Miracle is a 2004 film that tells the true story of the 1980 United States Men’s Hockey team as they prepare and compete in the Winter Olympics at Lake Placid, New York. Herb Brooks, former player now the head coach, along with his assistant coach Craig Patrick, take on the difficult task of putting together a team of young men. At this time NHL players were not allowed to play in the Olympics, so Brooks was forced to assemble a group of college players to compete against the best world has to offer. The different coaching styles, strategies, and decision making skills along with the all the players hard work will drive the success of the team. After a slow start, the special coaching styles displayed by coach Herb helps guide the team to
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In this instance, choosing of the Olympic team, the quality of the decision is very significant so the group rated it as high. The following question deals with the Importance of commitment. Herb only watched the players for one day even though there was a week of tryouts scheduled, it that may seem like he did not have enough information. However, Herb tells Walter that he watched film, he coached many of the players, and he talked to the coaches of the kids who hadn’t played for him, so he had done extensive background work so that he did have enough information to make a quality decision(miracle 13:31-14:51). In addition, he had a very particular type of player and team that he wanted so, he knew exactly what to look for. Therefore, the answer to the second question is also High because he has analyzed the importance of each team member individually. The third question asks about the leader’s expertise. Herb shows his expertise in hockey in various ways. Not only did Herb play hockey in high school he also played for the University of Minnesota, he later became the head coach of the hockey team there going on to, win three National Titles. Finally, after Herb being the last cut right before the 1960 Olympics then did he have the opportunity to become head coach of the USA hockey team. He used his personal experience, as well as knowledge from his studies of players to pick and form the precise team he wanted. For those reasons the group had to rate it high. Continuing on, the fourth and fifth questions asked deal with others commitment and support if the decision would be accepted and if the goals are the same across all involved with the Olympic team. The commitment from those up top was there, the committee had chosen Herb to lead the team to the gold medal so they put their trust in him. In terms of other supporting his decision, there was definitely some questions
In this instance, choosing of the Olympic team, the quality of the decision is very significant so the group rated it as high. The following question deals with the Importance of commitment. Herb only watched the players for one day even though there was a week of tryouts scheduled, it that may seem like he did not have enough information. However, Herb tells Walter that he watched film, he coached many of the players, and he talked to the coaches of the kids who hadn’t played for him, so he had done extensive background work so that he did have enough information to make a quality decision(miracle 13:31-14:51). In addition, he had a very particular type of player and team that he wanted so, he knew exactly what to look for. Therefore, the answer to the second question is also High because he has analyzed the importance of each team member individually. The third question asks about the leader’s expertise. Herb shows his expertise in hockey in various ways. Not only did Herb play hockey in high school he also played for the University of Minnesota, he later became the head coach of the hockey team there going on to, win three National Titles. Finally, after Herb being the last cut right before the 1960 Olympics then did he have the opportunity to become head coach of the USA hockey team. He used his personal experience, as well as knowledge from his studies of players to pick and form the precise team he wanted. For those reasons the group had to rate it high. Continuing on, the fourth and fifth questions asked deal with others commitment and support if the decision would be accepted and if the goals are the same across all involved with the Olympic team. The commitment from those up top was there, the committee had chosen Herb to lead the team to the gold medal so they put their trust in him. In terms of other supporting his decision, there was definitely some questions