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Excuse me. Where is
Cletus Summers' office?

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- Up the stairs.
- Thank you.

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- You're not the new coach?
- Were you expecting someone different?

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- Younger, I guess.
- Sorry to disappoint you.

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Cletus said he was hiring someone who
never coached high school before, so I...

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I coached in college.

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And I hear you're our new history
and civics teacher as well.

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- That's part of the job, as I understand it.
- Have any experience teaching?

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Tell me something.
Am I being interviewed here?

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- I thought I already had the job.
- Straight up.

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If everyone is as nice as you, country
hospitality is gonna get an awful name.

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What a pleasant thing to say.

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- Cletus?
- Hmm?

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- What are you doing down there?
- Floatin'.

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Norman Dale?

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I hardly recognised you.

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It's been 20 years.

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Buffalo State Teachers College,
spring of '31.

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I had a hell of a time tracking you down.
I didn't know you were still in the service.

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I'm here now.

21
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You really made good time.

22
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Wasn't it just yesterday or the day before
that we settled this thing?

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Well, you said practice started last week.
I figured I'd get here as soon as I could.

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It's been a while for you.

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- Yeah. I appreciate what you're doing...
- Let's not be repeating ourselves.

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Your slate's clean here.
We got a job to do.

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So come on, Coach,
let me show you around.

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This is where it all happens. Not exactly
what you're used to, but we're proud of it.

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During the season we put
800 people in here every Friday night.

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- When does practice start?
- Well, we'll practise at noon this week,

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cos some of the boys have got to
get ready for threshin' on Saturday.

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Jimmy, I want you to meet someone.

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<i>- This is Norman Dale, our new coach.
-  Hi.</i>

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- Real friendly town you got here.
- It can be.

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Let's go on back out to the farm.
I got a place fixed up out there for you.

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Get you squared away.

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That's it. Thank you.

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- Say hello to Chester.
- Hello, Chester.

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Say goodbye to Chester.

40
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So you say this kid Jimmy wouldn't
play basketball after the coach died?

41
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Well, the coach was
kind of like an old man to him.

42
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Kid never had any family
of his own to speak of.

43
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At least he comes on down to the school
and shoots them buckets.

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Aside from that, he's just about
backed away from everything.

45
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I don't know why you're going on so
about this kid being irreplaceable.

46
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It's my experience
that nobody's irreplaceable.

47
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Well, I think there's something
you don't understand.

48
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Oh?

49
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In over 40 years of looking
at the best this state's ever had,

50
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I've never seen a better ball player
than Jimmy Chitwood. Never.

51
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I'm glad you're here, Norm.
I think it's gonna work out.

52
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Well, it's gotta work out this time
or that's it for good.

53
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The last time you coached
was 12 years ago?

54
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- Yeah, that's right.
- Where?

55
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That was in lthaca, New York.

56
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What you been doing since?

57
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Well, I've been in the navy for the last
ten years. I was a chief petty officer.

58
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Well, uh...

59
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Iooks like you're gonna need a little help.

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I've been running practices
the last couple of weeks.

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I'll help you out till you get your feet wet.

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<i> This town doesn't like change,</i>

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so we thought we'd get together
and show you how we do things here.

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We trust that you're a fine,
upstanding, God-fearing man

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with Christian morals and principles

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who will set an example and
a standard of leadership for our boys.

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Tell me, do you believe in
man-to-man or zone defence?

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<i></i>

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Zone defence is all we've played, and
it's the only thing that'll work this year.

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That's right, George.

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For anything else our boys
are too small but, remember,

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we were 15 and 10 last year,
and we got all our boys back but one.

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Listen, I ain't interested in talking defence
and I don't have a hair of a notion

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why we hired someone who's been
in the water for the last ten years.

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<i></i>

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The main point is we don't get Jimmy
Chitwood back, we don't have a prayer.

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He switches over to Terhune,
we're in big trouble.

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<i>-  He's right, Coach. Jimmy's...
- Gentlemen.</i>

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It's been real nice talking to you.
Good night.

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Miss Fleener?

81
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Good morning.

82
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I heard the boys weren't
real generous with you last night.

83
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I keep forgetting there are
only 50 people in this town.

84
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- This hick town, you mean?
- I didn't say that.

85
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That's what you're thinking, isn't it?

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I thought we were gonna be friends.

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<i></i>

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- I guess you'll wanna talk about Jimmy.
- Why would I?

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You've been told
you can't win without him?

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Too many times in the last 24 hours.
What's it to do with you?

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I look after him. His mother's sick, his
father passed away and we're neighbours.

92
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He and I decided
it's best for him not to play...

93
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- Fine.
- You hear me? He's not gonna play.

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That's fine.

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- You'll be convinced to go after him.
- If I am, you will be the first to know, OK?

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Good morning. Good morning.

97
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<i> Come on, outside.
Quit throwing the ball around and shoot it!</i>

98
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Move it! That's the shot. Outside.

99
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Get on the board! Good shot.

100
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Gimme two. Gimme two outside. Get it up
there. You can't score if you don't shoot!

101
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Shoot from outside!
Quit throwing it around! Get it in the hole!

102
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Oh, there you are. I thought we'd go
20 minutes on, 10 off and 20 on.

103
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I had a different schedule in mind.

104
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Look, mister, these boys
got a routine they're used to.

105
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You throw a new coach with newfangled
ideas at 'em, might get 'em all confused.

106
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We'll ease into it real slow.

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Hell, our first game's
less than two weeks away.

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First of all, let's be real friendly here, OK?
My name is Norm.

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Secondly, your coaching days are over.

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Look, mister, there's... two kinds of dumb.

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A guy that gets naked and runs out in the
snow and barks at the moon, and, uh...

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a guy who does the same thing
in my living room.

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The first one don't matter, the second one
you're kinda forced to deal with.

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Translate.

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That some sort of threat?

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I don't know why Cletus
dragged your old bones in here.

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He must have owed you something fierce.

118
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The fact is, mister,
you start screwing up this team,

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I'll personally hide-strap your ass to a
pine rail and send you up the Monon line.

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Leave the ball, will you, George?

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Thank you.

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Huddle up.

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Let's see what kind of hand
I've been dealt here.

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Seven players, is that it?

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Six, cos I don't really count.

126
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Why is that?

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I'm too short and I'm not no good.

128
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I suit up for practice to be a body.
Equipment managing's my trade.

129
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I thought everybody in Indiana
played basketball.

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Most do, but not all go out for the team.

131
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We only got 64 boys in the whole school.

132
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It's gonna be a lonely bench. Those of you
who don't know, my name's Norman Dale.

133
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I coached college ball for 10 years,
but it's 12 years since I've blown this.

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I'm gonna be learning from you
just like you learn from me.

135
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I'm gonna set up practice
a little differently.

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But, as you'll find out,
everything has its reasons.

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Basketball is a voluntary activity.

138
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It's not a requirement.

139
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If you don't wanna be on the team,
feel free to leave now.

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- Did you hear what I said?
- Me?

141
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- Yes, you.
- I'm just curious to know when we start.

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- We start when I say so.
- Would you let me know? I'm tired of...

143
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- All right, out. Right now.
- You're kicking me out?

144
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Yes. Don't come back until you learn
to keep your mouth shut and listen.

145
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You're breakin' my heart.
Come on, Whit, let's fly this chicken coop.

146
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Didn't you say you'd rather be
down at Terhune anyway?

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- It's your funeral.
- Let's move, gizzard.

148
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I ain't no gizzard.

149
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Have fun, Coach, trying to win with five...
well, make that four and a half players.

150
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OK, let's get those folding chairs.
Line 'em up right here.

151
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Come on, little man!

152
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- Let's move. Come on, let's move!
- When do we scrimmage?

153
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- We don't scrimmage. No shooting either.
- That ain't no fun!

154
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My practices aren't designed for your
enjoyment. Let's go! Move! Come on!

155
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I've seen you can shoot, but
there's more to the game than shooting!

156
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There's fundamentals and defence.
Come on, palms up. Palms up.

157
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Come on. Pop. Pop!
Get rid of it. Pop. Get rid of it.

158
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Hot potato, hot potato. Hold it.

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Hold it! Hold it.

160
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Let's be clear about what we're after here.
Wipe that smile off your face.

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This is not funny.

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The five players on the floor function as
one single unit. Team, team, team, right?

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No one more important than the other.

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Pop it. Pop. Get rid of it.

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Come on, let's go.

166
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Come on, big guy. Let's go! Switch!

167
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Get rid of it! Get rid of it! Higher!

168
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Come on, let's go!

169
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Come on, come on, come on, come on!

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No team of mine will ever run out
of steam before its opponents.

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With only five players, we can't afford to.

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<i></i>

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<i></i>

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Go! Let's move! Let's go!

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- Can I help you?
- Just checkin' the boys.

176
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We heard you got crazy ways of coachin'.
No shootin'. Practisin' without a ball.

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<i> We got some concern
about the way matters are being handled.</i>

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<i> We'll do this every day.
You'll be in the best shape of your lives.</i>

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- It feels like we're in the army.
- You are. You're in my army.

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Every day between three and five.

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Listen, guys, practice is closed to
outsiders. I don't want any distractions.

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- Outsiders?
- Coach Tidd never closed practices.

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That was Coach Tidd.
This is something else.

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00:18:03,387 --> 00:18:06,756
- Yeah?
- Hi. I'm Rollin Butcher.

185
00:18:10,435 --> 00:18:13,104
My son's got something to say to you.

186
00:18:13,230 --> 00:18:19,102
Sorry, Coach, about walking out. I'd be
obliged if I got myself another chance.

187
00:18:21,655 --> 00:18:24,276
Won't happen again. You're the boss.

188
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OK. There's still an hour
of practice. Get dressed.

189
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My boys get a little mixed up. You get any
trouble from Rade or Whit, let me know.

190
00:18:36,919 --> 00:18:40,371
Coach here says he's closing practice
to outsiders. You ever...

191
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- I'll handle this.
- No, I got this.

192
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This man's got a job to do. He wants you
outta here. You'd better be on your way.

193
00:18:48,680 --> 00:18:51,431
Make two lines facing me.

194
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Let's go. Come on.

195
00:18:54,477 --> 00:18:59,851
Bend your knees, get your butt down.
Left hand up, right hand down.

196
00:18:59,982 --> 00:19:03,731
To your right. Let's go!
To your left. Let's go! Come on, move!

197
00:19:08,782 --> 00:19:13,740
Oh, don't worry about George. He'll be
right with you when you start winning.

198
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Cletus! My friend, my good friend.

199
00:19:17,749 --> 00:19:21,332
Friend of years, friend of tears.
You're looking fit and fiddle.

200
00:19:21,461 --> 00:19:25,921
Wilbur "Shooter" Flatch,
this is Norman Dale, our new coach.

