Chapter 240 Preparations for the Olympics 6 (1/2)

So at one time Jake was called by coach Jim to talk, Jake naturally respected the coach very much and rushed to hear what instructions he had for this endgame.

”Jake you were doing very well in this game, I honestly didn't expect us to get so close to victory and you contributed a lot to us getting here.”

”I said I would help coach so I am trying my best so the team can win.”

”I believe that but you don't have much experience in football, so I want this last attack to just follow what the assistant coach says.”

At first, Jake didn't understand, he was doing it from the beginning of the game, he just followed the assistant's recommendations and only changed the moves when he saw a better opportunity or if he saw that the recommended play would not work.

”I don't understand coach, I'm following the assistant's recommendations whenever I can in this game.”

”Exactly, what I mean to you is that in this final attack it's not recommendations, it's ordered, what he tells you to do you do, after all, we'll pick the best option.”

So Jake finally understood, the coach meant that for the final play of an important game he didn't trust him to make the decision, after all, he wasn't really on the team after all and the coach feared that Jake would ruin everything.

In the last game, the coach gave Jake full authority to make the decisions because it was just a friendly game, but now Jake was just following the team's order.

Jake felt a little offended by the lack of confidence but told the coach that he understood, Jake thought he had made good decisions and that is why the team came up with the last play with the possibility of winning.

But he wasn't really a player on this team and today could possibly be the last time he played football, so he would obey the coach's orders and not care about the outcome of the game.

Coach Jim knew he might have damaged Jake's pride with that order, but he had his own priorities and would not choose to please a player who would not even continue his football career.

If he won this game the Elite school would gain more reputation and the president promised coach Jim a prize, but when the second quarterback was injured he understood that against a strong opponent he would not have a chance to win.

So he called Jake and left everything to him and said the game was unimportant not to put pressure on the young man, now that he saw the opportunity to win could no longer trust Jake who had no experience.

Jake put on his helmet and returned to the field had started the first attempt for the down, the assistant told Jake to try a race and Jake did it and with a handoff handed the ball to the right-hand RB.

The first attempt advanced just 1 yard for the team, Jake understood well that the opposing team had strengthened the defense and were determined to win this game, in the second attempt Jake tried the race again for RB to advance only 2 yards.

On the third play, the assistant again recommended a run and Jake did it, the RB this time advancing just 1 yard and was knocked down.

Jake was very disappointed by Coach Jim, in these 3 plays he saw an opportunity to make a pass and another opportunity to make a run, both plays could guarantee at least one more down.

On the fourth attempt the kicker entered the game, they wanted a field goal that was recommended with Endzone less than 25 yards away.

Jake looked down at the bench and saw that the coach and assistant looked very pleased, so Jake understood that they were thinking of betting on the Field goal from the start, so he was not allowed to try any different play.

Unfortunately while Jake just watched he saw the kicker go wrong and the Elite team missed the chance of victory, Jake could see that everyone was disappointed to lose, the opponents cheered happily.

Jake wasn't happy about that, he hated losing, especially when he knew he had the chance to win, soon after Jake changed and after saying goodbye to the players he left home unhappy.

Coach Jim thought Jake should be more sympathetic to the coach's decision and was being irrational, of course, he didn't know that Jake had two chances to maybe win the game and because he lost was even angrier.

After all Jake was very busy with training, even though he had nothing to do officially, he still trained every day, so he agreed to do the coach a favor because he thought he could win and out of consideration for the coach.