Earl Strickland, Alex Pagulayan, Mika Immonen, Thorsten Hohmann, and Kelly Fisher were amongst the names to have their campaigns cut short. fw3937 " But Pender also came face to face with discrimination, which stopped him from getting the role of head coach. fw3937 "You have to be in the top 10 per cent of contemporaries in your rank in order to get to West Point. Most of them are teachers - they've got medicine and doctor's degrees. fw3937 "I am looking forward to proving a point that I can be good enough to be in this team. I want a big pre-season because I know I need to work hard and earn the respect from the boys. fw3937