201
00:19:26,049 --> 00:19:28,291
- How are you?
- Coach.

202
00:19:28,426 --> 00:19:31,878
Clete, did you tell him? Sectionals in '33.

203
00:19:32,012 --> 00:19:36,722
One point down.
Five, four, three, two, one...

204
00:19:36,850 --> 00:19:39,176
I let her fly!

205
00:19:39,312 --> 00:19:42,395
In and out. Yeah. Well, I was fouled.

206
00:19:44,357 --> 00:19:47,857
If you had some small change...

207
00:19:47,986 --> 00:19:50,607
The missus and I have had
a parting of the ways.

208
00:19:50,739 --> 00:19:55,281
- Get you something to eat.
- Oh, my friend. My dear fine friend.

209
00:19:56,328 --> 00:19:58,450
Give it up.

210
00:19:58,580 --> 00:20:01,451
- It's only two bits.
- Give it up.

211
00:20:04,878 --> 00:20:07,582
- Sorry, Everett.
- It ain't your fault.

212
00:20:07,713 --> 00:20:11,841
- He's my friend of years.
- I don't wanna hear it, Dad.

213
00:20:28,191 --> 00:20:30,861
Jimmy, I didn't see you in class today.

214
00:20:32,862 --> 00:20:35,531
Any reason you want to tell me about?

215
00:20:44,457 --> 00:20:47,458
You know, in the ten years that I coached,

216
00:20:49,420 --> 00:20:53,120
I never met anybody who
wanted to win as badly as I did.

217
00:20:54,007 --> 00:20:57,590
I'd do anything I had to do
to increase my advantage.

218
00:20:57,719 --> 00:21:02,012
Anybody who tried to block
the pursuit of that advantage, I'd just...

219
00:21:02,140 --> 00:21:07,098
push 'em out of the way. Didn't matter
who they were or what they were doing.

220
00:21:07,854 --> 00:21:09,893
But that was then.

221
00:21:12,108 --> 00:21:14,978
You have a special talent. A gift.

222
00:21:16,988 --> 00:21:21,116
Not the school's, not the townspeople,
not the team's,

223
00:21:21,241 --> 00:21:23,198
not Myra Fleener's,

224
00:21:23,326 --> 00:21:25,485
not mine.

225
00:21:25,621 --> 00:21:28,158
It's yours... to do with what you choose.

226
00:21:31,751 --> 00:21:35,665
Because that's what I believe,
I can tell you this.

227
00:21:38,091 --> 00:21:41,341
I don't care if you play on the team or not.

228
00:22:12,164 --> 00:22:14,834
Mr Dale, I wanna talk to you.

229
00:22:14,959 --> 00:22:17,829
Leave him alone, all right?

230
00:22:17,962 --> 00:22:22,920
He's a real special kid and
I have high hopes for him, and...

231
00:22:23,967 --> 00:22:27,965
if he works really hard, he can get an
academic scholarship to Wabash College

232
00:22:28,096 --> 00:22:30,136
and can get outta this place.

233
00:22:30,265 --> 00:22:35,425
- You have something against this place?
- For him, yes, I do. He could do better.

234
00:22:36,312 --> 00:22:39,432
You know, if Jimmy's as good
as everybody says he is,

235
00:22:39,565 --> 00:22:43,314
I'd have thought a basketball scholarship
would have made a lot of sense.

236
00:22:43,445 --> 00:22:45,852
Who'd ever see him play?

237
00:22:45,988 --> 00:22:51,409
The only thing that comes into Hickory
is the train, and it's here for five minutes.

238
00:22:52,536 --> 00:22:57,032
Basketball scholarship... A basketball
hero around here is treated like a god.

239
00:22:57,166 --> 00:22:59,871
How could he ever find out
what he could really do?

240
00:23:00,002 --> 00:23:04,414
I don't want this to be the high point of
his life. I've seen 'em. The real sad ones.

241
00:23:04,548 --> 00:23:09,043
They sit around all their lives talking
about the glory days when they were 17.

242
00:23:09,177 --> 00:23:13,922
You know, most people would kill to be
treated like a god, just for a few moments.

243
00:23:15,349 --> 00:23:17,757
Gods come pretty cheap
nowadays, don't they?

244
00:23:17,893 --> 00:23:21,013
You become one by putting
a leather ball in an iron hoop.

245
00:23:21,147 --> 00:23:23,518
I hate to tell you this, but it's only a game.

246
00:23:23,649 --> 00:23:26,139
Why so unfriendly, Miss Fleener?

247
00:23:28,862 --> 00:23:31,234
Well, I know men like you.

248
00:23:32,283 --> 00:23:34,820
You don't know anything about me.

249
00:23:34,952 --> 00:23:37,193
I know you're here.

250
00:23:38,038 --> 00:23:42,165
I know this place doesn't
even appear on most state maps.

251
00:23:43,835 --> 00:23:47,334
A man your age comes
to a place like this, either...

252
00:23:48,048 --> 00:23:50,964
he's running from something
or he has nowhere else to go.

253
00:23:51,092 --> 00:23:54,176
What I'm doing here
has nothing to do with you.

254
00:23:56,055 --> 00:23:58,510
Just stay away from Jimmy.

255
00:23:59,349 --> 00:24:02,849
I don't want him coaching
in Hickory when he's 50.

256
00:24:15,365 --> 00:24:18,484
<i> Now, folks,
let's make him feel welcome.</i>

257
00:24:18,618 --> 00:24:20,824
<i>Our new coach, Norman Dale.</i>

258
00:24:20,954 --> 00:24:22,993
<i></i>

259
00:24:28,127 --> 00:24:33,880
First of all, I'd like to thank those of you
who have made me feel so welcome here.

260
00:24:34,008 --> 00:24:35,549
<i></i>

261
00:24:35,675 --> 00:24:38,296
Thank you.

262
00:24:38,428 --> 00:24:42,011
The boys and I are
getting to know each other,

263
00:24:43,057 --> 00:24:46,058
to see who we are, and, uh...

264
00:24:46,186 --> 00:24:48,676
what we can be.

265
00:24:48,813 --> 00:24:51,221
So far I like what I've seen.

266
00:24:51,649 --> 00:24:56,027
I'm very excited to be part
of Indiana basketball.

267
00:24:56,153 --> 00:24:58,192
This is your team.

268
00:25:01,283 --> 00:25:03,738
<i> Rade Butcher!</i>

269
00:25:03,869 --> 00:25:06,406
<i></i>

270
00:25:08,081 --> 00:25:10,323
Whit Butcher!

271
00:25:14,254 --> 00:25:16,412
Everett Flatch!

272
00:25:20,343 --> 00:25:22,382
Ollie McClellan!

273
00:25:39,862 --> 00:25:43,811
<i>
We want Jimmy! We want Jimmy!</i>

274
00:25:43,949 --> 00:25:47,649
<i>
We want Jimmy! We want Jimmy!</i>

275
00:25:47,785 --> 00:25:51,830
We want Jimmy! We want Jimmy!

276
00:25:51,956 --> 00:25:55,741
We want Jimmy! We want Jimmy!

277
00:25:55,876 --> 00:25:57,916
We want Jimmy!

278
00:26:01,090 --> 00:26:05,218
I would hope you would support
who we are, not who we are not.

279
00:26:09,598 --> 00:26:14,509
These six individuals
have made a choice to work.

280
00:26:14,979 --> 00:26:17,730
A choice to sacrifice.

281
00:26:18,440 --> 00:26:23,397
To put themselves on the line
23 nights in the next four months.

282
00:26:25,322 --> 00:26:28,607
To represent you, this high school.

283
00:26:30,743 --> 00:26:35,903
That kind of commitment and effort
deserves and demands your respect.

284
00:26:40,419 --> 00:26:42,660
This is your team.

285
00:26:59,521 --> 00:27:02,604
- Coach, you all right?
- Yeah, I'm fine.

286
00:27:06,026 --> 00:27:08,897
Now, remember to discipline your game.

287
00:27:09,530 --> 00:27:13,029
Absolutely no shots until
you've passed off four times.

288
00:27:13,158 --> 00:27:17,950
Set your offensive patterns
before you go to score. All right?

289
00:27:18,080 --> 00:27:20,072
- Is that clear?
- Yes.

290
00:27:20,207 --> 00:27:22,614
How many times are we gonna pass off?

291
00:27:22,751 --> 00:27:24,790
<i>- How many?
-  Four.</i>

292
00:27:26,587 --> 00:27:28,913
Let us pray.

293
00:27:29,049 --> 00:27:31,586
Be strong and of good courage.

294
00:27:31,718 --> 00:27:36,178
For the Lord thy God is with thee
whithersoever thou goest.

295
00:27:36,305 --> 00:27:40,552
Lord, bless these boys
and the season before them.

296
00:27:40,685 --> 00:27:42,475
<i>- Amen.
-  Amen.</i>

297
00:27:42,603 --> 00:27:45,272
- OK, let's go!
- We can beat these guys!

298
00:27:45,397 --> 00:27:47,437
Hold it.

299
00:27:52,612 --> 00:27:54,651
Strap?

300
00:27:55,824 --> 00:27:58,148
How long is he gonna go on like this?

301
00:27:58,284 --> 00:28:02,448
I don't know. He'll come
when he's ready, not before.

302
00:28:02,580 --> 00:28:05,415
I hope that'll be sometime before tip-off.

303
00:28:05,542 --> 00:28:07,581
- OK, let's go.
- Let's go!

304
00:28:10,922 --> 00:28:14,337
- How do you feel?
- Like it's my first game.

305
00:28:14,467 --> 00:28:18,049
Well, in a way it is.
I'll be right there with you.

306
00:28:23,892 --> 00:28:26,430
<i></i>

307
00:28:26,561 --> 00:28:28,601
<i></i>

308
00:28:30,732 --> 00:28:33,269
Welcome to Indiana basketball.

309
00:28:47,122 --> 00:28:49,162
Hi. How are you?

310
00:29:24,450 --> 00:29:28,661
Ollie, you get ready. You're gonna play
until Strap gets here. If he ever does.

311
00:29:28,786 --> 00:29:30,530
- I'll go get him.
- No.

312
00:29:30,664 --> 00:29:34,661
OK, guys. A minimum of four passes
before you take a shot. All right?

313
00:29:34,793 --> 00:29:39,086
Get yourselves set before you let go.
Five pistons firing together. All right?

314
00:29:39,213 --> 00:29:42,463
Come on. Come on. Team.

315
00:29:44,260 --> 00:29:45,967
<i>-  Thank God.
-  Team!</i>

316
00:29:46,095 --> 00:29:48,503
<i> We got spirit, how 'bout you?</i>

317
00:29:48,639 --> 00:29:51,640
We got spirit, yes, we do!
We got spirit, how 'bout you?

