(02-16-2017 11:02 PM)BigEastHomer Wrote:  

(02-16-2017 10:35 PM)chess Wrote:  

(02-16-2017 09:41 PM)ultraviolet Wrote:  

(02-16-2017 05:52 PM)chess Wrote:  ECU hires a Tar Heel coach because UNC is one of the best basketball programs, gets great basketball players, and many turn out to be great coaches.

Don't slam ECU because ECU hired Jeff Lebo. It isn't working out. That happens.

That's not the issue. The issue is dragging it out 7 freaking seasons. It was obvious right after the fluke CIT tournament title. He peaked then and showed no reason for an extension, but got one that hamstrings us financially. He's lazy and uninspiring at his best. He would make a nice assistant for dadgum Roy.

I didn't give him an extension. The athletic director did.

Do you remember the sanctions after Herrion? Do you remember cleaning house, getting rid of the roster, for Ricky Stokes? Do you remember getting rid of the roster, again, for Lebo? ECU basketball started over from scratch 2 times in a very short time. I think Lebo's extension was to give the program some breathing room. Obviously, it didn't work as planned.

ECU finally has a home slate to get excited about... and Pirate basketball is mired in this cycle...

1.) Scheduling a bunch of nobodies OOC...
2.) Trying to lure third-rate transfers with limited eligibility...
3.) Beat some D2 teams early, and then lose most of their games, including to USF...
4.) Articles start appearing in the Carolina press about Votes of Confidence and reasons to keep Lebo on.

Like clockwork...

Its a sequence of events that doesn't look to be ending any time soon.

Next year will be Lebo's EIGHTH at ECU. His conference record at ECU is 40–72 (.357). If you count the creampuff 'RPI Vampires' he schedules to begin the year, his record at ECU is 110–114 (.491).

What other program in America, in a decent conference, allows those kinds of records to build? Particularly to a coach that will be going on year 20 with no NCAA appearances to show for it.

Damn... Take advantage of having quality brands coming to Minges to sell a coach and recruits on. Pirate basketball can actually be a money maker for the school, instead of a retirement plan for a corpse.

You are absolutely right. There's no reason why ECU cannot be a money maker. We need to get excited about basketball. We have great fans who support our programs, BUT with Lebo at the helm, it's not going to happen. We need a new young dynamic coach.

I am a Tulane fan and am embarrassed for ECU. It's so clear Lebo is not the answer. NC is loaded with talent and ECU has the assets in place to steal some of the talent from the local P5's. All those FBall fans need something to pay attention to come winter, it's a no brainer to invest in a quality up in coming coach.

I compare ECU Bball to Tulane FBall, all the potential, none of the results.

Good luck.

(02-17-2017 11:28 AM)Miami Pirate Wrote:  

(02-16-2017 11:02 PM)BigEastHomer Wrote:  

(02-16-2017 10:35 PM)chess Wrote:  

(02-16-2017 09:41 PM)ultraviolet Wrote:  

(02-16-2017 05:52 PM)chess Wrote:  ECU hires a Tar Heel coach because UNC is one of the best basketball programs, gets great basketball players, and many turn out to be great coaches.

Don't slam ECU because ECU hired Jeff Lebo. It isn't working out. That happens.

That's not the issue. The issue is dragging it out 7 freaking seasons. It was obvious right after the fluke CIT tournament title. He peaked then and showed no reason for an extension, but got one that hamstrings us financially. He's lazy and uninspiring at his best. He would make a nice assistant for dadgum Roy.

I didn't give him an extension. The athletic director did.

Do you remember the sanctions after Herrion? Do you remember cleaning house, getting rid of the roster, for Ricky Stokes? Do you remember getting rid of the roster, again, for Lebo? ECU basketball started over from scratch 2 times in a very short time. I think Lebo's extension was to give the program some breathing room. Obviously, it didn't work as planned.

ECU finally has a home slate to get excited about... and Pirate basketball is mired in this cycle...

