A coach puts his job on the line just to get his basketball to graduate High School and go to college

Rating: 10/10 (17 August 2005)

I absolutely LOVE this movie. My town is nowhere close to being like that. But my AAU basketball team was going to the National tournament in Nashville, TN. And one day before practice we all met at the Asst. Coaches house and we all watched it. I think it really helped us and we now know how good we have it. And we all use to think that our coach ran us a lot, and we saw how much they ran and we don't even run half as much as they did! I loved this movie so much that I went and saw it in theaters 2 times then went out and bought the DVD and have always watched whenever I have noting to do or just feel like watching it. I think I have watched it about 11 times or so and it has helped me every time that I watch. I also find something new about. I also watched the behind the real Ken Carter and I know it is based on a true story but in real life they really did say those mean things to him. I also heard what the real athletes had to say and what they thought of him. In real life Coach Carter really did have 3 kids walk out on him and they said when he wanted to win to call him and he said he will but he never did call them. The real life athletes said that everything in that movie they really did feel until they got to know him. And now he is their idol and the man they look up to. Oh yea, there is one more thing that I saw about this movie that I couldn't believe. The schools got so bad and the government didn't want to support athletics so they now have no athletic teams in Richmond High or anywhere in Richmond because he government didn't want to pay for it. I am thankful that my government wants to pay for athletics because I am going to college on a full athletic scholarship to Duke...when I get that old and in high school...LOL