Coach Eddie Raker Character Analysis
Everyone in the town of Messina, along with the football team, has come back to say their good byes to the legendary Coach Eddie Rake. The football players, as well as many people in the town, have always seen Coach Eddie Rake as a fatherly figure. As people come to say their goodbyes, you can certainly see the grief on their faces. Coach Eddie Rake was very loved and appreciated in the town. Everyone knew who Coach Eddie Rake was because of all the wins on the football field at Messina High. Eddie Rake coached the Messina Football Team for 34 years with 13 State Championships, 418 wins, and only 62 loses. As people arrive, Neely Crenshaw the star quarterback on one of Coach Eddie Rake’s many teams unexpectedly arrives to also say good bye
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After the second round, a tackle fell to the grass and began vomiting. Scotty Reardon was a sophomore specials team players who weighed, in that August, at 141 pounds. During the third round, Scotty collapsed between the third and fourth rows on the home side, and never regained consciousness. The boys would describe later how Rake held Scotty’s head in his lap while they waited for an eternity to hear a siren. But he was dead when he finally arrived at the hospital. Scotty’s uncle, John Reardon, was elected Superintendent of Education in ’89. The only person with the authority to fire Eddie Rake, fire him he did. The town, as you might guess, was shocked by the news of the death, and as the details came out there was some grumbling about Rake and his methods. Coach Eddie Rake died on Wednesday and the cause of death was cancer. He battled cancer for a couple of years. Most people in the town are grieving about his death; but, are glad that he is in a better place and not hurting. The football players are so heartbroken to see their coach, role model, and supporter leave so soon. As Coach Eddie Rake lived, he had changed people’s lives in so many ways to make them a better individual. Eddie Rakes coaching at Messina High school will never be forgotten. The football players including the people of Messina, will forever remember his harsh coaching; but, the love that he showed for so many people in the small town of Messina,
After the second round, a tackle fell to the grass and began vomiting. Scotty Reardon was a sophomore specials team players who weighed, in that August, at 141 pounds. During the third round, Scotty collapsed between the third and fourth rows on the home side, and never regained consciousness. The boys would describe later how Rake held Scotty’s head in his lap while they waited for an eternity to hear a siren. But he was dead when he finally arrived at the hospital. Scotty’s uncle, John Reardon, was elected Superintendent of Education in ’89. The only person with the authority to fire Eddie Rake, fire him he did. The town, as you might guess, was shocked by the news of the death, and as the details came out there was some grumbling about Rake and his methods. Coach Eddie Rake died on Wednesday and the cause of death was cancer. He battled cancer for a couple of years. Most people in the town are grieving about his death; but, are glad that he is in a better place and not hurting. The football players are so heartbroken to see their coach, role model, and supporter leave so soon. As Coach Eddie Rake lived, he had changed people’s lives in so many ways to make them a better individual. Eddie Rakes coaching at Messina High school will never be forgotten. The football players including the people of Messina, will forever remember his harsh coaching; but, the love that he showed for so many people in the small town of Messina,