That night, neto, jesse, and another teammate walked into the coach's office and handed him their uniforms and pads. they explained why they were leaving and expected him to understand, but they were disappointed. "the coach said, 'quitting will just make it worse,'" neto remembers. "he said the fans would call us losers and quitters instead of respecting us. nothing could convince him. after a while we just walked out." now there was no turning back.