Lebo and UConn have one thing in common. They're not going anywhere.... http://www.reflector.com/ECU/2017/02/23/...1w.twitter

(02-23-2017 02:30 PM)Bearcat2012 Wrote:  This guy says there's a 30% chance of that happening....

http://www.si.com/college-basketball/201...g-carousel


East Carolina: Jeff Lebo has gone 19 seasons without an NCAA tournament appearance, a streak than spans time at Tennessee Tech, Chattanooga, Auburn and the last seven years at East Carolina. That’s a spectacular statistic in modern college basketball, to go four jobs and nearly two decades without an NCAA appearance. Lebo is out indefinitely with hip surgery, which makes evaluating this drab Pirates season difficult. The Pirates are 13–15 and 5–10 in league play. This is year seven for Lebo in Greenville. He’d be owed about $2 million over the four years remaining in his contract, a large amount for an AAC school. With ECU having upgraded his facilities and Lebo not coaching since January, giving him an extra year appears more likely than not.

Chance he’s fired: 30%

Not sure there would be enough room in the budget to pay Lebo $2million and go out and hire a quality Coaching staff. It would take a donor passionate enough about ECU Basketball to stroke a check to off set the cost of firing Lebo. I am fairly confident that if they started a Go Fund Me Account to fire Lebo that the fans could probably raise $500k
My guess is based on the buyout, his health and a few decent things going for the program that we hold on to him for next year. Keep in mind that Compher's contract is coming to an end. As much as ECU Basketball disappoints me I would rather crap the bed another season and see if Compher is replaced and let that replacement interview with a big question being what type of Basketball Coach they think they could bring to ECU. If I had a choice I would rather a new AD pick our next Basketball Coach

(02-23-2017 02:50 PM)ShoreBuc Wrote:  

(02-23-2017 02:30 PM)Bearcat2012 Wrote:  This guy says there's a 30% chance of that happening....

http://www.si.com/college-basketball/201...g-carousel


East Carolina: Jeff Lebo has gone 19 seasons without an NCAA tournament appearance, a streak than spans time at Tennessee Tech, Chattanooga, Auburn and the last seven years at East Carolina. That’s a spectacular statistic in modern college basketball, to go four jobs and nearly two decades without an NCAA appearance. Lebo is out indefinitely with hip surgery, which makes evaluating this drab Pirates season difficult. The Pirates are 13–15 and 5–10 in league play. This is year seven for Lebo in Greenville. He’d be owed about $2 million over the four years remaining in his contract, a large amount for an AAC school. With ECU having upgraded his facilities and Lebo not coaching since January, giving him an extra year appears more likely than not.

Chance he’s fired: 30%

Not sure there would be enough room in the budget to pay Lebo $2million and go out and hire a quality Coaching staff. It would take a donor passionate enough about ECU Basketball to stroke a check to off set the cost of firing Lebo. I am fairly confident that if they started a Go Fund Me Account to fire Lebo that the fans could probably raise $500k
My guess is based on the buyout, his health and a few decent things going for the program that we hold on to him for next year. Keep in mind that Compher's contract is coming to an end. As much as ECU Basketball disappoints me I would rather crap the bed another season and see if Compher is replaced and let that replacement interview with a big question being what type of Basketball Coach they think they could bring to ECU. If I had a choice I would rather a new AD pick our next Basketball Coach

We were expecting to pay Ruff's buyout though and that was voided by his employment at UVA. Ruff's buyout was 400/500k, Lebo's owed 2 million over four years. I don't know why we would have the money to fire Ruff and not Lebo....

(02-23-2017 02:47 PM)FrancisDrake Wrote:  Lebo and UConn have one thing in common. They're not going anywhere.... http://www.reflector.com/ECU/2017/02/23/...1w.twitter

"Not going anywhere" has multiple meanings..

Compher is really clueless. This quote stood out in that article.

Quote:“I don’t think that anybody looks back on the season and says that they’re happy with the number of victories that we’ve had, certainly within conference play,” Compher said. “But I also believe that they’re really trying to make progress with their respective teams in this league, and the league isn’t standing still either. So we’ve got to continue to grind on that. And it is a grind, and it’s been a long season.”