318
00:29:51,767 --> 00:29:55,634
We got spirit, yes, we do!
We got spirit, how 'bout you?

319
00:30:05,989 --> 00:30:08,028
Four passes!

320
00:30:10,659 --> 00:30:13,032
<i> Don't just stand there! Move!</i>

321
00:30:13,163 --> 00:30:16,448
Shoot the ball, Rade!

322
00:30:19,502 --> 00:30:21,874
What's wrong with you?!

323
00:30:24,631 --> 00:30:26,873
Work the good shot!

324
00:30:29,553 --> 00:30:31,960
- Put the ball up!
- Shoot it!

325
00:30:49,697 --> 00:30:52,069
Put up your defence!

326
00:30:53,241 --> 00:30:55,483
<i> Hold out the switcher!</i>

327
00:31:00,999 --> 00:31:02,826
Is that what you call coaching?

328
00:31:02,959 --> 00:31:05,580
Four passes! Pass the ball in!

329
00:31:06,296 --> 00:31:08,585
Work it in for the good shot!

330
00:31:09,382 --> 00:31:11,422
Work the good shot!

331
00:31:23,229 --> 00:31:25,470
Strap, come on! Move!

332
00:31:28,651 --> 00:31:31,817
Come on, defence!
Block it out! Block it out!

333
00:31:40,620 --> 00:31:44,203
Come on, set up the offence!
Pass it off! Pass it off!

334
00:31:46,626 --> 00:31:48,666
Four passes!

335
00:31:54,884 --> 00:31:57,754
<i>-  Work for the good shot!
- Shoot the ball!</i>

336
00:32:00,431 --> 00:32:02,470
Come on!

337
00:32:14,902 --> 00:32:18,272
I want you to close down those
passing lanes. Your defence is awful!

338
00:32:18,406 --> 00:32:23,033
- What about our offence? We can't win...
- Keep your mouth shut until I tell you.

339
00:32:23,160 --> 00:32:26,944
What kind of wing-nut stunt are you
trying to pull?! Chrissakes, mister...

340
00:32:27,081 --> 00:32:30,450
- Get out of here! Get out!
- It's embarrassing...

341
00:32:30,585 --> 00:32:32,624
Stay out!

342
00:32:34,921 --> 00:32:38,920
I don't want anybody in this locker room
at half-time. Keep them outta here.

343
00:32:39,050 --> 00:32:43,262
Norm, I'm trying hard to believe
that you know what you're doing.

344
00:32:43,388 --> 00:32:45,594
I know what I'm doing.

345
00:32:47,726 --> 00:32:49,967
You've got three fouls.

346
00:32:53,397 --> 00:32:58,355
Guys, remember what we worked on
in practice. I wanna see it on the court!

347
00:33:01,155 --> 00:33:04,357
How many times are we gonna pass
before we shoot? How many?

348
00:33:04,491 --> 00:33:06,116
<i> Four.</i>

349
00:33:06,243 --> 00:33:08,283
Four!

350
00:33:13,959 --> 00:33:16,200
Set it up! Set it up!

351
00:33:31,266 --> 00:33:34,053
Rade! Rade! Pass the ball!

352
00:33:43,028 --> 00:33:45,863
Ollie, go in for Rade.

353
00:33:45,989 --> 00:33:48,029
Now! Move! Come on.

354
00:33:59,878 --> 00:34:01,917
Good job, Rade.

355
00:34:20,188 --> 00:34:22,643
- Foul. Number 12.
- Oh, come on!

356
00:34:25,610 --> 00:34:27,649
That's five.

357
00:34:32,700 --> 00:34:35,072
- 25.
- Where are you going?

358
00:34:35,911 --> 00:34:38,746
- In the game.
- Sit down.

359
00:34:38,873 --> 00:34:41,328
What do you mean?
We gotta have five out there.

360
00:34:41,458 --> 00:34:43,996
Sit down! Sit!

361
00:34:52,636 --> 00:34:55,209
Coach, you need one more.

362
00:34:55,347 --> 00:34:58,596
- My team's on the floor.
- OK.

363
00:34:59,141 --> 00:35:02,807
- What are you trying to do?
- He's only got four men.

364
00:35:56,821 --> 00:36:00,486
Those of you on the floor
at the end, I'm proud of you.

365
00:36:03,202 --> 00:36:05,444
You played your guts out.

366
00:36:15,297 --> 00:36:18,167
I'm only gonna say this one time.

367
00:36:19,301 --> 00:36:21,756
All of you have the weekend.

368
00:36:25,849 --> 00:36:29,763
Think about whether or not
you wanna be on this team or not...

369
00:36:29,894 --> 00:36:32,563
under the following condition.

370
00:36:35,900 --> 00:36:40,977
What I say when it comes to
this basketball team is the law,

371
00:36:41,114 --> 00:36:43,984
absolutely and without discussion.

372
00:36:58,964 --> 00:37:01,206
Come on, guys.
Let's listen to what he says.

373
00:37:01,340 --> 00:37:04,011
- Shut up.
- You shut up, Rade.

374
00:37:12,434 --> 00:37:15,056
Hey, Coach, how about a haircut?

375
00:37:15,187 --> 00:37:17,226
- Who cuts your hair?
- Yours truly.

376
00:37:17,356 --> 00:37:18,767
<i>Oh, no. </i>

377
00:37:18,899 --> 00:37:23,111
Hey, gonna play with three next time?
Those aren't bad odds, five against three!

378
00:37:23,237 --> 00:37:26,154
- Let me help you there.
- Oh. Appreciate it.

379
00:37:26,281 --> 00:37:29,531
Opal Fleener.
I been hearing plenty on you.

380
00:37:29,659 --> 00:37:31,782
Mother likes basketball.

381
00:37:31,912 --> 00:37:33,988
- That's the truth, and then some.
- Here.

382
00:37:34,122 --> 00:37:37,989
It's all right. I can do it, thank you.
Mother, it's late. Better get going.

383
00:37:38,126 --> 00:37:41,625
Sun don't shine on
the same dog's ass every day, but...

384
00:37:41,755 --> 00:37:45,004
mister, you ain't seen
a ray of light since you got here.

385
00:37:45,133 --> 00:37:47,754
I believe it's time we had a talk.

386
00:37:47,885 --> 00:37:49,509
Sunday.

387
00:37:49,637 --> 00:37:51,676
Supper.

388
00:37:52,556 --> 00:37:54,715
I accept.

389
00:38:28,882 --> 00:38:33,674
Coach, tell me about the boys.
You think you can bring 'em around?

390
00:38:33,804 --> 00:38:37,801
Well, there's a lot of talent there.
It's just raw and undisciplined.

391
00:38:37,933 --> 00:38:40,720
What are you gonna do about that?

392
00:38:42,062 --> 00:38:45,561
I'm gonna break 'em down
and then I'm gonna build 'em back up.

393
00:38:45,689 --> 00:38:48,311
- This fire needs more wood.
- I'll get it.

394
00:38:48,442 --> 00:38:50,481
No, you won't.

395
00:39:06,126 --> 00:39:08,166
Basketball...

396
00:39:10,922 --> 00:39:16,343
Every game my brother played was the
most important thing ever in this family.

397
00:39:16,469 --> 00:39:19,090
Mother wouldn't be able
to sleep the night before.

398
00:39:19,222 --> 00:39:23,764
And if they lost, Daddy would
walk the floor until morning.

399
00:39:23,893 --> 00:39:28,187
I never figured out why it meant so much.
Not to that extreme. I don't get it.

400
00:39:28,313 --> 00:39:32,441
Well, what are you doing here,
living in Hickory?

401
00:39:33,652 --> 00:39:38,230
I haven't always been here. I went to
college three years, graduate school...

402
00:39:38,365 --> 00:39:40,156
Graduate school?

403
00:39:40,283 --> 00:39:43,783
Surprised? You sound like my father.

404
00:39:43,912 --> 00:39:48,075
He thought it strange I ever wanted to
leave town. Kept telling me I'd be back.

405
00:39:48,207 --> 00:39:50,246
I guess he was right.

406
00:39:51,336 --> 00:39:53,577
Why'd you come back?

407
00:39:54,630 --> 00:39:59,173
Didn't work out. Daddy died,
Mother got sick. I had to come back.

408
00:40:00,844 --> 00:40:03,133
And you never plan on leaving?

409
00:40:05,015 --> 00:40:10,602
Ever consider getting married? Come on,
you must have had a lot of opportunities.

410
00:40:11,688 --> 00:40:14,605
You know, during all those years away,

411
00:40:14,733 --> 00:40:18,351
there are a few things I missed,
not being here.

412
00:40:18,486 --> 00:40:24,191
I missed knowin' nothing changes, people
never change. It makes you feel real solid.

413
00:40:24,325 --> 00:40:29,485
I also missed knowing that people's
private affairs stay pretty much their own.

414
00:40:30,539 --> 00:40:32,827
OK. I'm sorry.

415
00:40:47,472 --> 00:40:49,511
Hey, Coach.

416
00:40:52,893 --> 00:40:55,978
Ain't it a little late to be calling on folks?

417
00:40:56,106 --> 00:40:58,775
I wouldn't trust old Rooster neither.

418
00:41:00,484 --> 00:41:03,022
Oh, this is a nice place you got here.

419
00:41:07,116 --> 00:41:09,404
It's a nice night for a fire.

420
00:41:17,959 --> 00:41:21,079
- That's a hell of a team you had there.
- You knew that team?

421
00:41:21,212 --> 00:41:25,542
I know everything there is to know
about the greatest game ever invented.

422
00:41:25,674 --> 00:41:29,174
- Did you know about...
- Now, that don't matter.

423
00:41:29,303 --> 00:41:31,545
A man's got to do what he's got to do.

424
00:41:31,681 --> 00:41:34,468
You're playing Cedar Knob tomorrow.

425
00:41:34,599 --> 00:41:37,435
Ain't nobody knows 'em better than me.

426
00:41:37,561 --> 00:41:42,353
Now, I been watchin'
how you been breakin' the colts.

427
00:41:42,482 --> 00:41:46,978
But, my friend, you cannot play them
all the way man-on-man.

428
00:41:47,112 --> 00:41:51,608
They got no head toppers.
Cedar Knob? A bunch of mites.

429
00:41:51,742 --> 00:41:53,983
Run you off the boards.

430
00:41:54,118 --> 00:41:56,656
You got to squeeze 'em back in the paint.

431
00:41:56,787 --> 00:41:59,789
Make 'em chuck it from the cheap seats.

432
00:41:59,916 --> 00:42:02,621
Watch that purgatory they call a gym.

433
00:42:02,752 --> 00:42:05,373
No drive, 12 foot in.

