Chapter 1126 A Confrontation
In 2015, the Canadian tennis super beauty Eugenie-Bouchard, who was already ranked among the top five in the world at the age of 23, won the third place at the US Open. At the end of the second round, he went to the locker room to take an ice bath, but accidentally slipped and hit his head, suffering a concussion.
This caused the career of this promising star of tomorrow to stagnate, and he was never able to return to the top 100 in the world rankings.
Later, Bouchard filed a lawsuit against the organizers of the U.S. Open Tennis Open -
After three long years of litigation, Bouchard won the case, and the court ruled that the U.S. Open Tennis Open He should bear 75% of the responsibility, and Bouchard should bear 25% of the responsibility.
Without warning, Bouchard slipped into Gutekunst's mind.
He realized that maybe he could use "Bouchal" to turn things around, not only to solve Rodgers' mess, but also to screw the Kansas City Chiefs-
Look, this is his job , all the dirty work is included.
Obviously Rogers lost, it was obvious that Rogers acted willfully, but he still needed to clean up the mess; however, Rogers still went his own way, refused to cooperate with his work, and even thought that he was destroying the unity of the locker room, but he didn't Know who is the destroyer of the locker room atmosphere.
Haha.
In his opinion, these geniuses and superstars are all giant babies. all.
Hurryly, Gutekunst turned and left.
Rogers and Lafleur stood at the door of the locker room, watching Gutekunst's hurried back. Neither of them spoke, and they were silent for a moment.
LaFleur still has not forgotten his role, "Aaron, you should know that the team manager is also good for the team, right? He is also worried about you."
Rogers looked like A noncommittal expression.
LaFleur also knew that things in the locker room were complicated and should not be rushed, so he did not say anything more and was about to remind Rogers to go to the press conference room.
Unexpectedly, Rogers looked at LaFleur with a sincere face, "Coach, can we reach the Super Bowl?"
This is a difficult problem.
Lafleur took a deep breath and said, "Aaron, climbing a peak is like this. When we are in it, we can't see the top or even the way forward. We will encounter difficulties, we will fall into despair, and we may even You will fall down and retreat, but it is precisely this kind of challenge that makes you Make things interesting and precious."
"When we finally reach the top, looking back at the twists and turns and ups and downs along the way, they will all become part of the reward. You need to believe in yourself. I never have. Doubt it.”
After some chicken soup inspiration, although there was no direct response to Rogers’ question, for Rogers, this statement was persuasive——
If Lafleur really told him, we would definitely be able to reach the top. The Super Bowl, like McCarthy, keeps shouting empty slogans there, and Rodgers won't trust LaFleur.
Take a deep breath, and then spit out all the frustration and annoyance.
Rogers looked in the direction of the home team's locker room, "I hope to face them in the Super Bowl."
Calm, but confident, his words revealed a sense of determination.
Although it wasn't stated explicitly, they all knew who "they" Rogers was referring to.
The Green Bay Packers and the Kansas City Chiefs are not mortal enemies and have no grudges, but from another perspective, the league has never hyped the showdown between Rodgers and Levi.
From "Levi VS Brady" to "Levi VS Donald", there are all kinds of matchups, but there is never "Levi VS Rogers". What is this?
Is Rogers not qualified enough?
Obviously, this stung Rogers' pride; and after today's game, they finally had a "grievance".
Lafleur also nodded solemnly, "Then let us continue to climb the peak."
Lafleur patted Rogers on the shoulder to express encouragement with this action.
Chicken Soup for the Soul, there are also techniques, just click until it stops. One movement made Rogers hold his head high again and regain his confidence and calmness.
In the end, Rogers attended the post-game press conference and accepted the media bombardment. "Aaron, I heard that the faucet in the visiting team's locker room at Arrowhead Stadium malfunctioned and flooded so much that you almost fell and got injured. Is this true?"
The first question directly confused Rogers:? ? ?
What flood? What fell?
However, Rogers has experienced many battles and is still calm and seasoned. He asked, "So, you didn't see me injured. Are you happy or regretful?"
In one sentence, the situation was reversed.
However, anyone who thinks it is so simple is too young and naive——
That night, there were sensational news headlines on social networks.
"Rogers: The Kansas City Chiefs are very sorry not to see me leave the game injured."
"Rogers: If they hope to cause a tragedy for Bouchard, they are doomed to be disappointed."
"Rogers condemned the Kansas Chiefs for playing dirty tricks behind their backs."
One is more terrifying than the other, and the other is more exciting than the other.
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Everything, just as Gutekunst expected, the media reporters did not pay attention to the Green Bay Packers' collective lateness to the press conference, or they noticed it but were selective. Ignoring it, one or two people started to stir up dissension and fan the flames, trying to further detonate the excitement of the Super Bowl halfway.
Unfortunately, the Kansas Chiefs didn’t buy it.
Levi only said one sentence, "If they are willing to regard themselves as victims...I'm sorry."
The words were limited, but they were full of lethality.
The subtext is, sorry, we defeated you; sorry, we made you lose face and moan and cry like Bouchard; sorry, we humiliated you so much that you had to find excuses to cover up your embarrassment.
——In the professional league, no one wants to be a victim. Victims are even more humiliating than losers.
Levi is indeed Levi. In just one sentence, he completely reversed the entire trend, so that the situation that Gutekunst carefully created put the Green Bay Packers in trouble.
Gutekunst tried to prevent the players from responding, but was still a step too slow.
The Green Bay Packers locker room cannot accept the accusation of "victim". They do not want to be "Bouchard". Although Bouchard successfully sued the United States Tennis Association and received a huge compensation; but among professional players During this period, Bouchard became known as a resentful woman, blaming all her frustrations and frustrations on others.
No one wants to be labeled that way.
"No, there is no problem in the visiting locker room at Arrowhead Stadium, it's just that we were not careful."
"No one was injured. The point is, no one was injured."
古Terkunst: ...
However, this is just the tip of the iceberg.
What is truly ridiculous is that even if Gutekunst changed the focus, even if the media created a flash point, even if reporters surrounded Rogers and launched a group mocking attack, all major news headlines the next day were all about Levi.
Levi. Levi. Levi.
Every eye is filled with Levi.
Rogers: ...damn it!
So, for the so-called team image project, what is the purpose of him swallowing his anger and pretending to be good in front of the media?
He stood like a fool in front of the spotlight and was reduced to a joke. He worked up his energy and forced a smile, but the result... is this?
(End of this chapter)