51、But he still comes to school and shoots baskets.
52、Otherwise, he’s just about withdrawn from everything else.
53、I don’t know why you think he’s so irreplacable.
54、In my experience nobody is irreplacable
55、I don’t think you understand.
56、For over 40 years I’ve been looking at the best this state’s had
57、and I’ve never seen a better player than Jimmy Chitwood.
58、I’m glad you’re here, Norman. Everything’s going to be fine.
59、It’s got to work out this time or that’s it for good.
60、The last time you coached was 12 years ago?
61、That’s right. Where?
62、In Ithaca, New York.
63、What have you been doing since?
64、I’ve been in the Navy.
65、Then you’ll probably need some help.
66、Since I’ve been running the practices I’ll help you out for a while.
67、This town doesn’t like change.
68、So tonight we thought we’d explain how we do things here.
69、We trust that you’re a fine God-fearing man with…
70、Christian morals and principals who will
71、set an example of leadership for our boys.
72、Tell me, do you believe in a man-to-man or a zone defense?
73、Zone defense is all we’ve played in the past
74、and it’s the only thing that will work this year.
75、Remember we were 15-10 last year
76、and we’ve got all our boys back except for one.
77、Listen, I’m not interested in talking defense here.
78、I don’t know why we fired someone who hasn’t coached in ten years.
79、And if we don’t get Jimmy Chitwood back we don’t have a chance.
80、If he plays for another team, we’re in trouble.
81、Gentlemen, it’s been real nice talking to you. Goodnight.
82、Good morning.
83、I heard the boys were tough last night.
84、I keep forgetting this is such a small town.
85、This hick town, you mean.
86、That’s what you’re thinking, isn’t it?
87、I thought we were going to be friends.
88、I guess you want to talk about Jimmy.
89、Certainly you’ve been told you can’t win without him.
90、Too many times. What does it have to do with you?
91、I look after him. His father died and his mother is sick.
92、He and I decided it’s best for him not to play.
93、He’s not going to play. That’s fine.
94、I’m sure you’ll be convinced to go after him.
95、If I am, you’ll be the first to know.
96、Ther you are.
97、I thought we would go 20 minutes on,
98、I had a different schedule in mind.
99、Look mister, these boys have got a routine they’re used to.
100、You change it and they might get the confused.
101、Maybe we can change slowly.
102、Our first game is only two weeks away.
103、First of all, my name is Norm.
104、Secondly, your days of coaching are over.
105、Look, mister, there are two kinds of being dumb.
106、The guy who runs naked into the snow and barks at the moon,
107、and the guy who does the same thing in my living room.
108、The first doesn’t matter. The second you’re forced to deal with.
109、Translate. Is that some sort of threat?
110、I don’t know why Cletus dragged your old bones here.
111、He must have owed you something.
112、Mister, if you start ruining this team, I will personally
113、strap your ass to a pine rail and send you over the county line.
114、Will you leave the ball, George?
115、Let’s see what I have here.
116、Seven players, is that it?
117、Six, because I don’t really count. Why?
118、I’m too short and no good.
119、I help them practice, but really I’m the equipment manager.
120、I thought everybody in Indiana played basktball.
121、Most do, but not all go out for the team.
122、We only have 65 boys in the whole school.
123、It’s going to be a lonely bench.
124、If you don’t know, my name is Norman Dale.
125、I coached college ball,
126、it’s been 10 years since I’ve blown this.
127、So I’ll learn form you, like you will from me.
128、Practice will be a little different than you’re used to
129、but you’ll find it’s for good reasons.
130、Basketball is a voluntary activity.
131、It’s not a requirement.
132、If you don’t what to be on the team, you can leave now.
133、Did you hear what I said?
134、I just want to know when we’re going to start.
135、We start when I say so.
136、Would you let me know? I’m tired of…
137、All right, get out of here now.
138、Don’t come back until you can keep your mouth shut and listen.
139、Break my heart.
140、Come on, Whit, let’s get out of here.
141、Didn’t you say you’d rather be at Terhune anyway?
