- Following a humiliating loss at home, Brett Bouchy attempts to correct the team's troubles by firing one of the coaches.
- LA KISS co-owners Paul Stanley, Gene Simmons, Schuyler Hoversten and Brett Bouchy meet at the KISS offices to discuss the teams dreadful play of late. Stanley says he remembers, at the beginning of the season, players saying they "wanted to be taken seriously." "If you want to be taken seriously, win some f*cking games," exclaims Stanley.
In their following game, the LA KISS will be facing the AFL's defending champions, the Arizona Rattlers. Bouchy tells Stanley and Simmons he's worried that the Rattlers' hard-hitting defense might get new quarterback Aaron Garcia hurt. Stanley notes that he can't root for a team that doesn't have its "sh*t together."
The matchup with Arizona begins promisingly when kick returner AJ Cruz provides the team with favorable field position. But things quickly go south. To add to their problems, nose guard BJ Bell misses a key fumble-recovery opportunity and is promptly benched by head coach Bob McMillen. Things go from bad to worse when Garcia once again gets battered and is forced to leave the game with a rib injury. Garcia's replacement, rookie QB Tyler Hansen, comes in and immediately throws a pick. "Absolute embarrassment!" Bouchy screams from the sidelines as his team loses 70-25.
At Simmons' house, Bouchy and Hoversten meet with co-owners Stanley and Simmons. Bouchy says, "I feel like I'm failing you guys." Testily, Simmons bites back at Bouchy, rhetorically asking, "Can you win, please?" As a potential solution, Bouchy suggests doing away with the entire coaching staff and starting anew. But Stanley thinks it doesn't make sense to "change horses" at this stage in the season.
Meanwhile, the KISS play the San Jose Sabercats. Garcia comes out of the gate strongly, throwing a pair of touchdowns to wide receiver Donovan "Captain" Morgan. But the momentum suddenly shifts when nose guard Nigel Nicholas suffers a torn ACL and is carted off the field. With their minds clearly on their fallen comrade, the KISS end up losing again, 63-35.
In the days after the game, Stanley and Simmons, along with coach McMillen, go to visit Nicholas, who is immobile and being treated by LA KISS team trainer, Bruno Silva. According to Silva, Nicholas is likely out for the rest of the season. Stanley and Simmons joke with Nicholas, and Stanley gives Nicholas a vote of confidence, telling the player: "With KISS, we're nothing without the fans, and the LA KISS is nothing without the players, so we're with you from the time you went down [and] we're with you until youre back on the field." At the next team practice, Silva mentions to coach McMillen that he's heard rumors that quarterback Garcia has not only been meeting with Bouchy and Hoversten behind McMillens back, but is also being groomed to replace him as head coach. Clearly upset, McMillen calls a meeting at the LA KISS offices with Hoversten and Bouchy. "I'm not going to keep busting my ass if I'm going to be the scapegoat," he tells them. While the two executives ensure him that his job is safe, McMillen leaves, unsure of the truth, looking to confront Garcia on the matter.
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