Without anyone guarding him, Georgie easily scored a touchdown.
After kissing the football in his hands, he turned around and spread his arms, ready to embrace his teammates' celebration.
However, this ti he received the sa treatnt as Mike had earlier.
On the field, apart from the cheers and shouts of the spectators, both teams' players gathered at midfield.
On the midfield line, Aaron lay on the ground, clutching his right wrist with a pained expression, cold sweat beading on his forehead.
"Doctor… Doctor…" George rushed onto the field with a tense expression, shouting for help.
The intense physicality of football can easily lead to injuries in players' most vulnerable areas, like their arms.
At this mont, the unnatural bend in Aaron's right hand clearly indicated a dislocated wrist.
This situation wasn't severe; normally, it would only require a bone setting and so rest to recover.
However, with the ga currently in progress, Aaron's condition ant he was out of the rest of the match.
George pushed through the crowd and ca to the center, asking with concern, "Aaron, are you alright?"
More than the pain in his hand, Aaron felt a deep sense of unwillingness.
Hearing his coach's question, he shook his head numbly.
Soon, the team's dical staff arrived on site with a stretcher.
Two doctors perford a quick full-body examination on Aaron and found no other injuries besides his wrist, then helped him up.
"How is he?" George asked.
"Dislocated wrist, severe contusion of muscle tissue.
He needs imdiate treatnt…" The doctor explained the situation.
Looking at the dejected expression on Aaron's face, George comforted him, "It's alright, Aaron, you'll have many more gas to play in the future.
Right now, your main task is to cooperate with the doctor for treatnt."
"I know, Coach…" Aaron murmured.
Then he perked up, walked over to Mike, and said, "The rest of the ga is up to you.
Just don't be impulsive…"
At this mont, Mike was staring intently at the opponent's number twenty-three, looking ready to act.
That's right, Aaron's injury this ti was caused by Tucker's tackle.
"Don't worry, with here, they won't have an easy ti." Mike gave him a reassuring smile.
That's precisely what made Aaron uneasy.
dford High had finally achieved such good results, able to play in such a grand stadium.
Even if they lost, Aaron hoped that the dford Team could play an exciting ga witnessed by the many spectators.
As Aaron was about to say sothing more, Mike spoke again, "Alright, Aaron.
You need to go get treatnt.
Leave things on the field to us."
By now, anyone could see that the Austin Team had co with ill intentions.
Moreover, dford's Sumr League this year, at the mont Aaron was injured, was essentially over prematurely.
Rather than passively defending in the upcoming ga, Mike preferred to have a head-on confrontation with the opponent.
He wanted to see just how tough the Austin Team truly was.
"Alright, you be careful." Aaron looked at Mike's determined gaze, seemingly understanding his intention.
After scanning the field one last ti, Aaron picked up his protective helt and walked off the field.
Beep—
With Aaron's injury and departure, the head referee finally blew a defensive foul on Austin Team's number twenty-three.
Afterward, the dford Team, now without a quarterback, called a tiout.
Generally speaking, every football team has a backup quarterback.
Unfortunately, the weak dford Team did not have such preparations.
George had planned to train Mike as a quarterback, but this idea had not yet been fully implented.
After scanning the faces of his players, George's gaze finally fell on Georgie.
In football, there is a tactic where the team's quarterback and receiver swap positions.
This also indirectly shows that receivers and quarterbacks have similarities.
The difference might be that the physical quality of a wide receiver is far less robust than that of a quarterback.
Given the ergency, George couldn't afford to be too picky and had to try whatever he could.
"Georgie, going forward, I need you to take on the duties of quarterback.
Any problems?" George asked.
"I, I…" A look of panic appeared on Georgie's face.
To be honest, Georgie hadn't yet recovered from the series of events that just transpired.
Faced with his father's sudden question, he didn't know how to react for a mont.
As Georgie hesitated, Mike spoke up, "Coach, why don't you let try?"
This ti, it was George's turn to hesitate.
He thought for a mont and asked uncertainly, "Mike, are you sure?"
The quarterback is the most skilled and versatile person on a team.
He not only needs to organize the players' offense and defense but also needs to have good vision and the ability to find opportunities.
Things like long throws and receiving abilities are also essential fundantals for a quarterback.
"I'm sure." Mike nodded affirmatively.
Then, to add conviction, he continued, "I already have the ability to make long throws; Georgie can attest to that."
Beside him, Georgie nodded in agreent upon hearing this.
The importance of the quarterback position dictates that the person in that role will face imnse pressure.
At this mont, Georgie was clearly not ready for that kind of pressure.
George saw both of their reactions.
Finally, he made up his mind: "Alright, from now on, Mike will be the team's quarterback.
Does anyone else have any objections?"
This question was completely unnecessary.
At this mont, the dford Team players all looked disheartened, seemingly having lost hope for this ga; they just wanted this tornt to end quickly.
Yes, because of the vast difference in strength between the two teams, this ga felt like torture for the dford players.
Seeing that no one spoke up, George said, "Since everyone has no objections, then Mike will serve as the team's quarterback from now on.
On the field, everyone must follow his instructions…"
The quarterback's leadership ability can often determine a team's minimum performance.
To facilitate communication with teammates, every qualified quarterback almost always has a unique set of hand signals: a clenched fist might be calling for teammates to block, while open fingers might be telling teammates to spread out…
Of course, Mike didn't have ti for all that now.
His commands would likely be conveyed verbally.
After confirming the quarterback, George looked at Sam and said, "Sam, if I put you back at the running back position now, can you fulfill your duties?"
Because the dford Team adopted a dual-core strategy, the tactical status of the running back was significantly elevated.
It could be said that in the dford Team, the importance of the running back was not much less than that of the quarterback.
"I can, Coach." Sam excitedly promised.
With Mike's successful example, Sam, returning to the running back position, only needed to emulate him.
Moreover, Sam also wanted to prove himself again; his previous performance at tight end was not good at all.
It could be said that Sam, who still wanted to prove himself, was one of the few people left on the team who still had fighting spirit.
Just then, Mike raised his hand.
"Is there anything else?" George asked.
"Given the team's current situation, I think we need to change our tactics.
A rushing strategy would be good—" Mike suggested.
In Mike's opinion, with Aaron gone, continuing to use the dual-core interweaving tactic would only be slow suicide.
Rather than that, it would be better to have a head-on battle with the opponent.
This was also Mike's plan from early on.
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