Red Lake Football

[Gopher_Topher]

Red Lake football team hasn't won a game in years, but coach keeps kids undefeated

They often play against opponents with twice as many players. Sometimes, coach Nolan Desjarlait wonders how he keeps doing it. The answer always comes: "I refuse to give up on them."

www.startribune.com

A must read piece in the Star Tribune today. Would be cool to see this coach and his players recognized at a game next fall.

 

[2nd Degree Gopher]

What a great article, thanks for sharing the link. Chip is a very gifted storyteller.

 

[Gold Rush]

Great article!! He will probably win some type of award for jounalism for it !

 

[Bob_Loblaw]

That was awesome. They could make that into a Netflix series.

 

[GophersInIowa]

Perseverance has become a hallmark of Red Lake, something opponents respect. Conference coaches voted Desjarlait Coach of the Year after his team went 0-8 a few seasons ago.

That's awesome

 

[MGGopher]

Red Lake football team hasn't won a game in years, but coach keeps kids undefeated

They often play against opponents with twice as many players. Sometimes, coach Nolan Desjarlait wonders how he keeps doing it. The answer always comes: "I refuse to give up on them."

www.startribune.com

A must read piece in the Star Tribune today. Would be cool to see this coach and his players recognized at a game next fall.

That right there is journalism, my friends. Well done, Chip.

 

[UpAndUnder43]

That was an outstanding and heart wrenching read.

 

[Mulligan]

A great piece of writing about a remarkable coach and his team!

 

[USAF]

The STrib is still a great newspaper.

Incredible writing and a truly inspiring story.

 

[GringaGopher]

Inspirational story ….

 

[WriterGoph]

Finally was able to finish it, but this is the kind of piece that led me to grad school and sports writing back in the 2000s. It's a shame what has happened to newspapers the past 15 years, but bravo to Chip and the Strib staff for very quality journalism.

 

[stocker08]

Good story. Excellent article. Thanks for sharing.

 

[RememberMurray]

Incredible. Beautiful.

"No written word, no spoken plea,
Can teach our youth what they should be;
Nor all the books upon the shelves...
It's what the teachers are, themselves."