142、It’s your funeral.
143、Let’s move, chicken. I ain’t no chicken.
144、Have fun Coach trying to win with four and a half players.
145、When do we scrimmage? We don’t scrimmage.
146、No shooting, either. That’s no fun.
147、My practices are not designed for your enjoyment. Let’s go!
148、I’ve seen you guy shoot,
149、but there’s more to the game than shooting.
150、There’s fudamental skills and defense.
151、Let’s be clear about what we’re after.
152、Wipe that smile off your face. This is not funny.
153、The five players on the floor function together as a team.
154、No player is more important than another.
155、No team of mine will ever be more fatigued than the opponents.
156、With only five players we can’t afford to.
157、What do you want, gentlemen? Just watching.
158、We heard you have crazy ways of coaching.
159、No shooting. Practicing without a ball. Is that true?
160、We’re a little concerned.
161、We’re going to do this every day.
162、You’re going to be in pertect shape.
163、It feels like we’re in the Army.
164、You are in my Army, every day between 3 and 5.
165、Guys, practice is closed to outsiders. I don’t want any distractions.
166、Outsiders? Practice was never closed before.
167、Well, this is something else now.
168、Hi, I’m Rollin Butcher.
169、My son has something to say to you.
170、Sorry, Coach, about walking out.
171、I would be obliged if you gave me another chance.
172、It won’t happen again. You’re the boss.
173、Okay. We still have an hour of practice Get dressed.
174、My boys get mixed up sometimes.
175、If Whit or Rade cause any trouble you just let me know.
176、The Coach says he’s closing practice to outsiders.
177、Boys, this man has a job to do. I think we should be on our way.
178、Don’t worry. George will be with you when you’re winning.
179、Cletus, my good friend.
180、A firend of yours, friend of mine. You look fit.
181、Wilbert “Shooter” Flatch, this is the new Coach, Norman Dale.
182、Tell him about the playoff game in 1933
183、We were behind one point.
184、Mrs. Flatch and I had a parting of the ways over a small matter.
185、Give it up.
186、It’s only two-bits.
187、Sorry, Everett. It’s not your fault.
188、Jimmy, I didn’t see you in class today.
189、Any reason you want to tell me about?
190、In the ten years I coached, nobody wanted to win as bad as I did.
191、I would do anything to increase my advantage.
192、Anybody who tried to block that advantage,
193、I would just push them out of the way.
194、It didn’t matter who they were or what they did.
195、But that was then.
196、You have a special talent. A gift.
197、It’s not the school’s, not the townspeople’s, not the team’s.
198、Not Myra Fleener’s. Not mine.
199、It’s yours.
200、To do with as you choose.

201、Because that’s what I believe, I can tell you this.
202、I don’t care whether you play on the team or not.
203、Mr. Dale, I want to talk to you.
204、Leave him alone, all right?
205、He’s a special kid and I have high hopes for him.
206、I think if he works hard
207、he can get an academic scholarship to a good college and get out of here.
208、Do you have something against here? For him, yes.
209、He could do better.
210、If Jimmy is as good as everyone says he is…
211、he could get a basketball scholarship.
212、Doesn’t that make sense?
213、Who would ever see him play?
214、The only thing that comes to Hickory is the train
215、and it’s here for about five minutes.
216、Basketball scholarship.
217、A basketball hero is treated like a god
218、What else would he ever pursue?
219、It would be the high point of his life.
220、I’ve seen the sad ones who sit around here
221、talking about the glory days when the were 17.
222、Most people would love to be treated like a god for just a few moments.
223、Gods come pretty cheap now, don’t they?
224、I mean, to become one by putting a leather ball through a hoop.
225、It’s only a game.
226、Why are you so unfriendly, Miss Fleener
227、I know men like you.
228、You don’t know anything about me.
229、I know you’re here.
230、This place doesn’t exist on most state maps.
231、When a man your age comes to a place like this…
232、he’s running away or has nowhere else to go.
233、What I’m doing here has nothing to do with you.
234、Just stay away from Jimmy.
