istanbulpacker
14 years ago
I spent the weekend with an old Army buddy of my dad's. He is now in S. California mentoring young athletes in Junior College or "bounce-backs" who have been to Div. I programs and then kicked back for scholastic non-achievement/ineligibility/etc. Trying to get them education and life mentoring as a Plan B. Anyway, one of his guys is Taurean Charles. Formerly of the Florida Gators, he was in a docu-movie called "Year of the Bull" which was a sort of "Hoop Dreams" for football (I guess, I haven't seen it, he gave it to me to check out.)

Anyway, I guess this kid is about 26 now and still in awesome shape working out with some other journeyman pros but still without a team. Was a LB but could be an ST player? Wondering if anyone saw him play or could comment on his talent. Guess he was in trouble in Florida though his side of the story (follow link if you care) was repeated by my dad's friend. From there he went to Bethune-Cookman.
Univ of Florida:Taurean Charles 

Would be curious if he is a case of talent that peaked too early or a blackballed player that could still offer something to a team.
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14 years ago
If they can't handle the easy work in some BS major for athletes there is not much hope.

I know of a guy who "studied" athletic facilities manangement. He got lab credit for handing out towels at the school gym.

I knew a basketball player that an American history course and 8 pages of his paper back book was devoted to the Civil War, I mean the War of Northern Aggression.

The guys get dropped for lack of effort really.
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evad04
14 years ago

If they can't handle the easy work in some BS major for athletes there is not much hope.

I know of a guy who "studied" athletic facilities manangement. He got lab credit for handing out towels at the school gym.

I knew a basketball player that an American history course and 8 pages of his paper back book was devoted to the Civil War, I mean the War of Northern Aggression.

The guys get dropped for lack of effort really.

"CaliforniaCheez" wrote:



At the individualized level, yes, there's often the lack of effort. Drop back a bit and it is only one of several factors that paint the full picture for guys like Taurean Charles.

I'm not familiar with him or the documentary, but from a quick view of the above video and other trailers his coaches seem pretty messed up.
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