1.) Scheduling a bunch of nobodies OOC...
2.) Trying to lure third-rate transfers with limited eligibility...
3.) Beat some D2 teams early, and then lose most of their games, including to USF...
4.) Articles start appearing in the Carolina press about Votes of Confidence and reasons to keep Lebo on.

Like clockwork...

Its a sequence of events that doesn't look to be ending any time soon.

Next year will be Lebo's EIGHTH at ECU. His conference record at ECU is 40–72 (.357). If you count the creampuff 'RPI Vampires' he schedules to begin the year, his record at ECU is 110–114 (.491).

What other program in America, in a decent conference, allows those kinds of records to build? Particularly to a coach that will be going on year 20 with no NCAA appearances to show for it.

Damn... Take advantage of having quality brands coming to Minges to sell a coach and recruits on. Pirate basketball can actually be a money maker for the school, instead of a retirement plan for a corpse.

You are absolutely right. There's no reason why ECU cannot be a money maker. We need to get excited about basketball. We have great fans who support our programs, BUT with Lebo at the helm, it's not going to happen. We need a new young dynamic coach.

I agree with all of this. Go Pirates!

(02-16-2017 05:52 PM)chess Wrote:  Don't slam ECU because ECU hired Jeff Lebo. It isn't working out. That happens.

Who is slamming ECU for hiring Lebo?

We slam ECU for extending Lebo for 8 more years after a CBI appearance. Just stupid.

The year Lebo was extended ecu was 67th in RPI. Things looked good, anyone who says they didn't is lying

(02-17-2017 12:18 PM)wavefan12 Wrote:  I am a Tulane fan and am embarrassed for ECU. It's so clear Lebo is not the answer. NC is loaded with talent and ECU has the assets in place to steal some of the talent from the local P5's. All those FBall fans need something to pay attention to come winter, it's a no brainer to invest in a quality up in coming coach.

I compare ECU Bball to Tulane FBall, all the potential, none of the results.

Good luck.

No no no. No Tulane fan is going to be "embarrassed for ECU" you guys are 4-21 in basketball. Lucky to get 1,000 fans at your games. One of the worst basketball programs in division 1. And one of the worst all time college football programs.

Cheers!

Why is this loser trolling for ECU stories?

(02-18-2017 12:44 PM)GrayBeard Wrote:  Why is this loser trolling for ECU stories?

With the recent rumors and innuendos being floated around about Wichita State and UConn - whether you like it or not - ECU basketball gets brought up a lot.

No ones trolling for ECU stories. ECU's ineptitude has become a story. Lebo has been there 7 years, and still ECU loses games like this to a team without a coach.





If Dunleavy doesn't get it done - and is still at Tulane 7 years from now - TRUST ME, he will be the source of message board fodder. However, Tulane under Dannen is making moves to be competitive across the board.

ECU is not.

Everyone else is. Even USF just fired a coach after Year three of no results.

The basketball coaching fraternity in the AAC is fast becoming a very accomplished group, with: Cronin, Tubby Smith, Sampson, Jankovich, Haith, Ollie, Dunphy, Dawkins, and Dunleavy. All the AAC needs now is time to let those men recruit and replenish their benches. Once USF hires their guy, they will be in the mix for better talent.

If ECU gives Lebo an 8th year, the Pirates are clearly doing the AAC conference an extreme disservice in light of the contracts in play over the next few years.

You gotta try fellas.

(02-18-2017 11:32 AM)DowdyPirate Wrote:  The year Lebo was extended ecu was 67th in RPI. Things looked good, anyone who says they didn't is lying

So many things wrong with this.

First, he was already under contract through 2019! when he got a 2-year extension in Feb. 2014.

Second, the RPI is used for selection purposes and only matters at the end of the regular season. ECU was 104 in the RPI (and 154 in Pomeroy) at the end of the 2013 regular season.

