out..

  Reese!....Bing!... Bronk.... Hope...and Klay  follow  me and  Coach to the dragon's Den....

    as they walked   there was a  Young women with  a power suit on, she hand a head set   and was a good  5 yards  ahead of Sims... he slowed his pace to let her get ahead.

 then he   Dropped his Folder, Papers goign everywhere.. he waved the woman On, and Knelt  down to Pick them  up..Cal  and Bronk started to  gather papers as well...

 Ok.. have to say this  quick.... one of those loud mouth's  in the argue  shows, has a new show... he calls it  'Blast Off"... every week  he tries to get players  from Rivals who are playign  each other to  shoot thier mouths off... no script..its  live... its made to draw folks in... as they stood  shuffling papers,  he adds...

 ..Bronk?..  shoot your  Mouth off....everyone else?..  Just say what yuo think..let Adam be the BAd guy... Cal and  I have to do our  own face off  with thier  coaches.. so we can't help.... and? you can bet, i'm sending a protest to the league....but? Since we have to do it..use it..just  another tool..right?

>>>>>>>>  Dragon's  Den
Emma Reese
player, 541 posts
Safety
Won't be outworked
Wed 14 Feb 2018
at 18:18
  • msg #985

Re: B Coach

Great! Just what the league needs, a league-sponsored shout-off.

Emma nodded to Sims. "Got it. When is it?" she asked. She could play of the loudmouths if she had to. Make the Texans shoot their mouths and come out looking like the better team. That she could manage.
Benedict Hope.
player, 1490 posts
Wed 14 Feb 2018
at 18:34
  • msg #986

Re: B Coach

Ben looked a bit unhappy. He really didn't like trash-talking.

"Understood, Coach," was all he said, however. He had a job to do, no more no less, and if this was part of it, well, it had to be done.
Adam (the bomb)Bronk
player, 822 posts
19 WR
Sun 18 Feb 2018
at 04:24
  • msg #987

Re: B Coach

after  PR  sessions...

   walking   out on the filed   Adam grinned  ,  he rubbed  a hand on the fake  Grass,  flicking off the  ground up tire beads off his hand.  He slipped His Helmet on   and did a few stretches ... the  walked to the  50  yards line , and  began  a warm up Mile.

   As he started his last Lap the  interns  had the   Jugs Machine sent up in the south Endzone, closets to the tunnels.

 For  his Cool down He   picked  two stand  Up  dummies  and set them  up  on the  5  and  then the  10... then two  for at the  15 and the  20.

  once those   4  were  set  Up , Adam    lined up on the goal line  and   ran  at the  Dunmies,.. Hiiting the first one  hard, then rolling, getting Up  and hitting the second one, repeating it   Until he  got up after the  4th one and   sprinted to the 50 yards  line.

 he   would  do that  3 more  times...

 After he   was finished   doing  the 'hit ' drill.. he  Moved the  10 yard  Dummy in inisde  but  3 yards..  and the same  for the  4th  dummy. Once he returned to the endzone he  took a  Ball and  ran  straight at the 1st dummy Giving a   shake  Move, cutting  as  close to it  as he was   able, shifting the ball away from the  Dummy  , then hitting it with a hard stiff arm.. as he  approached the  2nd  dummy , he  shifted the football again, stiff arming  with the other hand.
Benedict Hope.
player, 1496 posts
Sun 18 Feb 2018
at 14:59
  • msg #988

Re: B Coach

Ben was happy putting in a few laps. Adam seemed to have forgotten he was there, busy playing with the dummies.
Adam (the bomb)Bronk
player, 823 posts
19 WR
Sun 18 Feb 2018
at 17:35
  • msg #989

Re: B Coach

    after he first  bit of   work , Adam   came  Back to get a drink and  asked the interns  to set up two 'corners, and Two safeties.

 Hetook a deep drink of  power ade and  said to  Ben,..ok...got  my cut  drills out of the way...

 The interns  came  back and  Adam told them to each Grab a  shield Dummy...Ben here?.. He's gonna  run  either  an Angel Out  , between the   Corner  and the Safety... or  Run a  Post, between the safeties...  ar  Drag across the Midde  behind the CB, but in front of the safeties... You guys  are gonna stand where the safeties  are, and Break on teh BAll when i throw it... for every one  we don;'t  complete..no matter  why.. i will give you 5.00  between you..I'll pay you in the locker  room...

 The Kids  grinned...

