Football season

It was during the football season when I and the coach disagreed on a certain play during the game. I wanted to modify up the play because the offense had a fresh set up that appeared different to me. The coach had called a timeout and told us which plays to run. However, I had provided some comments because I stated that my play would work for this specific team.

Prior to this time, none of the plays she had called had worked. I sucked it up and just did what I was told, informing the rest of the team, and we ran the unsuccessful play, and the team scored a touchdown. I left the field frustrated, but confident that we could perform better. it is, until I heard the instructor say, “If y’all had spread out more, that wouldn’t have happened.”

She had blamed what had happened on us, and I couldn’t stop myself from saying, “I told you sh*t wasn’t going to work, but I still did as I was told!” I should have just followed my instincts.” At that moment, I realized I’d made a mistake. I apologized for the way I addressed her, but I wasn’t sorry for what I said since I was correct. The coaches then had a discussion regarding me, indicating that what I did was disrespectful, but that I wasn’t wrong and that my delivery was just off.But she told one of the head coaches that he had created a monster in her image of me.

McMurphy in the book wanted to watch the baseball World Series game on television and would not accept no for an answer. He went around the ward asking other patients for their thoughts on this, but he didn’t have much influence because they were all afraid of big nurse. Until the last vote, when he inevitably won the majority. Later, the big nurse stated they couldn’t watch it and had to do their chores instead. McMurphy was enraged, “he’s coming across the day room at us.” He becomes bigger and bigger, and his face turns bright red. He reaches into the fog to drag Ruckly to the surface-“

They faced the big nurse one by one, sitting in front of a blank screen and ignoring her yells. “You realize you’ve made a commitment. You are… the staff… under my leadership. Harding shuts off the buffer, leaves it in the hallway, and goes to collect him. A seat near McMurphy.” McMurphy was a threat to her power, therefore she intended to send him to another ward. His mere presence threatens her “perfect” system.

The difference between the two circumstances is that I and McMurphy had been told to do something, but we did the opposite and believed it was the correct thing to do. I approached the coach because I was tired of obtaining the same results. McMurphy confronted the big nurse because he was fed up with the way she treated patients there. As a result, I believe our situations differ in that aspect, but they are identical in terms of taking control of the issue. And bringing people together to strive for a similar objective, whether it was winning the game in my instance or watching the World Series in his.

I believe that the most they were feeling was probably humiliation, which is why they behaved in that manner; they were embarrassed by the fact that they were challenged in front of others and didn’t know how to respond. So they responded in the only way they knew how: by yelling. This experience really affected me in the sense that I now check my tone before speaking to someone. Because what I’m trying to say to someone is definitely not bad, but it’s just the way it comes out. So, after learning from her and how I communicated to her, I made the necessary changes.

What I think that McMurphy had learned was the fact that he can stand up for what he wants as he had already been doing. But he had also inspired others to do the same… they were scared to go up against a big nurse originally but had learned that if they stick together they’ll be ok. That’s why they think he is such a threat because he threatens to unravel everything that they built. He is bringing people out of the fog and they threaten to move him to keep him quiet but that only just makes the situation worse.