Third - ECU was not "looking good" that season. 18-12 puffed up with 4 wins over D2 schools. 14-12 against D1 competition. 9-7 in CUSA, a one-bid league. Knocked out of the conference tournament in the quarterfinals. ECU was barely above mediocre.

Finally, who cares about the CIT. You beat a bunch of nobodies from small conferences. And you played nearly all those games AT HOME. You had to bid on those games, so essentially you were buying victories. CIT success on your own court is no reason to give someone a raise.

(02-18-2017 02:59 PM)CougarRed Wrote:  he was already under contract through 2019! when he got a 2-year extension in Feb. 2014.

(02-18-2017 02:59 PM)CougarRed Wrote:  

(02-18-2017 11:32 AM)DowdyPirate Wrote:  The year Lebo was extended ecu was 67th in RPI. Things looked good, anyone who says they didn't is lying

So many things wrong with this.

First, he was already under contract through 2019! when he got a 2-year extension in Feb. 2014.

Second, the RPI is used for selection purposes and only matters at the end of the regular season. ECU was 104 in the RPI (and 154 in Pomeroy) at the end of the 2013 regular season.

Third - ECU was not "looking good" that season. 18-12 puffed up with 4 wins over D2 schools. 14-12 against D1 competition. 9-7 in CUSA, a one-bid league. Knocked out of the conference tournament in the quarterfinals. ECU was barely above mediocre.

Finally, who cares about the CIT. You beat a bunch of nobodies from small conferences. And you played nearly all those games AT HOME. You had to bid on those games, so essentially you were buying victories. CIT success on your own court is no reason to give someone a raise.

That was Lebo's third season taking over a program that had seen 3 coaches in 6 years rarely reaching 10 wins. Lebo came in and immediately doubled the conference win total.

Literally nobody talks about the CIT thats annoying, not ecu's fault they won it unlike Houston who failed to every time they played in the CBI.

Cusa was not that different that year than the American this year.

(02-18-2017 03:59 PM)DowdyPirate Wrote:  

(02-18-2017 02:59 PM)CougarRed Wrote:  

(02-18-2017 11:32 AM)DowdyPirate Wrote:  The year Lebo was extended ecu was 67th in RPI. Things looked good, anyone who says they didn't is lying

So many things wrong with this.

First, he was already under contract through 2019! when he got a 2-year extension in Feb. 2014.

Second, the RPI is used for selection purposes and only matters at the end of the regular season. ECU was 104 in the RPI (and 154 in Pomeroy) at the end of the 2013 regular season.

Third - ECU was not "looking good" that season. 18-12 puffed up with 4 wins over D2 schools. 14-12 against D1 competition. 9-7 in CUSA, a one-bid league. Knocked out of the conference tournament in the quarterfinals. ECU was barely above mediocre.

Finally, who cares about the CIT. You beat a bunch of nobodies from small conferences. And you played nearly all those games AT HOME. You had to bid on those games, so essentially you were buying victories. CIT success on your own court is no reason to give someone a raise.

That was Lebo's third season taking over a program that had seen 3 coaches in 6 years rarely reaching 10 wins. Lebo came in and immediately doubled the conference win total.

Literally nobody talks about the CIT thats annoying, not ecu's fault they won it unlike Houston who failed to every time they played in the CBI.

Cusa was not that different that year than the American this year.

BS.
CUSA was a 1 bid conference ever since the Big East pulled it apart.
If that CUSA was comparable to this years AAC, why can't Lebo beat the worst AAC team, USF? Are you telling me that Barkley et al are that much worse than the guys on your CBI team?
The sad fact is, this years terrible ECU squad (who will LOSE to 5 win Tulane next week - I'm calling my shot) would beat the brakes off the CBI ECU team.
You can talk crap about Houston but at least the Coogs made the NCAAs and the NIT since Lebo took over. Lebo has had 20years and no NCAA appearances.
I will have a good laugh when ECU loses to 5 win Tulane. Oh yes..

