Well said...thank you for this! Go Pirates!!

This article is reality. It's not practical for us to make a change now. There is not a decent head coach that would step into this environment right now without a permanent AD and with this non-supportive fan base. If you are a true Pirate fan, I have no idea how you can withhold support financially and not show up to pull for your Pirates. How can anyone possibly think either is helpful?!?! Too many people associate Ruff's firing with Mo. Coach Mo had nothing to do with it. I assume Compher made the decision based on some upper echelon financial supporters that wouldn't get behind the Southside renovation project without his dismissal. Ruff would have stayed forever but that ship has sailed. I'm so happy things have worked out for him at OU. Again, none of this is really Mo's fault. He landed a position he probably wasn't ready for, however, we've now provided 3 years of on the job training. If you haven't seen improvement this year, then you just are too jaded to look at it realistically. Think about if our offense improves over the last half of the year and going into next year as much as our defense did in the off season, where will we be? We will be moving back to the Pirates we all love. While there will always be coaching decisions we all question, the majority of issues I have seen so far had more to do with our players executing than with coaching. For instance, our receivers need to step up big time to help our young quarterbacks out. These guys need to look at some tape of Dwayne Harris, Justin Hardy and Zay Jones who have set the benchmark. We have 3 winnable games and then need to find a way to beat Cincy or the Pack to become bowl eligible. I'll be pulling hard for that. Getting a bowl would be a huge step in the right direction. It would essentially provide our young players with another "spring practice" which will only help them grow. I played football at ECU, I graduated from ECU, I support the Pirate Club, I have football season tickets and I was there Saturday night and will be for the last 2 home games (BTW, I'll also be in Raleigh since there is no way in hell State make s the ACC Champ game). Let's stop all the negative nonsense and get behind OUR PIRATES!!

I had the opportunity to meet Terry Long one day in Greenville before he went on to a career protecting Steelers QB's. Met others on the O line, too. In the past couple of years I've had the opportunity to meet some of our starting offensive linemen. The guys from years ago were lean, fast and strong as an ox. The offensive linemen today, and I hate to say this, just look fat. And I'm sorry guys, when you put your hair up in a feminine "man bun" like what my mother used to wear it just makes you look like a big P. If you act like a pushover and look like a pushover in a contact sport like football -- guess what? Somebody had to say it! OK, I'm ready to take my beating from the PC'ers out there.

I remember when Jeff Connors could turn a boy offensive lineman into a hulk. A very quick speedy hulk. I wonder what happened? Are we out-thinking ourselves and need to fall back on the things that worked in the past maybe?

I thought it was just me! I have wondered the exact same thing.

It has been a while since I really looked forward to basketball season...……..

Holton is a winner! Sure would like to see him have a coach - Our D coach would be a great interim - He has earned it! Mo, just seems lost to me. When we ran 4 QB runs in a row the other night, I was just praying we didn't put our future in harms way. That is ridiculous. He is not a fullback! No imagination - I'd like to see this team and these players have a real leader. No reason for us to be losing. CF was not that good IMO. Jump pass? Good grief, it's like a bad JV team. Sure like to see a punt returned for a change.

Assuming the rumors are true that Hart is about to be named AD or some Chancellor of Athletics title that basically means AD he’ll have the power and ability to make a decision on Mo. Now I think he’s prefer to not have to fire him, but I think he’s likely gotta get to 5-7 or better to be able to sell to an already beaten down fan base that this is one year from turning around. I think it might very well be 1 year from a breakout, but 3-9, 3-9, and then something like 3-9 or 4-8 makes that an impossible sell with the new expansion opening up next year.

You are ignoring Hart's comment that 40K fans would determine Montgomery's fate. The poor ticket sales and attendance, which will worsen as the weather gets colder, show that fans are sending a message to the Chancellor and BOT and it is not a message of approval. Another year could financially devastate the program and the students are not going to continue to pay for the administration's mistakes. Fans won't be back when the only "progess" seen is coming back marginally from the previously uncharted depths that this head coach has taken the program to.

Other Than Ahlers we have no running game whatsoever and the O line is generally weak overall. The offensive line is generally the key to any solid football team because the running game not only helps the offense be more versatile but a solid running game takes a lot of pressure off the defense and allows the D to rest and stay off the field. Other than giving up the typical big plays we always do the defense is making a lot of plays and stops but the offense has to be more constant especially in the red zone if this team wants to win a couple more games this year.......kind of sad to even say that about this proud program but that i s were this program is right now under this head coach.

Whenever we score a TD this year it feels like we got lucky, not the result of clever game planning.

NEED TO TALK TO RANDY SHANNON AT UCF A COACH WITH EXPERIENCE

- dual-threat presence - open up the running game - more time and space - good corps of receivers - good defense (absent Temple) 'nuff said; the Pirates should be able to win several more games, quite possibly enough to give Coach a reprieve.

Great comment about Ahlers. He's our future. He showed last night he can pass the ball. He's going to have some ups and downs - but we have to let him play and get game experience. He's exciting, he's a leader - and given our overall won/loss situation this year - he's worth the price of admission to watch and to come to the games. Go Pirates!

Ahlers came in during the garbage time of the game. He was playing against the Houston Cheerleeders which every puts in when they are crushing the other team. Let’s hold off on putting Ahlers in the Hall of Fame. Honestly I would rather you focus your articles on who is going to be the next football coach. Because it is time for Montgomery to get fired!