Donny Carter Preseason Interview

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*show's theme song plays as the picture fades out of a commercial and back onto the studio, where Joe Smith is sitting across from Donny Carter*

Smith: Hello everyone and welcome back to tonight's show! Now we have with us a frequent guest, Donny Carter, now a VHLE player. Donny, how are you feeling about last night's draft?

Carter: Well Joe first and foremost thanks for having me! And second, I'm honestly so happy. I wanted to play with someone who I knew, and I ended up getting drafted by Bratislava. I was excited and now it turns out that a teammate and good friend from my Houston days John Baard is on the team, so I'm really excited to get to play with him again.

Smith: I am definitely excited to see you two play together again, there was a great season for you guys in Houston, do you think you'll have the same success you had there with the Watchmen?

Carter: I think it's a huge season for us in Bratislava, it's the first ever one for the VHLE, meaning whatever team wins is the first ever champion. I think we have a pretty good and slightly underrated team of young players. We definitely have a shot and I'm hoping to have a really good season for the Watchmen.

Smith: That's right, and I'm excited to see how the season goes. How is the locker room looking for the team so far?

Carter: Honestly it's really fun. The players this year are going to be helping management to find things for the team like suggestions for team music or something like that. It's pretty cool.

Smith: Would the Chicken Dance be an option? *looks at the camera with a smile that's way too big for the joke he made.*

Carter: *rolls his eyes and looks at Smith with a face that says "dude".* Well Joe we are the Watchmen. So probably not the chicken dance.

Smith: *realises how bad the joke was and clears his throat.* Anyways, you actually had your first few games as a team recently. How has it been playing with John Baard again?

Carter: It has been an absolute blast! Our team has been high scoring in a win and an overtime loss, and the chemistry me and Baardo had in Houston never left, we've been putting up goals left and right!

Smith: You haven't scored yet for the Watchmen but you still lead the team in points with 5 assists! Is this a pace you think you can stay consistent on?

Carter: It definitely is, I'm just putting passes to really good players who can finish well. I have over 10 shots in 2 games and no goals, so my shooting is something to work on, but I think my passes are on point and I'm hoping I only get better. Obviously a lot of the credit goes to the guys scoring on the passes though. Good passes are just that until the good shot turns a pass into an assist. So I think I definitely can keep doing this well.

Smith: Well Donny I love the spirit and can't wait to see how you do as the first ever VHLE season moves forward. Best of luck my friend!

Carter: Thanks for having me on the show Joe!

*show fades to commercial with the show's theme song*

 

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REVIEW:

A pretty entertaining piece overall. I did chuckle at the Chicken Dance banter! I do have a gripe with the lack of spacing, although I realize that copy and pasting words onto the site removes it. In the end I'd understand if it would have been a pain to put it back in, but it still irks me. Also I might have written it in a more traditional way like a story but I understand your way as well. Overall I'll give it a 7/10 but a very good 7/10.