Show Me A Guy Who's Afraid To Look Bad Analysis

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Fear Not A known quote by Lou Brock, "Show me a guy who's afraid to look bad, and I'll show you a guy you can beat every time." Eddie Rake may not have spoken these words himself but he instills in his players to not be the guy who is afraid to look bad and leads by example at that. Although Coach Rake cares a lot for his players, he never cuts them any slack. The first thing he says to the 1958 team right after being hired was that they "were all a bunch of losers, losing is contagious, and if we thought we could lose with him then we could hit the door" (Grisham, 206). That statement in itself lets the reader know that Coach Rake doesn’t care to "look bad." Not only is Rake the first to critique every play, every run, and every

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