  ..But..for every 5  passes  we  complete, you owe me  a lap... then he grins,..you pay that before  we go into the locker room..

   Adam walks  to the  near hashmark....they would  use the   far hash mark as 'out of bounds', so it made the field  smaller.
Benedict Hope.
player, 1497 posts
Sun 18 Feb 2018
at 18:32
  • msg #990

Re: B Coach

"All right!"

Ben stopped running laps and came to join Adam and the interns. Soon he was scampering happily about the field trying to catch the balls Adam was firing down the field at him. Most he caught... five times he eluded the interns completely, and once he missed completely and still ran into one of the dummies and ended up on his butt!
This message was last edited by the player at 18:42, Sun 18 Feb 2018.
Adam (the bomb)Bronk
player, 824 posts
19 WR
Sun 18 Feb 2018
at 19:12
  • msg #991

Re: B Coach

     Ben ran his  routes,   Adam tries to read them.. the  Interns Knowing there were only three routes, could  up pass our  collapse on Ben as  he  cut to the inside.

  after  10   routes...over about a 15 minute  span,  they were even.. Ben caught  5.. the  were 5  misses .. two on over throws to the outside.. and three that the interns   Got a shiled  Dummy on.

 Adam,  Grinned, ..now  You Guys    Fire the Juggs machine at  us.. we'll run the ball back.. we do this  for  10 minutes, no stopping.... after that, I'll run your lap with you, and help you guys   put this stuff away, then you meet me  at my locker to get paid..

 Adam stood in fron of  Ben at the  15 yard line.. teh BAll would  zip in hard at the  two  recievers.. they would catch in run it  back to the  intern, then  sprint  back to get in line.. losts of  10 yards  sprints, forcing   them to concentrate  as they got   leg weary
Benedict Hope.
player, 1498 posts
Mon 19 Feb 2018
at 09:30
  • msg #992

Re: B Coach

Ben was still grinning as the two men scampered around catching the balls the Juggs machine fired at them. Once they were done, he joined them in the laps and in putting the equipment away before they went back to the locker room to change.
Adam (the bomb)Bronk
player, 825 posts
19 WR
Mon 19 Feb 2018
at 14:58
  • msg #993

Re: B Coach

  In the  Locker Room Adam, opened his lock Box and peeled off  50.00 giving  each Kid  25.00.

  ..But you said   5  for the passes?.. that's only  25.00?

 Adam  took off his  shirt and tossed it  into the hamper...Look?..  What are you  Guys..18...19?

 They  nodded  with a shrug.

 ..I have no idea what they  pay you guys... I know some  teams ineterns.. even Grown men  who may as well be asstistant coaches, don't get paid  at all..

 so?.. Take the Money..you guys earned it... maybe take a chick to the MOvies  or something?

They Grinned  Adam headed to the showers with a wave.
Benedict Hope.
player, 1499 posts
Mon 19 Feb 2018
at 15:51
  • msg #994

Re: B Coach

Ben was already in the shower, singing.
Adam (the bomb)Bronk
player, 826 posts
19 WR
Mon 19 Feb 2018
at 16:00
  • msg #995

Re: B Coach

  once showered and dressed..the interns tided the place up, no one could tell  anyone used it.

   Adam frowned at his Cell ,..Um?.. Ben?  I have to Go see Yuto?....  You have to Go home  and sign for something.. the drover  said he'd  wait?

   see ya later.... he rgabbed his back  pack  and left, going  back  up the ramp to the Offices...
Benedict Hope.
player, 1500 posts
Mon 19 Feb 2018
at 16:21
  • msg #996

Re: B Coach

"OK, I'd better get going then."

Ben scampered out to the car park, jumped into his truck and headed home.
Benedict Hope.
player, 1543 posts
Mon 12 Mar 2018
at 16:25
  • msg #997

Re: B Coach

Ben walked in, hair still wet from an early swim, carrying a mug of coffee. He took a seat and waited quietly, sipping his brew.
practice
Thu 15 Mar 2018
at 14:23
  • msg #998

Re: B Coach

<<<<<<  from Dragon Offices.

 The Team lined Up and did thier stretches .. Steele  wasn't allowed to  take part while on suspension..though  the league  did  allow him to attend  meetings.

  Once  they  had stretched   and  did the  exercises,  they team ran    a Mile on the track... at a good pace  with  coaches    stationed  around the track to keep players moving

  Yuto and HIs Uncle  sat in teh stands.. it was a pleasant  day in  Jacksonville.. semi-cloudy with a bit of  wind.