434
00:42:06,839 --> 00:42:08,879
That'll do.

435
00:42:33,281 --> 00:42:37,194
- How did your father get this job?
- It's our bus.

436
00:42:37,326 --> 00:42:39,734
It doesn't look like a preacher's bus.

437
00:42:39,870 --> 00:42:44,247
Well, after sectional's over, we paint it
white for the summer tent shows, but...

438
00:42:44,375 --> 00:42:46,497
every fall, back to red.

439
00:42:46,627 --> 00:42:48,666
After his revelation.

440
00:42:50,422 --> 00:42:52,628
Well, God told him.

441
00:42:52,758 --> 00:42:55,295
To paint the bus and drive the team?

442
00:43:08,356 --> 00:43:12,021
These guys are like animals. How can
anybody play in this cracker box?

443
00:43:12,150 --> 00:43:14,772
Their boy Nelson, he can't go to his left.

444
00:43:14,903 --> 00:43:16,695
I know that.

445
00:43:16,822 --> 00:43:18,862
<i>- Time-out!
- </i>

446
00:43:28,040 --> 00:43:30,958
- Hey, come on! Leave me alone!
- OK, guys, listen up.

447
00:43:31,085 --> 00:43:35,213
We can run on these guys.
The two guards are never gettin' back.

448
00:43:36,758 --> 00:43:41,004
- Sorry. I can't help my mouth.
- You be sorry on the bench.

449
00:43:41,136 --> 00:43:45,348
Strap, go in for Rade. Buddy,
get the ball between their guards.

450
00:43:45,474 --> 00:43:51,097
Watch for Everett and Merle cutting
to the basket, all right? OK, let's go.

451
00:43:51,230 --> 00:43:53,269
<i> Team!</i>

452
00:44:08,079 --> 00:44:11,281
That's a flagrant foul!
That player should be out of the game!

453
00:44:11,415 --> 00:44:14,700
- He didn't do nothing wrong.
- Come on, that's hillbilly justice!

454
00:44:14,835 --> 00:44:16,627
You ain't been here long, have you?

455
00:44:16,753 --> 00:44:20,336
Long enough to recognise
a hometown referee!

456
00:44:25,596 --> 00:44:27,054
Technical foul.

457
00:44:27,180 --> 00:44:30,929
Look, it's bad enough we gotta play
in this cage you call a gym.

458
00:44:31,059 --> 00:44:34,641
- Your players are playing like gorillas!
- Who you calling a gorilla?

459
00:44:34,771 --> 00:44:36,679
You, for one!

460
00:44:36,814 --> 00:44:38,854
Bust off.

461
00:44:39,817 --> 00:44:44,728
<i> Come on, boys. You wanna
stay in this game, go back to the bench.</i>

462
00:44:50,161 --> 00:44:53,660
I don't want to see you again!
Not in this game! You're out!

463
00:44:53,788 --> 00:44:56,244
You're gone, both of you. Out!

464
00:44:57,208 --> 00:44:59,450
<i> Come on, boys.</i>

465
00:45:02,171 --> 00:45:05,007
- You all right?
- Yeah, I'm OK.

466
00:45:05,133 --> 00:45:09,261
You better get outta here.
I'll do the best I can.

467
00:45:09,387 --> 00:45:11,011
<i></i>

468
00:45:15,058 --> 00:45:17,099
Good riddance, you jackass!

469
00:45:17,227 --> 00:45:20,478
- Got him a good one, didn't I, Coach?
- Yeah, you did.

470
00:45:47,089 --> 00:45:49,331
Just a little while, OK?

471
00:45:53,346 --> 00:45:55,883
How you feeling?

472
00:45:56,015 --> 00:45:58,054
Tired.

473
00:45:59,309 --> 00:46:02,180
They're sayin' my pump's
going bad on me.

474
00:46:03,897 --> 00:46:06,139
Why didn't you tell me?

475
00:46:07,234 --> 00:46:09,273
No need for that.

476
00:46:13,865 --> 00:46:16,272
I guess the doctor says
you gotta it take easy.

477
00:46:16,409 --> 00:46:20,453
- No more basketball games for a while.
- Yeah.

478
00:46:20,579 --> 00:46:23,450
Well, looks like you're on your own.

479
00:46:23,583 --> 00:46:25,325
Oh, that's fine.

480
00:46:25,459 --> 00:46:28,080
You kinda like being on your own.

481
00:46:30,046 --> 00:46:32,882
I'd kinda like to see you up on your feet.

482
00:46:33,008 --> 00:46:35,415
You can count on it.

483
00:47:01,201 --> 00:47:03,075
<i></i>

484
00:47:03,203 --> 00:47:05,243
Anybody home?

485
00:47:12,379 --> 00:47:14,418
Identify!

486
00:47:15,590 --> 00:47:17,796
- It's Norm.
- Norm?

487
00:47:17,926 --> 00:47:20,760
- Yeah.
- What you doin' out here?

488
00:47:20,886 --> 00:47:25,513
What happened to my scout?
We're playing Verdi tonight.

489
00:47:25,641 --> 00:47:28,725
Verdi, huh? Well, we'll talk.

490
00:47:31,062 --> 00:47:33,814
This is my domicile here.

491
00:47:33,940 --> 00:47:37,641
Sit yourself down over there
by the fire and warm up.

492
00:47:39,696 --> 00:47:41,772
- This is it, huh?
- Yeah.

493
00:47:41,907 --> 00:47:44,990
It gets pretty rough here
in the winter, but I manage.

494
00:47:45,118 --> 00:47:47,989
- Want a little snort?
- No, thanks.

495
00:47:48,121 --> 00:47:51,240
- Don't mind if I do.
- I got a proposition for you.

496
00:47:51,374 --> 00:47:56,581
Cletus is gonna be laid up for a while,
and I want you to give me a hand.

497
00:47:56,712 --> 00:48:00,756
Well, I can tell you anything
that you need to know.

498
00:48:00,883 --> 00:48:04,927
No, you don't understand.
I want you to be my assistant.

499
00:48:05,053 --> 00:48:10,213
I want you to come to the practices and
sit on the bench with me during games.

500
00:48:11,851 --> 00:48:14,687
Me? You want me?

501
00:48:14,813 --> 00:48:17,766
What do you say?
Under the following conditions.

502
00:48:17,899 --> 00:48:19,938
That you, uh...

503
00:48:21,611 --> 00:48:24,148
clean yourself up and, uh...

504
00:48:26,866 --> 00:48:28,989
you shave.

505
00:48:31,871 --> 00:48:36,532
You show up at the games on time, and
the practices, and wear a shirt and tie.

506
00:48:36,667 --> 00:48:42,539
I got myself a suit, right there. I got a
wingdinger. I was married in that suit.

507
00:48:42,672 --> 00:48:44,914
And that you're sober.

508
00:48:47,010 --> 00:48:49,049
Oh, no.

509
00:48:49,888 --> 00:48:52,924
- My wife sent you.
- No.

510
00:48:53,057 --> 00:48:55,133
My son?

511
00:48:55,268 --> 00:49:00,344
What... what has my drinkin' got to do
with my knowledge about basketball?

512
00:49:00,481 --> 00:49:02,806
You can't drink in front of these boys.

513
00:49:02,942 --> 00:49:08,280
If I smell even a trace of liquor
on your breath, you'll be finished.

514
00:49:09,489 --> 00:49:12,158
I don't have to hear that from you.

515
00:49:18,915 --> 00:49:21,204
You're embarrassing your son.

516
00:49:23,503 --> 00:49:28,129
I don't need to hear that.
I'd... I'd like you to leave.

517
00:49:31,761 --> 00:49:34,132
I'd like you to leave now.

518
00:49:58,202 --> 00:50:00,242
<i> Time-out, ref!</i>

519
00:50:06,502 --> 00:50:09,456
Nice shot, Rade.

520
00:50:09,589 --> 00:50:12,126
Guys, you're playing real well. Real well.

521
00:50:12,258 --> 00:50:14,582
Put more pressure on the ball.

522
00:50:14,718 --> 00:50:17,505
Be real patient on your offence.

523
00:50:24,019 --> 00:50:26,058
What's he doin' here?

524
00:50:30,817 --> 00:50:34,434
Shooter here is gonna be
one of our assistants. Got it?

525
00:50:40,742 --> 00:50:42,818
You got anything you wanna...?

526
00:50:42,953 --> 00:50:47,081
- Coach, you figure on playing ball or not?
- Yeah, we'll be there.

527
00:50:47,207 --> 00:50:49,532
- OK, come on.
- Let's go!

528
00:50:49,668 --> 00:50:51,707
Team!

529
00:50:57,718 --> 00:51:00,173
Come on, play ball. Play ball.

530
00:51:02,763 --> 00:51:05,848
- I ain't feelin' real good.
- You'll be fine.

531
00:51:07,351 --> 00:51:11,052
The kids are starting to get it.
I mean, it's really fun.

532
00:51:17,110 --> 00:51:18,605
<i> Progress.</i>

533
00:51:18,737 --> 00:51:22,485
Progress is electricity,
school consolidation,

534
00:51:22,615 --> 00:51:25,486
church remodelling, second farm tractors,

535
00:51:25,619 --> 00:51:27,944
second farm cars, hay balers...

536
00:51:28,079 --> 00:51:29,359
<i></i>

537
00:51:29,497 --> 00:51:32,284
Corn-pickers, grain combines,

538
00:51:32,417 --> 00:51:34,456
field choppers and indoor plumbing.

539
00:51:34,586 --> 00:51:35,961
<i></i>

540
00:51:36,087 --> 00:51:38,542
All right, you're dismissed.

541
00:52:00,401 --> 00:52:02,643
What's on your mind?

542
00:52:04,197 --> 00:52:06,070
Well...

543
00:52:06,199 --> 00:52:08,868
Coach, what you're doing with my dad...

544
00:52:11,995 --> 00:52:14,237
I'm not seeing it.

545
00:52:15,875 --> 00:52:17,867
Why not?

546
00:52:18,002 --> 00:52:20,836
Cos he's a drunk,
he'll do something stupid.

547
00:52:24,800 --> 00:52:28,299
When's the last time
somebody gave him a chance?

548
00:52:28,428 --> 00:52:30,800
He don't deserve a chance.

549
00:52:33,058 --> 00:52:35,097
Go on.

550
00:52:39,063 --> 00:52:41,103
How are you?

551
00:52:42,734 --> 00:52:45,403
I've been asked, as acting principal,

552
00:52:45,528 --> 00:52:48,564
to inform you that
a petition has been issued

553
00:52:48,697 --> 00:52:53,027
requesting a referendum
on your removal as basketball coach.

554
00:52:57,122 --> 00:53:00,954
The vote'll be made
at a town meeting on Saturday.

