Chapter 794: A clear conscience
The brain is running at high speed.
Reid is thinking about the tactical layout. He needs to convince these young people from a tactical level:
Although they are behind in the score, they are on the right track. As long as they keep believing, remain patient, and persevere, they can turn the situation around.
As ridiculous as the situation may seem, Reid doesn't see much difference between this game and the collision in Week 6 of the regular season.
so.
Turning defeat into victory is actually just a matter of a moment.
Reed stood in front of the tactical board, quickly got busy and got into the mood——
Take your time.
However, somewhat unexpectedly, a voice sounded.
"Sorry to interrupt, coach, can I borrow sixty seconds?"
It's Levi.
He was wet all over, like a drowned rat, shivering with steam, and his body was trembling uncontrollably. The staff on the side handed Levi the bath towel and hot soup, hoping that Levi could deal with it immediately.
In this kind of weather and this kind of confrontation, regardless of the outcome of the game, they may get injured if they don't pay attention. They need to be careful.
Levi held the towel, but had no time to take care of himself and stood up.
On the side, Vicki’s face was solemn, “Rookie…”
He was worried that Levi would catch a cold or get injured, and his health was the most important thing now.
However, Levi did not respond to Vicki and just stared at Reed's back.
Reed turned around and looked at Levi quietly, and the air in the locker room froze slightly.
Vicki exclaimed, "Coach?"
There was not much expression on Reed's white, tender and chubby cheeks. He ignored Vicky's call and just nodded his head gently to express permission.
Levi held a breath in his chest. He endured it again and again, suppressed it again, but finally couldn't hold it in any longer.
"Grass!"
"Pardon my language, but—"
"Fuck! This feels terrible! Fuck! Fuck! Fuck!"
puff.
Houston couldn't hold it back the first time, "Sorry, I'm a bad example, rookie, you've learned badly."
Ha ha.
Sparse laughter surged, and the tense atmosphere in the locker room finally relaxed a little.
Levi and Houston exchanged glances and cooperated in a tacit understanding.
Then, Levi signaled everyone to calm down, focused all his attention, and took a deep breath. The entire locker room was silent, and all the bustling eyes were focused on Levi——
Levi was in a state of embarrassment and covered in mud, but he still held his head high and held his head high.
"Hey, listen."
"I know that not everyone has special feelings for this city. This is not Los Angeles or New York. This is not Fox Castle or Green Bay. This is just...Kansas City, a city that is not so wonderful but not that bad either. A city made up of hard-working blue-collar workers.”
"I know, you think this is a professional league, a cold-blooded professional league where profit comes first. Even the main quarterback in the Super Bowl may leave next season. Who is safe?"
"Sorry, manager."
Vicky cleared her throat, "It's okay."
Hahaha.
The locker room burst into laughter again.
Levi continued without pausing.
"So, we may leave at any time, including me, Sherlock and the coach, all the same. This may be just a stop in our careers."
"But, not to them."
"We are part of people's lives. They will suffer and be excited with us. They will think of us when they need encouragement. The only thing they can rely on when they are at the end of despair is us. Then, tell the children to be like us. excellent."
"Anne Gallas is an ordinary child. She has no talent or ability. She can't even go to school to make friends of the same age. However, she looks up to us and uses our faith as the strength to keep fighting and fight against death. She Make our work count.”
Taking a deep breath, Levi carefully concealed the tremor in his voice. Then, keep raising your voice.
"As captain, I need each of you to shoulder this heavy responsibility. It is insignificant compared with the million-dollar annual salary in your pocket; but it is the lifeblood and hope of this city."
"When we step on the field, we need to give it our all, not just for us, not just to win, but also for this city, to live in this city and fill Arrowhead Stadium every Sunday to cheer us on. people.”
"That's the only way we can repay them."
Snap.
Levi thumped his heart hard.
"Please touch your heart and make a promise to yourselves, are you going all out, are you holding nothing back, are you able to hold your head high when you leave Arrowhead Stadium with a clear conscience, are you able to say with dignity, 'I have no regrets. '?"
"otherwise."
"Get out of here now because you don't belong here!"
Bang, bang, bang, bang!
Kelsey and Mahomes beat their chests hard, stood up suddenly, and roared.
"but."
"If you choose to stay, that's fine because you're not alone."
"When we stand at Arrowhead Stadium, we are not alone!"
Ho ho ho!
Houston, Hill, and Berry all stood up and responded with roars.
"They've seen us at our worst and most vulnerable, but they haven't seen us at our best, and we owe it to them."
Ah, ah ah!
The entire locker room stood up, no one excepted.
Not one of them, even Burns and Clark, let the coaching staff cheer together, and a billowing heat wave stirred in the air.
"In the first half, we were fighting. Although the score looked very bad, in fact, our performance was not bad. The gap between us and our opponents was far from as bad as the score looked."
"In the second half, we will continue to fight, not because we refuse to surrender, but because we are ready to fight until the end."
"Let me tell you, we're going to win."
Buzz buzz.
Everyone in the audience looked at Levi, their eyes filled with disbelief——
Levi, it's not the same as last year, or even the last conference game.
So, does Levi have confidence now?
No, Levi still has no confidence because he knows how powerful his opponent is and how bad the situation is.
but.
Levi took a deep breath.
"There's no other reason, we're going to win, it's that simple."
There were no bold words or loud words, but the understatement was so sonorous and powerful that it echoed in the locker room for a long time.
Calmly and calmly, Levi looked around and met everyone's gaze.
"We will win."
Then, Levi turned his head and looked at Reid.
Reed, who had always been calm and composed, could not control his blood boiling under Levi's gaze.
Reed nodded, "We will."
Ho, ho, ho, ho.
The atmosphere in the entire locker room was completely condensed.
Reed knew that the opportunity had come——
"In the first half, everything was fine. There was no problem with our tactics. Now we are behind. The main reason is our mistakes. We need to improve our concentration and reduce our mistakes."
"In addition, the rain is not letting up now and it should not stop for a while, so the chance of mistakes is greater, which means we need to be more focused."
"Sometimes, in a real top-level matchup, the outcome is not who plays better or better, but who makes fewer mistakes."
"Next, in the second half, our tactics will not be adjusted extensively, but the details, we need..."
(End of chapter)