(02-18-2017 04:46 PM)BigEastHomer Wrote:  

(02-18-2017 03:59 PM)DowdyPirate Wrote:  

(02-18-2017 02:59 PM)CougarRed Wrote:  

(02-18-2017 11:32 AM)DowdyPirate Wrote:  The year Lebo was extended ecu was 67th in RPI. Things looked good, anyone who says they didn't is lying

So many things wrong with this.

First, he was already under contract through 2019! when he got a 2-year extension in Feb. 2014.

Second, the RPI is used for selection purposes and only matters at the end of the regular season. ECU was 104 in the RPI (and 154 in Pomeroy) at the end of the 2013 regular season.

Third - ECU was not "looking good" that season. 18-12 puffed up with 4 wins over D2 schools. 14-12 against D1 competition. 9-7 in CUSA, a one-bid league. Knocked out of the conference tournament in the quarterfinals. ECU was barely above mediocre.

Finally, who cares about the CIT. You beat a bunch of nobodies from small conferences. And you played nearly all those games AT HOME. You had to bid on those games, so essentially you were buying victories. CIT success on your own court is no reason to give someone a raise.

That was Lebo's third season taking over a program that had seen 3 coaches in 6 years rarely reaching 10 wins. Lebo came in and immediately doubled the conference win total.

Literally nobody talks about the CIT thats annoying, not ecu's fault they won it unlike Houston who failed to every time they played in the CBI.

Cusa was not that different that year than the American this year.

BS.
CUSA was a 1 bid conference ever since the Big East pulled it apart.
If that CUSA was comparable to this years AAC, why can't Lebo beat the worst AAC team, USF? Are you telling me that Barkley et al are that much worse than the guys on your CBI team?
The sad fact is, this years terrible ECU squad (who will LOSE to 5 win Tulane next week - I'm calling my shot) would beat the brakes off the CBI ECU team.
You can talk crap about Houston but at least the Coogs made the NCAAs and the NIT since Lebo took over.
I will have a good laugh when ECU loses to 5 win Tulane. Oh yes..

Why can't Temple beat ECU

(02-18-2017 04:50 PM)DowdyPirate Wrote:  

(02-18-2017 04:46 PM)BigEastHomer Wrote:  

(02-18-2017 03:59 PM)DowdyPirate Wrote:  

(02-18-2017 02:59 PM)CougarRed Wrote:  

(02-18-2017 11:32 AM)DowdyPirate Wrote:  The year Lebo was extended ecu was 67th in RPI. Things looked good, anyone who says they didn't is lying

So many things wrong with this.

First, he was already under contract through 2019! when he got a 2-year extension in Feb. 2014.

Second, the RPI is used for selection purposes and only matters at the end of the regular season. ECU was 104 in the RPI (and 154 in Pomeroy) at the end of the 2013 regular season.

Third - ECU was not "looking good" that season. 18-12 puffed up with 4 wins over D2 schools. 14-12 against D1 competition. 9-7 in CUSA, a one-bid league. Knocked out of the conference tournament in the quarterfinals. ECU was barely above mediocre.

Finally, who cares about the CIT. You beat a bunch of nobodies from small conferences. And you played nearly all those games AT HOME. You had to bid on those games, so essentially you were buying victories. CIT success on your own court is no reason to give someone a raise.

That was Lebo's third season taking over a program that had seen 3 coaches in 6 years rarely reaching 10 wins. Lebo came in and immediately doubled the conference win total.

Literally nobody talks about the CIT thats annoying, not ecu's fault they won it unlike Houston who failed to every time they played in the CBI.

Cusa was not that different that year than the American this year.

BS.
CUSA was a 1 bid conference ever since the Big East pulled it apart.
If that CUSA was comparable to this years AAC, why can't Lebo beat the worst AAC team, USF? Are you telling me that Barkley et al are that much worse than the guys on your CBI team?
The sad fact is, this years terrible ECU squad (who will LOSE to 5 win Tulane next week - I'm calling my shot) would beat the brakes off the CBI ECU team.
You can talk crap about Houston but at least the Coogs made the NCAAs and the NIT since Lebo took over.
I will have a good laugh when ECU loses to 5 win Tulane. Oh yes..

