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RE: Did Jeff Lebo get a vote of confidence from ECU AD Jeff Compher?
I don't expect either school to issue a vote of confidence. As well neither of them wants to eat their current deals.

Everyone whining about it is just noise.

What does USF have returning next year? That usually says a lot (even if they were bad). ECU has about 72% of its offense returning, an injured big man, and freshmen PG and SG...probably another JUCO big.
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RE: Did Jeff Lebo get a vote of confidence from ECU AD Jeff Compher?
(03-20-2016 07:05 PM)ECUgradstudent Wrote:  
(03-20-2016 07:02 PM)b0ndsj0ns Wrote:  
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(03-20-2016 06:14 PM)b0ndsj0ns Wrote:  If Antigua is so bad he wouldn't have kicked Lebo's ass twice. Shut up about a 2nd year coach that will be fired next year if it's not way better vs our 6th year coach who blows. Stop deflecting. Also if we are so damn broke we wouldn't be starting women's LAX and trying to build a lavish 50+ million stadium expansion. Fixing hoops is far more pressing an issue than those things.

I don't have to shut up about it....lets hold other programs to the same standard ECU is being held to. I recall ECU firing a head basketball coach after two dreadful years...why is Antigua getting a third year?

Call a spade a spade. It will cost USF much less to fire Antigua than it will ECU to fire Lebo.

Stokes would have gotten a 3rd year except he was banging the help. Also it's gonna cost more per year to start women's LAX than it will to fire Lebo.

Always heard that rumor so tell us (without name), what the position of the person was that he was banging?

Nothing too exciting. Just missionary position.
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RE: Did Jeff Lebo get a vote of confidence from ECU AD Jeff Compher?
(03-21-2016 07:49 AM)HP-TBDPITL Wrote:  I don't expect either school to issue a vote of confidence. As well neither of them wants to eat their current deals.

Everyone whining about it is just noise.

What does USF have returning next year? That usually says a lot (even if they were bad). ECU has about 72% of its offense returning, an injured big man, and freshmen PG and SG...probably another JUCO big.

Neither school???

It's absurd to think that in year two that anyone would suggest USF would address Antigua. You sir, are acting like an idiot.

They are not in the category of ECU, who has a coach with a losing record over 6 seasons.

Memphis just made a public statement about Josh Pastner. Media have speculated about Lebo's position, so it would stand to reason that Compher would address the situation.
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(03-21-2016 07:49 AM)HP-TBDPITL Wrote:  ECU has about 72% of its offense returning, an injured big man, and freshmen PG and SG...probably another JUCO big.

What does this have to do with anything?

Both Tulane and UCF had a lot more high-level talent returning that this. To me, that looks like ECU is in trouble.
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RE: Did Jeff Lebo get a vote of confidence from ECU AD Jeff Compher?
(03-20-2016 11:52 AM)ECUgradstudent Wrote:  
(03-20-2016 08:10 AM)blunderbuss Wrote:  
(03-20-2016 07:44 AM)Mikeyp Wrote:  Well I'm sure you have all the answers so I'm not going to get into it but your point is correct. It's basketball in NC! Sadly, who's going to come play at ECU when you can play at Duke, unc or even state or wake. It's the sad current reality of basketball at ECU. We need someone who can sell the program and recruit.

Oh stfu with that bull****. Do you even bother looking at UNC and Duke rosters. Most aren't even from NC, especially at Duke. I'm so tired of this half added excuse getting trotted out time and time and time again.

Ffs, do some research on how many quality players from NC and up in the A10, CAA, CUSA and even other AAC schools. NC is loaded with basketball talent and they all can't play in the ACC.

For example, the Cincy/St Joe's game had 4 or 5 players from NC either starting or getting significant minutes. FOUR played for St. Joes. One was from Williamston right up the road from ECU.I guarantee that they had no clue where that school even was before they were recruited.

Lebo missed on Gary Clark at Cincy. He missed out on Akeem Richmond to friggin Rhode Island. Luckily he got homesick. We lost Bazemore to ODU. PLENTY of others have ended up at UNCC, VCU, UNCG, UNCA and lesser ACC schools. Simply put, you have NO ******* idea what you're talking about.

Lebo should have been **** canned after failing to reach the NCAA or NIT in 2013. That team was one of the most talented we ever had. Instead he pissed it away into a sorry ass CIT and got extended. Its a joke for that to happen.

Sadly, ECU has not had a men's basketball coach that could come close to building a program since Eddie Payne left for the West Coast. Even Bill Herrion who was popular amongst students and fanbase was just a used car salesman that made you feel good when you were around him but "after you drive off the lot" or evaluate the program, you realize what you had was not that great.

Joe Dooley and we fired him.
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RE: Did Jeff Lebo get a vote of confidence from ECU AD Jeff Compher?
(03-21-2016 09:07 AM)BigEastHomer Wrote:  
(03-21-2016 07:49 AM)HP-TBDPITL Wrote:  ECU has about 72% of its offense returning, an injured big man, and freshmen PG and SG...probably another JUCO big.

What does this have to do with anything?

Both Tulane and UCF had a lot more high-level talent returning that this. To me, that looks like ECU is in trouble.

