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I’et to the fifty-yard line, and it feels like I still have an eternity to go As I approach the end zone, Oz yells, "Pick it up, Moore! Looking slow today"

That’s because I feel like I’s, Coach

I drop to do my push-ups and the constant up and downwhen I finish and drag myself towhen the rest of the tea the sideline to wait and watch as I finish

I try not to get angry I really do, but the hun that says I can’t do anything right Not even on the first day of practice

I grit my teeth so hard I expect my jaw to break as I finish my last sprint frorowl h them When I’m done, I stand and face Oz It’s a duht, so I raise ?"

It’s Coach Cole who answers "That will do for now"

As I walk over to join the rest of the tea steady, but it feels like one of the line my chest as a trampoline

"Mr Moore has just helped deentlerades drop below the line, when your actions reflect poorly on this team, that’s an infraction For the first infraction, you run" He gestures back toward Coach Oz, and a few players groan quietly "If you commit a second infraction or the probleroup runs with you" People start looking around at the players around theuys who now determine whether or not they’re subjected to the will of Coach Sadist "And if one of you is stupid enough to get in trouble a third tiroup, and your position coach will run" He shoots his staff a sly smile, and I can tell this is news to them And when they fix their eyes on the players, they definitely aren’t screwing around "We are a teaether So, we’ll screw up and get better together, too It’s not just your own ass on the line, it’s everyone’s"

Brookes catches h of a chump already

"Any questions?"

Players and coaches alike shift, but no one says anything

Then Torres opens his big et in trouble a fourth ti onna run for that one But then Coach surprises hs and shakes his head, but when he speaks, he’s serious again "Mateo, you don’t want it to get that far It won’t be pretty"

My new rooh

"No, I iine that wouldn’t look pretty at all, Coach"

"Teo!" "Torres!" "Seriously?"

Every player surrounding him turns and lays into him He covers his head with his hands and jumps back