235、I don’t when him coaching in Hickory when he’s fifty.
236、Let’s make him feel welcome. Our new coach, Norman Dale.
237、I would like to thank those of you who have made me feel so welcome here
238、The boys and I are getting to know each other.
239、We’re finding out who we are and what we can be.
240、So far, I like what I’ve seen.
241、I’m very excited to be part of Indiana basketball.
242、This is your team.
243、We want Jimmy! We want Jimmy!
244、I would hope you would support who we are,
245、not who we are not.
246、These six individuals have made a choice to work,
247、a choice to sacrifice
248、and put themselves on the line for the next four months.
249、To represent you, this high school.
250、That kind of commitment
251、and effort deserves and demands your respect.
252、This is your team.
253、Coach, you all right?
254、Yes, I’m fine.
255、Remember to discipline your game.
256、Absolutely no shots until you’ve passed off four times.
257、Set your offensive patterns before you go to score.
258、All right? Is that clear?
259、How many times are we going to pass off
260、How many? Four.
261、Let us pray.
262、Be strong and of good courage.
263、For the Lord thy God is with thee.
264、Lord, bless these boys and the season before them. Amen.
265、How long is he going to be like this?
266、He’ll come when he’s ready, and not before.
267、I hope it will be before tip-off. Okay, let’s go.
268、How do you feel? Like it was my first game.
269、In a way it is. I’m with you.
270、Welcome to Indiana Basketball.
271、Ollie, you’re going to paly until Strap gets here.
272、I’ll go get him.
273、Okay guys, four passes then you take a shot. Right?
274、We’re a team like five pistons firing together. Right?
275、We got spirit, yes we do. We got spirit, how about you?
276、Four passes!
277、Move the ball, Rade!
278、What’s wrong with you?
279、Watch for a good shot.
280、Watch your defense!
281、Strap, come on! Move!
282、Come on, defense! Black it out.
283、Come on, grab the offense!
284、Four passes!
285、I want you to close down your passing lanes.
286、Your defense is awful.
287、What about our offense? We have to score.
288、You keep your mouth shut until I tell you to open it.
289、What are you trying to pull out there?
290、Get out of here! Get out!
291、I don’t want anybody in here at halftime.
292、Keep them out.
293、I’m trying to believe in what you’re doing.
294、I know what I’m doing.
295、Remember what we worked on in practice. All right?
296、I want to see it on the court.
297、How many times are we going to pass before we shoot?
298、Four. How many?
299、Four!
300、Four

301、Set it up! Set it up!
302、Rade, pass the ball!
303、Ollie, go in for Rade.
304、Good job, Rade.
305、Where are you going?
306、In the game.
307、Sit down.
308、You have to have five out there.
309、Sit down!
310、Coach, you need one more.
311、My team’s on the floor.
312、Okay.
313、What are you trying to do?
314、Those of you on the floor at the end, I’m proud of you.
315、You played your heart out.
316、I’m only go to say this one time.
317、You have all weekend to think about
318、whether or not you want to be on this team.
319、And under the following condition,
320、what I say to this basketball team is the law.
321、Absolutely and without discussion.
322、Let’s listen to what he says.
323、Shut up. You shut up, Rade.
324、Coach, how about a haircut?
325、Who cuts your hair? Yours truly.
326、Why don’t you play with three players next time?
327、Hey! Let me help you.
328、I appreciate it.
329、Opal Fleener. I’ve been hearing a lot about you.
330、Mother likes basketball.
331、That’s the truth.
332、No thank you. I can do it.
333、Mother, it’s late. We better go.
334、Not everyone is blessed every day,
335、but mister, you haven’t had a good day since you’ve been here.
336、It’s time we had a talk.
337、Sunday.
338、Supper.
339、I accept.
340、Coach, tell me about the boys.
341、Can you bring them around?
342、They have lots of talent, but it’s raw and undisciplined.
343、What are you going to do about that?
344、Break them down and build them back up.
345、We need more wood.
346、I’ll get it. No.
347、Basketball.
348、Every time my brother played it
349、was the most important thing to the family.
