...Jamie Velez Elizabeth Hughes Paul Way EDUC 268 Remember the Titans - Five Step Analysis Plot Summary In April of 1971, the United States Supreme Court issued a ruling that ended all stateimposed segregation in public schools. This was the same year that T. C. Williams High School located in Alexander Virginia was integrated. This is the setting for the movie Remember the Titans, staring Denzel Washington who portrays Herman Boone the head coach of the Titans. Herman Boone is brought in as an assistant coach to join the all white coaching staff. When Herman Boone is appointed head coach over a wining white coach he is reluctant to accept because the same things had happened to him when a white coach had been appointed over him in South Carolina. He finally accepts the head coach position when he sees that the black residents see him as a symbol of pride and respect that is lacking in their community. The movie starts with a riot after a white storeowner kills a black teenager. This incident underscores the racial tensions that exist as a result of the desegregation of the high school. Coach Boone has to overcome the racism within the team, the coaching staff, and the community to build a winning racially mixed football team. Leader Description In the movie we have four primary leaders: · Herman Boone, the black head coach · Bill Yoast, the white assistant coach · Gerry Bertier, the white unofficial leader of the White athletes · Julius Campbell, the black unofficial...
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...Interpersonal Conflict in Remember the Titans I choose the movie – remember the titans. It is an inspirational movie, making my blood boiling from the beginning to the end and teaching us that we are all equal no matter what race you are. It talks about not only the games, but also racial conflicts, friendship and the significance of life. The story goes like that: in the early 1970s, two schools in Alexandria Virginia integrate forming T.C. Williams High School. The Caucasian head coach of the Titans is replaced by an African American coach from North Carolina. Tensions arise when players of different races are forced together on the same football team. Many of these tensions are eased during the two-week training camp in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania. When players return to Alexandria the players find the city in turmoil due to the forced desegregation of the high school. Through facing a lot of objections and questions, the players and the coaches still choose to unify, depend on and trust each other. As the season progresses the team's success causes the community to accept the changes. After the Titans' perfect season, the team and the city are closer than ever. There are many interpersonal conflicts in the movie, such as the racial conflict between the black and the white, the conflict between Coach Herman Boone and Coach Bill Yoast, the conflict between Gerry Bertier and his girlfriend Emma and so on. Because of different cultural background, conflicts arise between...
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...Remember The Titans Within this organization there are two main leader who take very different approaches in there method of management. Coach Boone is the head football coach, he is very strict when it comes to his players as well as his team staff, he takes a classical approach at management. Division of labor and priorities are some main concepts used in the classical approach, Boone believe’s everyone should know where they stand and who is the boss, he is focused on building a strong winning team. Coach Boone is straight forward and to the point, in the first team meeting he informs the team that, “Best player will play, color don’t matter,” and he lets the players know, “This is not a democracy, this is a dictatorship. I am the law.” This shows Boone believe in division of labor, by matching the players skills to their position, and that he leads with bureaucracy, letting it be known clearly who is in charge. Coach Yoast is the former head coach made assistant defensive coach, who choses to lead with a behavioral approach to management. Yoast tells Boone he wants his players to hold their positions even after Boone takes over, he also tells Boone he too strict at camp and that the players should be having some fun. This shows Yoast believe’s that the players will preform better for the team if they are satisfied with the position they have, and if they are having fun while playing and practicing. Taking a behavioral approach to management, Yoast have confidence that...
