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
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.
bit difficult ethic learning pace transition work
It's a little bit difficult because they are in transition right now. They are learning how to do things. They are learning about our work ethic and pace of our practices.
guys lose replace
When you lose guys like that, you have to find a way to replace them.
aggressive block came created flat front problems timing
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.
energetic gets good hard head ok pads point schemes stay training understand
At this point it is hard to tell how good we will be, but we will really be able to tell once everyone gets the pads on and we head into training camp. We still need to understand the schemes a little better, but we will be OK if they stay enthusiastic and energetic like they were today.
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.
against athletic both football great knew playing sides team
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.
blocks good tackle
We are going to have to be able to get off our blocks and tackle well. They are a very good opponent. They don't quit, and they play hard.
certainly chris depending game josh next ready start
Certainly Chris is ready to go and at least start the next game for us. We also have to get Josh Driscoll ready to go depending on where Chester is.
advantages conversation
But we did have a conversation or two about advantages and disadvantages.
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.
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.
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.