The meeting was silent, and everyone's eyes were fixed on the expressionless Johnson.

After answering the call, Johnson's original training plan was completely disrupted.

Of course, the team could choose to pass up the opportunity and refuse to participate in this wild card game to make a little time for the team to regroup, but as anyone with a brain knows, no team will do that.

Even if it is a silkworm-like opportunity, we must go all out to fight for it. Because the gold content and influence of the national championship are definitely not comparable to other bowl games.

Even if it is eliminated in the first round, it means that the strength of the team has stood at the top of thousands of teams in the country.

Just being able to compete in the National Championship is a huge honor.

"I think we need to make urgent adjustments to our schedules."

Johnson pondered for a long time before finally speaking slowly.

All his previous expectations, whether it was his plans, were based on the fact that there was no future tournament to consider.

Seeing that there is now an opportunity to go to the whole country, it is bound to overturn all preparations and start anew.

"So, do you want to call back the fourth graders? Fight according to the original team first? Diana suggested. Now that the new team has not been rebuilt, no one knows what level it will play. Therefore, playing with the old squad is undoubtedly the safest way, after all, the ability and experience of the fourth-year students are not comparable to the young players.

Even if it has been announced that they will leave the stadium, as long as the order is given, I believe that no one will not want to come back.

Johnson didn't seem to mean that, though, and he asked, "How far do you think we can go in the Wild Card Race?" ”

After all, the record and performance of the regular season are too average, the key positions such as quarterbacks, running backs, and close ends are too vacant, and the performance of the defensive group and special service group is not satisfactory.

In this case, it is not surprising that they will face opponents at the national level.

Although the teams participating in the wild card are all recommended and have a little bit of water in them, this does not mean that they will encounter underdogs who are indiscriminate. Many of these teams also have superstar or rookie level players, which are extraordinary.

It is precisely because there are players to watch and look forward to that the team will be recommended by NFL teams.

Therefore, the Wolverines are in the state of the regular season, even if they enter the wild card game, it is only a matter of one round. If you're lucky, you might be able to make it to the second round, but it's almost impossible to go any further.

This, including Johnson and Diana, was clear to everyone present.

"I'm not going to bring the fourth graders back, but I'm going to compete with a brand new team." Johnson's tone was so sure that there was no room for negotiation.

At present, there is still about half a month before the start of the wild card game, which is enough for the team to rest and regroup.

Diana knows Johnson's character, not to mention that the other party is the head coach, and no one has the right to modify what he decides. But she was still embarrassed, and said hesitantly: "However, this is for the fourth grader to know, will there be any opinions?" ”

"Comments?" Johnson smiled and said:

"It's better to have opinions, and it's better to have opinions that are so big that they can't argue, and opinions are so big that they make trouble."

Sure enough, the news of getting the wild card game quickly spread, and the whole team was talking about it.

When the fourth-graders heard the news, they immediately became eager to give it a try. Last year, they gave the Alabama Red Tide a lot of teeth, and this year they are bound to get that account back.

However, they have not received orders from the coaching staff for a long time. After learning that a new team would be playing, some of the fourth-graders were really emotional.

"Let these chicks who have never seen the world play? Is this to self-destruct the Great Wall? ”

"The new team hasn't even seen a hairy sample, so it's ready to play a wild card game, and the coaching staff is sick! Got a convulsion in the head? ”

Although Renault, Daniel and a few others don't matter, after all, there are only a few people who have such thoughts, and the vast majority of people are not willing to accept this matter. In terms of strength, experience, and resume, they should all be on the game at this time. And not a bunch of rookies who haven't been honed yet.

"Get the coaching staff out! Give us a reasonable explanation! ”

"Aren't we as good as these chicks? Letting them play is simply self-inflicted! ”

In the face of the provocation of the fourth-graders, some junior students such as Barkley couldn't stand it.

They have worked hard to prove their strength through intensive training, and how can they be said to be worthless. Besides, the new team hasn't played a game yet, so how do you know that you can't beat it?

The conflict continued to ferment, and the two sides did not want to give in to each other, and they almost seemed to be about to fight.

It was then that the coaching staff finally spoke.

"The squad for the new team is out, but it's not the final version. The current roster is made in a group of 53 people, with fourth-graders and players who have passed the training camp but are not selected from the squad, and the two sides will compete for a place in the wild card tournament, with the winner representing the school. ”

Since the words don't make sense, you can only compete with strength.

In the end, who is strong and who is weak, we will see on the court.

According to the selection criteria of the coaching staff, the new team is first divided into various positions, and each position adopts corresponding personnel according to the actual needs and training results, and finally forms a squad of 53 people.

This also means that if it is a position with fewer people, such as safety guards, the competitiveness is relatively small, even if the training results are not good, but because there are not many people competing, they may be selected.

And popular positions such as wide receivers and running backs, because there are many people who have passed the training camp, and when a certain number of people are needed, those with poor performance will be excluded.

This method of selection is not necessarily reasonable, but it guarantees maximum fairness in the shortest possible time and avoids further escalation of the players' emotions.

Johnson's purpose is clear, which is to create contradictions between the two sides, and then use the internal game to test the strength and vulnerabilities of the new team, so that further adjustments can be made.

There are three quarterbacks on the new team, and the No. 1 quarterback is Brett, who is a prospective fourth-grader who completed the training camp three hours earlier than Yifan and Rodgers, and also scored a lot of points.

The second quarterback is Rodgers, although he only completed the test at the end of the training camp, but after all, he is still a little faster than Yifan.

So the last Yi Fan to complete the test became the No. 3 quarterback.

Although reluctant, Yifan had no choice. It's a blessing to have him in the squad. You know, if it weren't for Wang Yang and Matthews, he wouldn't even be able to complete the test.