There is a basketball coach, Ken Carter, quite famous actually, who once locked out his entire basketball team for not following his rules and living up to the high expectations he set for his team. The rules that Coach Carter demanded his players abide by revolved around grades and character. The coach’s rules were simple—Do your homework, study, get good grades, and be the best person you can be—or no one plays basketball.
I’m sure that you know the story. But for those who don’t…
After a team progress report was delivered, Coach Carter learned that the team, as a whole, was failing. The doors of the gym were locked, games were forfeited, and as the coach promised, no one played basketball—at least not until the entire team followed his simple rules. After a small rebellion by the players, the team got on board with the coach. They buckled down, studied, their grades skyrocketed, and the team went forward with their season. As the Coach himself said, “I came to coach basketball players. I ended up with students.”
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