Inspirational story about a coach that actually teaches.

Rating: 7/10 (11 January 2006)

Samuel L. Jackson is amazing as always as Coach Ken Carter, a good coach who takes a job at a down and out school as the basketball coach. He's not afraid to tell the students what he thinks of them, and he believes in discipline. Upon seeing that all of the kids on the team are failing their classes, he tells them they can't play basketball until they've brought up their grades.
The acting in the film is really good, and the story is great. This movie is just like every other high school or elementary school sport movie (Remember the Titans, Hardball, Glory Road), with a group of poor kids who get a coach who pushes himself to the limit for his players, but this one has a particularly good message.
7/10