The Rest, Only Noise

Are Americans patriotic? This kind of question is like asking "Do dung beetles eat poop?"

Louie still remembers that every Independence Day he spent in Ohio, the school held a song party and invited family and friends from the town.

If domestic festival parties are arranged to sing songs with various main themes, then of course, this kind of song in the United States will sing all kinds of "beautiful songs", such as "The Star-Spangled Banner", and "God Bless America"...

When the song was played, all men, women and children stood up, raised their hands to their chests, and sang in unison. In retrospect, I can still feel how patriotic they were.

That's the insidiousness of Bristol's attack on the Knicks on the grounds of patriotism.

If not handled well, the Knicks will stand on the opposite side of the United States.

Louie's heart sank when the Knicks' PR department informed him of the emergency.

"Tell others about this situation."

Players must know this news in advance, otherwise, if the press conference is suddenly interviewed by reporters, a wrong answer will be bad luck.

Players who didn't know the seriousness of the matter laughed when the team's PR said opponents attacked Mohamed Raouf and the Knicks who supported Rauf on the grounds of patriotism.

"Isn't that true?" Rodman said jokingly, "Isn't there anyone who doesn't know that mar is not patriotic?"

Stockton, a fanatical patriot, even said, "Isn't this the attitude Muhammad has been showing? Now everyone knows it, isn't it just right?"

"What's so good?!" Louis couldn't take it any longer. "Do you know how bad the impact will be once it spreads? In front of reporters later, do you know what to say?"

Louie can't count on the players to support Raouf.

This is simply fantasy.

After all, none of them approve of Raouf's approach, but just not supporting it is not enough for the fans.

In the eyes of fans, it is the great country of the United States that allows them to be promoted to the wealthy class just by playing football. What reason do these people have for not being patriotic?

The attitude of "no support" is perfunctory to fans.

They want to see a tougher attitude.

However, if you openly oppose Raouf's position, the Knicks will definitely suffer.

The Knicks locker room, already riddled with holes, is now facing a daunting test.

Even one person against Raouf would be devastating for the locker room.

"So, we're going to pretend we don't understand the situation?"

Stockton looked at Rauf.

"Mohammad, you should know that we don't support what you do, but it won't stop you from doing it. Now that things have gotten bigger, do you want us to face reporters and answer questions that we don't know the inside story?"

"No, he can't be interviewed!" Louie rejected Stockton's plan to let Raouf wipe his **** himself. "If he gets provoked at the press conference, something more terrible will happen."

Stockton, however, has no plans to back down on the matter.

"I'm a patriot, I'm proud to be an American, isn't it horrible now that you're making me play on the stage for a shameful hater of the country, pretending to pass the buck? Is it fair to us?"

Stockton asked the others, "Am I the only patriot in this locker room?"

What makes Louie angry is not that Stokes is blatantly contradicting him, but that he can't see the awe of the head coach in Stockton's eyes.

Stockton's demands are reasonable, and whoever causes the trouble will solve it.

If Raouf were a normal person, of course Louis would have left him alone to face the monstrous floods of the outside world.

But he is not a normal person. He is a neurotic who can go crazy at any time. Once he gets sick, he will turn into a mad dog and spew a lot of swear words uncontrollably.

"Muhammad, do you have anything to say?"

McHale thought Raouf's own opinion was more important.

Raouf didn't want to pull his teammates into the water.

"This matter has nothing to do with you. The trouble I caused, I will solve it myself."

"If you can solve it, do we need to close the door to discuss?" Louis did not make it clear, because some things don't need to be pointed out, "Once you can't control the scene, once you can't bear the bombardment of reporters, It's all over, do you understand? I don't agree with your attendance!"

Reggie Williams commented: "Honestly, we don't know the specifics of this matter, but now we are being questioned by reporters about this matter, which is very difficult for me and others. It's unfair."

Raouf and most of his teammates did not develop personal relationships.

This is the reason why everyone refused to come forward for him.

In this case, the opinions of the coaching staff cannot influence the will of the players.

Because the main body affected is the player.

Louis could not force them to fight for Raouf.

Among the players, there are sober groups like Stockton and Williams, who are "whoever causes trouble, who is responsible", and Rodman, who are co-prosperity groups of "one loss and one loss".

Rodman and Raouf's friendship was watery.

"cj (Rodman forgot about changing his name) did not participate in the pre-opening national anthem ceremony only recently started? Are you **** embarrassed to leave yourselves clean now? Didn't he say hello to us? Didn't we Understand what he's thinking? Wasn't what he did with our acquiescence? Now something has happened, and you've become patriots? Oh my god, it's so **** pure, I'm blown away by your patriotism I was so moved that I wanted to vomit!"

Williams was furious: "I never said I agreed with him!"

Rodman sarcastically said: "When did you object? If you have never objected to this matter, don't **** with nonsense! You don't care about this matter at all, this matter has never been important in your heart, only Because it's a big deal now, you've become a patriot again, and if you want to get out of the relationship, your patriotic way is really flexible."

"Dennis, you never understand what patriotism is, you have no sense of honor, you can't understand our feelings, and you have no right to accuse us." Stockton retorted fiercely.

"What the **** did you say?"

Rodman was furious and stepped forward to prepare for action.

Camp stopped directly between them: "We can't solve the problem like this!"

Louis watched them arguing indifferently.

As he observed, he "marked" in his mind.

Rodman was a jerk, but his reaction was exactly what Lou wanted to see.

This is also the most appropriate response considering various situations.

If they are a united team, it should be.

But apparently Stockton and Williams and the rest of the silent don't think so.

At this point, only two people can set the tone for this matter.

One is Ewing and the other is Wilson.

This is a matter between players. Apart from expressing his attitude, Louis can only let the players decide for themselves.

Stevens agrees with Rodman's statement, but others are soft-spoken. In this case, it is Ewing and Wilson who can give an attitude on behalf of all players.

Therefore, he first stopped everyone's quarrel and turned to look at You and Wei, who were always silent.

"Patrick, benj, everyone has their own opinions. Why don't you two discuss it, give an idea, and we'll just do it."

Ewing and Wilson are the core of the team. Although they are not the loudest people in the locker room, the situation is too stiff now, and someone must stand up and call the shots.

This person cannot be Louie, because this matter has nothing to do with the game, it involves the image and public opinion of the team and players off the field. Louis objected to Raouf going out to confront reporters because if Raouf didn't handle the matter, it would likely turn into an irreversible PR disaster.

The external disaster is endless, the internal impact... Now, maybe it's not that big, because the situation can't get worse.

The ball was kicked to the feet of Ewing and Wilson.

Wilson, who always called Ewing the team leader on weekdays, did not intend to take any responsibility at this moment, and stayed out of the matter.

He justifiably pulled away, letting Ewing decide where to kick the ball.

Nonetheless, Wilson's remarks also disappointed Louis.

"I'll listen to you about this."

Wilson said that no matter the outcome, he can get away with it~www.novelmt.com~ He doesn't have to be the "patriot" who pushed Raouf out on the street, and he doesn't have to risk offending other purebred patriots A Rodman-style co-prosperity and co-loss approach is proposed.

He just had to stand quietly and watch what Ewing did.

Louie's disappointment is not that Wilson kicked the ball to Ewing, but that Wilson did not give his attitude.

He has not publicly expressed support for Raouf or not.

Whether he supports it or not, it is reasonable.

Not expressing a position can be interpreted as being prudent and protecting oneself, but to a certain extent, it is an attitude of indifference.

So Ewing needs to make the decision on his own.

Ewing looked at Raouf and said heavily: "Mohammad, I will go to the media interview room with you, let us settle this matter."

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