Write a two to three page paper addressing the following case & answering the questions at the conclusion of the case:

Case 16.3 1980 U.S. Olympic Hockey Team

Questions 1. What is your reaction to Herb Brooks as a team leader? Do the ends in this case justify the means? 2. Describe how each of the eight characteristics of team excellence applied to Brooks's coaching of the 1980 U.S. Olympic hockey team. 3. The Hill Model for Team Leadership advocates that the leader's job is to monitor the team and take whatever action is necessary to ensure team effectiveness. Describe the actions Brooks took in relation to the internal leadership aspects of the model: Task (goal focusing, structuring for results, facilitating decisions, training, maintaining standards) Relational (coaching, collaborating, managing conflict, building commitment, satisfying needs, modeling principles) 4. Hill states that "the leader has special responsibility for functioning in a manner that will help the team achieve effectiveness" While the 1980 U.S. Olympic hockey team was highly successful, do you think it was because of Herb Brooks's leadership? Explain your answer.