Why can't Temple beat ECU

As bad as the Temple team is this year, Dunphy has still taken the team to the dance multiple times.

You would cream your panties in ECU could experience the success Dunphy has had at Temple. Your CBI team would have gotten him fired a long time ago.

Just for ***** and giggles, Google Dunphys record and compare it with Lebos.

Unfortunately for Temple fans, this is a below average team. ECU didn't beat a post-season team. Not sure what you think it proves.

You need to worry about Tulane.

(02-17-2017 08:22 AM)BigEastHomer Wrote:  

(02-17-2017 01:13 AM)billybobby777 Wrote:  

(02-17-2017 01:05 AM)Mack and Friends Wrote:  DEAR FRIENDS,

THERE IS AN OMNIPOTENT TROLL NAMED "p23570" WHO IS ATTACKING THE BOARD IN WAYS I HAVE NEVER SEEN BEFORE.


THIS GUY MAKES BIG EAST HOMER LOOK LIKE THE POPE.


I AM ASKING YOU ALL TO PUT ASIDE YOUR DIFFERENCES, SAVE YOUR BATTLES FOR A LATER DAY, AND COME TOGETHER.


IMAGINE A SMART VERSION OF BIG EAST HOMER WHO ACTUALLY KNOWS A LITTLE ABOUT FOOTBALL, AND PERHAPS MORE VICIOUS.


HE MAY NOT HAVE A THOUSAND USERNAMES LIKE BEH (Tigersmoke, Phil Lacio etc etc etc) BUT HE IS MUCH MORE DANGEROUS.


WE NEED TO STICK TOGETHER. SIMPLE. WE SHALL CODE NAME p23570 the following: C3-PO. WE SHALL MAKE A MOCKERY OF THIS TROLL.

IF ANYONE SEES p23570 (AKA C3-PO) REPORT HIM AND REFER TO HIM AS THIS CODE NAME.


THANK YOU ALL.

I'll be on the lookout

Cheers!

ECU hanging with one of the schools you root for right now (UCF) it would be wonderful if your boys lost to ECU today.

Cheers!

(02-18-2017 05:22 PM)billybobby777 Wrote:  

(02-17-2017 08:22 AM)BigEastHomer Wrote:  

(02-17-2017 01:13 AM)billybobby777 Wrote:  

(02-17-2017 01:05 AM)Mack and Friends Wrote:  DEAR FRIENDS,

THERE IS AN OMNIPOTENT TROLL NAMED "p23570" WHO IS ATTACKING THE BOARD IN WAYS I HAVE NEVER SEEN BEFORE.


THIS GUY MAKES BIG EAST HOMER LOOK LIKE THE POPE.


I AM ASKING YOU ALL TO PUT ASIDE YOUR DIFFERENCES, SAVE YOUR BATTLES FOR A LATER DAY, AND COME TOGETHER.


IMAGINE A SMART VERSION OF BIG EAST HOMER WHO ACTUALLY KNOWS A LITTLE ABOUT FOOTBALL, AND PERHAPS MORE VICIOUS.


HE MAY NOT HAVE A THOUSAND USERNAMES LIKE BEH (Tigersmoke, Phil Lacio etc etc etc) BUT HE IS MUCH MORE DANGEROUS.


WE NEED TO STICK TOGETHER. SIMPLE. WE SHALL CODE NAME p23570 the following: C3-PO. WE SHALL MAKE A MOCKERY OF THIS TROLL.

IF ANYONE SEES p23570 (AKA C3-PO) REPORT HIM AND REFER TO HIM AS THIS CODE NAME.


THANK YOU ALL.

I'll be on the lookout

Cheers!

ECU hanging with one of the schools you root for right now (UCF) it would be wonderful if your boys lost to ECU today.

Cheers!

Lol! Gugooszh!!!