I don't doubt they're trying. I'm sure Lebo put forth an effort into every season of his two decades as a college coach.

Trying and being capable are two different things.

(02-23-2017 02:55 PM)BigEastHomer Wrote:  

(02-23-2017 02:47 PM)FrancisDrake Wrote:  Lebo and UConn have one thing in common. They're not going anywhere.... http://www.reflector.com/ECU/2017/02/23/...1w.twitter

"Not going anywhere" has multiple meanings..

(02-23-2017 02:55 PM)FrancisDrake Wrote:  We were expecting to pay Ruff's buyout though and that was voided by his employment at UVA. Ruff's buyout was 400/500k, Lebo's owed 2 million over four years. I don't know why we would have the money to fire Ruff and not Lebo....

(02-23-2017 02:55 PM)FrancisDrake Wrote:  

(02-23-2017 02:50 PM)ShoreBuc Wrote:  

(02-23-2017 02:30 PM)Bearcat2012 Wrote:  This guy says there's a 30% chance of that happening....

http://www.si.com/college-basketball/201...g-carousel


East Carolina: Jeff Lebo has gone 19 seasons without an NCAA tournament appearance, a streak than spans time at Tennessee Tech, Chattanooga, Auburn and the last seven years at East Carolina. That’s a spectacular statistic in modern college basketball, to go four jobs and nearly two decades without an NCAA appearance. Lebo is out indefinitely with hip surgery, which makes evaluating this drab Pirates season difficult. The Pirates are 13–15 and 5–10 in league play. This is year seven for Lebo in Greenville. He’d be owed about $2 million over the four years remaining in his contract, a large amount for an AAC school. With ECU having upgraded his facilities and Lebo not coaching since January, giving him an extra year appears more likely than not.

Chance he’s fired: 30%

Not sure there would be enough room in the budget to pay Lebo $2million and go out and hire a quality Coaching staff. It would take a donor passionate enough about ECU Basketball to stroke a check to off set the cost of firing Lebo. I am fairly confident that if they started a Go Fund Me Account to fire Lebo that the fans could probably raise $500k
My guess is based on the buyout, his health and a few decent things going for the program that we hold on to him for next year. Keep in mind that Compher's contract is coming to an end. As much as ECU Basketball disappoints me I would rather crap the bed another season and see if Compher is replaced and let that replacement interview with a big question being what type of Basketball Coach they think they could bring to ECU. If I had a choice I would rather a new AD pick our next Basketball Coach

We were expecting to pay Ruff's buyout though and that was voided by his employment at UVA. Ruff's buyout was 400/500k, Lebo's owed 2 million over four years. I don't know why we would have the money to fire Ruff and not Lebo....

Big Money donors were on board with firing Ruff and it is Football which drives the Bus at ECU. Keep in mind that Coach Mo has got to turn things around quickly or he could be gone. We definitely can't afford to pay Coach Mo and Lebo not to work. I personally don't want Compher replacing Mo and Lebo and the nightmare scenario is AD gone, Head FB gone and Head BB coach gone. Coach Mo has shown he can recruit and if he can show progress next year which I believe he will then he is safe. Lebo needs to go but the firing of Ruff showed we had no real plan to replace him so I damn sure hope we have a more carefully thought out plan for the post Lebo era.

(02-23-2017 03:05 PM)ShoreBuc Wrote:  

(02-23-2017 02:55 PM)FrancisDrake Wrote:  

(02-23-2017 02:50 PM)ShoreBuc Wrote:  

(02-23-2017 02:30 PM)Bearcat2012 Wrote:  This guy says there's a 30% chance of that happening....

http://www.si.com/college-basketball/201...g-carousel


East Carolina: Jeff Lebo has gone 19 seasons without an NCAA tournament appearance, a streak than spans time at Tennessee Tech, Chattanooga, Auburn and the last seven years at East Carolina. That’s a spectacular statistic in modern college basketball, to go four jobs and nearly two decades without an NCAA appearance. Lebo is out indefinitely with hip surgery, which makes evaluating this drab Pirates season difficult. The Pirates are 13–15 and 5–10 in league play. This is year seven for Lebo in Greenville. He’d be owed about $2 million over the four years remaining in his contract, a large amount for an AAC school. With ECU having upgraded his facilities and Lebo not coaching since January, giving him an extra year appears more likely than not.

