The Replacements Page #4
McGinty looks downfield for a beat.
O'NEIL
Jimmy...
McGINTY
Shut up, I'm thinking...
(then)
Total control of my team? You let
me recruit who I want, with no
interference.
O'NEIL
My word is my bond.
McGINTY
I want it in writing.
(CONTINUED)
10.
12 CONTINUED:
(3)O'Neil chuckles. Suddenly from behind them we see theenormous JUMBO-TRON DIAMOND VISION screen suddenlyflicker to life. At first it seems like a malfunction...
but then we see the face of a younger Jimmy McGinty comeinto focus.
12
O'NEIL
Hmm... gotta get that thingfixed...
O'Neil smiles and walks up the steps for his box.
McGINTY
You old bastard...
But he can't turn away. It's his life up there. A
montage of photographs of his past triumphs as coach...
a famous last-minute touchdown catch... players dousinghim in All-Sport... the team holding him up on theirshoulders... McGinty holding a trophy over his head incelebration...
CLOSE ON McGINTY
as the glow of the enormous screen reflects in his eyes,
sealing the deal as we hear...
McGINTY (V.O.)
Let's get to work!
13 INT. HEAD COACH'S OFFICE - DAY 13
McGinty is sitting behind his new desk. The logo for theWashington Sentinels hangs proudly on the wall.
McGINTY
Whataya got for me?
Standing before him are the offensive coordinator, LEOPILACHOWSKI, an asthmatic who regularly takes hits froman industrial-size inhaler, and CHRISTOPHER BANES, an ex-
player and defensive coordinator.
BANES:
Well, we thought we would skipspecial teams for the moment.
It's gonna be tough enough justputting an offense and a defensetogether in seven days.
(CONTINUED)
11.
13 CONTINUED:
13PILACHOWSKI:
But we definitely need a kicker.
A placekicker over a punter.
BANES:
Thinking being that if we lose thetoss, we have to be able to at
least kick off.
anything.
McGinty doesn't say
PILACHOWSKI:
Okay. Here's a list of everyplayer cut this past season.
we'd like to -What
McGINTY
(pointing at the list)
Those people? Those people werecut for a reason.
(hands the list back)
We're gonna go another way here...
McGinty takes out a list of his own.
McGINTY
This is a list of people I've keptan eye on over the years. They'veall played football somewhere, butonly a few in the pros. And
they've all got something...
unique to bring to the game.
We're gonna take these people andtry to put together a winning
team. And if nothing else, theyshould be fun to watch...
Pilachowski and Banes look at McGinty's list, then backto him, hoping that this is a joke. But McGinty onlysmiles.
MUSIC UP:
"ROCK AND ROLL (Part 2)." A Hip Hop versionof the Gary Glitter sports anthem plays on, as we...CUT TO:
14 INT. METHAMPHETAMINE LAB - DAY 14
A bunch of BIKERS are cooking up a vat of speed. These
guys are big and bad ass-looking. One of the bikers
looks up.
(CONTINUED)
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