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...Gloria Bicolli Remember the Titans HRD 363 Midterm Tuckman and Jensen 1977 Tuckman and Jensen model focuses on the development of internal relations among the team members. There are 5 stages, Forming, Storming, Norming, Performing and Adjourning. The movie Remember the Titans was very inspiring especially because it is based on a true story. This movie showed all of Tuckman’s 5 stages. Stages of Group Development The first stage is forming; this is when members get to know one another. This is one of the most important stages. In the movie, this occurs when all of the football players are in the gym ready to meet Coach Boone. All the different race groups were together. In this interaction, the athletes have come together for the first time, they are unsure of their roles on the team, and they are also unsure what to expect from each other and the coach. Coach Boone asks Petey whether or not he likes football. The coach is very directive he tells the team “This is no democracy”. (YouTube) After they went to Gettysburg College for Camp, the coach made them sit in the same positions they had on the way to camp. This was one of his ways to form the team. The team walks to camp together, this is the first time we see them grouped whites and blacks together as a team, which signifies they have finished the forming stage. The second stage is storming; this is where all the conflicts and disagreements happen although the majority of the movie conflict occurs consistently...
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...Based on the book by Nicholas Sparks, the romantic drama, A Walk to Remember, stars two main characters, Jamie Sullivan (Many Moore) and Landon Carter (Shane West) who are brought together by fate. Directed by Adam Shankman, this movie tells the story of the school’s bad boy who pulls a prank gone wrong. In order for a boy to enter is gang, he must jump off of an industrial building into a shallow river, ending up in the hospital. This incident results in Landon having to do community service by tutoring and by being involved in the schools spring play which is where he encounters the serious and hardworking preachers daughter, Jamie. Landon can’t seem to get his memorization of the lines quite well and ends up asking Jamie for help, resulting in the beginning of their newfound love together. As time goes on and Landon spends more time with Jamie, he realizes that she is slowly changing him, but for the better. On the other hand, being with the innocent Christian girl of the school threatens his reputation of being the popular bad boy, yet his love for her cannot be stopped and their relationship flourishes. However, one secret that Jamie had kept hidden from Landon puts a bump in the road and is difficult to get around. Will this unraveled secret tear them apart or just make them stronger? A Walk To Remember will forever be a classic in my opinion because of its characters and the overall messages that are portrayed throughout the movie. Jamie Sullivan and Landon Carter are...
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...Remember the Titans Jessica Valentine SOC 318 Sociology of Sport Dr. Marnie Carroll May 18, 2015 Remember the Titans Our general public has truly and still right up 'til today managed a large number of issues that significantly separates societies, organizations, associations and all the more essentially individuals. Sports can in a flash be put in this classification when matters identified with isolation, race and ethnicity are interrelated. I have chosen the film "Remember the Titans" to examine the effects of the previously stated as they relate to sports all through this paper. In 2000, Remember the Titans was an American sports film focused upon fanciful African American football mentor Herman Boone who was depicted by super star Denzel Washington. This motion picture was not just one of the top rated and enthralling films of its year, however offered groups of onlookers a complete representation of mutual activities and leads in the lives of individuals like themselves. Using our text to break down and thoroughly describe the movie in regards to realistic conflict theory, cultural theory and racism all of which plays into the factor of sociology of sport. Prejudice is the amazing conviction that races have unmistakable attributes and inherited variables, and, likewise, certain races are better than others. The realistic conflict theory suggests that contentions between two distinct gatherings will emit as the gatherings contend over the same constrained assets...
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...injury of one of them. Even though this decision threatened his friendship with Ray, Gerry still fulfilled his responsibility. Another quality of leadership Gerry shows is open-mindedness; he connected to all of his teammates—even the black ones. In fact, he became very good friends with Julius Campbell, one of Gerry’s black teammates. Despite the racism and tension in the air, Gerry made it his duty to be positive and lead the Titans to victory. “Remember the Titans” is not only a commemoration of the breaking of racial barriers in Virginia, but also of the true meaning of leadership. Julius Campbell and Gerry Bertier, as well as many other people in this movie, prove the viewers that leadership is about being a trendsetter, standing for what you believe in, and having a positive influence. Successful leaders look for opportunities, not obstacles. Bertier in many ways is the protagonist in this movie however he probably wouldn't want to be considered above anyone or more important than any of his teammates. As one watches "Remember the Titans", Gerry Bertier stands out as a true leader and captain and embraces it throughout this movie. He gives us multiple examples of his emotional intelligence as well as his passion: Two qualities I believe every leader must possess. Bertier's passion is reflective in nearly every scene he is present, most noticeably when he is on the football field. He loves playing the game, and he loves his teammates, and he loves his...