You have Tulane to worry about. I think they'll tap that, and get #6.

(02-18-2017 06:04 PM)BigEastHomer Wrote:  

(02-18-2017 05:22 PM)billybobby777 Wrote:  

(02-17-2017 08:22 AM)BigEastHomer Wrote:  

(02-17-2017 01:13 AM)billybobby777 Wrote:  

(02-17-2017 01:05 AM)Mack and Friends Wrote:  DEAR FRIENDS,

THERE IS AN OMNIPOTENT TROLL NAMED "p23570" WHO IS ATTACKING THE BOARD IN WAYS I HAVE NEVER SEEN BEFORE.


THIS GUY MAKES BIG EAST HOMER LOOK LIKE THE POPE.


I AM ASKING YOU ALL TO PUT ASIDE YOUR DIFFERENCES, SAVE YOUR BATTLES FOR A LATER DAY, AND COME TOGETHER.


IMAGINE A SMART VERSION OF BIG EAST HOMER WHO ACTUALLY KNOWS A LITTLE ABOUT FOOTBALL, AND PERHAPS MORE VICIOUS.


HE MAY NOT HAVE A THOUSAND USERNAMES LIKE BEH (Tigersmoke, Phil Lacio etc etc etc) BUT HE IS MUCH MORE DANGEROUS.


WE NEED TO STICK TOGETHER. SIMPLE. WE SHALL CODE NAME p23570 the following: C3-PO. WE SHALL MAKE A MOCKERY OF THIS TROLL.

IF ANYONE SEES p23570 (AKA C3-PO) REPORT HIM AND REFER TO HIM AS THIS CODE NAME.


THANK YOU ALL.

I'll be on the lookout

Cheers!

ECU hanging with one of the schools you root for right now (UCF) it would be wonderful if your boys lost to ECU today.

Cheers!

Lol! Gugooszh!!!

Lost to UCF by 3. Tulane is 5-21 and on a 1 game winning streak. It's at Tulane. The game could go either way.

Cheers!

(02-18-2017 06:15 PM)billybobby777 Wrote:  

(02-18-2017 06:04 PM)BigEastHomer Wrote:  

(02-18-2017 05:22 PM)billybobby777 Wrote:  

(02-17-2017 08:22 AM)BigEastHomer Wrote:  

(02-17-2017 01:13 AM)billybobby777 Wrote:  I'll be on the lookout

Cheers!

ECU hanging with one of the schools you root for right now (UCF) it would be wonderful if your boys lost to ECU today.

Cheers!

Lol! Gugooszh!!!

Lost to UCF by 3. Tulane is 5-21 and on a 1 game winning streak. It's at Tulane. The game could go either way.

Cheers!

1 game doesn't really constitute a streak. ECU should be at the point in their program where blowing out a 1st year coach with only 5 wins should be a gimme.

That's the real point of this thread. Lebo hasn't done his job.

(02-18-2017 06:18 PM)BigEastHomer Wrote:  

(02-18-2017 06:15 PM)billybobby777 Wrote:  

(02-18-2017 06:04 PM)BigEastHomer Wrote:  

(02-18-2017 05:22 PM)billybobby777 Wrote:  

(02-17-2017 08:22 AM)BigEastHomer Wrote:  

ECU hanging with one of the schools you root for right now (UCF) it would be wonderful if your boys lost to ECU today.

Cheers!

Lol! Gugooszh!!!

Lost to UCF by 3. Tulane is 5-21 and on a 1 game winning streak. It's at Tulane. The game could go either way.

Cheers!

1 game doesn't really constitute a streak. ECU should be at the point in their program where blowing out a 1st year coach with only 5 wins should be a gimme.

That's the real point of this thread. Lebo hasn't done his job.

It should be a gimmie to beat a 5-21 team in front of their 700 fans....but it's not. How come you don't give Tulane more crap for their terrible football and basketball teams, and their amazingly low attendance? Is it because they are in a bigger market?

Cheers!