Cut From the Team

Hello, I'm trying to reach Miss Lydia W.

This is she, uh, Masses Combs.

This is Coach Watkins up at the uh up at the school.

How are you?

Hey, Coach Watkins, I'm fine.

What can I do for you?

Listen, um, we've had Malik out for the last uh week and a half.

He's been coming to practice uh here at the uh at the junior high school, and um wanted to read.

Trying to give you a call about everything that's going on.

Oh, yeah.

Well, I know he's really excited.

He can't wait to start this season.

He's he's he's ready.

Well, you know what I I'll be honest with you, he's a great kid.

Yeah.

And uh he's got a good heart.

And he he's he's really, really, really trying and trying to produce as much as possible.

Well, you know, he loves the game and he's been playing since he was a little kid.

He he loves the game.

Yeah, yeah.

You know, this is uh, you know, this is a seventh grade.

This is the first time some of these kids have played um organized football and and this is the first time playing school football.

And it's it's a big it's a big transition that if you've been playing little league ball or pop warner or whatever you want to call it, it's a it's a big difference and a big um transition to go from one to the other.

You understand?

Yeah, I do understand.

But Malik has been working really hard, yeah, so he's ready.

Well, well, well, let me let me say this.

My main reason for calling you is letting you know that Malik, as of right now, is is not going to be able to make the cut as far as what you think.

He well, he's not gonna be able to make the cut as far as being on the team for this year.

Now, uh I I got you.

Wait a minute, you said Malik wait, wait.

You said that Malik is not gonna be able to make the team.

You talk about my he's not gonna make the team.

He's he's he's he's he's a great kid.

You know, he's a great team.

I know he's a great kid, but wait a minute.

Now he didn't play Pop Warner and he was a starting quarterback.

So what are you talking about?

He's not gonna make the team this year.

He was the best they had out on that squad.

Okay, and you know what?

I've I've heard a lot about him.

I heard he did a great job and heard about him.

Wait a minute, wait a minute.

Have you seen his steps?

20 touchdowns in a season?

I I I understand.

What are the kids that are doing that?

But you know what?

But right now we got a lot of different kids that are coming into this particular school.

So you know, the competition has gone greater and greater than what we could possibly understand.

Wait a minute, wait a minute, wait a minute.

This is seventh grade.

First of all, everybody makes the team.

Nobody gets cut in the first place.

You got an A team and the B team.

So you telling me my baby ain't made none of them teams.

Right, right now, Miss Lydia, uh, we you know, we we uh uh Malik, like I said, Malik is a great kid.

I like it.

I know what Malik is.

I know that he's a great kid, and he's a ball player.

Now I make sure of that.

So don't come telling me that he's not good enough to make the cut on on this seventh grade team.

Well, don't come telling me who is all who is the quarterback?

Who yeah, you tell me what's going on?

Who is the quarterback?

Well, actually, right now, my my my my son is the quarterback.

Your son?

Well, I mean, you know, uh my son hasn't played.

He hasn't done any pop warn or anything, but he he he he really has what it takes to be the he's never played football before and or he's never played organized football.

But he is gonna be the quarterback for the seventh grade team.

Is that what you're telling me?

Well, yeah, my son is actually starting quarterback.

But that but that that's neither here nor there.

My son don't make the team, and my son scored 20 touchdowns.

20 touchdowns, is that what you're telling me?

Oh, hell no.

This is the m I'm calling up to that school tomorrow.

I will be up there tomorrow.

Let me explain something.

Uh what I'm saying.

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Nobody ever seen your son.

You just got this dream.

Probably something that you ain't did.

You want to live vicariously through him.

Hell no.

No, that's that is not it.

That is not it.

Let me say this.

I'm trying to do the best that I can and the best of my ability to make sure that everybody gets a good and fair shot at what's going on.

A fair shot, but he but he don't get to play.

So what about Malik?

That's a bull.

Sold that to them little mothers.

That's some bull.

I bet you I guarantee you this, my son will be starting this year.

I guarantee you this.

You don't want any of this.

Okay, well, right now, all I can say is I I need Malik to actually bring his cliques back because my son's gonna need him to play in.

What?

Your son running down that field, he's gonna run barefoot.

He ain't getting mine.

Nothing.

Well, from my records, understanding is that the cliques actually came from the record is my husband's the one that told you that my son can't play.

Your records ain't s ain't nobody thinking about your records.

You your mama, and the day she bust your ma'am.

I'm not gonna sit here and go back and forth with you.

All I'm trying to say is this is that Malik is gonna.

Your son ain't about to do.

You start looking for a new job.

Get your resume together.

Hey, you know what, ma'am?

I'm not gonna go back and forth.

I got one more thing I need to say to you.

You ain't got nothing else to say to me.

My son will be playing and I'll be up there tomorrow.

I have one more thing I need to say to you.

Are you listening?

Only thing you need to tell me is who I need to talk to tomorrow.

Now, who?

I'll let you know that as soon as I tell you this.

Are you listening?

Uh I'm listening, what?

This is nephew Tommy from the Steve Harvey morning show.

Your sister, Ina, got me to prank phone call you.

What?

What the f

Hello?

Lydia.

I know I'm gonna kick that

Man, I thought y'all was really cold.

You gotta be all hot in here.

Woo down to the school then whooped everybody at the school, weren't you?

Baby was going down.

Oh man, I got something to ask you.

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