If I have watched the movie, “Hoosiers” once, I’ve watched it a couple dozen times. It’s just one of those flicks that you don’t mind watching once every month or two.
As I slipped the movie into my DVD player today, and settled into my recliner, one scene, in particular, “jumped out” at me.
As Coach Norman Dale, (the real-life Marvin Wood) sits on the sidelines of a particular high school basketball game guiding, encouraging, admonishing and refining his small-town Indiana boys, something occurs which he doesn’t like; not even a little bit.
His best player has just made a three pointer, and, afterwards, Dale yells for him to pass it off to another player. “Jimmy Cheatwood” ignores him, and summarily drops another two- pointer into the basket.
Well, given that quick 5 points on the board, perhaps the majority of basketball coaches in the world would have smiled, and overlooked the young man’s minor act of disobedience.
Not Coach Dale. Not by a long shot.
He stands up and motions Jimmy to meet him on the sidelines, and with a grimace he screams,
“Sit down!”
And with this, he sends his most unlikely player to the floor; a five foot nothing, stubby little guy with absolutely no athletic talent whatsoever.
(Stay tuned for Pt. 2)
by William McDonald, PhD. Copyright pending
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