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A leader is an individual who exerts more influence than other members of the group. A great leader inspires, communicates, takes risks, makes mistakes, and builds relationships with his/her team members. In the movie Hoosiers, Coach Dale displayed all these traits and more. He used different leadership styles at the right times, depending on the circumstance. And was able to analyze situations and develop a plan of action to set measurable and realistic goals for the team. Like a great leader, Dale had a vision for the team, and was planning to gain the respect and trust of everyone in it. It was important to him that every player functioned as one. It would mean punishment for anyone who disobeyed him and tried to be the best in the team. He may have seemed hard at times, but Coach Dale had a soft side too. He was sensitive towards each player and showed great encouragement in those with little faith. For Dale it was about second chances and starting over. It wasn’t easy for him at first, but he worked hard as a teacher, mentor, leader and friend to the boys of the Hickory Highschool basketball team. Common to most great coaches, Coach Dale used a combination between authoritarian and democratic leadership styles. At the start of the movie he ruled with force and harshness to break the players of the team. It wasn’t that he was a mean and terrible coach, but that he was using his authority to control the team and have things according to the way he wanted it. His authoritarian methods quickly made the boys respect him and follow orders. At his first practice he sent out a few of the players after scolding at them about their behavior. He wasn’t going to tolerate anyone being rude or smart to him while he was there. It was obvious that no one was going to be on the team who didn’t want to work hard. Each one of the boys who were kicked out returned shortly with apologies and requests to rejoin the team. They knew he meant business when he made them hustle hard at practices and punished them for not following his orders. If one of the players didn’t follow what they discussed then they got benched for the rest of the game. He says they must think about what he tells them as “the law”. Once the team began showing the coach respect he too showed respect back. Dale displayed a lot of democratic leadership styles as well as authoritarian. He began being open to suggestions, gave many compliments where they were deserved, and suggested improvements where they were needed.
Approximate Word count = 1781
Approximate Pages = 7.1
(250 words per page double spaced)
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