555
00:53:04,379 --> 00:53:09,005
I guess that gives me until
Friday night's game to prove myself, huh?

556
00:53:09,133 --> 00:53:13,047
I think it goes a lot deeper
than one game, don't you?

557
00:53:38,954 --> 00:53:40,993
Time-out! Time-out!

558
00:53:44,501 --> 00:53:47,501
Technical foul. On the floor
while the game was in progress.

559
00:53:47,628 --> 00:53:49,917
The ball was dead.
I was calling a time-out.

560
00:53:50,048 --> 00:53:51,245
- You're gone.
- What?!

561
00:53:51,382 --> 00:53:53,754
Out. I'm reporting you
to the state commission.

562
00:53:53,884 --> 00:53:57,087
What?! What are you talking about?!
I'm not leaving here!

563
00:53:57,220 --> 00:53:59,260
You're gone!

564
00:54:04,644 --> 00:54:08,559
That ain't fair. It ain't fair what people
in this town are trying to do to you.

565
00:54:08,689 --> 00:54:12,390
You stay in the game.
I need your help. Stay in the game.

566
00:54:16,865 --> 00:54:20,613
Shooter's gonna take you home.
You pay attention.

567
00:55:17,839 --> 00:55:19,878
Hi. Sorry.

568
00:55:22,259 --> 00:55:25,213
It's me. Cletus told me
where I could find you.

569
00:55:28,515 --> 00:55:30,757
I used to play in these fields.

570
00:55:32,060 --> 00:55:36,722
I used to wonder what it would feel like
to start walking and just keep going.

571
00:55:36,857 --> 00:55:38,980
That's tempting.

572
00:55:39,109 --> 00:55:42,145
Aren't you the kind who'd rather
look for a fight than run away?

573
00:55:42,278 --> 00:55:44,318
What?

574
00:55:50,995 --> 00:55:53,746
"Norman Dale, coach of national
champions lthaca Warriors,

575
00:55:53,873 --> 00:55:57,657
was given a lifetime suspension,
to be honoured by all NCAA signatories,

576
00:55:57,794 --> 00:56:02,004
for physically assaulting his own player
in lthaca's last season's game."

577
00:56:02,130 --> 00:56:04,337
"This was the latest
in a series of incidents

578
00:56:04,466 --> 00:56:07,550
involving the successful
though highly volatile coach."

579
00:56:07,677 --> 00:56:13,051
"The New York High School Athletic
Association will honour the suspension."

580
00:56:14,643 --> 00:56:18,770
- Where'd you find that article?
- The library in Deerlick.

581
00:56:22,692 --> 00:56:24,731
I was curious.

582
00:56:30,199 --> 00:56:34,612
I wanna tell you that I think your efforts
in regards to Shooter have been noble.

583
00:56:34,745 --> 00:56:37,117
They have, they've been fine.

584
00:56:37,998 --> 00:56:42,126
And I appreciate you staying away
from Jimmy the way you have.

585
00:56:44,379 --> 00:56:47,250
I don't think you'd better be there tonight.

586
00:56:49,259 --> 00:56:51,299
It won't be pleasant.

587
00:57:01,061 --> 00:57:06,222
I've made some mistakes, but they're
mistakes I take full responsibility for.

588
00:57:09,486 --> 00:57:15,156
I was hired to teach the boys the game of
basketball. I did it to the best of my ability.

589
00:57:17,869 --> 00:57:20,028
I apologise for nothing.

590
00:57:25,043 --> 00:57:28,541
You may not be pleased
with the results, but I am.

591
00:57:31,965 --> 00:57:34,539
I'm very proud of these boys.

592
00:57:43,226 --> 00:57:45,266
I, um...

593
00:58:09,001 --> 00:58:12,583
I think, in order to be fair...

594
00:58:25,058 --> 00:58:29,186
I think it would be a big mistake
to let Coach Dale go.

595
00:58:34,401 --> 00:58:36,357
Give him a chance.

596
00:58:49,289 --> 00:58:51,862
<i> Sam and Rollin
will pass out the ballots.</i>

597
00:58:52,000 --> 00:58:57,587
A "yes" vote means he stays, a "no" vote
he goes. Let's do this as quick as we can.

598
00:59:32,664 --> 00:59:35,201
Jimmy, what are you doing here?

599
00:59:49,805 --> 00:59:54,098
- What can I do for you, Jimmy?
- I got something to say.

600
00:59:54,225 --> 00:59:57,310
Son, you better say what you got to say.

601
01:00:09,699 --> 01:00:11,608
I don't know if it'll make any change,

602
01:00:11,743 --> 01:00:14,945
but I figure it's time for me
to start playing ball.

603
01:00:22,002 --> 01:00:24,754
I told you, once we got rid of him!

604
01:00:25,547 --> 01:00:27,421
<i> One other thing.</i>

605
01:00:27,549 --> 01:00:31,132
I play, Coach stays. He goes, I go.

606
01:00:44,649 --> 01:00:50,484
<i> Look, wait. The coach
is dismissed by a vote of 68 to 45.</i>

607
01:00:50,612 --> 01:00:54,610
<i>- I think we should vote again!
- </i>

608
01:00:54,741 --> 01:00:56,948
<i> There's a call for a revote.</i>

609
01:00:58,870 --> 01:01:02,868
All those in favour of
the coach staying say "aye".

610
01:01:02,999 --> 01:01:05,537
Aye!

611
01:01:05,668 --> 01:01:06,700
Those opposed?

612
01:01:06,837 --> 01:01:09,671
<i> Nay!</i>

613
01:01:10,631 --> 01:01:13,253
Coach stays.

614
01:02:35,503 --> 01:02:40,878
Hey! You listen to me.
I stuck my neck out for you.

615
01:02:41,008 --> 01:02:44,424
Live up to your end of the bargain,
or get in a hospital and dry out.

616
01:02:44,554 --> 01:02:48,967
- I don't think I can cut it.
- You can. I didn't think I could cut it.

617
01:02:49,100 --> 01:02:53,228
But after what Jimmy did, it would take
the Indiana National Guard to get me out.

618
01:02:53,353 --> 01:02:57,138
- My nerves are shot.
- Hey, we're coming together as a team.

619
01:02:58,275 --> 01:03:00,683
With Jimmy, all the pistons are firing.

620
01:03:00,820 --> 01:03:05,196
We got ten games to play, right?
We're gonna be a tough team to beat.

621
01:03:05,324 --> 01:03:08,278
Now you come along for the ride, OK?

622
01:03:08,410 --> 01:03:15,029
But you got to give me your word that
you will not be kicked out of no games.

623
01:03:17,085 --> 01:03:18,627
Scout's honour.

624
01:03:18,752 --> 01:03:20,792
Scout's honour!

625
01:03:54,162 --> 01:03:55,240
<i></i>

626
01:04:01,961 --> 01:04:04,368
<i> That's a foul
on number 21 in the red.</i>

627
01:04:04,505 --> 01:04:08,288
I just wanna discuss this with him.
Just take it easy.

628
01:04:08,425 --> 01:04:11,176
- You got pigeon shit in your eyes?
- Now, relax.

629
01:04:11,303 --> 01:04:15,170
You're pathetic!
You're a disgrace to your profession!

630
01:04:15,306 --> 01:04:17,299
- Kick me out.
- You're putting me on.

631
01:04:17,434 --> 01:04:21,052
No. Kick me out of the game or
I'll start screaming like a mad fool.

632
01:04:21,188 --> 01:04:23,429
You got your reasons. You're outta here!

633
01:04:23,564 --> 01:04:26,933
- What?! Oh, come on!
- No!

634
01:04:27,610 --> 01:04:30,148
Come on! That's ridiculous!

635
01:04:33,031 --> 01:04:35,238
I've done it again.

636
01:04:36,702 --> 01:04:38,575
It's up to you now.

637
01:04:51,341 --> 01:04:54,010
I told him not to.

638
01:05:10,401 --> 01:05:11,515
<i> Time-out.</i>

639
01:05:11,652 --> 01:05:13,691
<i></i>

640
01:05:30,002 --> 01:05:34,046
You reckon number four
will put up their last shot, Dad?

641
01:05:34,173 --> 01:05:37,506
Yeah, probably.
They've been picking low all night.

642
01:05:38,761 --> 01:05:40,338
Yeah.

643
01:05:40,887 --> 01:05:42,928
Uh...

644
01:05:43,723 --> 01:05:47,306
Rade, let yourself get taken out.

645
01:05:49,063 --> 01:05:52,727
Buddy, you drop down and take his place.

646
01:05:52,857 --> 01:05:54,980
Close that lane.

647
01:05:55,819 --> 01:05:58,854
- All right! OK, team.
- Team!

648
01:06:04,869 --> 01:06:06,411
Come on!

649
01:06:16,880 --> 01:06:19,751
- Time! Time!
- Time-out!

650
01:06:19,883 --> 01:06:21,923
<i></i>

651
01:06:24,763 --> 01:06:28,843
Come over here, come over here.
All right, now listen to me.

652
01:06:28,974 --> 01:06:32,178
This is the last shot that we got. All right?

653
01:06:32,312 --> 01:06:35,597
We're gonna run the picket fence at 'em.

654
01:06:35,732 --> 01:06:38,353
Merle, you're the swingman.

655
01:06:38,484 --> 01:06:40,690
Jimmy, you're solo right.

656
01:06:40,819 --> 01:06:44,983
All right. Merle should be open,
swinging around the end of that fence.

657
01:06:45,115 --> 01:06:48,566
Now, boys, don't get caught
watching the paint dry.

658
01:06:50,412 --> 01:06:52,451
- All right.
- Team!

659
01:06:59,754 --> 01:07:01,794
<i></i>

660
01:07:20,858 --> 01:07:23,527
Yeah! We did it!

661
01:07:39,708 --> 01:07:42,709
You did good, Pop. You did real good.

662
01:07:43,546 --> 01:07:47,045
- You did it, Shooter!
- Good job! Whoo!

663
01:08:24,459 --> 01:08:27,330
SECTIONAL FINAL, DEERLICK, INDIANA

664
01:08:40,516 --> 01:08:43,137
- Where's your father?
- He said he wanted to be alone.

665
01:08:43,269 --> 01:08:45,558
Too much pressure.

666
01:08:45,687 --> 01:08:48,144
- You keep in the game. All right?
- Yes, sir.

667
01:08:48,274 --> 01:08:50,943
- Mentally.
- Yes, sir.

668
01:09:00,994 --> 01:09:04,031
Hey, ref! Call it both ways!

669
01:09:04,163 --> 01:09:05,445
Come on!

670
01:09:11,337 --> 01:09:14,089
He's got his hands all over him!

671
01:09:22,806 --> 01:09:25,345
<i> I've got 12, red.</i>

672
01:09:25,475 --> 01:09:27,634
Oh, come on!
What are you talking about?!