350、Before a game, mother couldn’t sleep.
351、If they lost, daddy would walk the floor until morning.
352、I could never figure out why it was that important, to that extreme.
353、Then why are you living here in Hickory
354、I went away to college for three years, and graduate school a year.
355、Graduate school?
356、Suprised? You sound like my father.
357、He thought it was strange I wanted to leave.
358、He said I would be back.
359、Why did you come back?
360、Daddy died and mother got sick. I had to come back.
361、And you never plan to leave?
362、Did you ever consider marriage?
363、I’m sure you had lots of offers.
364、The years I was away,
365、there were a lot of things I missed not being here.
366、I missed knowing nothing ever changes. People never change.
367、It makes you feel real solid.
368、I missed knowing that a person’s private affairs stay private
369、Okay. I’m sorry.
370、It’s late to be calling on folks.
371、I wouldn’t trust Rooster either.
372、This is a nice place here.
373、It’s a nice night for a fire.
374、That was a hell of a team.
375、You knew that team?
376、I know everything about the greatest game ever invented.
377、Did you know about…
378、It don’t matter. A man must do what he must do.
379、You’re playing Cedar Knob tomorrow.
380、Nobody knows them better than me.
381、I’ve watching how you have been training those boys.
382、But, my friend, you cannot play them all the way man-on-man.
383、Cedar Knob is a bunch of mites. They’ll run you off the boards.
384、You’ve got to squeeze them back.
385、Make them shoot from the cheap seats.
386、And watch that purgatory they call a gym.
387、It’s twelve feet to get in.
388、That’s all.
389、How did your father get this job? It’s our bus.
390、It doesn’t look like a preacher’s bus.
391、After the season’s over,
392、we paint it white for the summer tent shows.
393、Then in the fall, back to red.
394、After his revelation.
395、Well, God told him.
396、To paint the bus red and drive the team
397、These guys are like animals.
398、How can we play in this cracker box?
399、Their boy Nelson, he can’t go to his left.
400、I know that.

401、Time out!
402、Okay, guys, listen.
403、We can run past their two guards.
404、Sorry about my mouth.
405、You be sorry on the bench.
406、Strap, go in for Rade.
407、Buddy, get the ball bewteen the guards
408、and watch for Merle or Everett going toward the basket.
409、Okay, let’s go.
410、Team
411、That is a flagrant foul!
412、That player should be taken out of the game!
413、He didn’t do anything wrong. Oh, that’s hillbilly justice!
414、You haven’t been around here too long.
415、Long enough to recognize a hometown referee!
416、Technical foul.
417、Look, it’s bad enough we have to play in this cage you call a gym.
418、Your players are playing like gorillas
419、Who are you calling a gorilla? You, for one!
420、I don’t want to see you again in this game. Both of you. Out!
421、Are you all right?
422、You better get out of here. I’ll do the best I can.
423、You jackass.
424、Got him good, didn’t I? Yes, you did.
425、Just a little while, okay?
426、How are you feeling?
427、Tired.
428、They say my heart’s going bad.
429、Why didn’t you tell me?
430、No need for that.
431、The doctor says to rest. No more basketball games for a while.
432、Looks like you’re on your own.
433、That’s fine.
434、You kind of like being on your own.
435、I would like to see you on your feet again.
436、You can count on it.
437、Anybody home?
438、Identify!
439、It’s Norm.
440、What are you doing out here?
441、What happened to my scout? We play Verdi tonight.
442、Verdi? Well, let’s talk.
443、This is my place.
444、Sit down by the fire and warm up.
445、This is it?
446、It gets rough here in the winter, but I manage.
447、Want some? No, thanks.
448、I’ve got a proposition for you. Cletus is going to be gone for a while.
449、I want you to help me.
450、I can tell you anything that you need to know.
451、No, you don’t understand. I want you to be my assistant.
452、I want you to come to practices, and sit with me during the games.
453、Me? You want me?
454、What do you say?
455、But only under the follwoing conditions
456、That you clean yourself up.
457、That you shave.
