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
chance high people prove school sports
We wanted to give people a chance to come out and prove that they can come from high school and play at this level.
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 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.
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.
athletic helps loss move program survive
This really helps our program move forward. The loss of 28 scholarships would have been athletic suicide. We never would have been able to survive that.
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.
help players state
I think we blanketed the state pretty well. We were able to get some players we think can help us.
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.
based best effort program regardless tremendous upside
Regardless of where you have been in the past, you have to go out and compete, give your best effort and don't quit. I only see a tremendous upside based on what I've been through with this program so far.
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.
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.
bit chris control natural open talent throw
We had to open them up a little bit and let the receivers take a little more control ... let Chris use his natural talent and throw the football.