another "Top Gun: Maverick" thought

This was something I thought after watching "Top Gun: Maverick," but I somehow didn't include it in my review (maybe I'll go back and slip this in):

When I think of "Maverick" from the point of view of a teacher, I have to give credit to Vice Admiral Beau "Cyclone" Simpson (John Hamm), who twice gives Maverick some pedagogically sound teaching advice. First, he tells Maverick that Maverick hasn't turned his trainees into a team. This inspires Maverick to take his crew out to the beach to play "dogfight football," in which offense and defense play at the same time with two footballs. Second, Cyclone informs Maverick later on that he'll be taking over the rest of the training because all Maverick has done is demonstrate to his trainees that the mission—per Maverick's strict parameters—cannot be flown. This is actually an important pedagogical point, and it's one I talk about in my book: you have to give your students success experiences. If all they encounter in your class is failure, they will lose all motivation and eventually give up. I wish the movie had taken the time to give Cyclone credit for making these points.

What happens after Cyclone gives his second piece of advice is that Maverick decides to show his charges that the mission can be flown at the parameters he set. What isn't shown, after Maverick successfully completes the run, is whether the students are inspired to fly successfully in simulation after Maverick shows them what's possible. I imagine one reason for not showing this is that the movie didn't have time to get bogged down in plot details. As a former teacher, though, I think it would have been nice to show the students actually succeeding after witnessing Maverick's success. Instead, Maverick is picked to be mission leader (a spot originally meant for one of the younger pilots), and we never see whether any of the trainees completes a practice run after Maverick's feat.

It's a bit of a nitpick, but yeah: I'd have liked (1) to see Maverick thank Cyclone—despite their mildly adversarial relationship—for two very good teaching tips, and (2) to see the trainees perform the practice run successfully before the actual mission.