Titans win it!

Watching the movie ‘Remember the Titans’. One of my all-time favorites

Set in early 70’s. Races come together involuntarily to form an integrated football team. From the desire of players of both races to be separate to a championship team that didn’t recognize color but only performance and team work.

It happened because of relationships that developed between the players that were based on trust. Even though the community, the parents and fans didn’t understand how blacks and whites could get along or agree with the integration the players pushed forward to win the championship.

Underlying the movie was a mixture of music from that period by black and white artists.

An important part of the story was the head coach, Herman Boone. He was given the position over a successful white coach, Coach Yoast. This in itself could have created big problems but Boone wouldn’t let it. He treated everyone the same way

The quote that captures the essence of the film was delivered by Coach Yoast, the defensive coordinator, at half time of the championship game with the Titans down 7-3. ‘You have taught this city to trust the soul of the man rather than the look of the man.’

Unity is powerful. One phrase I remember from history that will ensure defeat was ‘divide and conquer’. Unity made the difference.