Remember Me

When it comes to early college sports African Americans had a hard time on the field. They faced the threat that even if they were the best player on the team they could be benched against segregated schools. The African American athlete faced many problems in their fight for equality including being benched against a segregated school, threats from other team’s player, and colleges “From 1938 to 1941, the UCLA football team served as an important exception to the ‘gentlemen’s agreement’----the…

One of the best known movies of this century, Remember the Titans, is a timeless classic that is continuously being featured all over the nation. The 2000 film, touched on a subject that has been and continues to be prevalent in our society since the founding of America, racism. The wildly successful film focuses on a newly racial integrated football team in a small town in Virginia. Based on a true story, an African American football coach, Herman Boone, is appointed as the new head coach in…

stumbled out afterward, face bloody and body bruised. His teammates and coach quickly rushed to his aid and from then on looked out for eacher and grew closer from the events. 3. Personally, the movie sent me on a rollercoaster of emotions. With all the racism and hate that was going on, it really made me think about how much things have changed and how society treats minorities. I felt angry about how the community and other basketball teams were treating the Texas basketball team for having…

Coach Coming to Town: Most people would say that when Coach Boone came into town it was a wrong thing, from my point it was the breakthrough for a lot of change and progression in town. If it wasn’t for Coach Boone becoming the new coach the town would of never realized the value of teamwork with the football players, the meaning of that it’s just not about race, and leadership. Coach Boone showed all of these traits throughout the movie, and this makes him going and being the new coach a…

successes of other’s life experiences. This has been explored in reading “The Curious Incident of The Dog in The Night-Time,” by British author Mark Haddon, showing the way that society treats Christopher because of his mental illness. In addition to “Remember The Titans,” directed by Boaz Yakin, revealing how extreme racism and discrimination was in the 1960’s for African Americans. Thus, allowing the reader to experience the world from another person’s perspective. Published in 2003, “The…

My favorite film is Remember the Titans. The film is about a football team and their struggles with integrating an African American high school and a Caucasian high school. Taking place in Virginia in 1971, the film shows the racial tension of the community using techniques to make it cinematic. One of the ways that allows the viewer to understand the tension in the movie is with camera angles. The director, Boaz Yakin, uses multiple camera angles to show both segregation and also unity of the…

A movie about a high school all american hero coming back to his hometown after years spent distancing himself from his past. Shattered NFL dreams have put a sint in his future plans and left this hero without a game plan. But when his high school football coach, the man who singlehandedly shaped his life is deathly ill he must come back once again. Back to the place that still holds him on a pedestal and won't let him forget about his past talents. When the past is just too good, how do you…

Army Crew Team Recommendations to Coach Preczewski Coach Preczewski, Head Coach of the United States Military Academy Crew Team faced the toughest decision of his coaching career just 4 days before the National Championship races. He struggled with team leadership, cohesiveness, and teamwork from his athletes. With his Varsity team consistently being defeated by the Junior Varsity team in races and practices, he knew that something was not right. He had done many objective tests that were…

There is always drama and suspense leading up to National Signing Day which has become the most important day to college football teams all around the country but that wasn't the case this afternoon for the West Virginia Mountaineers. Today saw Coach Holgorsen and his staff sign every committed player that was expected to sign, sign with the Mountaineers. West Virginia failed to sign a quarterback in this class which concerns some fans but don't forget that WVU has Will Grier (JR), Chris…

Managers need to cultivate certain skills to be effective and sports teams are not different. Take for example this 58 seconds short scene, (based on a true story), where Coach Boone introduces himself in an aggressive manner. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=megNGAc9_i8 It isn’t until we watch the rest of the movie that we begin to understand the reason for his initial approach. Imagine an African American hired to run an integrated team during a time of racial tension. He established clear…