| Good workout, Cindy. |
| You're going to be in good shape for the intramurals next month. |
| Yeah. Whoo! If you don't kill me first. |
| Wah! Whoosh.... ohh. |
| OK, I get the hint. You can call it a day. |
| Just be back here tomorrow at the same time, eh? |
| I'll be here, but... can I talk to you a minute about something, Coach? |
| Sure. What is it? |
| Coach, I'm not, uh, I'm not doing so good in my courses this term. |
| Huh? What? |
| I thought you were an 'A' student. How bad could your grades be? |
| Pretty bad, coach. |
| The courses are getting harder. |
| My grades are pretty awful in Cost Accounting, and I'm failing outright in Economics. |
| I'm just not getting the work done that I need to do. |
| I just don't have enough time. |
| How'd you do in your midterms? |
| Not so good either. |
| 62% on the Economics test, |
| 73% in Cost Accounting. |
| And 79% in Marketing, |
| and that's supposed to be an easy course! |
| I'm not going to graduate, with those kinds of scores. |
| I've got to get a lot more studying in before the finals, that's all there is to it. |
| Oh. Um. So? |
| So... I'm not sure how much time I can give to football anymore. |
| I was wondering, wondering, uh... |
| how would it be if maybe I moved back to the B Squad, kind of 'in reserve', so to speak? |
| 'In reserve'?! Cindy, you're the best forward we've got! |
| I don't know, Coach, Marly's good too. |
| She just needs a chance to show her stuff. |
| Yeah, but, she's not you, Cindy, and I, the team, we're counting on you. |
| We've got to take on SFU first off next month, |
| and Marly's hardly played with the A Squad at all so far. |
| I just don't know whether there's time to break her in now. |
| Oh, I can work with her during practice, Coach. |
| She can do it, I know she can, and... |
| Wait a minute, wait a minute, don't we have any other option? |
| What option is that? |
| Well... how about a tutor? |
| Yeah, how about us finding you a tutor for those courses? |
| Somebody that, you know, could kind of give you what you need to pass your finals. |
| Aw, Coach, I've gotta learn all this stuff myself. |
| There's life after football, you know! |
| There's a lot of competition for jobs out there when I graduate, IF I graduate! |
| I know, Cindy. |
| You're absolutely right! |
| I just don't want to lose you right before the tournament. |
| You've worked so hard to get this far, and so have all your teammates. |
| Yeah. That's why I feel so bad about this. |
| But I need this time to study, I really do. |
| I know I'm just clutching at straws now, but how about this, then? |
| I let you work Marly into your position in A Squad this week, |
| and then you take the next two weeks completely off from practice, |
| study hard, and, when's your first exam? |
| Uh... Economics is first. March 30th. |
| OK, you take all the time off you need until then, |
| and if you pass that exam, come back for the first round of the tournament at least, OK? |
| That's the big one. |
| If we can get past SFU, then confidence will carry us along from there. |
| And we'll also have time to reassess your situation. |
| Deal? |
| Can't make a deal yet, Coach, I just can't. |
| Let me sleep on it, will you? |
| Let me look at my schedule and try to figure this all out, |
| and then I'll get back to you. I promise. |
| And think about that tutor, too. |
| We'll get you one of those too, if you think it will help. |
| I don't want to jeopardize your career any more than you do, |
| and grades come first in my books, too. |
| Thanks, really, I feel like you're taking real good care of me. |
| Yeah, well, just take your time, you gotta do what you gotta do. |
| But think it over. |
| You're going to leave a big hole in the offense if you take off. |
| Thanks. |
| Anyway, I'll be in tomorrow afternoon for more of your torture. |
| Right now I gotta take a shower and get out of here. |
| Good. No partying tonight, you hear? |
| Got you, Coach. Good night. |