I'm not sure returning 72% of your scoring off a team that was ranked 277th in PPG is exactly something to boast about. Not to mention for all we know Barkley, Tyson and maybe Tejada could all be gone. I wouldn't blame them if they were.

As far as the big men, lets be real, no big men that are currently going to be on the 2016-17 roster are worthy of starting in the AAC. Sucks to say but that just is what it is.
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(03-21-2016 10:05 AM)DownEastPirate Wrote:  
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(03-21-2016 07:49 AM)HP-TBDPITL Wrote:  ECU has about 72% of its offense returning, an injured big man, and freshmen PG and SG...probably another JUCO big.

What does this have to do with anything?

Both Tulane and UCF had a lot more high-level talent returning that this. To me, that looks like ECU is in trouble.

I'm not sure returning 72% of your scoring off a team that was ranked 277th in PPG is exactly something to boast about. Not to mention for all we know Barkley, Tyson and maybe Tejada could all be gone. I wouldn't blame them if they were.

As far as the big men, lets be real, no big men that are currently going to be on the 2016-17 roster are worthy of starting in the AAC. Sucks to say but that just is what it is.

Just more cookie cutter nonsense from the ECU fans who don't get it.
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RE: Did Jeff Lebo get a vote of confidence from ECU AD Jeff Compher?
I received a similar e-mail... here is what I sent, and is followed by Jeff Compher's response:

"Hello Mr. Compher,

As a proud ECU alumnus (BA & MA) and long-time Pirate Club member, I have to reiterate what likely many of my fellow alumni have communicated to you regarding our men’s basketball program. We are tired of being the laughingstock of North Carolina when it comes to men’s basketball. North Carolina is arguably the most tradition-rich state in the country when it comes to college basketball, and with our move to the American Athletic Conference, there is absolutely no reason that our program shouldn’t flourish.

ECU fans are dying to have a competitive basketball program... a program we can be proud of. Jeff Lebo gave us an exciting year in 2013 when we won the CIT. However, in retrospect, that team underachieved tremendously. There was so much talent on that roster that was mismanaged, poorly coached, and wasted. I think 2013 was Jeff Lebo’s ceiling when it comes to basketball success at ECU. It is time that we bring in an exciting coach that wants to be here, or take a look at someone with a long coaching history, like Mike Davis.

ECU is already known around the country as a rabid football school. We are also known as a rabid football school with terrible basketball. You have the power to change that.

You held Ruffin McNeill to a high standard. Please hold Jeff Lebo to the same. It’s time to part ways. Lebo is a good man who I’ve met personally on several occasions… but the program needs a breath of fresh air, and some life. I know you’ll do what you know to be best for ECU, and I trust your judgment.

Go Pirates"

And the response I received...

"Mr. xxxx:
I appreciate your comments and thoughts regarding Coach Lebo and the Men’s Basketball program.
Jeff"
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(03-21-2016 07:49 AM)HP-TBDPITL Wrote:  ECU has about 72% of its offense returning, an injured big man, and freshmen PG and SG...probably another JUCO big.

What does this have to do with anything?

Both Tulane and UCF had a lot more high-level talent returning that this. To me, that looks like ECU is in trouble.

I'm not sure returning 72% of your scoring off a team that was ranked 277th in PPG is exactly something to boast about. Not to mention for all we know Barkley, Tyson and maybe Tejada could all be gone. I wouldn't blame them if they were.

As far as the big men, lets be real, no big men that are currently going to be on the 2016-17 roster are worthy of starting in the AAC. Sucks to say but that just is what it is.

Just more cookie cutter nonsense from the ECU fans who don't get it.

The defense of Leblow and the excuses made for ECU hoops by some of PirateNation are baffling.

After six years he has a losing record, one padded by wins from outside the division and he has the personality and enthusiasm of a manikin.

This is the kind of bull**** that the catholic schools didn't want to associate with. All we're doing is proving them correct.
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(03-21-2016 10:17 AM)ECUGrad07 Wrote:  I received a similar e-mail... here is what I sent, and is followed by Jeff Compher's response:

"Hello Mr. Compher,

As a proud ECU alumnus (BA & MA) and long-time Pirate Club member, I have to reiterate what likely many of my fellow alumni have communicated to you regarding our men’s basketball program. We are tired of being the laughingstock of North Carolina when it comes to men’s basketball. North Carolina is arguably the most tradition-rich state in the country when it comes to college basketball, and with our move to the American Athletic Conference, there is absolutely no reason that our program shouldn’t flourish.

ECU fans are dying to have a competitive basketball program... a program we can be proud of. Jeff Lebo gave us an exciting year in 2013 when we won the CIT. However, in retrospect, that team underachieved tremendously. There was so much talent on that roster that was mismanaged, poorly coached, and wasted. I think 2013 was Jeff Lebo’s ceiling when it comes to basketball success at ECU. It is time that we bring in an exciting coach that wants to be here, or take a look at someone with a long coaching history, like Mike Davis.

ECU is already known around the country as a rabid football school. We are also known as a rabid football school with terrible basketball. You have the power to change that.