673
01:09:27,769 --> 01:09:30,438
Hey! Hey! Whoa!

674
01:09:30,564 --> 01:09:33,813
Hey! Come on! That was no foul!

675
01:09:33,942 --> 01:09:38,070
No. You were out of position to make
a call. He was charging all the way.

676
01:09:38,196 --> 01:09:40,485
- Get him outta here.
- His feet were planted.

677
01:09:40,615 --> 01:09:42,773
He was charging all the way!

678
01:09:42,909 --> 01:09:46,658
- Norm, his feet were planted.
- We know that, we know that.

679
01:09:46,787 --> 01:09:47,819
<i></i>

680
01:09:47,956 --> 01:09:51,289
Get that bozo to wear glasses!

681
01:09:51,417 --> 01:09:53,457
Come on, come on.

682
01:09:55,754 --> 01:09:58,625
It's OK. He's an assistant coach. It's fine.

683
01:09:59,216 --> 01:10:00,758
<i></i>

684
01:10:00,884 --> 01:10:05,262
- That's a technical foul.
- What are you talking about? Wait!

685
01:10:05,388 --> 01:10:10,383
He just wandered out on the floor!
Don't tell me that! Oh, Jesus!

686
01:10:11,811 --> 01:10:14,598
You keep in the game, Everett.
You understand?

687
01:10:14,731 --> 01:10:17,767
Come on, play hard.

688
01:10:52,391 --> 01:10:54,550
<i></i>

689
01:11:20,752 --> 01:11:22,791
He's cut.

690
01:11:24,005 --> 01:11:26,875
Oh, mercy. Let's get him on his feet.

691
01:11:27,007 --> 01:11:30,258
Forfeit that team. My boy can't
even play. He's all racked up.

692
01:11:30,386 --> 01:11:33,884
Hey, if you lose,
then we'll protest. All right?

693
01:11:34,014 --> 01:11:36,422
That's a gutless way to win!

694
01:11:36,559 --> 01:11:39,014
- Get out of my face!
- Let's play ball.

695
01:12:26,439 --> 01:12:29,190
Get the ball! Get the ball!

696
01:13:00,305 --> 01:13:02,344
<i> Dad!</i>

697
01:13:04,850 --> 01:13:06,890
<i> Shooter!</i>

698
01:13:12,024 --> 01:13:14,064
Shooter!

699
01:13:16,486 --> 01:13:18,526
Dad!

700
01:13:20,866 --> 01:13:22,905
Dad!

701
01:13:55,398 --> 01:13:59,977
<i> Boy, a couple of months in here
and you'll be as dry as the Sahara desert.</i>

702
01:14:00,111 --> 01:14:02,483
<i> It's goblin visiting time, eh?</i>

703
01:14:02,613 --> 01:14:05,020
Oh, come on.
We're gonna be here for you.

704
01:14:05,157 --> 01:14:08,111
Yeah. You and the little green monkeys.

705
01:14:08,244 --> 01:14:12,075
- Oh, God. How's my son doing?
- Oh, he's fine.

706
01:14:12,206 --> 01:14:17,365
He had eight stitches but, boy,
he played his heart out. He was just...

707
01:14:17,502 --> 01:14:20,871
The doc says he's gonna be OK
for the regionals in about a week.

708
01:14:21,006 --> 01:14:22,666
- He's a good boy.
- Yeah.

709
01:14:22,800 --> 01:14:25,835
I'm so proud of you, Coach. I am.

710
01:14:27,262 --> 01:14:29,219
Sectional champs?

711
01:14:29,347 --> 01:14:32,597
I know what that means
to these folks around here.

712
01:14:33,851 --> 01:14:35,974
A lot.

713
01:14:36,103 --> 01:14:38,429
I remember what it meant to me.

714
01:14:38,565 --> 01:14:41,055
You're a big part of it.

715
01:14:41,192 --> 01:14:43,018
No.

716
01:14:43,152 --> 01:14:46,236
Coach, I'm freezing.

717
01:14:46,947 --> 01:14:49,864
Yeah, OK.
Could we have a blanket, please?

718
01:14:52,452 --> 01:14:55,572
Goddammit. You know I didn't mean...

719
01:14:55,706 --> 01:14:58,825
I didn't make a lick of difference.
You know that.

720
01:14:59,751 --> 01:15:04,377
You got yourself a shiftless,
no-account drunk.

721
01:15:06,882 --> 01:15:09,338
Oh, God.

722
01:15:09,469 --> 01:15:11,924
I'm so sorry.

723
01:15:12,054 --> 01:15:16,550
Basketball meant so much to me, Coach.
I'm so proud of you.

724
01:15:16,684 --> 01:15:19,174
- I'm so sorry I let you down.
- Come on, Shooter.

725
01:15:19,311 --> 01:15:22,181
Nothing could be further from the truth.

726
01:15:25,483 --> 01:15:28,152
Nurse. I'm so thirsty.

727
01:15:28,820 --> 01:15:31,489
I'm so sorry, Coach.

728
01:15:35,493 --> 01:15:38,660
- You're gonna protect us?
- There's not enough apologising.

729
01:15:38,788 --> 01:15:42,038
- Get the team in the gym.
- I've never seen nothing like this.

730
01:15:42,166 --> 01:15:45,203
I wish they'd wait till after the game.

731
01:15:45,335 --> 01:15:47,874
Does the team feel
they can make it to the finals?

732
01:15:48,004 --> 01:15:50,163
REGIONAL FINALS, JASPER, INDIANA

733
01:15:50,299 --> 01:15:53,050
Let's go. Let us through.

734
01:16:12,153 --> 01:16:16,482
There is a, um... tradition
in tournament play

735
01:16:16,616 --> 01:16:21,408
to not talk about the next step until
you've climbed the one in front of you.

736
01:16:22,537 --> 01:16:27,958
Going to the finals is beyond your wildest
dreams, so let's just keep it right there.

737
01:16:29,335 --> 01:16:31,744
Forget about the crowds,

738
01:16:31,880 --> 01:16:35,960
the size of the school,
their fancy uniforms,

739
01:16:36,092 --> 01:16:38,843
and remember what got you here.

740
01:16:38,970 --> 01:16:42,670
Focus on the fundamentals that
we've gone over time and time again

741
01:16:42,807 --> 01:16:47,717
and, most important, don't get caught up
in thinking about winning or losing.

742
01:16:48,187 --> 01:16:52,765
If you put your effort into playing to your
potential, to be the best that you can be,

743
01:16:52,900 --> 01:16:55,521
I don't care what
the scoreboard says at the end,

744
01:16:55,652 --> 01:16:58,404
in my book we're gonna be winners.

745
01:17:00,323 --> 01:17:02,363
OK?

746
01:17:08,748 --> 01:17:10,456
All right!

747
01:17:10,583 --> 01:17:13,454
Let's go! Let's go!

748
01:17:13,586 --> 01:17:15,958
Let me hear it!

749
01:17:16,088 --> 01:17:18,709
<i>-  Let's go!
- Go! Go!</i>

750
01:17:36,066 --> 01:17:39,898
Ref! He's moving his pivot foot!
He's moving his pivot foot!

751
01:17:46,993 --> 01:17:49,401
Block him out! Block him out!

752
01:17:52,372 --> 01:17:54,829
Block 41 off the baseline!

753
01:17:59,880 --> 01:18:01,043
OK.

754
01:18:04,468 --> 01:18:06,507
Come on!

755
01:18:24,695 --> 01:18:27,067
Everett, stop that pass to the low post.

756
01:18:27,198 --> 01:18:30,815
Rade, you come off your man
and give us some help inside.

757
01:18:30,951 --> 01:18:33,655
Buddy, 41 is killing us. He's just killing us.

758
01:18:33,787 --> 01:18:36,160
Stick with him.
You can think of chewing gum.

759
01:18:36,289 --> 01:18:39,456
By the end of the game I want
to know what flavour he is. OK?

760
01:18:52,888 --> 01:18:54,347
<i></i>

761
01:19:15,409 --> 01:19:17,237
Great shot! Great shot!

762
01:19:26,003 --> 01:19:29,253
Block him off! Block him off the baseline!

763
01:19:30,799 --> 01:19:32,590
<i></i>

764
01:19:32,718 --> 01:19:37,795
<i> Foul on number 25. Butcher.
That's Butcher's fifth personal foul.</i>

765
01:19:37,932 --> 01:19:41,513
His feet were planted! He was there first!

766
01:19:49,359 --> 01:19:50,437
<i></i>

767
01:19:52,320 --> 01:19:54,360
<i></i>

768
01:20:00,786 --> 01:20:03,158
- The stitches are pulled.
- Patch him up.

769
01:20:03,289 --> 01:20:07,203
- I can't do it.
- Patch him up! Are you out of your mind?

770
01:20:07,334 --> 01:20:09,410
- Hey, you keep blocking out.
- Yes, sir.

771
01:20:09,545 --> 01:20:12,415
- We're gonna win this game.
- Yes, sir.

772
01:20:26,436 --> 01:20:30,136
<i>- Call time-out. Time-out.
-  Time-out. White.</i>

773
01:20:34,401 --> 01:20:35,895
- On the bench.
- I wanna play.

774
01:20:36,028 --> 01:20:40,773
Come on, you're on the bench.
Strap, you're gonna play for Everett.

775
01:20:40,908 --> 01:20:45,866
Don't shoot unless you're under the
basket all by yourself. Understand? OK.

776
01:20:45,996 --> 01:20:48,665
We got two minutes
and 15 seconds, all right?

777
01:20:48,790 --> 01:20:51,993
Be patient. Work for the good shot. Got it?

778
01:20:52,127 --> 01:20:54,415
<i></i>

779
01:20:54,545 --> 01:20:56,372
Team!

780
01:20:56,505 --> 01:20:59,590
Let's go. Come on.
Let's go, Strap. Let's go.

781
01:21:04,347 --> 01:21:06,173
Strap...

782
01:21:06,307 --> 01:21:08,976
God wants you on the floor.

783
01:21:34,000 --> 01:21:36,573
Hey, that was a great shot!

784
01:21:36,711 --> 01:21:38,750
<i> Time-out!</i>

785
01:21:39,629 --> 01:21:41,539
<i> Time-out, Hickory.</i>

786
01:21:41,673 --> 01:21:44,758
- What's gotten into you?
- The Lord. I can feel his strength.

787
01:21:44,885 --> 01:21:47,720
Keep his strength in the dribble, all right?

788
01:21:50,932 --> 01:21:51,882
<i></i>

789
01:21:52,016 --> 01:21:54,389
On me?! Oh, no!

790
01:21:56,980 --> 01:22:00,313
<i>-  Foul on number 14, white.
-  Are you joking?</i>

791
01:22:00,441 --> 01:22:02,185
Come on! Give us a break!

