Remember the Titans
Coach Boone has been using different source of power run through the whole movie. There are many times when power come into play both on and off the field.
At the beginning of the movie, as a black and white football team members clash in racially motivated conflicts; Coach Boone frequently uses legitimate power which refers to the formal authority based on a person’s position in the hierarchy and coercive power which refers to a power base dependent on fear of punishment for noncompliance. The best moment to demonstrate this combination of two types of power is at the beginning of the camp. Bertier comes up to coach Boone and states what is the structure of the team going to be both on offence and defence because he is the only All-American on the team. Coach Boone uses his legitimate power to absolutely flip the situation into the fact that he is now becoming Bertier’s daddy. In addition, Coach Boone uses pressure influence tactic which refers to the use of coercive power through threats and demands. He clearly states that Bertier had better do what Coach Boone wants him to do if he wants to play football on the team. This is a tough situation for Bertier but since Boone effectively used his power, he was able to get the followers to fall into line.
At the end of the movie, when the Titans is trailing by 4 points and there is 17 seconds left on the clock, Coach Boone uses referent power and expert power to teach ‘Rev’ change the strategy on the offence since the coach on the other team has already read his game. This change on strategy effectively helps the Titans win the championship. The influence of tactic that Coach Boone uses is consultation.
At the beginning of the movie, as a black and white football team members clash in racially motivated conflicts; Coach Boone frequently uses legitimate power which refers to the formal authority based on a person’s position in the hierarchy and coercive power which refers to a power base dependent on fear of punishment for noncompliance. The best moment to demonstrate this combination of two types of power is at the beginning of the camp. Bertier comes up to coach Boone and states what is the structure of the team going to be both on offence and defence because he is the only All-American on the team. Coach Boone uses his legitimate power to absolutely flip the situation into the fact that he is now becoming Bertier’s daddy. In addition, Coach Boone uses pressure influence tactic which refers to the use of coercive power through threats and demands. He clearly states that Bertier had better do what Coach Boone wants him to do if he wants to play football on the team. This is a tough situation for Bertier but since Boone effectively used his power, he was able to get the followers to fall into line.
At the end of the movie, when the Titans is trailing by 4 points and there is 17 seconds left on the clock, Coach Boone uses referent power and expert power to teach ‘Rev’ change the strategy on the offence since the coach on the other team has already read his game. This change on strategy effectively helps the Titans win the championship. The influence of tactic that Coach Boone uses is consultation.