Killer Kane Audio Memoir; Chapter 4: We'll Find You a Place
Send us Fan Mail Chapter Four: We’ll Find You a Place By the summer before his senior year, Sam Fischer is no longer trying merely to survive Jim “Killer” Kane’s football program. After long days working in the hayfield and months of strength training alongside his younger brother, Will, he returns to Mount Michael heavier, stronger and convinced that he is finally ready to contribute. Moved from tight end to offensive guard, Sam attacks the opening practices determined to make himself imposs...
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By the summer before his senior year, Sam Fischer is no longer trying merely to survive Jim “Killer” Kane’s football program. After long days working in the hayfield and months of strength training alongside his younger brother, Will, he returns to Mount Michael heavier, stronger and convinced that he is finally ready to contribute.
Moved from tight end to offensive guard, Sam attacks the opening practices determined to make himself impossible to ignore. After failing on his first attempt against the team’s largest lineman, Eric Swanson, he immediately resets and delivers the collision the drill demands. Assistant coach George Roshone notices. Soon, Kane does too.
During another practice, Sam drives a defender several yards backward on a double-team block. Kane responds with the words Sam has waited years to hear:
“If you keep that up, we’ll find a place for you to play.”
It is not a guarantee of a starting position. It is something more important: recognition from the man whose judgment matters most. Later that day, Kane calls Sam over to work briefly with the first-string offense.
In Chapter Four of Killer Kane, years of waiting appear to be leading somewhere. Sam enters his final season believing he has earned an open door—and trusting that when the games begin, Kane will call his name.
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