 Once the    run was done,  the Offense   stood  at the  40 yard line facing the   south endzone  to   do thier  reps.

  the Defense  stood  on  the other   20  Facing Midfield,  as the  scout team ran Houston plays, and they worked   on thier  responsibilities

 Cal  was  shouting at the   players,...as in  any game!... But this   one more so then ever!..DO YOUR JOB!... don't  worry if someone else messes up.... IF....IF.... everyone does  their job...This will be like a damn  preseason game!... But if you try to do too much... and you give them a big play here or there.. You'll give them Hope!...Let's face it.. thier season is done... it would take   a hundred things to happen for them to  even get a wild card slot.... so?... the next best thing?  Ruin the  Dragon's  Season... beat a division foe, whom... both front offices   hate each other....and  polish the turd  that is  Myron Mosh!.... Now?.. I don'[t know  about you folks..... But i rather  be beat by a circus  clown then Mosh....Now?..lets see those Rotations   again... Bing.. You and  Reese  take  turns   every  set...

.................

  On the Offense  side of the BAll Sims  stood behind the Offense  Pointing  out areas where the Holes should be, if the   Texans  stayed with their   Defesne they used   against the Dolphins.

   ... We  Know.. there isn't any way.. we can plan for everything they can do...... But?  it works   both ways...Now?..I have faith in my ability  to make adjustments.... I have faith  in you guys, to make those  adjustments.... But we have to start somewhere... and this is where  we start..

 they Jogged through the  routes.. Duke dumping the ball off  or  throwing  darts  at the WRs  and  TEs

 Near the End  Sims  smiled,..OK Bronk..lets  see some of that Mellon Magic...

 Adam frowned .. Mackins took his  spot on the 'enemy' sideline  Stalls and Willis took turns  at Mackins  spot.

   He  shrugged  and  called the  wildcat  plays  he knew, they didn't  add   any ( yet)... mostly    roll left  , roll right... Hitting BAcks  and   WRs    on outs  , hooks  or passes in the Flat.

 ..Ok..Lets  see  some deep stuff...

    Adam  rolle d again,  he started off  hitting  the  WR  goign deep on the side  he rolled to... then  worlded On Hitting  Ben and the other TEs   Going Deep Up the seam... then... he started to take Halfrolls   and fire the  Ball  deep the  the Offside  WRs, or   Ben on a Post..

   Sims    Blew the whistle  and smiled,..see that?  Just like riding a bike...

 Duke     whacked  Adam on the Helmet..

 ............

 Sims  called everyone together,..Alright?... Young Mr   Amota's   party at 8:00... I want you all home  By 11:00... we   meet  at the stadium Gates at 6:00AM tomorrow  to catch the Bus for the plane.... we'll have a meeting in the air for positions . We'll  get our rooms and something to eat, then  got to  thier stadium for  a walk through and  check the field.. we shouldn't have to worry about the sunlight breaking through that dumbassed  Glass they have, sicne its  a night game... But i want yo all to check the field... there have been issues  with some of the rug coming up near the  endzones... I already sent  a complaint to the league office  and they have folks down there now checking  it... The main thing  here... not if it gets  fixed... but so you know where it is....

 Cal  speaks up,..  if you know where it is.. as a  reciever or a DB, you can use   it... as well as avoid it..The Colts lost thier  #2  reciever  on a bad  cut   for the year..the second game of the season..so ...if you know where it is... you don't have to worry while you play.

 ..alright... Short Suicides  today....  to the  50 and back... to the far goaline and Back.. helmets on.... Then?..hit the showers and we'll see  you folks tonight...

     once more the  Caoche s   stood  at VArious    parts of the field.. as the team  lined up on the  couth Goalien to run...
Emma Reese
player, 563 posts
Safety
Won't be outworked
Thu 15 Mar 2018
at 14:40
  • msg #999

Re: B Coach

Emma ran the mile near the head of the pack, though not as quickly as someone like Bronk could do it. She then participated in the defensive rotations dutifully as well. She did notice that Yuto had someone else with him in the stands who bore some family resemblance. Must have visiting family in town.

--------------------------------

Emma then moved quickly on the suicides as instructed, first to the fifty and back and then to the far goal line and back. She'd never really had trouble with the drill, but then again most players hated any sort of speed or agility work and focused purely on size.

