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Remember the Titans

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Remember the Titans

1. How did Coach Boone evaluate Gerry, his white team captain at the beginning of the film? How did members of the team react to each other initially? How did this change over the course of the film?

With football being one of the most celebrated sports in Virginia, especially at the high school level, Coach Boone assessed Gerry to become the captain of the football team. The team is racially diverse, and the coach does his best to unite the team and asks the team to maintain respect, discipline, and friendship towards each other (Reimers & Parsons, 2003). The team members' initial reaction was chaotic since the team captain was white and racial segregation at that time was high. Over the period, Gerry's point of view dissipated and he started to treat all the team members equally, and he also made friends with Julius, a black player on the team.

2. At what points during the film did you see effective uses of power? At what points during the film did you see ineffective uses of power?

Coach Boone has authority over the football team and exercises his power when he gives an inspirational speech at the Battle of Gettysburg, where he encourages the team to have unity and release the racial tension that has been building for decades. He told them to learn from the people who died during the war in 1836 (Reimers & Parsons, 2003). He delegated tasks directly and each play had to understand each other's culture, which would lead to victory. Ineffective power is evident when the captain tells the coach that he does not need his people on his side.

3. What factors might have prompted Coach Boone to utilize certain types of power?

The fact that there was racial discrimination in the football team which the coach was very well aware of prompted to him using his distractive leadership style by making the team members understand each other's culture and cooperate towards winning. As a leader, coach Boone used the authority given to him by the school to motivate the team members and to put sense at the battle of Gettysburg where by his inspiration speech made the minds of the players to reduce the racial tension that was among them (Reimers & Parsons, 2003). By using his power directly to encourage the team members and directly delegating them with different tasks and responsibilities.

4. Describe a situation in the film when you observed servant leadership? Did this differ from a time when you observed followership?

After a long run through the forest, only the chirping sounds of the birds and the spring sounds were present, they arrived at the site where the battle of Gettysburg took place and fifty thousand men had died. Coach Boone made them realize that they could be destroyed by racism just like the in the battle (Reimers & Parsons, 2003). Gerry understands the speech and he becomes more disciplined and influences his teammates to do the same.

5. When did you observe the use of transformational leadership? What was the outcome of this type of leadership behavior?

Transformational leadership is seen when, on the bus travelling for preseason, Coach Boone forces the teammates to integrate based on the roles of each player and not based on race. He also shows his commitment to the team when his girlfriend requests him to quit the team, but his decision does not waver; he cuts his friends from the team who support racism (Reimers & Parsons, 2003). He stands up for the team regardless of the outcome. In the end, the team won the state title. Gerry cheers for his team despite not being able to participate in the championship game.

6. At what points in the film did you observe first order, second order and third order change. What level of change was required for the characters to develop?

First order change is observed when Coach Boone takes over the team from Coach Bill Yoast and continues to adhere by the rules of the team. The second order change is observed when Coach Boone tells the team that they need to change how they do their things they are forced to integrate (Reimers & Parsons, 2003). The third order change is seen when they implement the changes that had been initiated in the second order change. The second order change was required for character development.

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