I understand your comment, John. What Coach Mo has left over from the previous regime just can't compete in this new league or our schedule. But, Montgomery has been bringing in BETTER talent than McNeil. This better talent is a MINIMUM for our schedule and this league. What I saw Saturday was a more talented team than JMU that wasn't prepared. Physically, our players were limping or carried off the field while JMU had none of that.......hmmmmmm, where are you, Jeff Conners? Also, there was no fire in the belly, no meanness. Just a bunch of talented, out of shape, scared to death kids that were totally unprepared. If the coaches can't light a fire under these guys it will be a long season. If they can light a fire I think you will see a lot of injuries because they physically are not prepared.

Great Post I really hate the term TIME. Coach Mo has time, AD has time, university has time and etc. Those kids don't have time. All those players have is 4 years if the coach renew their scholarship

Fire Coach Mo Now and don't want for 2-10 Record. Its not fair to the players at all. Give them something to play for.

Ruffin loves his players and that the best recruit that you going to get. Coach Mo recruited all these kids from different states and gave up on the University & Coach Saturday. Ruffin player NEVER gave up.

Question, Why do you feel firing Ruffin was a great move? 5-7 with the third string qb is pretty good. Plus ECU was a runner up for a bowl game at 5 wins. Remember the AD stated ECU will not play in any bowls. Selfish Act on the AD that doesn't care. If those player had a chance to play one more game. Plus $ $$ to ECU as well

I doubt that any of our linemen on either side of the ball could get any playing time on the JMU team, not many would have a chance to dress for games seeing how fat most of them are. Football starts up front. I loved Ruff but he didn't earn his money, recruiting is the name of the game. Alabama wins because they have the best players, not because of the Coach. Ruff didn't recruit,Mo will, it takes time, look back, John Thompson recruited some good players, Skip recruited some good players, Hardy walked on, as did 5 other starters, Zay was referred by his Dad. Mo goes after Juco's and transfers because he has no other options, 18 year olds aren't physically ready for d-1 ball. Until we can red shirt an entire class of linemen things will remain the same in Pirate land.

Mo seems like a good guy; he's got a fire in him, and he obviously loves the game and loves being a coach. However, I'm starting to question if he has a grasp on what he will need to succeed at ECU. JMU was a stout team, and absolutely deserved to win with the way they played. I don't think anyway should fool themselves into thinking that JMU wouldn't challenge more than half the power 5 teams out there. However, the total manhandling the Pirates received was too much; it should have been a close game at the very least, but the Pirates looked disjointed and sputtering on both sides of the ball. I think the athletic talent is there at ECU, but I don't think it's being appropriately coached. There's a lot more football to play this year, but it will be a rally for the record books if ECU gets a win before the Tulane game--and even that's looking uncertain. Maybe Mo just isn't a good fit for the program. I'm sure he could do well somewhere, but if the pirates go 2-10 this year, it'll be obvious that the "somewhere" isn't in Greenville.

I have said it before. McNeill just was not a recruiter. He believed in plugging graduation holes with JUCO transfers. They did not have to develop within McNeill's philosophy. Whatever that was. He won with Skip's recruits, then the cupboard was bare because of his lack of recruiting ability. Heck, his defenses at Tech were pathetic. Scotty has a tough roadecision in front of him, but deserves a more than fair chance. Now for the A-Hole AD whom let USC out of a commitment to play in Greenville and cost the program, ECU, Greenville Merchants including hotels and restaurants a lot of money. Why? Because the USC was a buddy of his. Why are we extending his contract. He is a really bad AD, and the only extension he deserves is one so we can move him out of G-Vegas

I have often wondered why we seem to think adding twenty to thirty pounds of fat to a lineman would make that player a better athlete. Without naming any names, there is one lineman on offense who is obese and based on his lack of aggression should not be on scholarship at any college football program.

I understand firing Ruff...it was time. And Mo is struggling still with a program that was in a nose dive. What I don't understand and still upsets me...why the Compher extention? I need some answers.

It's obvious that ECU will win only two or three games this year. They just don't have the talent to compete. Coupled with a three win season last year the handwriting is on the wall

I met a starting offensive linemen a few months ago. Nice guy. But he darn sure looked nothing like Terry Long, Tom Scott, etc. of the past. Those guys were fast, muscular as heck, very little fat with the perception of mean. This kid was suppose to be a star on our offensive line. I told my buddy at the time he looked overweight and why was he sporting a "man bun"? In a testosterone laden sport like football where strength, speed, brains and a little streak of meanness are good things I can't understand this with our coaching staff. I don't want to be hard on this kid --- because lets face, the entire team looked like a powder puff womens team. What I DO expect is the coaching staff PREPARE these guys for battle. This kid, and the team, in my opinion, was not prepared by the strength coach as well as the O line coach and on up the line. I hope they can light a fire under these players quickly or it will be a very long season!

Im more put of that the DFS project was one time on budget. Once Compher secured his new contract he announces it will take twice as long and needs more money. That misrepresentation and mismanagement is more reason to get rid of Comper.

JMU shredded ECU’s preseason ECU hype balloon. Some Pirate talent, but Saturday night’s fragmented, inconsistent effort is indicative of a very long season.

I'm not sure if we have the talent/leadership on this team to pull off a '73 type recovery. I have the same feeling as I did during the JT era.