(04-01-2015 03:07 PM)82hawk Wrote:  UNCW owns EZU in basketball and always has. The only thing EZU has going is a BOG that is limiting the size and scope of UNCW despite the incredible demand for students to attend here. With only 14,000 students, we simply don't have the financial horsepower of student fees EZU has. However, if we get the Chancellor I hope we get, he has his eyes set on 20k at UNCW and is a powerhouse fundraiser. Things may change rapidly.

Furthermore, given the chance, does anyone think Keatts would have taken the job at perennial loser EZU? Not a chance.

Given the fact that Coach Pitino had an impact on helping guide Keatts to a program that has a significant upside... I'd say ECU didn't stand a chance. Sure, they play in the AAC but in terms of turning a program in a conference winner and doing so efficiently... UNCW was the better choice hands down. Now, I'm not naive. I understand that the reason for that is that we play in a weak conference right now thanks to our heavy hitters leaving for the A10. Regardless though, we HAVE had more success historically concerning quality basketball coaches than ECU. That's not debatable. Let's just start from Coach Wainwright and work our way to the present:

Coach Wainwright...
Coach Brownell...
Coach Moss...
Coach Peterson...
Coach Keatts.

Moss and Peterson were the only two hires that you have a shot at debating coaching strength. Wainwright, Brownell, and Keatts all take the cake in comparison to what ECU has. Those are the facts, Jack.