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Message: [QUOTE="nelsonmuntz, post: 3793383, member: 833"] Hoosiers is a very good movie. There are some issues, such as the romance plot thread having almost no point in the movie, but the slice of life view of 1950's Indiana and the social critique about the warped worship of high school male athletes is still relevant today. I have a theory about the movie having a whole other level. Objectively, Norman Dale is not a great coach. The team is not competitive without its best player, and Dale frequently makes bad moral and basketball judgments. Making Dennis Hopper the assistant was a terrible decision. If you remember Myra Fleener's (Hershey's) speech: "They sit around for the rest of their lives talking about the glory days when they were 17 years old", and Dale responds "most people would kill...to be treated like a god for just a few moments." This is not a normal underdog story. This is a story about escape and opportunity. Neither Fleener nor Dale want to be in Hickory. Fleener has reached her peace with it, but Dale has clearly not. [/QUOTE]