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Post by catamountalum04 on Nov 30, 2023 12:34:23 GMT -5
I've heard ECU has interest! Correct
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Post by FLCATAMOUNT on Nov 30, 2023 13:22:02 GMT -5
I still think that going to ECU would be a big mistake. Coach Houston is not a very good coach and he will probably be fired at the end of next year. ECU has a good year every 5 to 10 years and then they go back to obscurity.
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Post by wcugrad95 on Nov 30, 2023 14:23:58 GMT -5
Anybody care to share actual articles or mentions about the ECU move? Lot's of "I'm hearing" but I don't see anything about it online. The things I am pulling up say ECU would like to have the hire in place by this weekend with the transfer portal opening-up on Monday, and that they have already had significant talks with guys and were bringing people in now to move quickly. But I see zero names mentioned. ECU was a top-25 offensive unit in 2022 but their defense sucked. This past year their defense was top-40 but their offense really sucked.
Should also be noted that Kirkpatrick has been Houston's OC for the past 8 years (since 2016 at JMU). So Kirkpatrick was the Pirate's scape-goat for their 2-win season.
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Post by cbyland on Dec 1, 2023 9:29:23 GMT -5
In reference to this ECU has interest in Kade Bell thing. I can shade a little light or inside knowledge (I went to ECU for my Masters so I keep up with them too, moreso during baseball season though) because during football and basketball I am all in on the Cats and the Bells.
ECU plans to hire by this weekend and "Hot Seat" and stubborn Houston knows he has to make a homerun hire and the 3 names that have been confirmed for interviews is John David Baker of Ole Miss, Kennan Bailey of Ohio State, and Chad Morris.
However, The interest in Kade is not from ECU coaches and admin per say, it was the fanbases from 247's "Hoist the Colours" earlier in the season when WCU was healthy and lighting everyone up and Mike Houston and ECU had lost to Rice. The fan base thought they could fire Houston and get Kerwin Bell or Kerwin and Kade Bell to come to ECU as a package deal. I quickly called then out on that and made it clear Kerwin would not leave his position at WCU for ECU and Kade is not leaving his dad to be OC at ECU, especially when Houston is on the hot seat and its known that Houston has to approve the offense that is to be run. Kerwin I think gives input and advice to Kade but trusts Kade enough to let him run his offense. Houston knows he has to make a bowl next year or he is gone, so Kade would not leave his dads team that very well may compete for a SoCon title or playoffs next year and the Bells do not need the money so if Kade does leave it will be down the road, after WCU accomplishes some goals and even then if there is a behind the scenes deal to let Kade become HC at WCU when Kerwin retires he may actually stay here, because Kade is young and if he ever became HC see here and continues to win, he will get big time offers for HC not just OC.
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Post by catamountalum04 on Dec 1, 2023 15:03:34 GMT -5
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Post by catamountfanatic07 on Dec 1, 2023 22:40:35 GMT -5
Anybody care to share actual articles or mentions about the ECU move? Lot's of "I'm hearing" but I don't see anything about it online. The things I am pulling up say ECU would like to have the hire in place by this weekend with the transfer portal opening-up on Monday, and that they have already had significant talks with guys and were bringing people in now to move quickly. But I see zero names mentioned. ECU was a top-25 offensive unit in 2022 but their defense sucked. This past year their defense was top-40 but their offense really sucked. Should also be noted that Kirkpatrick has been Houston's OC for the past 8 years (since 2016 at JMU). So Kirkpatrick was the Pirate's scape-goat for their 2-win season. There’s always the “hearing” crowd, who at times, I feel like wants to be the TMZ of the catamount boards and “report what they have heard or think they know. Maybe they do know but history has shown very few actually have any real knowledge of the situation.
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Post by Speedwell Cat on Dec 5, 2023 7:25:44 GMT -5
Some Pitt fans seem to think he’s a finalist up there
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Post by catamountalum04 on Dec 5, 2023 9:00:43 GMT -5
interesting
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Post by FLCATAMOUNT on Dec 5, 2023 13:49:45 GMT -5
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Post by catamountalum04 on Dec 5, 2023 13:53:23 GMT -5
If he stays one more year of top ranks on offense he will be gone. I think the only hold back on Kade is some of the bigger games like FU where he was kinda shut down by the lack of in game adjustments
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