458、That you arrive on time and wear a shirt and tie.
459、I’ve got a suit right there.
460、I was married in that suit.
461、And that you are sober.
462、My wife sent you.
463、It was my son.
464、What had my drinking got to do with knowledge about basketball?
465、No drinking in front of the boys.
466、If I even smell a trace of liquor on your breath you’re finished.
467、I don’t need that from you.
468、You are embarrassing your son.
469、I don’t need to hear that and I would like you to leave.
470、I would like you to leave now.
471、Guys, you’re playing real well. Real well.
472、Put more pressure on the ball.
473、Be patient with your offense.
474、Shooter is going to be one of our assistants. Go it?
475、Anything you want to say?
476、Coach, you playing or not? We’ll be there.
477、Team!
478、Come on, play ball.
479、I don’t feel too good. You’ll be fine.
480、The kids are starting to get it. I mean, it’s really fun.
481、”Progress. Progress is electricity, school consolidation,
482、church remodeling a second farm tractor a second farm car,
483、hay balers corn pickers,
484、grain combines field choppers and indoor plumbing.
485、All right, you’re dismissed.
486、What is it?
487、Coach, what you’re doing with my dad, I don’t understand it.
488、Why not?
489、Because he’s a drunk, he’ll do something stupid.
490、When’s the last time somebody gave him a chance?
491、He don’t deserve a chance.
492、How are you?
493、As acting principal,
494、I’ve been asked to inform you that a petition has been issued
495、requesting that you be removed as the basketball coach.
496、To vote will be made at a twon meeting on Saturday.
497、I guess that gives me until Friday’s game to prove myself.
498、I think it goes a lot deeper than one game. Don’t you?
499、Time out!
500、Technical foul. On playing floor while game was in progress.

501、What? I was calling a time out!
502、That’s it. You’re gone. Out of the game
503、What are you talking about?
504、That isn’t fair.
505、And it isn’t fair what the people are doing to you either.
506、You stay in the game. I need your help.
507、Shooter’s going to take you home. You pay attention.
508、It’s me. Cletus told me where I could find you.
509、I used to play in these fields.
510、I considered starting to walk and to just keep going.
511、That sounds tempting.
512、Wouldn’t you rather look for a fight than run away?
513、”Norman Dale, Coach of the National Champions,
514、the Ithaca Warriors, was give a lifetime suspension,
515、honored by all college teams,
516、for physically assaulting his own player
517、in Ithaca’s last season’s game.
518、It was the latest in a series of
519、controversial incidents involving the successful, though volatile coach.
520、The New York High School Athletic Association
521、will also honor the suspension. ”
522、Where did you find that article?
523、The library in Deer Lick.
524、I was curious.
525、I want you to know that
526、I think your efforts with Shooter have been noble.
527、And I appreciate how you have stayed away from Jimmy.
528、I don’t think you should be there tonight.
529、It won’t be pleasant.
530、I’ve made some mistakes, and I take full responsibility for them
531、I was hired to teach the boys to play basketball,
532、and I did that to the best of my ability.
533、I apologize for nothing.
534、You may not be pleased with the results but I am.
535、I’m very proud of these boys.
536、I think in order to be fair…
537、I think it would be a big mistake to let Coach Dale go.
538、Give him a chance.
539、Sam and Rollin will pass out the ballots
540、A yes vote means he stays. A no vote means he goes.
541、Jimmy, what are you doing here?
542、I’ve got something to say.
543、Then you better say what you have to say.
544、I don’t know it it will make a change, but I want to play ball.
545、I told you once we got rid of him!
546、One other thing, I play, Coach stays. He goes, I go.
547、The vote is Coach is dismissed,
548、I think we should vote again!
549、All those in favor of the Coach staying
550、Those opposed?
551、Coach stays.
552、You listen to me. I stuck my neck out for you.
553、You cooperate or get yourself in a hospital and dry out.
554、I can’t cut it.
555、You can. The other night I didn’t think I could either…
556、but after what Jimmy did, nobody could get me out of here.
