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
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
leadership style. When Boone first meets the Titan coaching staff, he knows that he is not
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)
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
They were ready for camp and ready to get on the bus. At first the busses were separated by Blacks and Whites, but Coach Boone didn't want that he wanted them to sit together. So one bus had the offensive players only and the other had defensive players only. He wanted the players to get along, so he sat one black player with one white player on each set of seats and told them that the player they sit with would be their roommate. It still didn't work out when they got to the camp. They still had their differences and wouldn't get along. When practices began they wouldn't have each other's back. The white player would miss a block just because the person he was blocking for was Whi...
He decided the placement of all players, and what teams they would be in. When it came to Junior’s turn, Junior thought he was going to be in the C team, but surprisingly he got into the top team, the Varsity team as a Freshman. He was stunned, but when he asked why he was placed in the C team he said that he was one of the best shooters he had seen in a while, and that he would be their secret weapon. When Junior was given 3 stitches, Coach was there to comfort him and tell him that his team would be fine without him if he went to hospital. Later on, when Arnold was given a concussion both teams got into a series of shoving matches and push-fights. The tribal police had to pull twenty or thirty adult Spokane's off the court. Coach was passionate about that game, he was furious when the referees gave 4 of his players technical fouls to please the mainly Indian crowd. He cursed and screamed and was thrown out of the game. After the game, Coach went to see Junior in the hospital and apologized for putting him in the game, and that he should have cancelled the game completely because of the anger of the Indians that he left the reservation. He cared about his players and didn’t want them to run 50 laps of the gymnasium, he cared about their feelings while also being serious about letting them win. He's always quick to give Arnold words of encouragement and support. Before games Arnold
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
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.
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...
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 after Boone saw what it meant to the black community, he accepted the job. Yoast, however, wanted to go elsewhere. As the white players threatened to boycott the team, Yoast became the assistant coach with his friend, coach Tyrell, lest the white boys jeopardize their future. As training camp starts, they have to break up numerous fights between the white and black teammates. Yoast does not like Boone’s extremely aggressive training style and is reflected in the quote “There’s a fine line between strict and crazy, and I reckon you’re flirting with it”. After Boone’s Gettysburg speech, the coaches begin to move together. Eventually, coach Tyrell and coach Yoast have a split in friendship about integration. Tyrell does not like it, but Yoast stays integrated. This is reflected in Tyrell’s quote “Go to hell”, as Tyrell quits. Yoast and Boone go and win the state championship without Tyrell. As viewers, we can see that both coaches are forced into a place they did not initially accept but adapted and got through the hardships as a part of accepting integration and growing
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.
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