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...In 1971 a black football coach, Herman Boone (Danzel Washington), is hired as head coach for T.C. Williams High School. He takes over the position from Bill Yoast (Will Patton), nominated for the Virginia High School Hall of Fame. Boone offers the assistant coordinator coach position to Yoast, which he declines until the white players vow to boycott the team without him. Yoast reconsiders realizing the boys would lose the chance at scholarships and becomes the defense coordinator. During football camp racially motivated conflicts are handled by Boone with forceful coaxing and extreme athletic training. The boys develop racial tolerance and become a true team. Upon returning from camp, Boone is informed by a black school board member that he will be fired at the loss of a single game. The Titans slowly gain community support, while battling racial prejudice, having an undefeated season. Prior to state semi-finals, a white school board member approaches Yoast and implies he wants Boone fired because of his race, offering Hall of Fame induction if the team loses the game. Referee bias being more than apparent during the next game, Yoast confronts the head official threatening scandal exposure to the press unless the game is refereed fairly. The loss of candidacy induction for Yoast is the result of the teams win. During the towns’ victory celebration the team captain is paralyzed in a car accident. The Titans win state and return ten years later for his funeral. A conflict between...
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...Drew Centola Mr. Watley Theology I 21 November 2014 A Walk to Remember Summary A Walk to Remember is a teenage romantic movie about a “bad boy” falling in love with a smart young women. The bad boy is Landen Carter while the young woman is Jamie Sullivan. Landen has a group of friends that make fun of Jamie but, in the middle of the movie Landen falls in love with Jamie during a play. Let me start from the beginning of the movie. In the first part of the movie they have one of their new inductees “Walker” jumps from a stand about 50 feet from the air, he does a belly flop. When he hits the water he just floats there in the water and does not turn over for air. Then Landen climbs down from the stand and jumps in the water to help Walker to get him on dry land. Then the cops show up and all of them bail except for Landen helping walker to dry land. When Walker sees the cops he tells Landen that he could go and get out of here. So Landen leaves Walker on the wooden deck by the bug pond for the cops to find him. When Landen gets in his car he is being chased by cops while his friends get a clean getaway while Landen is trying to shake to cop off his tail. Landen takes a wide turn and crashes into a barrel of water and has crutches for his leg the next day. The day Landen returns to school the principal calls Landen into his office. The principal says that he has to be in the play, tutor students, and clean the school or he will be expelled. While his friends don't...
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...Remember the Titans Organization: T.C. Williams High School Football Team (Alexandria Virginia 1971) * Organizational Environment: Consisted of the school board, the coaches, the team and the community. * Org. Structure: Due to desegregation, the structural norm of an all-white high school, coaching staff and football team, soon changed when a new head coach was appointed. * Org. Culture: In the beginning, everyone was out for their own self interests. The school board was trying to sabotage Coach Boone. Both coaches were out to make a name for themselves (Boone: Up and Coming/Yoast: Hall of Fame). The team members had their own initiatives (to get their desired positions). While white members of the community were waiting for failure, the black members longed for a figurehead. The coaches, team, and the community struggled to understand and except one another.The mentality was “This is how we do things around here”, but that was all about to change. * Org. Climate: At first everyone lacked motivation to put forth the effort of trying to work together. For example: Boone took offense & Yoast took defense. The team captains weren’t showing any leadership and the community members were extremely divided. Racism and football was the backdrop for the clash of leadership styles and personal perspectives that each man had to learn and understand from each other because they all shared one common goal, to become a winning team. * Team Building: At camp when...
