Rebound
Okay, Roy McCormick fan or not, you gotta
admit, the guy is a Cinderella story.
He grows up without two nickels
to rub together, and look at him now.
He's led Ohio Polytech
to three championships.
He is one of the best coaches
in college basketball.
And he's also the best paid,
but let's be realistic.
Coach Roy has not won
in, what, forever.
In my opinion, he's more interested in
endorsements than winning basketball games.
It's that simple.
Hey! Hi.
I'm Coach Roy.
When I get hot under the collar...
I cool off with Cool Breeze.
See, Coach Roy is slippin',
because right now...
his best statistic on the season-
eight technical fouls in his last eight games.
That's hardly championship coaching.
You ate eight hamburgers at lunch.
Look, the fact is this.
Roy has lost touch with the fundamentals...
and he's also
lost touch with his team.
Y'all can take some pictures, but I'm not gonna
be able to sign any autographs right now.
As you can see,
I'm very busy.
Roy better get his stuff together,
because otherwise, he'll be coaching at DeVry.
And they don't even have a basketball team.
And that's the joke, see?
Okay, guys, real important game today.
I need you to be 100%.
Unfortunately, I can't be there. I'm doin'
a photo shoot for Details magazine.
It's gonna run late. I'll be there
at halftime, and you'd better not lose...
because losing makes me look bad.
Coach Roy cannot be happy right now, Jack.
His team has a lot of work to do,
and not much time to do it.
It is crunch time.
This is where we're gonna find out...
what these two teams
and their coaches are really made of.
What are you callin'?
What are you callin', Earl?
Earl, what is that? What is that?
Keep it up, Roy.
Just one more word.
Hey, Coach, this is my nest!
This is my nest!
You need to do an endorsement for Altoids.
Your breath is humming!
Hey, clown.
You keep runnin' your mouth, I'm gonna
come over there and rearrange your beak.
You talkin' smack?
You talkin' smack, huh? You talkin' smack?
Shut up.
- No basket.
- What?
Why don't we play jacks?
'Cause we're not playin' basketball.
Technical foul, Coach Roy.
I- I was way over there!
That's two.
You're out of here!
- Just because- Did I do this?
- Don't touch my whistle.
Did I do that?
Did I do that?
- That's why you give me a tech!
- Hit the showers.
No, you hit the showers, Earl!
You hit the showers!
I'm not hittin' no showers!
Yeah! Kick him out! Kick him out!
Y'all didn't even ask me what went on.
Y'all just snatched me.
You know what?
Victor?
Coach Roy killed Victor!
You're crazy!
Victor? Victor?
I feel bad.
I feel real bad.
You know...
out there havin' temper tantrums
and arguin' with the refs.
Man, I should know
better than that.
You represent everything
that's wrong with college sports today.
You don't care about the players.
You don't care about the game.
If things don't go your way,
you explode like a spoiled child.
Look, if you're gonna fine me,
fine me, man.
How much?
'Cause I ain't got all day.
It's time for me to bounce.
What's happenin'?
It is with such pleasure
that I say...
that you, Roy McCormick...
that you're officially banned from coaching
in the N.C.B.A. for the remainder of your life.
You bannin' me, huh?
Yeah. Okay.
I been here longer
than all y'all.
You forgot about the three championships
I won, didn't you, Mr. Vice President? Huh?
And now you wanna ban me?
No, I'm bannin' you. I'm bannin' you for life.
- Can he ban us?
- Of course not! Stand up straight.
Excuse me, gentlemen.
"Prior to a lifetime ban...
"offending coach must be granted
an opportunity to demonstrate compliance.
"If offending coach completes the remainder
of the season without any infractions-
"ejections, criminal
malfeasance, etcetera-
he must be readmitted
on a probationary basis. "
In short, you gotta give Roy
one last chance to prove himself.
Yes, but it doesn't say I have to
let him coach out the rest of the year...
in my league.
Watch your temper, Roy.
Good luck finding another team.
We should go.
And then,
Good, 'cause if you don't, I will.
Dad call?
He comin' to this game?
Keep practicin', okay?
Come on. We're late.
Hey, hold it.
Hold it.
Okay, look.
I would love to tell you...
that everybody you meet in this life
was gonna be great...
and you could always
count on those people.
That'd be a lie. Your dad's not
a part of our lives anymore, all right?
But I got your back,
and I'm gonna keep havin' your back.
So before you go
givin' up on this world...
you need to wait till you're about 18
like everybody else, all right?
Mom, if you're so smart, how'd you
end up with Dad in the first place?
Okay, you know what?
You're too smart for your own good.
- I'll see you at the tip-off.
- All right, Mom.
Because if I hadn't, I-
I wouldn't have had you.
Keith?
I wouldn't have had you.
I always think of the good mom stuff
after he's gone. Crazy.
It's game day
here at Mount Vernon.
Let's take a moment to review
the Smelters' starting lineup.
First off,
we have Keith Ellis.
Now, everyone knows Keith Ellis is
the best player on the team, including Keith.
Okay, now, the only thing One Love
loves more than playing basketball...
is his shoes, um...
his hair, his image,
and his shoes again.
At point guard,
we've got Ralph.
The kid has got
four older brothers, okay?
All of them
were all-star athletes.
I mean, the pressure
to succeed is tremendous.
Returning as small forward
is the player with the best attitude...
and the worst vision.
Last year, he held the record
for the most balls to the face.
- Luckily, this year, he has a solution.
- And a new nickname, Annie.
Everyone's
callin' the kid Goggles.
Rounding out
the starting five is Fuzzy.
Now, we have
high expectations for the kid.
I mean, word on the street
is that he's been bulking up...
specifically
for this season.
And, of course, the coach of
our intrepid team and home ec teacher...
Mr. Newirth.
While he's never coached before
or even played the game of basketball...
he proved to the administration he was
exactly what they were looking for.
Oh, yeah? How?
- He volunteered for the job.
- Okay.
Get a shoe contract yet,
One Love?
- Not yet.
- Bam!
Your deal.
Court's free.
You little guys wanna warm up?
What for?
Want a cookie?
- You spit on this?
- No.
- All right.
- Game nine, and the pressure is on.
But you couldn't tell by looking at the calm,
confident faces of the Smelters...
easily the best 0-8 team
in the league...
hungry to avenge
their nail-biting loss last week.
86 to zero.
In which the Smelters were subjected
Break!
Okay.
One Love's cutting! One Love's open!
One Love is open!
One Love has the ball!
Here! Pass it!
Right here, Keith! Right here!
Keith!
- Man, what's he doing?
- I don't know.
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