Analysis Of The Movie Miracle

Miracle is a 2004 American sports movie based on real events about the United States national men’s hockey team, which are led by the Coach Herb Brooks portrayed by Kurt Russell. The United States team is formed by players of college hockey, and they are huge underdogs going into the run for the gold medal in the 1980 Winter Olympics. They are against the Soviets who are considered the best team in the world having won consecutively the gold medal for the last four editions of the Winter Olympics. Plus, the Games are set during the Cold War; which makes their confrontation even more important. The movie starts when Herb gets interviewed by the United States Olympic Committee, and after some uncertainty he gets the job. He watches the players

It is exhibited in the movie when college rivals, from Boston and Minnesota, start to get intense in the bar scene as well as during the practice, when two of them break into a fight. Herb lets the guys take out all the anger out but pushes them to get past their “old scores”. The team needs to progress in order to reach their best level; no matter how difficult it can be, teams have to go through the storming stage, or else they will

It is from Herb’s guidance that the team was able to develop and exploit the essential skills to meet the team’s goal. Herb uses different approaches depending on the situation but some are present throughout the whole movie. One of the first styles we can recognize is the autocratic style. In this style, “the leader takes decisions without consulting with others” (Saxena, 2009, p. 143). Nevertheless, it does not mean herb did not know what he was doing, because he made extensive research by watching films, talking to the coaches of the players he did not know before, and analyzing the players that he coached before. So his decision would be on the right track even though no one had a say on