Remember the Titans What is leadership? The Merriam Webster Dictionary defines a leader as, “something that leads; something that ranks first.” Leaders and the roles of leadership are fundamental to our society and over the years of the world have played vital roles in history. With honesty, confidence, and commitment to the team, Coach Boone proved to be a valuable leader and coach in Remember the Titans. Not only is he an on-field coach, but he takes upon a role to mediate between the players. He understands that in order for the team to be successful, they must put all their differences aside and unite for one common goal; to win. Overtime the team also understands that they are the first school to integrate their athletics program and …show more content…
This upset some of the players who played on the team previously, and expected their privileges and playing time to be the same. He was also advised by the parents and staff, like defensive coach Bill Yoast to play the returning white players instead of allowing the African American players to play. Coach Boone was fair in his system of starting the players despite other coaches, players, and parents telling him otherwise. Coach Boone also showed honesty when he made the players more aware of reality, and how many people did not want them to succeed. He never held back on criticizing what he thought was unjust, and when his house was vandalized he made it known that it was out of fear and racism, even when he knew it would go …show more content…
Williams High School, their all white team was not a horrible team. They actually had won many championships, however, there was still room for improvement. Coach Boone showed commitment to not only his team, but also to himself. He stood up for what he knew to be right, and never gave up on his team. The difficult camp the players attended before the season started changing the mindsets of many of the players. They were assigned one night, as homework, to get to know their roommate. This proved to be hard at first, but helped the team become more united and see how relatable their lives were. Coach Boone showed commitment at a time when any other person in his situation might have most likely given up. Even when his job was threatened and his coaching was insulted, he never wavered in the commitment he made to his team to be their
leadership style. When Boone first meets the Titan coaching staff, he knows that he is not
The first personal traits that Coach Dale was forced to exhibit were his toughness and his assertiveness. On his first night in Hickory he met the men of town in the barbershop who were all willing to provide their experience and insight on the team and how to coach. Coach Dale had enough self confidence to know that none of these “insights” were going to help the Hickory team win basketball games and let them know they weren’t welcome by turning his back and walking out. Additionally, he was forced to demonstrate his toughness twice more on the first day of practice by telling the temporary coach, “Secondly, your days of coaching are over,” and then by standing up to the group of men after he dismissed Buddy from the team. These actions made no friends of the men; however, th...
We may be behind on the scoreboard at the end of the game but if you play like that, we cannot be defeated.” He used pathos to hit the player’s soul by explaining himself, explaining that he doesn’t want the team to be the champion by winning, he wanted the team to be the champion by showing their hard work and their passion on the field. And also the coach is using logos by bringing up the six Sons of Marshall, the six players, the six teammates who went away by a plane
When Boone was appointed to the position of football coach at T.C. Williams High School, he became the visionary of success to the program. His vision for the team from the beginning was to win a state championship. As a leader one must be a visionary and have an ultimate goal that needs to be accomplished. Difficult situations continuously present themselves and need to be handled effectively in order to accomplish the leader’s vision, which often occurred during Boone’s journey with his team. Throughout the film, no matter what circumstances Boone encountered, he was able to stay focused on the goal of winning a championship which consequently allowed the team to
3) Coach Boone is devoid of warmth and humor. Coach Boone inspires the team to follow his mission. He has the experience and ability to work and motivate the team. He has always supported his team by encouraging them at all time in order to perform well and to head towards the victory. He tried to create equal opportunities between the players in order to maintain a team where everyone is respected. Boone shows to be as tough as any coach comes, and it's this characteristic that helps bring the blacks and the whites together on the team. Coach Boone was helpful in solving problems that occurred in his team. For example, he wanted the white and black players to communicate between one another. He was ecologically sensitive, a leader who knows the obstacles that are or will face the team. His vision focused on the team and its members at all times. Regardless that he is tough, his way of dealing with the players, gave them more confidence to themselves.
