Ruffin McNeil Fired at ECU

[USFAlum1]

http://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/ncaaf/aac/2015/12/04/east-carolina-fires-coach-ruffin-mcneill/76779090/

Another one bites the dust

[usfgrad84]

I just read this. Don't understand this one. They were going through a rebuilding year plus their starting QB was hurt in preaseason. 

Some program will be picking up a very solid coach and a good guy. 

[Dogma]

Now that one is surprising.

Out of nowhere.

[Danm1983]

Now that one is surprising.

Out of nowhere.

Ecu seems to have a mindset like a team that has been a blue blood winning program. Too high expectations, but that's on them. Good luck lol

Edited December 5, 2015 by Danm1983

[Rizman]

Not smart at all.   

[I like GOOOOLD (and green)]

ECU has $ to spend on a coach, looking at a fresh face with recruiting prowess.  ECU isn't a blueblood but they are a consistently better team than most that currently reside in the AAC.

[Apis Bull]

ECU has $ to spend on a coach, looking at a fresh face with recruiting prowess.  ECU isn't a blueblood but they are a consistently better team than most that currently reside in the AAC.

You were 3-5 in conference this year.  How is that consistently better than most of the teams in the conference?

[I like GOOOOLD (and green)]

Because that's just one season, Apis.  This theory applies across the board, not just to the Pirates.  For example, despite a good season USF has been consistently bad for the last half decade...UCF despite a bad season has been consistently good over the same amount of time.  I understand that it behooves your psyche attm to have a short memory on these matters but consistency is the true measure of a program and that is what ECU is seeking.  They are hoping to establish a 5-7 young/injury riddled campaign as the nadir.  ECU is doing what they can to position themselves for growth, like everyone else in the American.  Time will tell rather quickly whether this move pays off or not.  Butch Davis would be a good pickup.  

[Apis Bull]

Consistently

[I like GOOOOLD (and green)]

A single outcome does not quantify a trend by any measure; consistency is derived from trends. The previous statement makes complete sense, and the proper word was indeed used.  Is this where someone who thinks they're being clever adds a classy 'your thinking isn't thinking the way it should be thinking' or 'maybe your thinking is the problem' meme?