557、My nerves are shot.
558、We’re becoming a real team.
559、With Jimmy, everything’s working.
560、We’ve got ten games left and we’re going to be tough to beat.
561、Come along for the ride. Okay?
562、But you have to promise me you won’t get kicked out of anymore games.
563、Scout’s honor.
564、That’s a foul on number 21.
565、I just want to discuss this with him.
566、Something wrong with your eyes?
567、Now relax. It was a tough call.
568、You’re a disgrace to your profession!
569、Kick me out of the game.
570、Kick me out or I’ll start screaming like a made fool.
571、I guess you have your reasons. You’re out of here!
572、I’ve done it again.
573、It’s up to you now.
574、Do you think Number 4 will take the last shot, Dad?
575、Probably. They’ve been using him all night.
576、Rade, let yourself get taken out.
577、Buddy, you move down and take his place
578、Close that lane.
579、Team!
580、Come on!
581、Time out!
582、We have one shot left.
583、Okay, we’re going to run the picket fence at them.
584、Merle, you’re the swing man. Jimmy, you’re solo to the right.
585、Merle should be open as he swings to the end of the fence.
586、Now boys, don’t get caught watching the paint dry
587、You did good, Pop. You did real good.
588、Where’s your father?
589、He said he wanted to be alone. Too much pressure.
590、You keep in the game. All right?
591、Mentally.
592、Hey, Referee!
593、Call it both ways!
594、He’s got his hands all over him!
595、What are you talking about?
596、That was no foul!
597、Charging all the way. He had his feet planted.
598、It’s okay. He’s an assistant coach.
599、That’s a technical foul.
600、He was on the floor. He just wandered on.

601、You keep in the game, Everett. Understand?
602、Come on. Play hard.
603、Mercy. Let’s get him on his feet.
604、Forteit that team. My boy can’t even play now.
605、If you lose, then we’ll protest.
606、That’s a gutless way to win.
607、Dad!
608、Shooter!
609、Shooter!
610、Dad!
611、After a few months in here you’ll be as dry as a desert.
612、It’s goblin-visiting time, isn’t it?
613、We’ll help you.
614、You and the little green monkeys.
615、How’s my son doing?
616、Fine. He had eight stitches but he played his heart out.
617、Doctor says he’ll be okay for the regionals in a week.
618、He’s a good boy.
619、I’m so proud of you, Coach. I am.
620、Sectional champions.
621、I know what that means to these folks around here.
622、I remember what it meant to me.
623、You’re a big part of it.
624、No. Coach, I’m freezing.
625、Could we have a blanket, please?
626、I didn’t make any difference. You know that.
627、You’ve got yourself a shiftless no good drunk.
628、I’m so sorry.
629、Basketball meant so much to me, Coach.
630、I’m so proud of you. Sorry I let you down.
631、Nothing could be further from the truth
632、I’m so thirsty.
633、I’m so sorry, Coach.
634、Now you’re going to protect us? We couldn’t apologize enough.
635、Just get the team into the gym.
636、There is a tradition in tournament play to not talk about
637、the next game until you’ve won the game in front of you.
638、I’m sure going to the State Finals is beyond your wildest dreams
639、so let’s keep it right there.
640、Forget about the crowds and the size of the school.
641、And their fancy uniforms.
642、And remember what got you here.
643、Remember the fundamentals.
644、And most important
645、don’t get caught thinking about winning or losing the game.
646、If you put your effort
647、and concentration into playing as best you can,
648、then no matter what the scoreboard says to me, you will be winners.
649、Referee, he’s moving his pivot foot.
650、He’s moving his pivot foot!
651、Block him out!
652、Block #41 off the baseline!
653、Everett, yo’ve got to stop the pass, all right?
654、Rade, come away from your man and give us some help inside.
655、Buddy, number 41 is killing us. All right?
656、I mean, stick to him like chewing gum.
657、Great shot!
658、Block him off the baseline!
659、Foul on 25, Hoosiers.
660、That’s Butcher’s fifth personal foul.
661、The stitches are pulled.
