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Friday Night Lights

Cruise or Hanks?

Hanks as Coach Gaines

In the discussion (3)
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  • Cruise as Gaines is defended for alternating calm booster management with mania and rallying energy.
  • Craig explicitly chooses Hanks, arguing Cruise seems too small and less convincing as a Texan; Cruise’s booster confrontations remain defended.
  • Hanks is declared the winner, with the year’s tally reported as21–16.