(GM Lucas walks into the locker room with a look of pride on his face)
Gentlemen, if I can have your attention for a few short minutes. As some of you may or may not know I have been brought in to Atlanta as the new GM. My name is GM Lucas and I wanted to come down to look at the faces of the men who went out there week in and week out and put it on the line when by mid season there was nothing left to play for except honor, respect and loyalty to one another. The heart shown on the field this past season did not go unnoticed. I look around and I see some very tired and worn down men who just want to go the hell home and delete this season from their memory. I ask you, please, do not forget about this season. Think about it, learn from it. This past season did nothing to quench your thirst for victory or feed your hunger for glory. I want you to take a much needed rest but keep this sickening feeling with you. This feeling should make you mad, should make you want to come back next season and show those who have already written us off next season. Well gentlemen, things are about to change. It's time for Atlanta to turn it around and take that next step. Gentlemen, I am here for you. I am about three things, honesty, loyalty and respect. But those are three things I will earn from you. Now, I am trying to put together a coaching staff that works for us, that fits our skills and strengths and a coaching staff that can get the absolute most out of every single man in this room. A coaching staff you want to play for. You see, I look around and I see talented men who have not yet reached their full potential and how could you with a season like the one you just endured. I see veterans who want a chance at glory either once again or for the first time. I see some rookies who are still waiting for that exciting HIFL experience they were promised by that last GM upon signing their contract. I see men who are tired of losing, who are tired of being dicked around by coaches and left out to dry or worst, under a bus.
(GM Lucas looks around)
Now, some of you who are under contract and will be here when the winning begins and let me tell you that does not start next season it starts now. Some of you will have an exciting off season being courted and recruited by teams who on paper will offer you a better situation then what you have dealt with this past season, but I urge you, rather you are back in Burgundy and Gold or wearing a new uniform I urge you to remember this feeling. It's a feeling that will drive you. Gentlemen, I wish you all nothing but the best, I wish you luck where ever you may land because you men deserve better than a one and fifteen season. Gentlemen, you don't know me and I don't know you but I will tell you this was the only job I wanted and the only job I applied for because of the heart I saw on that field every week. I am proud and humbled to be standing here in front of you and I hope to see many of you return through those doors next season Thank you, Now go and enjoy your much needed off season!