792
01:22:02,318 --> 01:22:06,612
<i>Number 14. Walker.
That's his fifth personal foul.</i>

793
01:22:07,072 --> 01:22:09,398
Good game.

794
01:22:09,533 --> 01:22:11,988
Ollie, we need you.

795
01:22:18,083 --> 01:22:20,753
Ollie, we need you now.

796
01:22:24,922 --> 01:22:27,164
Go get 'em.

797
01:22:36,351 --> 01:22:38,640
It was Dentyne.

798
01:22:38,769 --> 01:22:42,601
<i>Substitution for Hickory -
number 13, McClellan.</i>

799
01:23:25,981 --> 01:23:27,640
Let's go!

800
01:23:29,443 --> 01:23:30,723
Foul him!

801
01:23:35,281 --> 01:23:38,116
Orange 1-0.

802
01:23:38,243 --> 01:23:41,742
- Come on! Let's go!
- Let's go. You can do it.

803
01:23:42,955 --> 01:23:45,162
Come on, let's go, Big Ollie.

804
01:24:23,201 --> 01:24:25,110
<i></i>

805
01:24:25,245 --> 01:24:28,530
<i> I got number 10,
orange. Two shots.</i>

806
01:24:37,882 --> 01:24:40,373
Time-out, ref. Time-out.

807
01:24:40,510 --> 01:24:42,882
<i> It's time-out. Orange.</i>

808
01:24:46,098 --> 01:24:48,969
OK, let's go, guys. All right, listen.

809
01:24:50,019 --> 01:24:53,553
After Ollie makes his second shot -

810
01:24:53,689 --> 01:24:58,231
and you will make your second shot -
get back on defence right away.

811
01:24:58,360 --> 01:25:01,526
There may just be time for them
to throw in a desperation toss.

812
01:25:01,655 --> 01:25:02,354
<i></i>

813
01:25:02,489 --> 01:25:05,359
- All right. Let's go.
- Put 'em in, Ollie.

814
01:25:06,243 --> 01:25:08,282
Team!

815
01:25:10,830 --> 01:25:13,701
Make it a good one, Strap.

816
01:25:22,759 --> 01:25:25,961
Didn't know they grew 'em
so small down on the farm.

817
01:25:29,848 --> 01:25:31,223
Don't worry about that.

818
01:25:31,350 --> 01:25:36,770
You just concentrate on what you're doing
and put it in the hole, right? You can do it.

819
01:26:02,879 --> 01:26:06,712
One more. One more and we're going
all the way, all right? Concentrate.

820
01:26:06,841 --> 01:26:10,340
- Ollie!
- Just one more! Just one more!

821
01:26:36,578 --> 01:26:38,785
Pin 'em down. Pin 'em down.

822
01:27:10,610 --> 01:27:13,480
You always garden in the mud?

823
01:27:14,948 --> 01:27:18,068
<i>The Almanac says
it's time to start planting.</i>

824
01:27:26,083 --> 01:27:28,753
<i>Is the Almanac always right?</i>

825
01:27:29,462 --> 01:27:31,039
Always.

826
01:27:32,089 --> 01:27:34,924
The farmer's daughter.

827
01:27:35,050 --> 01:27:37,090
- Miller's.
- Miller's.

828
01:27:43,058 --> 01:27:45,893
Your mother cut my hair.

829
01:27:46,019 --> 01:27:48,688
Yeah, I saw your car.

830
01:27:52,442 --> 01:27:55,111
Like to take a walk?

831
01:28:05,120 --> 01:28:07,196
That's pretty.

832
01:28:07,331 --> 01:28:13,451
Yeah. In the late spring those fields
are so green it looks like Ireland.

833
01:28:15,255 --> 01:28:18,042
How I always imagined
Ireland would look.

834
01:28:18,174 --> 01:28:21,045
I've seen it in pictures and postcards.

835
01:28:23,179 --> 01:28:27,556
<i> Would you like to go to Deerlick
some evening? Take in a movie?</i>

836
01:28:31,312 --> 01:28:37,018
"Norman Dale, coach of the lthaca
Warriors, was suspended for..."

837
01:28:37,150 --> 01:28:39,820
I can't really explain that.

838
01:28:43,115 --> 01:28:47,823
It's been a number of years and it still
kind of goes around in my head. I...

839
01:28:49,662 --> 01:28:53,577
I slow it down. Sometimes
I really think that I can stop my fist

840
01:28:53,708 --> 01:28:56,412
from hitting that boy's jaw.

841
01:28:56,544 --> 01:29:00,624
One second and everything
I'd worked for was just all finished.

842
01:29:01,424 --> 01:29:05,468
Funny thing, too. He was the best kid
that ever played for me.

843
01:29:05,594 --> 01:29:08,263
Tough, stubborn and wilful.

844
01:29:11,225 --> 01:29:13,894
Sounds like someone I know.

845
01:29:32,203 --> 01:29:35,323
I imagined kissing you
ever since I first saw you.

846
01:29:36,124 --> 01:29:38,793
I was just tired of imagining it.

847
01:29:39,626 --> 01:29:42,378
It's been a long time.

848
01:29:42,504 --> 01:29:44,543
For me too.

849
01:29:54,599 --> 01:29:57,090
<i> All right, let's go. Let's go.</i>

850
01:29:57,227 --> 01:30:01,556
<i>-  Coach, how did you do it?
- It wasn't me. It was the boys.</i>

851
01:30:01,689 --> 01:30:05,105
...miss that final shot?
- No. I knew I had it all the way.

852
01:30:05,234 --> 01:30:06,314
Really?

853
01:30:06,443 --> 01:30:09,480
- Tell you later.
- The team you're against in the final,

854
01:30:09,614 --> 01:30:12,484
South Bend Central, is one of
the power teams in the state.

855
01:30:12,616 --> 01:30:15,570
Their front line is 6'4", 6'5" and 6'5".

856
01:30:15,703 --> 01:30:18,952
- How can your little guys compete?
- I don't know.

857
01:30:19,081 --> 01:30:22,532
- Do you have a scouting report?
- More important to me than that,

858
01:30:22,668 --> 01:30:26,415
my boys only know basketball, farming
and school, probably in that order.

859
01:30:26,546 --> 01:30:29,831
Most of 'em have never seen
a building taller than two storeys.

860
01:30:29,966 --> 01:30:33,715
So taking them to Indianapolis
to play in front of 15,000 people

861
01:30:33,845 --> 01:30:37,095
is kind of like you and me
going to the moon.

862
01:30:37,807 --> 01:30:39,965
Who we play is the least of my concerns.

863
01:30:40,100 --> 01:30:43,304
Will you be back at Hickory next year?

864
01:30:45,523 --> 01:30:48,192
It's a good question.

865
01:30:54,281 --> 01:30:57,447
No school this small has ever been
in the state championship.

866
01:30:57,576 --> 01:30:59,615
I know. I was coach for a while.

867
01:30:59,744 --> 01:31:02,615
I won a big game for 'em.
I coached the last two minutes.

868
01:31:02,747 --> 01:31:07,872
I took 'em right down to the wire. I run
the picket fence on 'em, and we won!

869
01:31:08,002 --> 01:31:10,671
And my son, he's on...

870
01:31:12,089 --> 01:31:14,212
How you doin', Dad?

871
01:31:14,342 --> 01:31:18,125
The conquering hero. I heard the game
right there on that little Philco,

872
01:31:18,262 --> 01:31:22,259
and I heard old Ollie dribble on his foot
and then make that charity shot.

873
01:31:22,391 --> 01:31:27,681
I started bawling, and they bring the white
coats in here and they put a jacket on me.

874
01:31:27,813 --> 01:31:31,513
I was feeling so good
I didn't even mind too much.

875
01:31:35,654 --> 01:31:37,693
You're doing good?

876
01:31:41,534 --> 01:31:43,906
Well...

877
01:31:44,036 --> 01:31:47,571
I feel real empty inside and, uh...

878
01:31:50,626 --> 01:31:53,543
I have some bad visions.

879
01:31:57,173 --> 01:31:59,415
Son...

880
01:32:01,386 --> 01:32:05,680
- the other night...
- It don't matter, Dad.

881
01:32:05,807 --> 01:32:08,476
You're gonna get better.

882
01:32:15,607 --> 01:32:20,151
In a couple of months, when you get
outta here, we're gonna get a house.

883
01:32:22,614 --> 01:32:24,654
Both of us.

884
01:32:27,578 --> 01:32:30,115
I love you, Dad.

885
01:32:33,208 --> 01:32:35,877
I gotta get back.

886
01:32:36,753 --> 01:32:38,710
Son?

887
01:32:41,257 --> 01:32:43,926
Oh, I wish I could be there.

888
01:32:44,052 --> 01:32:46,969
I'll be thinking of you.

889
01:32:49,306 --> 01:32:52,391
Son, kick their butt.

890
01:33:04,446 --> 01:33:06,485
Anyway, I'll tell you one thing.

891
01:33:06,614 --> 01:33:11,821
No school this small has ever been
in the state championship!

892
01:33:30,346 --> 01:33:34,260
Hi, Coach Dale. Coach Butcher.
Welcome to Butler Fieldhouse.

893
01:33:34,391 --> 01:33:37,641
Your practice schedule is from 10 to 12.

894
01:33:37,769 --> 01:33:40,010
The game will be at seven o'clock.

895
01:33:40,146 --> 01:33:42,519
If you need anything, just let me know.

896
01:33:42,649 --> 01:33:46,812
I think this is the most exciting thing
to ever happen to Indiana basketball.

897
01:33:46,944 --> 01:33:49,779
So we're all behind you.
Good luck, and tear 'em up.

898
01:33:49,906 --> 01:33:52,575
- Thank you.
- Good luck, guys.

899
01:34:31,779 --> 01:34:33,818
Buddy.

900
01:34:35,866 --> 01:34:38,783
Hold this under the backboard.

901
01:34:47,752 --> 01:34:49,959
- What is it?
- 15 feet.

902
01:34:50,087 --> 01:34:53,291
15 feet. Strap, put Ollie on your shoulders.

903
01:35:06,686 --> 01:35:09,356
Measure this from the rim.

904
01:35:11,024 --> 01:35:12,933
Buddy.

905
01:35:19,491 --> 01:35:21,364
- How far?
- Ten feet.

906
01:35:21,493 --> 01:35:23,532
Ten feet.

907
01:35:25,204 --> 01:35:30,162
I think you'll find this is the exact same
measurements as our gym in Hickory.

908
01:35:31,585 --> 01:35:34,788
OK, let's get dressed for practice.

909
01:35:45,307 --> 01:35:47,346
Hickory!

