Glory Road: Reaction Paper
BS ENTREPRENEURSHIP |MNGT 2 GARCIA, JAMES DARELL F.
Prof. Alvin Bailon 16 September 2014
GLORY ROAD MIDTERM PAPER
GLORY ROAD
1. How did the coach motivate his players? Identify theories of motivation being used.
Basically, Don Haskins, the coach of the team used a lot of motivation to help his team achieved their goal which is to win the NCAA championship. For my own understanding Coach Don Haskins uses both theory X and theory Y since his team has different personalities and character. He uses theory X to his player that thinks that basketball was just a game that will make them happy because they were usually discriminated when they play, it became a reason for them to not to play. Unlike to his player that since from the beginning was so eager to win the championship, He uses theory Y because from the beginning they really like and eager to win the NCAA Basketball Championship. Like what I’ve read few months ago it says there that in a game there is only one goal which is off course to win. But Motivation is one of the critical ingredients to success both in and out of sports. It's the one element that will allow you to get back up after repeated failures and still achieve your goals. In the movie, we can say that, Texas Western College is one of the weakest team and consider underdog team in NCAA Men's Division Basketball Tournament during that time. But Don Haskins accepted the challenge to revive and to form a team that will know through its potentials and its teamwork. It was also a big risk for Don Haskins to have the courage to form a team that consist of black Americans which they consider as a low class of people. But this thinking and the thought of racial discrimination did not hinder Don Haskins to accept the challenge for he does not look on the level or standards of people on the society, but he views everyone as equal.
I personally admire his leadership skills and on how he motivates his players. He uses
Prof. Alvin Bailon 16 September 2014
GLORY ROAD MIDTERM PAPER
GLORY ROAD
1. How did the coach motivate his players? Identify theories of motivation being used.
Basically, Don Haskins, the coach of the team used a lot of motivation to help his team achieved their goal which is to win the NCAA championship. For my own understanding Coach Don Haskins uses both theory X and theory Y since his team has different personalities and character. He uses theory X to his player that thinks that basketball was just a game that will make them happy because they were usually discriminated when they play, it became a reason for them to not to play. Unlike to his player that since from the beginning was so eager to win the championship, He uses theory Y because from the beginning they really like and eager to win the NCAA Basketball Championship. Like what I’ve read few months ago it says there that in a game there is only one goal which is off course to win. But Motivation is one of the critical ingredients to success both in and out of sports. It's the one element that will allow you to get back up after repeated failures and still achieve your goals. In the movie, we can say that, Texas Western College is one of the weakest team and consider underdog team in NCAA Men's Division Basketball Tournament during that time. But Don Haskins accepted the challenge to revive and to form a team that will know through its potentials and its teamwork. It was also a big risk for Don Haskins to have the courage to form a team that consist of black Americans which they consider as a low class of people. But this thinking and the thought of racial discrimination did not hinder Don Haskins to accept the challenge for he does not look on the level or standards of people on the society, but he views everyone as equal.
I personally admire his leadership skills and on how he motivates his players. He uses