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Date of Birth
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Herb Brooks' Life
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1955 State Hockey Championship
He led his team to vitory, showing the management task of leading. -
Winter Olympics
He was a member of the 1960 Olympic team, only to become the last cut the week before the Games started. Three weeks later, Brooks sat at home with his dad and watched the team he almost made win gold. Afterwards, Brooks went up to the coach, Jack Riley, and said, 'Well, you must have made the right decision—you won." showing the management skill of human relations. -
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Troughout his career
troughout his career he was very controlling over his team with his well known "brookisms", motivational sentences he used to inspire his teams. some of which included "You're playing worse and worse every day and right now you're playing like it's next month." and "You can't be common, the common man goes nowhere; you have to be uncommon." -
Golden Gophers
He organized a great team with the most competetive players. showing the management skill of organizing. -
NCAA championship 1979
Brooks led his team to learship showing the manager role of leader. -
1980 olympics
Herb Brooks developed a hybrid of the methodical American and Canadian style and the faster European style, which emphasized creativity and teamwork showing the management task of planning. -
Assistant coach
At the 1980 olympic games, when the US won gold and was known as the greatest sporting event of the 21st century, the assistant coach under brooks was craig patrick who was a big impact on the US team coaching. this shows the management task of staffing. -
Motivational Speeches
Brooks delivered a inspirational speech before the 1980 winter olympic's championship. showing the role of spokesperson. -
Final Cut
Herb Brooks made his final cuts before he traveled to the olympics, showing his management role as a disseminator. -
Turning it around
When all odds were against him he used his coceptional skills and lead his team to victory. -
New York Rangers
he showed the management role of monitor at the new york rangers. -
Statue memorial
A statue of Brooks showing his reaction to the victory in the 'Miracle' game was placed at the entrance to the RiverCentre in 2003. -
Death
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The Herb Brooks Foundation
A foundation created in honor of Herb Brooks to encourage kids to play hockey. This shows the management role of figurehead -
Practices
Herb Brooks showed his technical skills by designing great practices to train endurance and discipline.
