At first, most of them were skeptical of him as a coach, but that changed very quickly once they started winning games. As for the principal and even the teachers, they did not care about school ideas. They just thought he would be there just to coach basketball. He changed everyone's opinions by standing by them and fighting against oppression. He showed his integrity by not giving in to what society agreed with, which was that young men were content to get by and let high school basketball be the highlight of their lives. He decided to show them that basketball was just the beginning of the many highlights of their lives. The team thrived on his leadership by demonstrating its own integrity, after the lawyer said Carter should open the gym. He decided to resign saying he couldn't support a message that high school basketball is more important than going to college. As he headed to the gym to clean his office, he walked out onto the field and saw all of his players sitting in desks studying and taking tutoring at center field. One of them said: “We will finish what you started, sir. » The team made sure they all got back on track with their grades and they all took the court together as a team of men. He developed them as men by giving them goals, rules and regulations that they must follow to avoid prison, go to college and have a better life than their parents. Throughout the film, his discipline and integrity helped all of his students get into college. He built great men and modeled for them a better life than where they were