Glory Road

[Blunt91]

I just rented the movie yesterday and thought that it was pretty good. This movie is in someways more meaningful than Coach Carter and other sports movies because it is the first time that Black Athletes were allowed to play in the NCAA. Coach Haskins had never coached on the college level in Division 1 basketball. He was just a highschool coach over the girls basketball team. He won a National Championship in his 1styear as headcoach of the Miners and was elected to the Hall of fame in 1997. The team also played against Pat Riley and the Wildcats in the championship game. I didn't know Riley was an all American in college, although he got slammed on a few times in the movie. They also noted that the guy coaching the wildcats Adolf Rupp was the first coach at Kentucky to recruit a black player and Tubby Smith was the 1st black coach to coach at Kentucky and won a title his first season. I wish we had a coach who could get the most out of these atlanta Hawks players. Wish we had our own David "Big Daddy" Lattin. Good movie, go rent it if you haven't seen it.

[Jdawgflow]

I agree. This was definately a good movie. Good summary, Blunt.

[Plainview1981]

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I agree. This was definately a good movie. Good summary, Blunt.

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I skipped it because I figured it's just this years version of Remember the Titans, Coach Carter, Miracle etc....

[Jdawgflow]

Well, it kind of was. Still a good movie IMO (although it must be noted that I really like those kind of movies).

[Plainview1981]

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Well, it kind of was. Still a good movie IMO (although it must be noted that I really like those kind of movies).

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Well I own all three... I just didn't feel like paying 8 bucks to go see another one i theater.

[Jdawgflow]

I don't blame you. I just recentently rented it and watched it with my bro and cousins. I never saw it in the theater either.

[AHF]

I like it for the dunks that didn't exist back then and the rebel flags that were inserted that didn't exist during the game. I also enjoy it for the fact that none of the Western Kentucky players consider the game to be about race but it has been repackaged as the first all-black lineup versus big bad Rupp (who was only there because all-white Duke got beat in the Final Four).

Actually, I just can't stand 95% of what Jerry Brockenheimer does because it is all so superficial and over-the-top and I just assume this movie is more of the same. Watching the interviews with the real Texas Western players was pretty cool, though.

[Weez]

sad part is...that wasn't his first year coaching there (if I'm not mistaken). there was a LOT of sensitalization in that movie...

[cyman3]

i just wached it recently. A decent movie. Worth a watch.

the classic ROOT FOR THE UNDERDOG movie. the REMEMBER THE TITANS version of basketball. i enjoyed Remember the Titans more though.

anyhow, Pat Riley claims that this movie from a basketball historical perspective... it is the emancipation proclamation of basketball.

i gotta admit tho, David Lattin is one heckuva big man. we could sure use a player like that.

the dunk on PAT RILEY at the beginning of the game was sick.

[Blunt91]

Yeah Remember the Titans was better than this but still not bad. The guy playing Bigdaddy kind of looks like Vin Diesel with Darvin Ham's athleticism.

[AHF]

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the dunk on PAT RILEY at the beginning of the game was sick.

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I don't know if you have ever watched footage of the real game but that is a Jerry Brockheimer moment. I guess the outstanding effort that Western put on the court wasn't good enough to titillate movie-goers in Brockheimer's mind.

If he would have directed "Hoosiers" you would have seen a tomohawk dunk by Ollie.