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...Remember the Titans Character Analysis Note: read case study document first Character | Description | Significant Events | Boone | Head coach | * Marched with Martin Luther King * Had teammates mix up bus seating going to training camp, they also had to bunk with whoever they sat with on the bus * Had the boys jog to Gettysburg, talked about the battle and similarities to them today | Pete Jones | Team member | * Yoast put him in the game despite not being under his group after Boone took him out | Louis Lastick | Team member – neutral, just wanted to fit in | * Talked about his roommate * Joined in on “yo mama” jokes * Lacked self-worth * Always neutral between blacks and whites, saw no differences | Gerry Bertier | Team Captain – became best friends with his roommate Julius | * Started a fight with his roommate * Made a connection with Julius during a heart to heart talk * Embraced his new team and awareness for discrimination * Stood up to Emma * Fired Ray from the team * Car accident | Julius | Team member – best friends with Gerry | * Made Gerry realize he wasn’t as much as a fair leader as he thought | Yoast | Coach | * Went against Coach Boone * Found out about the plan to fired Boone but did not support it * Made nice with Boone at the last of it | Cheryl | Coach Yoast’s daughter | * Told her Dad he had nothing to be proud of at the last game. Making him realize he needed to change his attitude...
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...Leadership 4400 Remember the Titans Leadership Film Assessment La’Paul Blackmon July 18, 2014 Coach Boone states the following during his first team meeting. “This is no democracy. It is a dictatorship. I am the law. If you survive camp, you will be on the team. If you survive.” According to John Potter: How Situational Leadership Works, the leadership style that coach Boone used was directing. The directing leadership style typically involves taking over a challenging situation and applying specific knowledge and experience to right the ship. For example, if your business is struggling to establish its brand, a skilled marketing manager can be brought in to develop a marketing strategy to create brand awareness. A directing-type manager will establish clear goals and objectives for his work area as well as his staff, although staff members have some latitude as to the process used to meet the goals. Which means The directing leadership style typically involves taking over a challenging situation and applying specific knowledge and experience to right the ship. For example, if your business is struggling to establish its brand, a skilled marketing manager can be brought in to develop a marketing strategy to create brand awareness. A directing-type manager will establish clear goals and objectives for his work area as well as his staff, although staff members have some latitude as to the process used to meet the goals. As a player on Coach Boone’s team I would feel scared...
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...LaQuita Taylor Submission #2 2/29/16 Corporate Social Responsibility is defined as voluntary activities undertaken by a company to operate in an economic, social, and environmentally sustainable manner. The school board’s decision to make Coach Boone the head coach over Yoast, who was the more seasoned coach, was a prime example of this. The school board was trying to please the black community by doing this. The town of Alexandria was currently in an uproar over a shop keeper shooting a young black man in his store. The school board did this because there were a lot of schools integrating but keeping the head coaches white. At the time this was an appropriate decision to make to keep the community from rioting like the really big cities. Boone handled the situation like a man. He respectfully declined at first, but with urging and acceptance from the black community he accepted the position. Before he had the first team meeting, he went to Coach Yoast and apologized for taking the position. Coach Yoast was not very accepting at first but, after camp and seeing what Boone was trying to do, he came to respect him. Even after receiving the head coach position Boone still faced problems. As the season began he was told that if he lost one game he would be fired. When Coach Yoast was approached about his Hall of Fame nomination and what he had to do in order to be inducted into the Hall of Fame he was conflicted. He had come to like Coach Boone and this caused an ethical dilemma...