Chance he’s fired: 30%

Not sure there would be enough room in the budget to pay Lebo $2million and go out and hire a quality Coaching staff. It would take a donor passionate enough about ECU Basketball to stroke a check to off set the cost of firing Lebo. I am fairly confident that if they started a Go Fund Me Account to fire Lebo that the fans could probably raise $500k
My guess is based on the buyout, his health and a few decent things going for the program that we hold on to him for next year. Keep in mind that Compher's contract is coming to an end. As much as ECU Basketball disappoints me I would rather crap the bed another season and see if Compher is replaced and let that replacement interview with a big question being what type of Basketball Coach they think they could bring to ECU. If I had a choice I would rather a new AD pick our next Basketball Coach

We were expecting to pay Ruff's buyout though and that was voided by his employment at UVA. Ruff's buyout was 400/500k, Lebo's owed 2 million over four years. I don't know why we would have the money to fire Ruff and not Lebo....

Big Money donors were on board with firing Ruff and it is Football which drives the Bus at ECU. Keep in mind that Coach Mo has got to turn things around quickly or he could be gone. We definitely can't afford to pay Coach Mo and Lebo not to work. I personally don't want Compher replacing Mo and Lebo and the nightmare scenario is AD gone, Head FB gone and Head BB coach gone. Coach Mo has shown he can recruit and if he can show progress next year which I believe he will then he is safe. Lebo needs to go but the firing of Ruff showed we had no real plan to replace him so I damn sure hope we have a more carefully thought out plan for the post Lebo era.

We can't operate in potential eventualities. If we're getting rid of the AD, then get rid of him, don't dick around. Mo is 1 year into his 5 year deal. He can recruit, so he's here through at least year three. We have the money to deal with Lebo. Can him, bring in an exuberant young coach, inject some feeling into the program and maybe make a little more money on hoops.

We were expecting to pay Ruff's buyout though and that was voided by his employment at UVA. Ruff's buyout was 400/500k, Lebo's owed 2 million over four years. I don't know why we would have the money to fire Ruff and not Lebo....
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Everyone knew that Ruff could get a job doing something at the D-1 level. I do not think Lebo will be hired by anyone.

(02-23-2017 03:19 PM)FrancisDrake Wrote:  

(02-23-2017 03:05 PM)ShoreBuc Wrote:  

(02-23-2017 02:55 PM)FrancisDrake Wrote:  

(02-23-2017 02:50 PM)ShoreBuc Wrote:  

(02-23-2017 02:30 PM)Bearcat2012 Wrote:  This guy says there's a 30% chance of that happening....

http://www.si.com/college-basketball/201...g-carousel


East Carolina: Jeff Lebo has gone 19 seasons without an NCAA tournament appearance, a streak than spans time at Tennessee Tech, Chattanooga, Auburn and the last seven years at East Carolina. That’s a spectacular statistic in modern college basketball, to go four jobs and nearly two decades without an NCAA appearance. Lebo is out indefinitely with hip surgery, which makes evaluating this drab Pirates season difficult. The Pirates are 13–15 and 5–10 in league play. This is year seven for Lebo in Greenville. He’d be owed about $2 million over the four years remaining in his contract, a large amount for an AAC school. With ECU having upgraded his facilities and Lebo not coaching since January, giving him an extra year appears more likely than not.

Chance he’s fired: 30%

Not sure there would be enough room in the budget to pay Lebo $2million and go out and hire a quality Coaching staff. It would take a donor passionate enough about ECU Basketball to stroke a check to off set the cost of firing Lebo. I am fairly confident that if they started a Go Fund Me Account to fire Lebo that the fans could probably raise $500k
My guess is based on the buyout, his health and a few decent things going for the program that we hold on to him for next year. Keep in mind that Compher's contract is coming to an end. As much as ECU Basketball disappoints me I would rather crap the bed another season and see if Compher is replaced and let that replacement interview with a big question being what type of Basketball Coach they think they could bring to ECU. If I had a choice I would rather a new AD pick our next Basketball Coach

We were expecting to pay Ruff's buyout though and that was voided by his employment at UVA. Ruff's buyout was 400/500k, Lebo's owed 2 million over four years. I don't know why we would have the money to fire Ruff and not Lebo....

