Joe Soriano
O.J. LewisBlitz All Night
Now that football season has come around again we are fortunate enough to be able to watch all the best football movies that will inevitably be played all season long on TV. Just a few days ago I caught "Remember the Titans" and although there were plenty of other things on that could catch my attention I was unable to change the channel. There is something about the movie that just sucks me in and won't let me go. There is inspirational moment after inspirational moment, but one that always sticks out in my head may not be on the top of most people's list.
In the semi-final game where the refs are trying to fix the game the Titan's assitant coach catchs wind of it and try to put an end to, but it is already out of his hands. So he calls time out and in the huddle you see a man who has been reserved and calm in the midst of a storm of hatred and tension the entire movie suddenly let it all out in one statement that ignites the fire of his team. "I don't want them to gain another yard. You blitz all night! If they cross the line of scrimmage I'm gonna take every last one of you out. You make sure they remember, forever the night they played the Titans."
In that moment I wanted to jump through the screen and be part of the defense. When I played I always hoped for a moment like that from one of my coaches but it never came. Now I hope that I can one day be a coach myself and be able to pass that kind of fire and passion to my players. In my opinion, teams follow the attitude of the head coach and you could see it in the coach's eyes as he addressed his players.
There are so many lessons to be learned from this movie but most of all it is something that I always say to people. Football and sports in general is an analogy for life. If a team can come together in the face of adversity like the Titans did then we can all do in whatever challenge we face. By no means is any of it going to be easy but it can be done. So go do it.
In the semi-final game where the refs are trying to fix the game the Titan's assitant coach catchs wind of it and try to put an end to, but it is already out of his hands. So he calls time out and in the huddle you see a man who has been reserved and calm in the midst of a storm of hatred and tension the entire movie suddenly let it all out in one statement that ignites the fire of his team. "I don't want them to gain another yard. You blitz all night! If they cross the line of scrimmage I'm gonna take every last one of you out. You make sure they remember, forever the night they played the Titans."
In that moment I wanted to jump through the screen and be part of the defense. When I played I always hoped for a moment like that from one of my coaches but it never came. Now I hope that I can one day be a coach myself and be able to pass that kind of fire and passion to my players. In my opinion, teams follow the attitude of the head coach and you could see it in the coach's eyes as he addressed his players.
There are so many lessons to be learned from this movie but most of all it is something that I always say to people. Football and sports in general is an analogy for life. If a team can come together in the face of adversity like the Titans did then we can all do in whatever challenge we face. By no means is any of it going to be easy but it can be done. So go do it.
