ANALYSIS Approach of the Study
32 With the shame of Friday night‟s game still in his belly, Grant worried as
he poked his head into Principal Dan Ryker‟s office. Grant had always had Ryker‟s support, yet he felt tension as he took a seat across from his boss
p. 39.
The statement above clearly shows that Grant feels insecure in meeting with the principal. He worries because on the last Friday, his team loses the game.
Even though the principal always supports him, he is still worried because he cannot bring his team to be a winner. Other things that make Grant feel insecure
are the parents of his players and his colleagues. It is because they want his position as the head coach to be substituted by his assistant. This characteristic can
be found when his players‟ parents have a secret meeting with the assistant coach and principal of Shiloh school. The meeting discusses about Grant‟s work. They
do not know that Grant is at his office. Inadvertently, Grant over hears the conversation between his players‟ parents and the principal. The content of the
meeting is that they want to fire Grant and substitute him with the assistant coach of SCA team.
Principal Ryker was speaking, “Just last week, I told Coach Taylor we‟d be
getting him new decals. And now we‟re talking about throwing him out? That‟s a sudden switch.”
“Grant Taylor is not capable of winning. He doesn‟t have it in him. That‟s the whole point,” said Pervis, one of his players‟ parents.
Neil Prater added, “I‟m not for attacking the coach, I‟m just saying I want my son to have the best football program possible. My son‟s got a chance
for a football scholarship if he‟s taught by the right coach. Matt‟s gonna be a senior next year. I don‟t want to see him lose this opportunity” p. 80.
The statement above is the conversation that happens in the secret meeting between the players‟ parents and the principal without telling Grant. They want
that Coach Grant is discarded from SCA team. It is because they think that Grant does not have an ability to make the team win. In the meeting,
the players‟ parents PLAGIAT MERUPAKAN TINDAKAN TIDAK TERPUJI