Publication: THE
Published: 06/27/2007
Page: 4B
Byline: TOMMY R. ATKINSON
tatkinson@wvgazette.com
Nitro football coach Scott Tinsley is
facing a tough decision in the next couple of weeks.
Tinsley has been weighing offers from
"I'm just not sure what I'm going to do about football season," said
Tinsley, who led Nitro to the Class AAA state championship game two
years ago. "I just haven't made my mind up yet what's best for the future.
I'm hoping to make it by the first of July.
"It almost switches day-to-day. Now it seems like we're closer to staying.
It bounces back and forth day to day. It's getting time that I have to start
thinking a little bit about the future and getting back into the college game
and getting a paycheck. It would be a little easier to get to the college level
if I could get down to South
Tinsley said he had a positive meeting Tuesday with members of the Nitro
community.
"The Nitro community has really stepped up," he said.
"They're really making it difficult for me to leave. They're just being
really generous in showing their support for us."
Waccamaw was one of the destinations for Nitro
quarterback Michael Scott, father and Nitro assistant coach Mike Scott
and Tinsley if the quarterback wasn't granted another year of eligibility from
the SSAC, which he was. Since then, Waccamaw has made
several overtures to Tinsley.
"They were going to be able to pay us about twice as much as we get for
coaching here, plus somebody has a free place for us to stay," Tinsley
said. "I'm able to substitute teach down there and I'm not able to
substitute teach here. That's quite a bit of difference from what I'm making
here."
Tinsley said if he did leave, he was willing to come back and coach girls basketball and softball the next two seasons at Nitro.