After all, it is the task of the career development navigation class, so the content of the film level will not be mentioned much, and the focus is more on the career of the protagonist Billy.
The film begins with a chaotic situation such as the loss of the team and the loss of the main force, and the identity of the protagonist is revealed, the manager of a small club that runs hard. It is not difficult to draw more details from the many interspersed flashbacks throughout the film: 44 years old, mid-life crisis, marriage breakdown, career bottleneck. When it comes to this, I have to mention that Billy has several choices about career development.
Choice 1: One is full of unknowns, but is very likely to become a well-known top star in the future. The "one-ball fame" style road to the peak; The upper class lives a stable life.
Under the circumstance that his parents gave him complete freedom, Billy chose the former. I have to say that it must be a lot of courage. No matter how the scouts guarantee your future, no matter whether there is a youthful passion or not, what is the result? It's a later story. If I had a choice, I might be hesitant on the surface but firmly point to the latter, just because it's flat and stable, and I don't like taking risks.
Choice 2: After a few years of no performance, Billy fell from the bench to the bench and from the bench to the marginal person. Billy can choose to stay on the court and hope that one day he can overcome the psychological barrier; or, give up playing and find another way to make a living.
It also takes a lot of courage to make changes. The unknown always brings fear. No one can predict the future, but time will always push you forward. Billy finally took a step that changed course, although it was still bumpy from the status quo.
Choice 3: Stick to the traditional team management philosophy, or break the framework to find new ideas?
This is also the turning point of the film. Questions from the coaching staff, pressure from the media. Even his daughter worries about him. In an environment where I would collapse if I went in, he fought hard and succeeded.
The moving part of the film is that it does not take the heroic line, and no one is perfect. Even when winning 19 consecutive victories, Billy still chose not to go to the field to watch the game, but to pay attention to the game through various controllable media such as radio and television. Control, which means that you can close the information source when you want to. Even with such courage, there is still a small cowardice in him that he needs to avoid, he needs to vent.
The final choice is to give up the great opportunity to become famous, to give up the comfortable life of worry-free food and clothing, and to choose to be with the team that he has been with for more than 20 years. Although he said 'I want it to mean something' before, what he can't put down is That feeling.
Others have won the long-lost championship with the help of his business philosophy, and he is still struggling for victory. Don't say it's worthless for him as a bystander, because he has no regrets.
In the end, the daughter's song 'You are such a loser, dad.' was not meant to be demeaning at all.
Having said so much, I haven’t concluded half a sentence. To put it simply, follow your heart in the face of choices, no matter if you succeed or not. Other people's glory is someone else's business, 'Cause it's too much, it's a lot, to be something I'm not'. Just enjoy the show.
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