[Finalapproach29er]

The only words to his team before the Gold Medal game were simple: "If you lose this game, you'll take it to your F---ing grave. You're F---ing grave." He then slammed the door and let the players be by themselves the final 5 min. before going out for the start of the game.

[des]

Great, great, great...I love it.

[VOA]

The only words to his team before the Gold Medal game were simple: "If you lose this game,
you'll take it to your F---ing grave. You're F---ing grave." He then slammed the
door and let the players be by themselves the final 5 min. before going out
for the start of the game.

Thanks for amplifying my post #70.
Getting a team to still come on strong after a watershed event like
beating the Russians...Brooks knew how to be a motivator/leader of men.

It's funny in a way...that line from Brooks before the Finland game sounds
almost like boilerplate from a Hollywood movie.
But Brooks must have looked into his souls and the souls of the players and
simply realized he had to make an emotive appeal to higher performance...even if it bombed.

R.I.P. Coach Brooks