Rubin Carter
Rubin Carter
Rubin "Hurricane" Carterwas a Canadian middleweight boxer who was wrongfully convicted of murder and later released from prison following a petition of habeas corpus after spending almost 20 years in prison...
ProfessionBoxer
Date of Birth6 May 1937
CityClifton, NJ
bit brought good practice spirit veracity
Koonce brought a little bit of spirit and veracity out there at practice. It was good to have him back out there.
convenient situation spoke
It is a challenge. I spoke about things being uncomfortable sometimes. It's not always going to be a situation where it's going to be convenient for you.
attention definitely hard pays worker year
He's had an outstanding year and he is definitely one of our leaders. He's a hard worker that pays attention to detail.
ability ball decisions good plays scramble throws
He (Chester) showed his ability to scramble and make plays on the run. Those are his assets. He throws the ball well on the run. He made some good decisions out there.
ability attitude chris depend difficult football great leadership mental persevere shown side strength
He's conscientious, and he understands that we depend on him to show leadership and do the things we have to do on that side of the ball. Chris has shown his ability not only as a football player, but being able to persevere through some really difficult times. He's shown that if you have a great attitude and mental strength you'll be able to go through that and progress.
change coming direction entire evaluate felt gone necessary recruiting season time
Having gone through an entire season and being able to evaluate the entire staff, I felt the need to go in another direction with some of my staff. It's not the most opportune time to make this change with recruiting coming up, but it was a necessary move.
good players trying understanding
We want to see the things that the players have learned. They should have a good understanding of what we are trying to do by now.
coaches great job mandate motivate potential risk role
We still won't be great risk-takers. That is something that I am going to mandate for myself. We have to do a great job of evaluating potential recruits. It's also our role as coaches to motivate and let them know what they need to do to graduate.
address aspect commit glaring line looking needs offensive others prospects running
We were able address some of our glaring needs - at quarterback, the offensive line and in every aspect of our defense. We had some of our running back prospects commit to other schools, but we have others that we are looking at.
alabama chose emphasize feast florida georgia keeping kids madness players reason schools stay stop trying
We have to stop the madness. That was the first thing I said. It's not just MEAC schools. We've got schools in Alabama and Georgia that have made a feast out of Florida players. There is no reason why those players can't stay here if they chose to do so. That's one of the things we are really trying to emphasize - keeping our kids in the state.
bring defense emerge excellent game pressure ranked weekend
We'll find out this weekend because Howard has an excellent defense that's ranked nationally. They bring a lot of pressure (and) blitzes so I think this may end up being the determining game as to who will emerge as quarterback for us.
player send
We had to send out a young player who is not very experienced.
both sure
We wanted to make sure we were securing both lines, offensively and defensively.
changes coach familiar late people start wholesale
Usually when a new coach comes in you have wholesale changes to the staff. Because of the late start that didn't happen, but you always want to have people that you are familiar with.