662、Patch him up. No.
663、Yes! Are you crazy?
664、You keep blocking. We’re going to win this game.
665、Time out.
666、Time out.
667、I’m putting you on the bench. Come on, you’re on the bench.
668、Strap, you play for Everett.
669、Don’t shoot the ball unless you’re under the basket by yourself.
670、We’ve got 2 minutes and 15 seconds left Be patient.
671、Wait for the good shot. Understand?
672、Team
673、Strap, God wants you on the floor.
674、Time out, Hickory.
675、What’s with you? I can feel the Lord’s strength.
676、Keep His strength in the dribble.
677、Foul on #14. Are you joking?
678、Come on. Give us a break!
679、Ollie, we need you.
680、Ollie, we need you now.
681、It was Dentyne.
682、Let’s go!
683、Foul him!
684、Come on, let’s go Ollie!
685、Time out.
686、Okay, guys. Now listen.
687、After Ollie makes his second shot… and you will make your second shot,
688、get back on defense right away.
689、They may have just enough time to try a desperation shot.
690、Team
691、Make it a good one, Strap.
692、You’re pretty small for a farm boy.
693、Ignore that. Just concentrate on putting it in the hole.
694、You can do it. Let’s go.
695、One more, Ollie and we’re going all the way. Concentrate.
696、Just one more!
697、Do you always garden in the mud?
698、The Almanac says it’s time to start planting.
699、Is the Almanac always right?
700、Always.

701、The Farmer’s Daughter.
702、Miller’s.
703、Your mother cut my hair.
704、I know, I saw your car.
705、Would you like to take a walk?
706、That’s pretty.
707、Yes. In the late spring those fields are so green it looks like Ireland.
708、Or how I imagine Ireland to look.
709、I’ve seen pictures of it.
710、Would you like to go to Deerlick for a movie some evening?
711、Norman Dale, Coach of the Ithaca Warriors was suspended for
712、I can’t really explain that.
713、It’s been several years and it still goes around in my head.
714、I slow it down and sometimes…
715、I really think I can stop my fist from hitting that boy’s jaw.
716、In one second everything I worked for was finished.
717、It’s funny because he was the best kid that ever played for me.
718、Tough, stubborn, willful.
719、That sounds like someone I know.
720、I imagined kissing you ever since I first saw you.
721、I was tired of imagining it.
722、It’s been a long time.
723、For me, too.
724、I knew I could make the final shot. Really?
725、I’ll tell you about it later.
726、Southbend Central is one of the most powertul teams in the state.
727、Their front line stands,6’4″, 6’5″ and 6’5″.
728、How can your little guys compete? I don’t know.
729、Do you have a scouting report?
730、More important to me my boy only know basketball, farming and school.
731、Probably in that order.
732、They’ve never seen a building taller than two stories, except in photographs
733、So, taking them to Indianapolis to play in front of 15,000 people
734、is like you and me going to the moon.
735、What team we play is the least of my concerns.
736、Will you be Hickory’s Coach next year?
737、It’s a good question.
738、No school this small has ever been in the State Championship.
739、I know. I was Coach for a while.
740、I won a big game for them. I was coaching the last two minutes.
741、I run the picket fence on them and we won!
742、And my son, he’s on…
743、How you doing, Dad?
744、The conquering hero. I heard the game on that radio.
745、When I heard little Ollie make that charity shot,
746、I started bawling and they came in here and put a straight-jacket on me.
747、But I was feeling so good, I didn’t mind too much.
748、Are you doing good?
749、Well, I feel real empty inside.
750、And I have some bad dreams.
751、Son, the other night…
752、It don’t matter, Dad.
753、You’re going to get better.
754、When you get out in a couple months, we’re going to get a house.
755、Both of us.
756、I love you, Dad.
757、I’ve got to get back.
758、I wish I could be there.
759、I’ll be thinking of you.
760、Son, kick their butt.
761、Anyway, I’ll tell you one thing,
762、no school this small has ever been in the State Championship.
763、Coach Dale, Coach Butcher, welcome to Butler fieldhouse.