You held Ruffin McNeill to a high standard. Please hold Jeff Lebo to the same. It’s time to part ways. Lebo is a good man who I’ve met personally on several occasions… but the program needs a breath of fresh air, and some life. I know you’ll do what you know to be best for ECU, and I trust your judgment.

Go Pirates"

And the response I received...

"Mr. xxxx:
I appreciate your comments and thoughts regarding Coach Lebo and the Men’s Basketball program.
Jeff"

I emailed him about it too, he undoubtedly knows the fan perspective. Though he likely tied his own hands with the dumb extension he gave Leblow just a couple years ago. I am not one who thinks Compher is out to ruin ECU athletics like some of PirateNation believe, but I am on the fence as to his job performance thus far.
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(03-21-2016 10:17 AM)ECUGrad07 Wrote:  I received a similar e-mail... here is what I sent, and is followed by Jeff Compher's response:

"Hello Mr. Compher,

As a proud ECU alumnus (BA & MA) and long-time Pirate Club member, I have to reiterate what likely many of my fellow alumni have communicated to you regarding our men’s basketball program. We are tired of being the laughingstock of North Carolina when it comes to men’s basketball. North Carolina is arguably the most tradition-rich state in the country when it comes to college basketball, and with our move to the American Athletic Conference, there is absolutely no reason that our program shouldn’t flourish.

ECU fans are dying to have a competitive basketball program... a program we can be proud of. Jeff Lebo gave us an exciting year in 2013 when we won the CIT. However, in retrospect, that team underachieved tremendously. There was so much talent on that roster that was mismanaged, poorly coached, and wasted. I think 2013 was Jeff Lebo’s ceiling when it comes to basketball success at ECU. It is time that we bring in an exciting coach that wants to be here, or take a look at someone with a long coaching history, like Mike Davis.

ECU is already known around the country as a rabid football school. We are also known as a rabid football school with terrible basketball. You have the power to change that.

You held Ruffin McNeill to a high standard. Please hold Jeff Lebo to the same. It’s time to part ways. Lebo is a good man who I’ve met personally on several occasions… but the program needs a breath of fresh air, and some life. I know you’ll do what you know to be best for ECU, and I trust your judgment.

Go Pirates"

And the response I received...

"Mr. xxxx:
I appreciate your comments and thoughts regarding Coach Lebo and the Men’s Basketball program.
Jeff"

I applaud your effort, very well done!

I think the response speaks volumes about your AD’s level of interest in addressing your men’s basketball issues but if enough of your fans do what you did sending an email voicing their displeasure at least he will know the boosters are paying attention.
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Lawd, people...I just made a statement in context about what ECU had coming back...and wondered what USF had coming back.

I'm not using that as a defense in keeping Lebo...it just is what it is. But maybe the AD is looking at that. Maybe not. I don't know, but it doesn't change the facts.

And to BEH...as I said before ECU fired a guy after two dreadful years. I see no reason that USF cant. If you cant admit that, then its clear you just have an axe to grind against ECU. Troll.
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(03-21-2016 11:24 AM)HP-TBDPITL Wrote:  Lawd, people...I just made a statement in context about what ECU had coming back...and wondered what USF had coming back.

I'm not using that as a defense in keeping Lebo...it just is what it is. But maybe the AD is looking at that. Maybe not. I don't know, but it doesn't change the facts.

And to BEH...as I said before ECU fired a guy after two dreadful years. I see no reason that USF cant. If you cant admit that, then its clear you just have an axe to grind against ECU. Troll.

You're throwing everything at the wall to see what sticks.

ECU needs to take back its basketball program. Money is not an excuse, when a lot more of it is being spent in other areas that don't bring anything close to the amount of revenue and national attention that basketball does.

USF will fire Antigua in due time. As long as they don't extend his contract, he will be gone long before he reaches the length of term Lebo has had at ECU.

It's unbelievable that Lebo has been employed for 18 years with no NCAA tournament HC experience.

Does Compher know how to read a flow chart?

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Orlando Antigua is a completely different situation. He's a first time head coach with only 2 recruiting classes of his own players. Lebo is a veteran coach with a roster completely of his own doing. BTW, USF should never have hired a coach whose first name is Orlando. LOL.
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I log on here everyday hoping/praying to read about Lebo's termination and the coaching search that is going to take place.

Everyday I am disappointed.


Look, I hate to see anyone lose their job, but the guy will get paid nicely to not coach us anymore, and that is what I really want...Lebo to not coach us anymore. Maybe he hasn't been coaching us anyway....
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What is Lebo's buyout?
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(03-21-2016 12:24 PM)wavefan12 Wrote:  What is Lebo's buyout?

I have read 2.5 million but no idea how accurate that is.
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(03-21-2016 12:27 PM)FrancisDrake Wrote:  
(03-21-2016 12:24 PM)wavefan12 Wrote:  What is Lebo's buyout?

I have read 2.5 million but no idea how accurate that is.

Wow, that's a brutal contract negotiation, the buyout simply has to be the factor keeping the AD from pulling the trigger. Must have given a 6-7 contract after the amazing CIT championship. It is clear he can't get it done, I feel for ECU fans.
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