BigEastHomer
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OT: Great story on Coach Ruff
Just a really good dude..
Ratcliffe: Buying his dying friend's boat helped McNeill navigate through tough waters
Ruffin McNeill never imagined himself a river rat.
Growing up in rural Lumberton, North Carolina, and later coaching football at such land-locked college destinations as Lubbock, Texas, Boone, North Carolina, Las Vegas, Clarksville, Tennessee, and Fresno, California, the thought of life on the water never crossed his landlubbing mind.
One of his best friends changed all that.
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http://www.dailyprogress.com/cavalierins...m_campaign
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RE: OT: Great story on Coach Ruff
(08-14-2016 11:29 AM)BigEastHomer Wrote: Just a really good dude..
Ratcliffe: Buying his dying friend's boat helped McNeill navigate through tough waters
Ruffin McNeill never imagined himself a river rat.
Growing up in rural Lumberton, North Carolina, and later coaching football at such land-locked college destinations as Lubbock, Texas, Boone, North Carolina, Las Vegas, Clarksville, Tennessee, and Fresno, California, the thought of life on the water never crossed his landlubbing mind.
One of his best friends changed all that.
Read here:
http://www.dailyprogress.com/cavalierins...m_campaign
Mcneill is one of the good guys. Hated he got fired
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OT: Great story on Coach Ruff
Why are we posting shite that is at least several months old for a coach not even in the AAC now? You're just trying to stir up shite within the ECU fanbase that we've tried to patch up.
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BigEastHomer
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RE: OT: Great story on Coach Ruff
It's a new article.
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PurpleReigns
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OT: Great story on Coach Ruff
(08-14-2016 12:26 PM)BigEastHomer Wrote: It's a new article.
Nope I've read "Ruffin McNeill never imagined himself a river rat." several months back.
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RE: OT: Great story on Coach Ruff
As more tidbits come out about how the previous staff was behind closed doors. How certain players and different situations were handled, even cussing out Pirate fans in an incident after a game while walking off the field I'm not sure everything was as lovey dovey as it seemed from the outside. Tired of hearing about him, don't care how he does with UVA, don't care about all these feel good stories. I don't wish ill will on him, and appreciative of his accomplishments here but tired of hearing his name.
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RE: OT: Great story on Coach Ruff
(08-14-2016 12:41 PM)PurpleReigns2012 Wrote: (08-14-2016 12:26 PM)BigEastHomer Wrote: It's a new article.
Nope I've read "Ruffin McNeill never imagined himself a river rat." several months back.
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Bruce Feldman just tweeted about it.
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Sweet story about one of the best people in all of football #UVA's Ruffin McNeill by @JerryRatcliffe: http://www.dailyprogress.com/cavalierins...m_campaign …
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RE: OT: Great story on Coach Ruff
Always two sides to every story. Ruff lost the locker room BAD last year. Team was in disarray internally.
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OT: Great story on Coach Ruff
(08-14-2016 12:47 PM)DownEastPirate Wrote: As more tidbits come out about how the previous staff was behind closed doors. How certain players and different situations were handled, even cussing out Pirate fans in an incident after a game while walking off the field I'm not sure everything was as lovey dovey as it seemed from the outside. Tired of hearing about him, don't care how he does with UVA, don't care about all these feel good stories. I don't wish ill will on him, and appreciative of his accomplishments here but tired of hearing his name.
Care to share or link to this tidbits?
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RE: OT: Great story on Coach Ruff
He was talking about his damn boat before last football season
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RE: OT: Great story on Coach Ruff
(08-14-2016 07:04 PM)PurpleReigns2012 Wrote: (08-14-2016 12:47 PM)DownEastPirate Wrote: As more tidbits come out about how the previous staff was behind closed doors. How certain players and different situations were handled, even cussing out Pirate fans in an incident after a game while walking off the field I'm not sure everything was as lovey dovey as it seemed from the outside. Tired of hearing about him, don't care how he does with UVA, don't care about all these feel good stories. I don't wish ill will on him, and appreciative of his accomplishments here but tired of hearing his name.
Care to share or link to this tidbits?
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Not really, I'm over the whole deal. But they are out there if you care to look. Not really worth me saying because then the Ruff crusaders would come back out and I've had enough of it. Time to move on.
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RE: OT: Great story on Coach Ruff
(08-14-2016 12:47 PM)DownEastPirate Wrote: As more tidbits come out about how the previous staff was behind closed doors. How certain players and different situations were handled, even cussing out Pirate fans in an incident after a game while walking off the field I'm not sure everything was as lovey dovey as it seemed from the outside. Tired of hearing about him, don't care how he does with UVA, don't care about all these feel good stories. I don't wish ill will on him, and appreciative of his accomplishments here but tired of hearing his name.
All true. Not a big fan of his anymore. Seems quite a few people on the staff have questions on how he ran his program.
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RE: OT: Great story on Coach Ruff
(08-14-2016 07:04 PM)PurpleReigns2012 Wrote: (08-14-2016 12:47 PM)DownEastPirate Wrote: As more tidbits come out about how the previous staff was behind closed doors. How certain players and different situations were handled, even cussing out Pirate fans in an incident after a game while walking off the field I'm not sure everything was as lovey dovey as it seemed from the outside. Tired of hearing about him, don't care how he does with UVA, don't care about all these feel good stories. I don't wish ill will on him, and appreciative of his accomplishments here but tired of hearing his name.
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Just listen to some of the staff interviews after he got fired on pirate radio. Not hard to find if you have the time.
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RE: OT: Great story on Coach Ruff
He also does petty stuff on social media constantly like he's Selena Gomez or something.
Ruff is a good, kind hearted man. But his biggest character flaw is this: he's giant baby. And we saw every bit of that.
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RE: OT: Great story on Coach Ruff
(08-16-2016 06:35 AM)PiratePanther189 Wrote: He also does petty stuff on social media constantly like he's Selena Gomez or something.
Ruff is a good, kind hearted man. But his biggest character flaw is this: he's giant baby. And we saw every bit of that.
He should have set his sights higher after ECU, probably could have done well in the Presidential race with that quality. Would have fit right in.
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RE: OT: Great story on Coach Ruff
(08-14-2016 12:47 PM)DownEastPirate Wrote: As more tidbits come out about how the previous staff was behind closed doors. How certain players and different situations were handled, even cussing out Pirate fans in an incident after a game while walking off the field I'm not sure everything was as lovey dovey as it seemed from the outside. Tired of hearing about him, don't care how he does with UVA, don't care about all these feel good stories. I don't wish ill will on him, and appreciative of his accomplishments here but tired of hearing his name.
Yep, 2 sides to every story. Media loved him though so thats the perception that will dominate.
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RE: OT: Great story on Coach Ruff
Well played coach...
Ruff to ECU fans:
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