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of high school football action.

Manassas has a rich history of

sports and athletics,

in the Memphis area,

they've had some

great basketball teams.

Football... it's

been some lean years.

I want you to hear me.

Ever since I've

been at Manassas,

it's been building every year.

One year to the next,

to the better,

to the better, to the better.

The group I'm standing with

right now, is the best team

I've ever coached at Manassas.

Not only are you going to prove

tonight that you are disciplined,

not only are you going to prove

tonight that you are well-coached,

you're going to prove tonight

you're the better program.

And leave no doubters about

who we are and what we are.

Yes, sir.

Here to kick it away will be

the Manassas Tigers out of Memphis, T-N.

Going to be gathered in at

the 15, to the 20, to the 30.

He's still on his feet, dashes his

way to the middle of the field.

Forty! Forty-five!

Thirty! Twenty-five!

Inside the ten!

Down to the five!

Into the end zone!

- Touchdown!

- Coach Raymond!

We had ten men on the field!

They have the back ten

yards, going to run the offense.

Pitches it and

has running room.

Inside the ten!

He's going to go in!

And it's 14 nothing,

just like that!

Manassas struggling

here defensively.

They got to get something going

here to get that confidence,

especially on the

offensive side of the ball.

Listen to me!

We can come back, man!

It's two touchdowns

and a whole quarter.

- Let's go kick their butts! Let's go!

- Make it happen!

Second down at eight.

The ball at the 36.

Back. Looking. Throwing.

They got a man open!

And it's caught!

Inside the ten!

Down to the five!

And into the end zone!

Touchdown!

That is a

devastating play for Manassas.

Redmond into shotgun,

fourth and 11...

...throws...

Man open!

And he dropped it!

Redmond hands it off this time.

Running back, nothing,

and we get him down.

Receiver seems wary. Redmond

the quarterback under center.

Play fake,

running for his life.

Caught on the backside,

fumbling the ball, it's loose.

Yes, that really hurts there.

Clock running and Manassas

about to fall to 0-1.

The character of

a man is not measured in how

he handles his wins,

but what he does

with his failures.

And tonight, we failed.

And everybody says,

"When you get these inner city

kids down, they'll lay over

and you'll beat them

by 40." Not us!

Everybody'll say,

"They're 0-1.

They're going to fold up camp.

They'll be 2-8

by the end of this thing."

No! Not us!

You walk with your chins up...

I am proud to be a Manassas

Tiger on this field tonight,

because my guys didn't

lay down, they got heart.

Now let's put our mind

with our heart and bodies

and let's finish

this thing this year!

"Thy kingdom

come, thy will be done,

on earth as it is in heaven. Give

us this day our daily bread..."

I never knew Manassas existed.

And then I started

a business in 2001

and bought an old dilapidated,

crappy piece of property

on the North 7th Street

in North Memphis.

What are they doing

over there, Cliffy?

- Pardon?

- What are they doing over there?

The wall in front of the chain.

Oh, I've got some welding to do.

Remember I brought that up

yesterday in the meeting?

- Taking care of that right now?

- Right.

I need that

basswood in the kiln.

- OK.

- All right, Cliff.

He sold cars for several years

and he knew it was a

steppingstone to something else.

Um, he was a great

salesman, you know?

Um, he could talk

anybody into anything.

At 7:
45, Scrappy.

Well, why are you asking

me what time it is?

I'm your boss, dumb-ass.

You're supposed to not

ask me what time it is.

If somebody walked in

this afternoon and said,

'I'll give you whatever

for the business.'

And he's got enough

money to cover

his expenses and kids

for the rest of his life,

and he gets to go coach.

That's a no-brainer.

You know, he's gone.

You know, that's

what he wants to do.

He wants to coach.

Dantre, get them out, let's go.

Hey, how are you?

Pleasure to meet you.

So, how you doin'?

Look at you. You're starting

to grow up a little bit.

What happened to my little Chavis?

Now you're big Chavis.

Good to see you.

You going to hang around

practice or are you leaving?

Can he stay for a little while?

- Yeah.

- OK?

Yeah, what time y'all

normally be finished?

- 5:
30.

- OK.

- Can he stay?

- Yeah, right here...

Chavis played

for us as a freshman.

Confidentially, if you

want to talk to him

and he wants to talk to you

about it, you can find out.

But he missed his last year.

And he's back as a Junior.

Chavis has serious

anger issues.

And it's one of those things that

I don't think he can help it.

Back up! Back up!

Chavis is loud.

Chavis is big,

and he aggressive.

One minute he could be laughing

and the next... ten seconds

he mad or something.

I can't hear.

He went to jail

and had a rough life.

And you know, it's hard

for him to get to know people

or trust anybody.

I think it's

really hard for Chavis

not to have his father around.

And he has never been around.

I think that where a lot

of Chavis' anger come from.

He's real fast.

That's my favorite

animal actually.

'Cause it's like...

Tortoise is like

a human being to me.

'Cause it's like they gotta

be hard on the outside,

but they really

soft on the inside.

Just look at...

...at the texture of them.

See on the outside,

everybody want to be hard

and show their strength.

But on the inside

it's like all flimsy,

you know, just skin and bones.

Money, I need that VCR!

What time are we

supposed to be in here?

2:
20.

At 2:
23, I walk in

and everybody's late...

This is exactly what

I'm talking about.

It's exactly what

I'm talking about.

This is how we lose games, 'cause

y'all can't follow simple directions.

All right, so here's what we got, go

ahead, I got it from here, Money.

First thing we're gonna do.

Do not watch your play books.

Watch the film.

All right, here's the deal...

Stop! Stop!

What is y'all's problem?

Better stop playing me, bro.

What is y'all's problem?

You go over there, Money.

- Better stop playin'.

- Go over there, Money.

- Stop playin', boy!

- What?

You shut up.

I just told him to shut up.

You go sit down. Sit.

Money! Sit.

Go sit down over there.

Go... Don't touch one another.

Shut up.

Did you hear me?

Money! Money!

Y'all killing me.

You're sucking it

right out of me.

I got four children

at home and a wife.

My kid's... my own son's

first football game

is in an hour and a half

and I'm here with you.

My business isn't

making any money

and I'm still spending

my money on you.

Y'all ain't givin'

nothing back.

You're just taking.

You ain't giving me sh*t.

You're just taking.

Now, you...

You're going to apologize.

Well you know

what's going to happen?

Oh course he's going to say

something, 'cause he's pissed.

No, you're not.

Listen to me.

No, you're not.

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