That's a tease if ever there was one.... I hope you'll fill us in on the truth vs. fiction. I never heard of Coach Carter until the movie came out, so I have no reason to think what I watched was anything other than the truth.
(Other than the fact that Hollywood couldn't make a movie telling the truth if the fate of the world depended on it).
Ken did his benching thing and then he called all the media to tell them what he had done. The kids thought he was more interested in all the PR than in them. Davis had just been elected Gov and he shows up at a game along with several local politicians looking for the camera. I know other teachers resented the situation (told me so) and thought his motives were suspect.
Several of the kids went on record in a recent Contra Costa Times article saying that things weren't as they were portrayed in the movie.