She had a bit of time before the party, and Emma planned on getting in her afternoon lifting session before heading home to get ready for the party and maybe work a bit on her e-mails or fan mail beforehand. Emma didn't like being idle plus it kept her from getting too engrossed in the media coverage. It was easy to get all caught up in that sort of thing if you let yourself.
Benedict Hope.
player, 1546 posts
Thu 15 Mar 2018
at 14:51
  • msg #1000

Re: B Coach

After sitting in meetings all morning, Ben was glad to stretch his legs in a run and set off like he was chasing a new personal best. Perhaps he did, but he hadn't brought a stopwatch. He then scampered around as the O went through their drills, running each as hard as he would on the field during a game.

He still had plenty in the tank to hold his own in the shuttle runs, though.

When they were released, he went to shower, then put on street clothes and headed off into town. Before he went he sent a text to Lu-Ti: Busy day at the office. See you tonight at the party? Please...
Adam (the bomb)Bronk
player, 845 posts
19 WR
Thu 15 Mar 2018
at 22:41
  • msg #1001

Re: B Coach

  Adam  Gets his shower,  and his dressing as Steele  comes over,..I watched  from the owner's box?... You did...good...

 The little  wide out looked  left  and  right   then said in a Harsh whisper,..I wouldn't half to..if you  did't fuck things up!... All I wanna do is   be the best  damn Wideout  to play this  game.... and I have a wall in front of me...  and?..when i playing QB... I don't get to do that?..so?..10 years?  12?..whatever...will i be remembered for being a great wide out?... not if i have to keep doing this... I'll be part of  an NFL films special on the 'swiss army knives of the  NFL "

  ..why...why don't you tell Sims you don't  want to do it?

 Adam Jammed a Finger into Steele's  chest,..First?.. I'm a Player..he's the Coach... if  he tells  me to go paint the goal posts?  I'm gonna paint the goal posts...

 Then he  jams  the finger into Steele's chest  again,...and I can do  the job , I know... Sims  Knows  it.. and there  are about  100 people who have seen me play that know i can do it..so...I do...

 The Last Finger Jam  made Steel fall Into a chair,...and.... I am a Team Player.... if  i never get som much  as a  clip on the  late news, Its cool as long as we're  winning....so ..yeah... I'm giving up the goal i want most out of this game.. to make  sure the Dragons are remembered ... Can you Give  up the fucking bottle, to do the same?

    brink grabs  his  Bag  and storms out  of the Locker  Room.... Sloan and Kane  came out of the Shower.....What did  you do, Steele? Sloan asked

  Steele  just held out his arms helplessly...
At Houston
Sat 7 Apr 2018
at 16:01
  • msg #1002

Re: B Coach

 <<<< from  travel times

  Once the Bus arrived  at Reliant Stadium,  the players lost alot of thier  giddiness over Mosh's   national TV  embarrassment.

 In the Locker Room  Sims   called out  to everyone..( Emma   used  the   head Coaches   room   for teh shower  and to get  dressed. ) ..alright..Listen..... THIS ISN'T   our house.... so? we don't know what Media   will be there.... who will be in the Onwers  boxes...we won't even know  if the  groundscrew, is  really that?  or some on watching....

 he walked    back  and forth a bit, he was also dressed in shorts , turf  spikes   and a Dragon T-shirt... Looking  at the  Ground,  his Right  arm held his clip board, the left hand held the whistle and  Stopwatch  that  Hung from Lanyards around his neck. He stopped and looked over the  team.

 ..But it  doesn't matter?  We aren't ninjas... we're a football team...  anything they want to know  about us?..is  right there ..in the game films...but?... they don't have alot to study...

..but that doesn't matter.... we don't hide  what we do.... we tell you..we're coming to kick your ass hard.. and we won;t stop, unless you leave the field.... we  have gone from being laughed  at... to hated..and the next step is feared.... I want us to be feared.... I want  the teams   to be afraid  of being  hit..... afraid  of being  Beaten on national TV... Afraid of  humilation  as we pile on  point...after point...after point...

 ..I have never lied to you... and i won't start today.... I have been a student of this game since i could walk.. i have read   reams of books  on the league..on players....and  History going back to leather   Helmets and  the 'gridiron'....I have  NEVER...EVER... seen an Ownership group treated the way the  Amotas  have been treated....  THAT..angers me.... I have seen the good  they have  done in Japan... I see the Good they have  done in New Jacksonville.. He Looks at Ben, Duke  and Mile.. his eyes  scan a few more.