910
01:35:53,023 --> 01:35:55,062
It is big.

911
01:35:57,485 --> 01:36:02,146
<i> Welcome, ladies and
gentlemen, to the championship game</i>

912
01:36:02,281 --> 01:36:06,113
<i>of the Indiana State High School
Basketball Tournament.</i>

913
01:36:07,202 --> 01:36:10,203
The most incredible
and improbable confrontation

914
01:36:10,331 --> 01:36:13,616
in the illustrious history of
the Indiana High School Tournament

915
01:36:13,751 --> 01:36:16,324
<i>takes place in tonight's game,</i>

916
01:36:16,462 --> 01:36:20,375
<i>where the pint-sized, hardly-big-enough
for-three-syllables Hickory Huskers,</i>

917
01:36:20,507 --> 01:36:23,923
<i>enrolment 64, take on the
defending state champions,</i>

918
01:36:24,052 --> 01:36:28,381
<i>the mighty Bears of South Bend
Central, with an enrolment of 2800.</i>

919
01:36:28,514 --> 01:36:31,087
<i>Already calling this
the game of the century,</i>

920
01:36:31,225 --> 01:36:33,763
<i>newspeople from all over
the Middle West are here</i>

921
01:36:33,894 --> 01:36:37,726
<i>to witness Hoosierland's
version of the Cinderella story.</i>

922
01:36:38,607 --> 01:36:46,899
<i>? Oh, say does that
star-spangled banner yet wave</i>

923
01:36:47,490 --> 01:36:53,529
<i>? O'er the land of the free</i>

924
01:36:54,206 --> 01:37:02,498
<i>? And the home of the brave?</i>

925
01:37:10,387 --> 01:37:15,298
And now, the starting line-up
for the Huskers.

926
01:37:21,272 --> 01:37:24,476
We've been all over this before.

927
01:37:24,609 --> 01:37:27,859
Their top player is Boyle, number 15.

928
01:37:27,987 --> 01:37:32,364
He, uh... averages
about 20 points a game.

929
01:37:34,035 --> 01:37:36,905
Buddy, you gotta stick right with him.

930
01:37:38,372 --> 01:37:41,373
No inside penetration.
Shut down those passing lanes.

931
01:37:41,500 --> 01:37:44,834
Play tough off those boards
to negate their height advantage.

932
01:37:44,962 --> 01:37:47,631
Hickory, it's time to take the floor.

933
01:37:49,174 --> 01:37:51,844
- I'll get the preacher.
- OK.

934
01:37:54,554 --> 01:37:57,425
Well, we're way past the big-speech time.

935
01:38:00,976 --> 01:38:03,847
I wanna thank you
for the last few months.

936
01:38:05,607 --> 01:38:08,477
It's been very special for me.

937
01:38:15,199 --> 01:38:17,690
Anybody have anything they wanna say?

938
01:38:17,826 --> 01:38:19,569
Yeah.

939
01:38:19,703 --> 01:38:24,697
Let's win this one for all the small schools
that never had a chance to get here.

940
01:38:26,001 --> 01:38:27,245
OK.

941
01:38:28,920 --> 01:38:31,956
I wanna win for my dad.

942
01:38:32,090 --> 01:38:34,925
Let's win for Coach, who got us here.

943
01:38:35,593 --> 01:38:37,087
Thank you.

944
01:38:47,729 --> 01:38:50,434
With God of heaven it is all one,

945
01:38:51,942 --> 01:38:56,769
to deliver with a great multitude
or a small company.

946
01:38:58,031 --> 01:39:01,779
For the victory of battle standeth
not in the multitude of host,

947
01:39:01,910 --> 01:39:05,029
but strength cometh from heaven.

948
01:39:12,337 --> 01:39:16,417
And David put his hand in the bag
and took out a stone and slung it,

949
01:39:17,257 --> 01:39:20,211
and struck the Philistine on the head,

950
01:39:20,344 --> 01:39:23,298
and he fell to the ground.

951
01:39:23,430 --> 01:39:24,426
Amen.

952
01:39:40,947 --> 01:39:43,901
- I love you guys.
- Team!

953
01:40:58,437 --> 01:41:01,307
Call time-out! Time-out!

954
01:41:01,440 --> 01:41:02,435
<i></i>

955
01:41:05,318 --> 01:41:07,394
<i> Time-out, Hickory.</i>

956
01:41:12,450 --> 01:41:15,486
- God, these guys are good.
- This is embarrassing.

957
01:41:15,620 --> 01:41:18,110
I can't stop that guy.

958
01:41:18,247 --> 01:41:22,375
Maybe they were right about us.
Maybe we don't belong up here.

959
01:41:22,501 --> 01:41:25,170
Let's go. Come on!

960
01:41:26,172 --> 01:41:27,713
- Can I say something?
- Yeah!

961
01:41:27,839 --> 01:41:30,794
Jimmy can take the guy
that's guardin' him if we set him up.

962
01:41:30,926 --> 01:41:33,761
What about it, Jimmy?

963
01:41:34,471 --> 01:41:36,593
- All right, let's go. Come on!
- Go!

964
01:41:36,723 --> 01:41:38,762
Get 'em! Come on!

965
01:43:15,692 --> 01:43:18,977
Buddy! Buddy!
Calm them down. Be patient.

966
01:44:40,606 --> 01:44:43,013
<i>
Two minutes ten seconds to go.</i>

967
01:44:43,150 --> 01:44:46,898
<i>South Bend Central on top 40-34.
Hickory in possession.</i>

968
01:44:52,033 --> 01:44:53,444
<i>Buddy Walker with the ball.</i>

969
01:44:53,577 --> 01:44:56,281
<i>He passes to Everett Flatch.
He throws to Merle Webb.</i>

970
01:44:56,413 --> 01:45:00,493
<i>Then there's Jimmy Chitwood,
face right, jump shot... Scores!</i>

971
01:45:25,023 --> 01:45:28,606
<i>Back to Willie Long. Then back to Wilber,
who is signalling the play.</i>

972
01:45:28,734 --> 01:45:31,771
<i>Will they release the ball?
Wilber dribbles to his left.</i>

973
01:45:31,905 --> 01:45:36,447
<i>Passes over to Long.
Long holding the basketball.</i>

974
01:45:39,119 --> 01:45:41,611
All right! All right!

975
01:45:46,626 --> 01:45:49,877
Buddy! Full-court press after this shot.

976
01:45:52,257 --> 01:45:55,590
<i> He signals the play
and passes to Jimmy Chitwood.</i>

977
01:45:55,718 --> 01:45:58,968
<i>Chitwood along the right sideline.
Bounce passes to Flatch.</i>

978
01:45:59,097 --> 01:46:02,098
<i>Flatch finds Walker.
Walker's shot. Not good.</i>

979
01:46:03,309 --> 01:46:07,722
<i>Walker comes around the outside.
Steals the ball. Passes to Chitwood.</i>

980
01:46:07,855 --> 01:46:10,725
<i>It's 40 to 38. 33 seconds to go.</i>

981
01:46:10,858 --> 01:46:14,309
<i>Sensational comeback. Earl having
trouble with the advance pass.</i>

982
01:46:14,445 --> 01:46:16,603
<i>Intercepted by Jimmy Chitwood.</i>

983
01:46:17,698 --> 01:46:21,945
<i>It's now 40-40. Hickory have scored
six consecutive points.</i>

984
01:46:25,205 --> 01:46:29,748
<i> Get the ball. Get the ball.
Grab it, grab it, grab it, grab it!</i>

985
01:46:33,295 --> 01:46:35,335
Come on, come on, come on.

986
01:46:41,471 --> 01:46:44,922
All right, listen up.
Here's what we're gonna do.

987
01:46:45,057 --> 01:46:47,892
Jimmy, they'll be expecting you
to take the last shot.

988
01:46:48,018 --> 01:46:50,058
We're gonna use you as a decoy.

989
01:46:50,187 --> 01:46:54,351
Buddy, you get the ball,
give it to Merle on the picket fence.

990
01:46:54,483 --> 01:46:57,400
He's gonna take the last shot.
All right, let's go.

991
01:47:01,365 --> 01:47:04,234
What's the matter with you guys?

992
01:47:05,494 --> 01:47:08,447
What's the matter with you?

993
01:47:13,292 --> 01:47:14,834
I'll make it.

994
01:47:16,795 --> 01:47:20,745
All right. Buddy, get the ball
to Jimmy at the top of the key.

995
01:47:20,883 --> 01:47:23,006
Let's go.

996
01:47:23,510 --> 01:47:25,420
Team!

997
01:47:26,555 --> 01:47:29,342
<i>They may be seeing
basketball history here tonight.</i>

998
01:47:29,475 --> 01:47:33,554
<i>A sensational comeback by Hickory.
The score is tied at 40.</i>

999
01:47:33,687 --> 01:47:36,806
<i>There are 19 fateful seconds
remaining in the game.</i>

1000
01:47:38,149 --> 01:47:41,565
<i>It'll be inbounded by Hickory
in the backcourt, along the sideline,</i>

1001
01:47:41,694 --> 01:47:45,561
<i>passed in by Rade Butcher,
who was responsible for the interception.</i>

1002
01:47:45,698 --> 01:47:48,023
<i>It goes in to Buddy Walker.</i>

1003
01:47:58,252 --> 01:48:00,576
Take your time. Take your time.

1004
01:48:00,712 --> 01:48:02,538
OK, Jimmy!

1005
01:48:02,672 --> 01:48:04,464
Be patient. Be patient.

1006
01:48:12,390 --> 01:48:13,670
Come on, let's go!

1007
01:48:35,329 --> 01:48:37,902
Yes! Yeah!

1008
01:50:00,951 --> 01:50:05,696
<i> Jimmy, I want you to meet
someone. Norman Dale, our new coach.</i>

1009
01:50:06,749 --> 01:50:10,877
<i> I've seen you guys can shoot, but
there's more to the game than shooting!</i>

1010
01:50:11,002 --> 01:50:13,672
<i>There's fundamentals and defence.</i>

1011
01:50:14,965 --> 01:50:17,800
<i>The boys and I are getting
to know each other,</i>

1012
01:50:19,969 --> 01:50:24,097
<i>to see who we are and what we can be.</i>

1013
01:50:26,267 --> 01:50:29,635
<i>Let's be real clear about
what we're after here. All right?</i>

1014
01:50:29,770 --> 01:50:31,809
<i>Team, team, team.</i>

1015
01:50:32,648 --> 01:50:36,515
<i>The five players on the floor
function as one single unit.</i>

1016
01:50:36,652 --> 01:50:37,766
<i>OK?</i>

1017
01:50:37,903 --> 01:50:40,359
<i>No one more important than the other.</i>

1018
01:50:52,500 --> 01:50:55,169
<i>I love you guys.</i>