Blue Chips Page #10

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I love you all very much.

A hell of a game you played.

Coach? Coach?

How did you like|my spin move?

You did real good. Neon. Real good.

Thanks. man. See you later.

W. U.! W. U.!

W. U.! W. U.!

W. U.! W. U.!

W. U.! W. U.!

Number one. Pete!

You know. I'll tell you something.

You know. 900 million Chinamen|couldn't give a damn.

They couldn't care less.

Not about this press conference.

But I love basketball.

I'm a Dolphin and I just love it.

You know. sometimes the world

doesn't make|a whole lot of sense to me.

Except on the basketball court.

And that's good enough for me.

- Coach?|- Yeah. Ed.

I gotta ask this question.|or I wouldn't be doing my job.

Would you care to comment|on the rumor that you arranged

for an automobile to be purchased|for Neon Bodeaux?

You know-

You know. Ed. you've just gotta get|your mind out of the gutter.

You know. you just gotta start|thinking straight.

I mean. it's right there|in front of you.

For chrissake. it wasn't an automobile.|I mean. it was a fully loaded Lexus.

The damn car had everything.|It had everything. didn't it. Happy?

I mean. that car was fully loaded.|wasn't it?

No. no. coach. It was|a nuclear surfboard. remember?

And the damn thing of it is. Ed. is.

you know. Neon. he didn't want it.|He didn't want the car.

He didn't want a- He didn't ask|for anything. but-

You know. he wasn't for sale.

But we got it for him anyway.

I mean. and I think. personally.

that it would've been a hell of a deal.|a good price.

I mean... I mean. what did Neon|do tonight? Does anybody know?

How many boards|did Neon have tonight?

- Thirteen.|- Thirteen boards? Well. there you are.

It would've been a hell of a deal.|Can you imagine?

Can you imagine what Neon|would've done

if we had tried to give him a Ferrari?

I mean. for chrissake.|he might've scored 40 or 50 points.

I mean. who knows. Who knows|what he would've done for a Ferrari.

Now. you know. Neon.

he didn't take anything.|He didn't want anything.

But some of the others did.|didn't they. Happy?

Wasn't there some of the other kids?|What did we give them?

What. cars? Tractors?|Gave a kid a tractor?

Another kid we gave a house.|Didn't we give him a house?

You know. bags of cash.|I don't know what we gave these kids.

You know. they asked for things.|we gave it to them.

I mean. you guys asked me to win.|and I gave that to you. Right?

And the alumni are all jerking off|over this win.

which is the only time the alumni|ever jerk off. right. is when we win.

Because this ain't about education!|It ain't much about winning.

and it sure as hell ain't|much about basketball!

It's about money!

Just goddamn money!

That's what it's about. Ed.

And I bought into it.

I bought into it bigtime.

I'm a big part of the problem.

Stick a fork in this creep.|because he's done! He's dead meat!

You're finished! You will never coach|in America again. you got that?

Why don't you try Bulgaria.

Hear they're looking for wimps|like you! Whiners!

- Give it a rest.|- No. goddamn it!

Get your hands off me! I can walk!

Loser! You lost three years in a row!|Gave you everything you wanted!

There goes Happy.|heading for the cash machine.

Oh. yeah. he's gonna get himself|a middle linebacker.

That guy's got the best players|money can buy!

The best players money can buy!

You know. I'll tell you|something else.

You know. someplace-

Someplace in America right now.|there's some 10-year-old kid.

He's out there on that playground.

And he's playing.|He's dribbling between his legs.

He's going left. he's going right.

He's already above the rim.|he's stuffing it home.

You know what's gonna happen to|this kid? Five minutes from now.

he's gonna be surrounded by agents|and corporate sponsors and coaches.

I mean. people like me|just drooling over this kid

because he holds our future|employment in his hands.

I mean. that's what we've made|this game.

That's what we've done.

You know. the best coaching job|I ever did.

that wasn't tonight.|It was last season.

You know. when we were 14 and 15.|We had a losing season.

But goddamn it. those kids.|they gave me their heart!

They gave me everything they had!

They played up to the maximum|of their ability!

They gave it everything!

And. you know. it wasn't good enough.|Wasn't good enough for me.

Wasn't good enough for you.|Wasn't good enough for anybody!

That's pathetic.

I mean. it's really pathetic.

I've become what I despise.

I cheated my profession.

Cheated myself.

I cheated basketball.

There's two words I didn't think|would ever come out of my mouth.

I didn't think I'd ever be able|to say them.

I quit.

Oh. my God.

To our coach!

Great game. Coach Bell!

Come on. pass the ball.

Come on.

Cover him.

Pass it. I'm open.

That's how you do it.

Come on. right here.

Go in. go in. You got it.|Take the shot.

- Watch this.|- Yes!

Yeah!

Come on.

Stop him.

What are you doing?

Pass it.

Son. throw me the ball.|Throw me the ball. Come here.

Come here a second. Give me the ball.|Give me the ball.

Son. look. Come here. listen.

You're too good a basketball player|to shoot that two-handed jump shot.

You know. has anybody told you how|the mechanics of a jump shot go?

- No.|- Let me tell you something.

You know. when you go up|for your jump shot.

get your shooting hand|behind the ball.

Get that behind the ball. Get your other|hand right along the side of it. right?

And when you go up- And then|release the ball and follow through.

Drop that arm down.|Now. look. get your legs into the shot.

That's a way. That's it. That's it.

All right. now. son. let me see you.|Let me see you fake left. go right.

out to the top of the key|and take a shot. Okay.

That's it.

That's a boy. Let's play a little game.|Come on. guys. Take it out. Let's go.

All right. get loose. Let's go.|All right. move the ball. Move the ball.

Move without the ball.

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