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(01-08-2019 01:17 PM)ECUGrad07 Wrote:  

(01-07-2019 12:11 PM)Ragpicker Wrote:  

(01-07-2019 11:03 AM)ECUGrad07 Wrote:  If we suck so badly and are such scrubs, you really ought not lose to us as often as you do.

I mean, it's really not our fault that your players and coaches can't figure out how to win at ECU. James Madison & High Point figured it out. Maybe the American ought to add them.

The Joe Dooley era is going to bring out a lot of tantrums like these from our AAC brethren.

ECU basketball...lol. You don't really believe in it. No Pirate fan would.

BUT WHAT HAPPENED TO YOUR BELOVED FOOTBALL PROGRAM? Fire the wrong guy...hehe

ECU basketball has crazy potential. We are located in possibly the best state for college basketball in the entire country. We have tons of homegrown kids that we can try and keep home... guys like your beloved Gary Clark. We are in an extremely talent-rich area, and with some good coaching and good recruiting, we can finally have a program we can be proud of. ECU basketball has been HORRIBLY undervalued by previous administrations and it really is a crime how terribly it has been mismanaged until now.

The point is, we have hired the right guy. Joe Dooley is the only coach to ever win at ECU. Our last NCAA Tournament appearance was with Joe Dooley as head coach. Pirate fans are DESPERATE for a good basketball program, and we truly believe that Joe Dooley is the guy to get us to where we want to be.

As for football... yeah, we fired Ruffin McNeill and endured 3 miserable seasons with an absolute hack running the program. However, it's very likely that Ruffin wouldn't have done much better than Coach Mo, considering it was the vast majority of Ruff's players that started the 3-9, 3-9, 3-9 nightmare.

Just like in basketball, ECU has hired the right guy in Mike Houston. The guy is a flat-out winner and is going to make ECU football relevant and respected again. So, don't worry about us... we're going to be just fine. Starting to sound like you may be in the market for a head basketball coach and Fickell may get poached after next year. So, I wouldn't be too cocky just yet.

And Joe Dooley from years ago will be your most recent NCAA appearance for many years. Lost to no-coach Penny and his travelling team of NCAA violations I see. Please go back to irrelevance and chit-chat with the fellas on your own board on how a guy named Houston is going to bring back Greenville Nation.

I don't have much faith in ECU coming to any level of basketball prominence for a program that has only made the NCAA tournament twice since 1965. That said, if Joe Dooley can get his kids to believe and play hard and to be competitive in games then that would certainly be a start.

On the flip, I absolutely want the ECU football program to get back on track. They have a great stadium and passionate fans. We play ECU every year since they are in the East Division and any improvement to their program helps us as well. Maybe Mike Houston can be similar to Ohio State's Jim Tressel who had good recruiting connections and prior success at FCS Youngstown State. Houston can't be as worse as Scottie Mo...