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
player send
We had to send out a young player who is not very experienced.
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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.
extensive meet players staff
I have mandated to our staff to get out and meet coaches. They need to see our logo. They need to know that we are out doing extensive evaluations on their players academically and athletically. FAMU will be visible.
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I told (Pompey) it's best for him not to go out there and have a setback. He's a good player and a tremendous leader for us. He will play more football and with that (artificial turf) surface out there I didn't want him to re-injure the (right) toe.
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.
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This is a storied program. You look at the history, you look at the players who played here, the players who coached here. There's a lot of history here, and there's a lot of pride for this university. One of the reasons I wanted to be here was because of the alumni.
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This is one of the games that you live for. The stands will be packed. I would think the players would want to excel in a game like this.
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Normally, we like to get a year ahead on recruiting and evaluating talent. But even in the time we had, we were very thorough in looking at each player academically and character wise, along with his athletic abilities.
ball enthusiasm move offense players spring
They showed a lot of energy, enthusiasm and hustle. We really didn't move the ball well on offense. We have players that have been out this spring that we think we will have on offense in the fall.
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I think we blanketed the state pretty well. We were able to get some players we think can help us.
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For some positions that is exactly what it is. They have to show that they have the toughness as well as the ability to compete at a high level. I'm expecting the players to come out on Saturday and show exactly what they have.
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We were playing against a great football team, a team I knew was very athletic on both sides of the ball. But I didn't know how athletic.
helped key last lost people successful
We lost a lot of key players. We lost a lot of people that helped us be successful last year.
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We got outplayed. Flat out. They came very aggressive with the front four, and we flat out did not block them the way we should have. They created timing problems for our offense.