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...ΠΙΝΑΚΑΣ ΠΕΡΙΕΧΟΜΕΝΩΝ 2 ΕΙΣΑΓΩΓΗ 3 3 ΠΡΩΤΑΓΩΝΙΣΤΕΣ – ΚΥΡΙΟΙ ΧΑΡΑΚΤΗΡΕΣ ΤΗΣ ΤΑΙΝΙΑΣ 5 4 ΠΕΡΙΓΡΑΦΗ ΚΑΙ ΑΝΑΛΥΣΗ ΔΥΝΑΜΙΚΩΝ ΤΩΝ ΑΤΟΜΩΝ 7 4.1 Herman Boone 7 4.2 Bill Yost 9 4.3 Gerry Bertier 10 4.4 Julius Campel 12 4.5 Petey Jones 13 4.6 Jery “Rev” Haris 13 4.7 Lovie Lastic 14 4.8 Ronnie «Sunshine» Bass 14 4.9 Sheryl Yoast 15 5 ΠεριγραΦή και ανάλυση των δυναμικών των ομάδων 16 5.1 Κοινωνία των λευκών - ομάδα ποδοσφαίρου των λευκών 16 5.2 Κοινωνία των έγχρωμων - ομάδα ποδοσφαίρου των έγχρωμων 19 5.3 Ομάδα των Τιτάνων 20 6 ΕΙΣΗΓΗΣΕΙΣ ΓΙΑ ΒΕΛΤΙΩΣΗ ΤΗΣ ΑΠΟΤΕΛΕΣΜΑΤΙΚΟΤΗΤΑΣ ΤΩΝ ΑΤΟΜΩΝ ΚΑΙ ΟΜΑΔΩΝ 24 7 ΛΕΙΤΟΥΡΓΙΑ ΚΑΙ ΑΠΟΤΕΛΕΣΜΑΤΙΚΟΤΗΤΑ ΤΗΣ ΔΙΚΗΣ ΜΑΣ ΟΜΑΔΑΣ 26 ΕΙΣΑΓΩΓΗ Η “Σύγκρουση Τιτάνων” - “Remember the Titans” είναι μια αμερικάνικη αθλητική ταινία παραγωγής του Jerry Bruckheimer και σκηνοθεσίας του Boaz Yakim, η οποία κυκλοφόρησε το 2000. Η ταινία βασίζεται σε αληθινά γεγονότα, είχε μεγάλη επιτυχία, αποκόμισε άριστες κριτικές και παρουσιάζει τα δραματικά γεγονότα που εξελίσσονται στην Αλεξάνδρεια, Βιρτζίνια. Η ταινία πραγματεύεται τα προβλήματα της προκατάληψης, του ρατσισμού, των διακρίσεων και της δημιουργίας στερεοτύπων στον κοινωνικό ιστό, από τη λευκή προς την έγχρωμη κοινότητα. Κατά τη διάρκεια της ταινίας είναι εύκολα αντιληπτή η αγωνία των λευκών σε καιρούς δραματικών αλλαγών, όταν αναγκάζονται να αλλάξουν τη συμπεριφορά και τα πιστεύω τους για την έγχρωμη κοινότητα και να απαλλαγούν από προκαταλήψεις και στερεότυπα. Τον Απρίλη...
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...Rick James CO2520 January 13, 2014 Review of Remember the Titans Concepts of the Roles In 1971 T.C. Williams High School was newly segregated in Alexandria, VA. During these turbulent times the school certainly had its share of issues therefore all of the Roles came into play during the movie “Remember the Titans.” The Roles of Power, Culture, Social Comparison, Historical Time Period and Social Roles was involved in the growth of a town and its high school football team, the Titans. The Role of Social Comparison and Social categorization are the expectations associated with them typically arise out of our culture and our place within the cultural hierarchy. (Alberts, 2010 pp 96-97) So when school was segregated stereotypes and ethnocentrism showed its ugly head. The Role of Culture played a heavy role with not just the football team and students, but it also the way of life in the town. Everything that everyone believed in was strained. Life as everyone knew was forever changed. Along with the culture shock came the Role of Power. The head coach position was a big part of the movie. A black head coach Herman Boone (Washington) is hired to lead the school's football team. Boone takes over from the current coach Bill Yoast (Patton), nominated for the Virginia High School Hall of Fame. As a show of respect, Boone offer a coaching position to Yoast which at first he refused. Yoast eventuality reconsidered because his players had planned to boycott the school and possibly...
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