Jay wrote:
A successful coach certainly has personality, smarts, and
leadership qualities. But this figure seems to me to be the
reverse of the PI, because s/he discourages separateness and
confrontation with the dark, self-expressive, possibly
chaotic core of the unique self.
************* The desire for the American hero to struggle
against the establishment still comes through in the coach
protagonist. I'm not a big sports fan so I can't refer you to
any fiction, but the movie "Hoosiers" is a good example. The
coach is an outsider, despised by both the players and the
fans. Except maybe one or two female characters. Against
insurmountable odds he exerts his flavor of morality and
wins.
It's the American hero thing. You've got the same elements.
They're just dressed up differently.
miker
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