Big Idea Questions:
- How is Joe Ehrmann's program "Building Men for Others" challenging the way "true manhood" is defined?
- According to Joe, what is the job of a coach? What is the job of a player?
- Discuss what the poem "The Guy in the Glass" means to you.
- What are your thoughts on the traditional coaching philosophy compared to the way Joe Ehrmann coaches his team?
- How would you feel about being more emotionally open with your peers?
- Are there ways that our local community could be positively effected by the principals Ehrmann instilled in his players?
Information Specific Questions:
- When did the narrator first meet Joe Ehrmann?
- What is the "ultimate negative," and what does Joe do with it?
- What does Joe mean when he says people need to be "other centered"?
- In Chapter 10, what are the parts of the "false masculinity" that Ehrmann tells Marx that most boys have?
- What was so special about fire station Engine 54, Ladder 4, Battalion 9 that caused the team to be quiet when they went past it and reminds Marx of Joe's "Built for Others" theme?
- In Chapter 17, besides telling his team no drugs or alcohol during their homecoming weekend, how does he tell them to act to their dates?
- What tradition does the team continue to enact before the game begins?
- In Chapter 21, Jeff describes the philosophy of his first basketball coach: "No Regrets" Why did this stand out in Jeff's mind? What did he do as a result?