764、Your pratice time is from 10 to 12.
765、The game will be at 7 o’clock.
766、If you need anything, let me know.
767、Confidentially,
768、I think this is the most exciting thing that’s ever happened.
769、We’re all behind you. Good luck.
770、Buddy, hold this under the backboard.
771、What is it?
772、15 feet.
773、Strap, put Ollie on your shoulders.
774、Measure it from the rim.
775、How far?
776、It’s the exact same measurements as our gym back in Hickory.
777、Okay, let’s get dressed for practice.
778、Hickory!
779、It is big.
780、Welcome ladies and gentlemen to the championship game
781、of the Indiana State High School basketball tournament.
782、The most incredible and improbable confrontation in the history
783、of Indiana High School basketball takes place tonight,
784、where the pint-sized Hickory Huskers, with an enrollment of 64,
785、play the defending champions, the mighty Bears of Southbend Central,
786、with an enrollment of 2,800.
787、Already calling this the game of the century,
788、it has brought in people from all over the Mid-West,
789、to witness this Hoosier version of this Cinderella story.
790、And now, the starting line up for the Huskers.
791、We’ve been over all this before.
792、Their top player is Boyle, number 15.
793、He averages about 20 points a game.
794、Buddy, you’ve got to stick with him.
795、You have to shut down those passing lanes.
796、You’ve got to play tough to negate their height advantage.
797、Hickory, it’s time to hit the floor.
798、Well, we’re way past the big speech time.
799、I want to thank you for the last few months.
800、It’s been very special for me.
801、Anything you want to say?
802、Let’s win for all the small schools that never got here.
803、I want to win for my dad.
804、Let’s win for Coach. He got us here.
805、Thank you.
806、With God of heaven it is all one to deliver
807、with a great multitude or a small company.
808、The victory of battle standeth not in the multitude of the host,
809、but strength cometh from heaven.
810、And David put his hand in the bag and took out a stone and slung it,
811、and struck the Philistine on the head and he fell to the ground.
812、I love you guys.
813、Time out!
814、Time out, Hickory.
815、God, these guys are good!
816、This is embarrassing.
817、I can’t stop that guy.
818、Maybe they were right about us. Maybe we don’t belong here.
819、Let’s go. Come on.
820、Coach, can I say something?
821、I think Jimmy can make it if we set him up right.
822、What about it, Jimmy?
823、Let’s go.
824、Buddy! Calm them down. Be patient.
825、With just seconds to go in the final period,
826、Southbend is ahead, 40 to 34. Hickory has possession.
827、Buddy passes the ball to Everett Flatch
828、He throws to Merle, then to Jimmy. Jimmy shoots… He scores!
829、Willie has it, passes to Wilber who signals the play.
830、Are they going to release the ball?
831、Buddy! Press after this shot.
832、He signals the play. Passes to Jimmy Chitwood.
833、Chitwwod passes to Flatch.
834、Time out!
835、This is what we’re going to do.
836、Jimmy, they’ll expect you to take the last shot.
837、We’ll use you as a decoy.
838、Buddy, you get the ball then throw it to Merle.
839、He’s going to take the last shot. Okay, let’s go.
840、What’s the matter with you guys?
841、What’s the matter with you?
842、I’ll make it.
843、All right. Buddy you get the ball to Jimmy.
844、Okay, let’s go.
845、It’s been a sensational comeback by Hickory.
846、The score is tied at 40 each, with 19 seconds left in the game.
847、The ball with be thrown into play by Hickory.
848、Rade Butcher has the ball,
849、who is responsible for the interception
850、Take your time.
851、Be patient.
852、Come on, let’s go!
853、Jimmy, I want you to meet someone. This is Norman Dale, our new coach.
854、I’ve seen you guys can shoot.
855、But there’s more to the game than shooting.
856、There’s fundamentals and defense.
857、The boys and I are getting to know each other.
858、Seeing who we are and what we can be.
859、Team, team, team.
860、Five players functioning as one single until.
861、No one more important than the other.
862、I love you guys.