(08-05-2020 09:33 AM)JMURocks Wrote:  

(08-05-2020 08:57 AM)Purple Wrote:  

(08-01-2020 08:11 PM)Anders Wrote:  People may rag on Houston being scared of the matchup but I get it. He was part of what built the powerhouse that is JMU football and needs some time to rebuild ECU. Would love to see a series between the schools but I get him being hesitant.

Mikey is going to need more than time "to rebuild ECU." I still predict that the Pirates will remain a dumpster fire. No amount of locker room fire and brimstone is going to fix that. Houston was totally out to lunch during his last season in the burg, especially against Elon, New Hampshire, and Colgate.

Part of it will come down to whether or not the new DC can perform better than Trott, and also how their recruiting goes next year or two. They seem to be loaded at QB, but struggling with the run game and OL/protection. Sound familiar?

I see it as a bad omen that Trott was pushed out so quick. The boosters are impatient there, and some fans are already calling for Houston’s head because they are unhappy with what they saw out of the OL last year, and they what they perceive as lack of recruiting to fix that. They perceive him as a lower level FCS coach in over his head, which I think is part of the reason Trott didn’t last.

I’m really not sure MH fully understood the headaches he was walking into. Fixing JMU wasn’t a rebuild, it happened in year one with Trott fixing the D schemes and MH fixing a divided locker room. We had the talent on day 1.

Kinda interesting he bought in one of his former assistants to replace Trott....