 Almost....none of us..would be here, Had the Amotas not  won the right to buy the Jags..... the team would  be wallowing  in despair...again... with only the Amota's  Business  shining any light on Jacksonville...

 ...Now?  Sunday Night..... He looks at his watch......48 hours  from now were are goign to play an 'Established ' Team... Many in the league Consider us an expansion time?   Maybe so?. we have  Three players on this  team from the Jags..so?.. yeah....But the Texans are one of the Biggest jokes going right  now...and they have the  Misfortune to be a division rival...So?... we go and  Pour it on...point..after Point?

 He lets go of  the   lanyards  and    flick  through pages  on his  Clipboard..."...Coach Sims treats the NFL like  College...as if he is trying to influence the Voters  to rank his team Number One.. or  is trying for a slot in the NCAA playoffs..."


 Smiling he looked at  his players,..They are  wrong, of course? For  one thing, I never  ran up the score on a team in college... if we did  score ,late in a game  when we were  well ahead, it was with 2nd, 3rd  and even walks ons....THIS...is pro ball... and if your feeligns  get hurt , because you can't take the punding..then?  its time to get out of the game, go play Golf...or baseball...

 He paces  again  , this  time trying to look at every player,...law of averages  says, sooner or later   we'll have a bad  game....but?..laws  can be broken.... and we  can break that law , every....damn.. week. All we have to do ..is   stay tight, as a team...work our asses off... and play every play, like its the  last play  you need to get into the Superbowl.....

 ..So? You are going to be  playing a team full of people, who should be asking for your autographs... a team that is  so bad, they have to Hype  a High round draft choice, to  get people to Come and watch....don't....not one time..... feel sorry for them....

 He holds up a finger   and    Pulls out a sheet Holding It Up and  Handing It to  Wheeler  who looks  at it and PAsses it around.

..Power ratings.... done  by a company that just measures  Numbers..... You will see, the Dragons  are #1... we have been , for the last 3  weeks.. The Texans  are at a high point..they  are 29th out of  32?.... I want to see them  at 32 after this week

 ..You may be wondering why... I am stressing this  ..so hard. Here is the reason..... I have wtched  football for  37 of my 42 years on earth... I have  seen  NCAA  powerhouse  fall to   teams  thay had on the schedule to  use as a practice game.... and every   year..in the NFL.. they 'great teams'  screw up..get beat by a rival..or even worse?.. by a  team like the  Texans....we'l ahve Harder  Games.... The Colts when they come to our house... maybe the titans? who we have to play twice?.. and the Chiefs   in the last game of the season?...but  do not   mistake this...... THIS  Gane is a test... are you professional  ebough to go out   and beat the hell out of  a  bad team, like you are supposed to.....If we do this.... if  we clean up on these clowns... then the   league is goign to start to shift..EVERYONE.. will want to beat us....but not just for the win..or  to stop us  from going   unbeaten....But because  we will be The BIg Dog...now ..Hit the Field and Loosen up...  1 mile run, then  walk throughs...
This message was last edited by the GM at 16:28, Sat 07 Apr 2018.
Benedict Hope.
player, 1598 posts
Sat 7 Apr 2018
at 16:24
  • msg #1003

Re: B Coach

Ben dressed in training kit and was bouncing around ready to get out onto the field.
Emma Reese
player, 630 posts
Safety
Won't be outworked
Sat 7 Apr 2018
at 18:47
  • msg #1004

Re: B Coach

Emma had changed and listened to the coach talk. Yeah, this was a test of a game, just a different kind of test. She didn't have a lot to add at the moment, so when directed she went out to run the mile, keeping pace with whatever the quickest group of players was running at.
practice
Sat 7 Apr 2018
at 19:33
  • msg #1005

Re: B Coach

   Sims ran with the Team,  No one could  really  who was a Coach with Cal  running  as well.. Fry was alot  slower, but he had a little bit  more  weight, and alot more years.

    once they were  ready the  Team  broke  down into  offense  and Defense...  the players  who sat out     while other got Reps  would   placed   in and  around the formations to help  confuse3  anyone who wanted to  'watch'.

  The   South  end of the  staduium was  left open for   Smokey  to practice  both Punts and  FGs, with  the Longsnapper and Mik who  was serving as his Holder this  game.
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