In America, the winner takes all.

Chapter 202 The Neglected Neighbor (13)

"Didn't you see it?" Mary chewed the coarse grain biscuits and looked at Ethan suspiciously.

"The other party is very cautious. I can't gain their trust yet." Ethan shook his head.

"Have you been to the party?" Mary asked.

Seeing Ethan nod, Mary showed a playful smile on her face: "Let me guess, there were a lot of girls from Birmingham clubs at the party?"

Birmingham is the largest industrial city in Alabama. Compared to Tuscaloosa, which is a bit desolate, at least there are many clubs there.

"You don't want to know." Ethan shook his head in acquiescence.

"We will meet sooner or later. You, a Los Angeles native who loves to play so much, must be in tune with them." Mary nodded and didn't ask any more questions.

"You seem quite relaxed." Ethan looked at the other people in the office.

There are three other employees in the office where Mary is located. One is sleeping on the table, one is putting on makeup, and the other is quietly talking on the phone with her boyfriend. As for Mary, there is a book by John Behrendt on her desk. "Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil."

"The admissions office is like this. It becomes busy every February. When it is busy, it can make people exhausted, and when it is idle, it can make people have nothing to do." Mary picked up another biscuit.

"Are you interested in joining the football team?" Ethan asked suddenly.

Ethan is very satisfied with the various staff members of the current team. To be honest, they are all men, which is a bit lacking in taste. Those volunteers only took on the paperwork after all the staff returned to work. In short, it is necessary A female team leader.

Mary was a perfect fit, as she was very passionate about rugby.

But he saw Mary suddenly shaking her head.

"You'd better spare me, it's hard to survive until now." Mary said.

"You really don't want to report to the team? Now is a good opportunity." Ethan told her that after passing this village, there is no such store.

Under Ethan's repeated persuasion, Mary showed her relief: "You can't just ask the other party to agree as soon as you open your mouth, right?"

"The position of team leader happens to be vacant. Rather than choosing someone else, I would rather choose you." Ethan felt that the operations director of the rugby team had no reason to refuse.

"Mary? She can't do it. She's just an office clerk, so how can she be qualified for the position of team leader." The director of operations for the Alabama football team is a white man with a big beard and a deep voice.Typical Southerner.

"I think she is a good choice. At least she understands rugby, plus she has been working in the school before and is familiar with the team members, so she can integrate quickly." Ethan said.

Ethan is not an exception.In fact, Mary handles the admission process for many players on the team, and she may even know the players better than some coaches.

"Ethan, this is not something a player can decide. What you need to do is think about how to beat Auburn University. Instead of bargaining with me here." The director of operations crossed his arms and stared at Ethan.

"The next opponent is not Auburn, it's Mississippi State." Ethan reminded the opponent.

"Whatever, in short, you should honestly do what a player should do. As long as you come to Alabama, you should abide by the rules of Alabama, no matter who you are." The other party began to show impatience.

A very simple truth, if Bob Boone really wants to leave the position of athletic director, the school will probably promote a new person from the director of operations of a certain sport. Considering the extraordinary status of football at the University of Alabama, There is a high probability that he is on top.

As a player that Bob Boone planned and personally rushed to Los Angeles to recruit, everyone knows that Ethan O'Connor has a good relationship with Bob.

Before, Ethan even skipped the operations director of the football team and discussed directly with sports director Bob Boone. This made the middle-aged man in front of him even more resentful. Now he has found an opportunity for revenge.

Not only the daily affairs of the team, but also he has already calculated clearly that as long as Ethan's condition declines, he will start to let Freddy continue to be the main player.

He needs to be in complete control of the team, even if the results come close.All in all, he was not easy to deal with Ethan in every aspect.

"I understand, it doesn't matter who it is, as long as it's the candidate I recommend, I'm afraid it won't work." Ethan could vaguely sense the other party's attitude.

"As the team's director of operations, I must give full consideration and listen to a wide range of opinions, rather than just listening to the unilateral recommendation of a young player." The operations director shook his head and spoke in an official tone. "You'd better really think so." Ethan turned and left the office directly.

When I returned to the indoor training hall, I saw everyone training.

"Ethan, how did you discuss it with Bearded Fisher?" a teammate asked.

"Old Beard is a little dissatisfied with me." Ethan said helplessly.

As for the reason, of course he had guessed it. It was probably related to Boone, and Fisher was preparing to take over from him.

"So, Mary can't be the team leader?" The team members looked a little annoyed. When Ethan mentioned this plan before, he won unanimous approval from everyone.

"Let's train first." Ethan had no intention of going to the sports director because of this matter.

This week's opponent is Mississippi State, which is a relatively special opponent.

From a geographical distance point of view, the "neighbor" of the University of Alabama is not Auburn University, which is also in Alabama, but Mississippi State. The two universities are only 80 miles apart and are neighbors in the true sense.

Historically, the opponent Alabama has played the most is also Mississippi State.Although Mississippi State's winning percentage is better than that of its bitter host Vanderbilt University, it is not that strong. Currently, Alabama is far ahead of its opponents with a record of 85 wins-18 losses (as of 2022).

The last time Mississippi State beat Alabama was in 1980.

Mississippi State's results today are not ideal either, with three wins and five losses, tied for last place in the Western Half with Arkansas.

Therefore, although there is only one week to prepare before the game, everyone including Ethan feels that there is enough time.

Many people turned their attention to the next opponent-Auburn University.

Compared to Mississippi State, Auburn is Alabama's true rival.

Theoretically, you don't have to win the championship, but you must beat Auburn University.

Now that Alabama is gaining momentum and is about to hit the championship, its desire to defeat Auburn is extremely urgent both emotionally and logically.

Offensive coordinator Woody has been preparing the playbook against Auburn even this week.

Ethan saw all this and felt vaguely not good.

Just yesterday, Mississippi State head football coach Jackie Sherrill announced to the local media in Starkville that he would strive to win and ensure that he would not be last in the Western half of the SEC this year.

"I also noticed the other side's clamor, but if we are even afraid of Mississippi, how can we defeat Florida, our ultimate opponent?" Woody heard the worry expressed by Ethan, immediately shook his head and said from a different angle.

"As for the specific tactics, we still use last year's offensive lineup." Woody continued.

It's not that there is no preparation, after all, this set of tactics has been used for nearly ten years, and Mississippi State has nothing to do.

"By the way, Ethan, about Auburn University..." Woody began to ask Ethan again about his views on the next game.

His attitude was enough to represent the vast majority of people. Ethan looked not far away. Sean Alexander and several running backs had begun to train the route to face Auburn University.

Look at head coach Eugene, who is discussing Auburn University's game tape this year with secondary coach Curley.

Everyone has ignored the "neighbor" next door...

　Let me say a few more words: I didn’t go to watch TI on the 30th, so I didn’t plan to make a move.At present, although this book is a high-quality book, it is no longer available, but it is not yet complete.I can tell you that as long as the number of new additions to this book exceeds 1000 a day (you can simply understand it as a monthly salary of , which is actually more than ), I will continue to write it. At present, it is still far from the danger line, so it is I will finish writing it honestly, and I will not distract my energy by opening it twice.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)