Carl Robert Barden born February 21, 1986 at Boston Medical to Mary and Robert. Carl had an average up bringing his family was middle class. Carl first became interested in basketball around the age of 8 when his mom on a whim signed him up for something to do during summer vacation. Carl was a natural and when his dad came to first game he saw the sheer pride on his face and Carl was completely sold on the sport. Carl was always looking for his fathers approval because his father never said much. He and his older brother grew up close until about high school, when Carl started to really excel in basketball and his brother academically. The two of them were always very competitive with each other, each wanting what the other lacked.  Carl thought his brother was a prick, he always picked out all Carl's weaknesses.  In high school Carl was very popular. Carl was captain of the basketball team and had a long time girlfriend who was a cheerleader. They were the typical prom kind and queen type of couple. After high school he got accepted to school play basketball on a scholarship Boston College. They tried to continue dating but he cheated on her and after about the 3rd time she officially ended things. Carl's goal was NBA always had been, and after his senior he got drafted to his dream team Boston Celtics . His life was great he finally felt everything was falling into place. He was making money doing what he loved and started casually seeing a few girls one being a PR girl Cynthia. She defiantly had a streak of crazy but she was fun to be around and didn't require much from him. He was practicing with team the day before his first starting  game when he fell and tore his ACL.  He had two surgeries and tried to rehabilitate but he couldn't get back to what he once was and all at once everything came crumbling down around him. The NBA released him from his contract. He hadn't planned on this hit so he didn't save like he should have and ended up moving back in with his parents. Carl was depressed and had taken up drinking to help cope with his dreams being crushed and no career. His mom is happy to have him home at first and tries to be help cheer him up despite his constant doom and gloom attitude. After taking a year off from life his parents had finally had enough. Carl goes back to school to try and find some new direction for his life. His mom knows the head mistress at a prep school in a near by town where he grew up, so she thinks that might help get him motivated. The headmistress is thrilled a former alum and prior NBA player is back and wanting to teach there, she looks over the fact that he is under qualified. He thinks it may have to do with the fact that she looks at him like he is a tasty snack. He may feed into it a bit with winks and smiles, only because he knows that he isn't qualified to do this job nor is he cut out for it. Teaching is a painful means to an existence. The kids are all douchebags, who have no idea this is as good as it will ever get for a lot of them. Especially the basketball captain Nick, Carl hates Nick because he is a carbon copy of what Carl was in high school. Most will end up getting drunk and fat sucking their trust fund dry. As a teacher he usually spends his days putting on discovery channel, history channel, or basketball games he recorded while he sits in the faculty lounge or janitors closet with Bob. If he does interact with the class its only to talk about a game that was on the night before. Charles, his TA is assigned the task of babysitting and grading anything the kids write. Carl finds Charles love for teaching extra irritating and often daydreams of punching him in the face. Instead he calls him Chuck or Chucky which really ruffles his sweater vest. Carl eventually moves out from his parents after he gets the teaching job. He and his cat Kobe share a small one bedroom apartment. Cynthia bought Kobe for him when he was trying to rehabilitate thinking it would help also he thinks as an excuse to linger around because its their "child". Carl's character is struggling to create a new life that doesn't revolve around basketball. Most people don't know how to take Carl's personality, he is sarcastic and with his currant state of depression it makes it difficult for people to like him.