Until this day Americans still remember the teeth grinding 1980 Olympics Hockey game or some people called it the Miracle On Ice. During 1980, The Soviets were overall ranked hockey team and said from the beginning to win the Olympics, as they had six of the seven previous years. The U.S. had their chance come up in the final round, a one on one match battling until the end. It was all down to their skill and fight, and push through till the end. Coach Herb Brooks was the one to give the U.S.A. team their fight with his prominent speech at halftime. In Coach Brooks speech he first states the hard work and effort the team has brought through the Olympics, then he gives an overview of how the got to where they are now. Being the coach of the U.S.A team he does not state his credibility, but uses dialect to give a casual tone. Coach Brooks then adds how the outcome today will accept weather at a lost or won. He talks about the tryouts and how he had already picked the team before he even watched them play, implying that he already trusted his team before they ever met. After Coach, brooks end by saying that just because the people say that the Soviets are unbeatable doesn't make it true. The author gave this inspirational speech to his players before they played the semi-finals in the 1980 Winter Olympics. The speech severed as a catalyst …show more content…
In his discourse he clarifies that this group is exceptional and that they "were destined to be hockey players, each [single] one of [them]." With a bona fide dread of atomic war apparent, Brooks' discourse alongside the United States triumph implied a definitive annihilation and end of the Soviet Union, which served as an encouraging sign for America and also whatever remains of the