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Northwestern State football coach Blaine McCorkle doesn’t dodge answering one of the toughest questions he’s had since accepting the Demons’ gig about nine months ago.
“Why in the world would anyone, much less someone who was comfortable in his previous job, leave a successful program in Mississippi to take over the troubled program in Natchitoches?”
NSU, if you recall, halted their 2023 football season with four games remaining after the on-campus shooting death of one of its student-athletes. The Demons were 0-6 overall and 0-2 in the Southland Conference and the program was in disarray. Head coach Brad Laird resigned as part of the fallout.
There was a belief by many that the NSU football program was dead and buried for the next millennium. Enter McCorkle, who spoke freely about the challenges his staff has faced and why he took the job during a Thursday visit to Shreveport as part of the Northwestern State/Independence Bowl Kickoff Luncheon at Superior Steakhouse.
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Northwestern State coach Blaine McCorkle speaks to supporters at Thursday’s NSU/Indpendence Bowl kickoff luncheon at Shreveport’s Superior Steakhouse.
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“Why would any coach in the world not want to be the head coach at Northwestern State right now?” McCorkle asked. “If you’re a coach and you’re coaching for the right reasons — and we all say that we get into coaching to grow and develop and mature and mentor young men — why would 250 people not have applied for this job? Where else in the country is there a better opportunity to speak into the lives of young men right now than Northwestern State?
“The reason you didn’t is because people are coaching for the wrong reasons…
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Author : Shreveport Times | The Times
Publish date : 2024-08-23 09:12:50
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