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UPDATE: Nacogdoches hires Darby House


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18 minutes ago, playactionpass39 said:

Definitely lower expectations.

This is as close to an inner city job as you can get, without it being in the inner city.

Unfortunately for the kids, the hire will not mirror the the players and therefore Nac will continue to try to pound a square peg into a round hole.

I see what you are saying. We’ve only had one minority head coach in the history of Nac. They ran him back into retirement and his coaches off to other schools when he was pulling the program in the right direction. 

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You are so wrong. It does not take a minority coach to coach minority kids. It takes a coach who cares for the kids, is there every day for them, loves them, respects them, and disciplines them. They will work just as hard for him as they would a minority coach. Many coaches whether minority or not have grown up in the same areas as kids in Nac. The kids in Nac must make a commitment to get better and not listen to the town's outside rhetoric.  

Excuses are plenty. 50 years of losing causes this in the kids and the people on this board. There have been many excellent coaches come through Nac and gone on and did well or had done well elsewhere. Maybe its in the water. Doesn't seem to be in the water at Alto, Garrison, Lufkin, San Augustine, Henderson, Kilgore, Longview, etc. who have the same type of kids.

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6 hours ago, missionimpossible said:

You are so wrong. It does not take a minority coach to coach minority kids. It takes a coach who cares for the kids, is there every day for them, loves them, respects them, and disciplines them. They will work just as hard for him as they would a minority coach. Many coaches whether minority or not have grown up in the same areas as kids in Nac. The kids in Nac must make a commitment to get better and not listen to the town's outside rhetoric.  

Excuses are plenty. 50 years of losing causes this in the kids and the people on this board. There have been many excellent coaches come through Nac and gone on and did well or had done well elsewhere. Maybe its in the water. Doesn't seem to be in the water at Alto, Garrison, Lufkin, San Augustine, Henderson, Kilgore, Longview, etc. who have the same type of kids.

Some folks that is only thing that matters. Shame it is at this point day and age.

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9 minutes ago, playactionpass39 said:

If you don't understand that a minority head football coach relates better, understands better and is usually more respected by minority athletes then I don't know what to tell you.

Are there some coaches that are not minorities that relate well with all kids, of course.

But, understanding where a kid comes from, what their situation at home is like, what it takes to really reach them and get them to produce matters.

So, a minority coach would be "unable" to effectively coach "non-minority" players? due to "not understanding where they come from, what their situation is like"? 

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20 minutes ago, Stickstick said:

Word around town is they are thinking about getting interviews set up by the end of June!! 

Kinda counterproductive. More time passed the more worse off . Unless it an inside hire one needs to develop with the kids. 

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2 hours ago, Stickstick said:

Word around town is they are thinking about getting interviews set up by the end of June!! 

The daily sentinel says they are close. The town doesn’t know. this board and superintendent have kept things tightly underwraps. 

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6 minutes ago, nacdragon07 said:

The daily sentinel says they are close. The town doesn’t know. this board and superintendent have kept things tightly underwraps. 

yes very. I only know the on staffers did not get a second interview. So it will be someone from the outside. 

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34 minutes ago, MattStepp said:

I'm hearing either today or tomorrow....supt is keeping it very close to the vest and trying to prevent leaks.....I was told they were down to two

A Dallas area coach and a Houston area coach are the final two. We have a hire he just hasn’t announced it yet.

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