CTB Sports Director Derek Darr sat down with Enid Plainsmen Head Football Coach Chris Elerick to discuss the upcoming football season.
The coach began by sharing the history of good players and his excitement for the upcoming season:
“I think saying ‘I have a lot of experience’ is a really nice way of saying ‘dang man, your pretty old.’ I think that’s the thing and we’ve been fortunate over the years, had a lot of really good players, had some great coaching staff and my hairline isn’t quite what it once was, but I’m excited about this challenge, ready to get after it.”
Coach Elerick had some good advice to share about learning from your mistakes:
“You learn from your experiences and probably the bad ones more than the good ones a lot of times. We just lean on a lot of years of experience. We’ve got an experienced coaching staff all the way though. We’ve got old guys; we’ve got young guys; we’ve got a little bit of everything. So, I think the wins and the losses pile up over the years and you just lean on all those experiences and lessons that you learn along the way and then use that informaiton to help you shape what it is your doing at this job.”
