UCLA? Bobby Bowden?

Lu Yiqi raised his eyebrows slightly, a little surprised, and was a little stunned, but then the smile on the corner of his mouth rose, looked up and walked towards the training ground, leaving the shadow of the building, gradually appeared in the light, walking forward on the lawn dyed red by the sunset in the sky.

"Of course, no problem, Mr. Bowden." Lu Yiqi gave a positive answer.

"Just call me Bobby, Mr. Bowden is my father." The voice on the other end of the phone was a little lazy, but it was not a lack of respect, but the difference from the West Coast and the East Coast-

Lu Yiqi, who grew up in New York on the East Coast, can detect the West Coast atmosphere on the other end of the phone by using words, tone, tone, etc.

"I guess, I will not be able to visit both Mr. Bowden for the time being." Lu Yiqi's answer successfully triggered the other party's laughter.

"I have a hunch, I'll like you," Bowden said so jokingly, and then got to the point, "This is the thing. Are you interested in coming to the Bruins as offensive coordinator next season?"

Although the intention can be judged from the other party's identity, Lu Yiqi was still a little surprised when he gave the affirmative answer.

The UCLA Bruins is a traditional football school, but after the millennium, the football strength of public universities has risen in all respects, while the average strength of private universities has declined significantly. In recent years, the Bruins have lost their courage as they were.

But objectively speaking, the coaching position at UCLA is still very attractive.

Although Kansas State University is also a BCS division, the Wildcats, located in remote Kansas countryside, cannot be compared with the Bruins, which have a huge market in Los Angeles.

Putting aside strength, even though the Bruins' record has been unreasonable in the past seven years, the team's coaching team is still attracting attention across the United States - exposure, discussion, popularity, etc. cannot be underestimated. This is the powerful influence that the big ball market is born with.

More attention means that coaches can become famous faster.

The simplest example is that compared with the "Sunflower Battle" between Kansas State University and the University of Kansas, the confrontation between UCLA and USC and Stanford University is even called the "national derby", focusing across the United States - if Lu Yiqi defeated two old enemies as the Bruins interim head coach, then the discussion about him in the NFL at this time is far from the current little waves.

Obviously, Bowden understands how useful the sign "UCLA" is, and he is full of confidence in his words. "We are preparing to rebuild the team. We need a strong coaching team to organize this team, and we look forward to the Bruins finding the glory and glory of the year again."

"And, we are located on the West Coast and have a unique advantage - I am definitely not talking about the scene of the Chinese people living and working here, but about the California sunshine, beaches and palm trees." Bowden said, and he chuckled, with a bright tone.

This is a slander, and Bowden’s real hint is that Lu Yiqi can win more development space in Los Angeles.

Lu Yiqi could not refute - at least, Richard Giesen's affairs may have different directions of development.

"I understand that our team lacks powerful players from the first and second teams of the United States, but I can guarantee that they are all good kids who are hard-working and able to play completely according to your tactical style, making sure we can create an offensive team you have imagined."

Bowden said so.

But Lu Yiqi was unmoved, "Sorry, do you realize that I am also an offensive coordinator in Kansas State? I am very happy to work here. If I were just for another offensive coordinator job, I wouldn't travel all the way to Los Angeles and change my life again."

From one offensive coordinator to another offensive coordinator? Even UCLA, so what? Lu Yiqi doesn't think it's attractive.

"If it's New York, that's another matter." Lu Yiqi added again, and Bowden's cheerful laughter could be heard on the other end of the phone.

New York and Los Angeles, as representatives of the East Coast and the West Coast, are facing each other in tit-for-tat. Lu Yiqi was born in New York, so he complained about Los Angeles like this.

Bowden understood that what Lu Yiqi said was the truth.

In fact, what UCLA needs is a head coach. The current Bruins are a mess and there is no hope at all.

Five years ago, the Bruins hired Karl Dorrell as head coach.

This is an experienced senior coach who has been working as an assistant coach in the NCAA and NFL since 1989, from a wide receiver coach to an offensive coordinator and more.

In 2003, UCLA poached Dorell, who was an offensive coordinator from the NFL professional team Denver Broncos, handed over the team to him, and trusted him with full trust - because Dorell's college career was held at UCLA, and it can be regarded as a direct descendant. The school hopes Dorell can start from scratch, build a team and complete the hope of revival.

By the way, this is the first black head coach in UCLA history - plus there are two Asian coaches on the team, as Bowden said, they do have a more open mind, which is an advantage that the Central Region team does not have.

Unfortunately, Dorrell has never been able to find the right direction. Including this year, the Bruins have not been able to enter the top three in the Pacific 12 league for five seasons, and all of them have balanced wins and losses, six wins and seven losses, seven wins and six losses, etc.

The school gave enough patience, but it still failed to see results. The 2007 season bowl announced the list of participating, and UCLA was all out of the election, officially announced the end of the season. So the team decided to reshuffle, fire Dorrell, and then look for a brand new head coach.

Lu Yiqi is one of the candidates for the head coach of the Bruins.

But Bowden also has his own concerns. First, he is too young and has just celebrated his 29th birthday; second, he lacks experience, including this year, and has only served as an offensive coordinator for two years, and his entire coaching career is only in his fifth year; third, he is Asian, and he chooses black people as head coaches and Asians as offensive coordinators. There is no problem with this, but Asians as head coaches, and the team still needs to take risks.

After comprehensive consideration, Bowden sent an invitation.

But now it seems that Lu Yiqi is indeed very smart. He hit the point in just a few words, forcing Bowden to show his trump card.
Chapter completed!