At the beginning of this movie, Coach Yoast, the Caucasian head coach, is told that the schools would be integrated and he would be losing his position to an African American man, Coach Boone. As Boone takes his position, there is a lot of tension on the team and he has found a way to resolve it. The team takes off to Gettysburg where they are told that if they survive camp they will make the team and if not then they simply will not be on the team. While in Gettysburg these guys learn more than football. As they stand on the soil where men lost their
A 2000 film, Remember the Titans, is based on a true story. This movie portrays an African American Coach Herman Boone played by Denzel Washington and a successful Caucasian high school coach Bill Yoast played by Will Patton. This movie takes place during period when schools in Virginia were segregated. It wasn’t until the early 70’s when a federal mandate came into play requiring that two schools in Alexandria, Virginia integrate its students. As a part of this change, the Alexandria school board had also decided to hire on an African American football coach, Herman Boone.
Coach Herman Boone, who is played by Denzel Washington, is a very influential person. He is a perfect leader. While it cannot be found out for sure, Coach Boone can be classified under the trait theory of management, that “Leaders are Born”. The type of leadership he displays cannot be taught, he is able to bring together two different types of groups to act as one, to respect each other and play together. He shows power in the movie, he has a large capacity to influence others. Using his power, he gets the players to conform and forget how others think they are supposed to act towards each other. The goal specificity is also clear in the movie. Coach Boone expects his team to be ‘perfect’, he expects them to win the Virginia State Championship. Former head coach and now assistant coach Bill Yoast, played by Will Patton, is also a very influential person and good leader. He is in charge...
It is clear to us that Boone did in fact face a challenge that he overcame. He wanted to be accepted by the community by proving that he was a valued member of it, a valuable football coach. In order to do this he had to prove that he could coach The Titans through all of their games, this required team unity. He gained the respect and acceptance of the football players in order to encourage their unity. He knew that only through their unity could they succeed. It is not the mere challenge that Boone faced that gained merit; it was what he succeeded in doing that was the real important achievement, succeeding to prove to the community that they could indeed be united.
The first game is opened with great trepidation, Coach Boone addresses his team with the knowledge that if they lose, he will lose his position as head coach because the school board was waiting for any reason to fire Coach Boone. “Tonight we 've got Hayfield. Like all the other schools in this conference, they 're all white. They don 't have to worry about race. We do. Let me tell you something: you don 't let anyone come between us. Nothing tears us apart…” (Yakin)
In the beginning of the movie when Coach Boone is taking over Coach Yoast’s, former white head coach, as head coach the white teammates all say that they will take the year off and try to get a petition signed to get him back as head coach. This actually happened. Coach Tyrell, a white fictional character, wants Coach Yoast to stay the head coach so Yoast can be in the Virginia High School Hall of Fame that didn’t even exist in 1971. Coach Boone is depicted in the movie like a man with no warm side at all. He even says “This is no democracy.
This autocratic style was appropriately assigned to Coach Boone because he demanded obedience and respect as the head coach of the football team, and as a black man living in a racially tense community. By using the autocratic leadership style he was able to overcome the racial obstacles with perseverance, and motivate the team. These actions in turn led to them being highly successful. At first, Boone’s coaching style seemed to have a negative impact on a team that did not work together. However, over time it proved to not only bring the team together but it also made the players into better people, both on and off the field.
But they were not doing too well until Coach Boone, Yoast, and the other coaches switched up the plan to win the season and the hopes of the townsfolk that were at the game or at home watching on TV or cheering for them in the
Remember the Titans: A Film Review During a time where racial discrimination continues to impact the everyday lives of citizens, students of T.C. Williams High School come together as one under head coach Herman Boone and assistant coach Bill Yoast to become a unifying symbol for the town of Alexandria in the movie Remember the Titans. Based on actual events in 1971, Remember the Titans is a heartfelt movie about a team setting aside their differences based on color and working on a specific goal, to win the state championship. The movie represents the major issue of race as the town of Alexandria is split due to “judging a book by its cover.” Being that the movie is set in the early 1970s, race continues to be part of every day lives as more
Coach Boone demonstrated this by developing his players on and off the field. In live you will have people that your have to be willing to listen to and people that your will have to teach. If you go into it with the mentality of you are doing this because you should instead of going into it with a open mind then your will have a better outcome and your will develop other people's mentality. Gerry demonstrated this by helping Julius become a leader after he got in his car accident. Gerry could have just not asked someone to take his spot as the leader but he asked to see his best friend in the hospital room and told him that he could do it and it inspired