Big Money donors were on board with firing Ruff and it is Football which drives the Bus at ECU. Keep in mind that Coach Mo has got to turn things around quickly or he could be gone. We definitely can't afford to pay Coach Mo and Lebo not to work. I personally don't want Compher replacing Mo and Lebo and the nightmare scenario is AD gone, Head FB gone and Head BB coach gone. Coach Mo has shown he can recruit and if he can show progress next year which I believe he will then he is safe. Lebo needs to go but the firing of Ruff showed we had no real plan to replace him so I damn sure hope we have a more carefully thought out plan for the post Lebo era.

We can't operate in potential eventualities. If we're getting rid of the AD, then get rid of him, don't dick around. Mo is 1 year into his 5 year deal. He can recruit, so he's here through at least year three. We have the money to deal with Lebo. Can him, bring in an exuberant young coach, inject some feeling into the program and maybe make a little more money on hoops.

I agree completely. My hunch is the next person to go is Compher not a Coach so while I was ready for Lebo to be gone last year we shall see what happens. I also agree that a new Coach that is exciting and could win would easily pay for himself by just selling tickets at Minges. We could come up with the money to fire Lebo if we wanted to bad enough. At this point I would even be happy if Compher just pulled Lebo into his office at the end of this year and said you have to win 20 games next year and finish above .500 in the AAC or you are fired. He has had enough time at ECU for unfiltered honest dialogue from the AD if the AD in fact gives a crap

(02-23-2017 03:36 PM)Rowdydowdy Wrote:  We were expecting to pay Ruff's buyout though and that was voided by his employment at UVA. Ruff's buyout was 400/500k, Lebo's owed 2 million over four years. I don't know why we would have the money to fire Ruff and not Lebo....

Everyone knew that Ruff could get a job doing something at the D-1 level. I do not think Lebo will be hired by anyone.
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Lebo with his track record could not score a job as a Assistant anywhere unless UNCheat threw him a bone. If he is as good and active an investor that people say he is than he should be cool to just go hang out at the beach and collect $2million more to invest over the next 4 years.

(02-23-2017 02:47 PM)FrancisDrake Wrote:  Lebo and UConn have one thing in common. They're not going anywhere.... http://www.reflector.com/ECU/2017/02/23/...1w.twitter

Maybe its a typo but this article listed Lebo's record as 15-13.

ECU is 13-15 (5-10).

Why is Purvis not at ECU? Oh right Lebo...


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(03-01-2017 09:04 PM)PurpleReigns Wrote:  Why is Purvis not at ECU? Oh right Lebo...


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Are you an idiot?

(03-01-2017 09:17 PM)DowdyPirate Wrote:  

(03-01-2017 09:04 PM)PurpleReigns Wrote:  Why is Purvis not at ECU? Oh right Lebo...


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Are you an idiot?

There's no reason ECU shouldn't be competing for Top 150 guys.

(03-01-2017 11:46 PM)BigEastHomer Wrote:  

(03-01-2017 09:17 PM)DowdyPirate Wrote:  

(03-01-2017 09:04 PM)PurpleReigns Wrote:  Why is Purvis not at ECU? Oh right Lebo...


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Are you an idiot?

There's no reason ECU shouldn't be competing for Top 150 guys.

Top 10* Guys

(03-02-2017 07:57 PM)DowdyPirate Wrote:  

(03-01-2017 11:46 PM)BigEastHomer Wrote:  

(03-01-2017 09:17 PM)DowdyPirate Wrote:  

(03-01-2017 09:04 PM)PurpleReigns Wrote:  Why is Purvis not at ECU? Oh right Lebo...


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Are you an idiot?

There's no reason ECU shouldn't be competing for Top 150 guys.

Top 10* Guys

Okay but then he transferred to UConn...again why is he not at ECU?


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(03-03-2017 08:40 AM)PurpleReigns Wrote:  

(03-02-2017 07:57 PM)DowdyPirate Wrote:  

(03-01-2017 11:46 PM)BigEastHomer Wrote:  

(03-01-2017 09:17 PM)DowdyPirate Wrote:  

(03-01-2017 09:04 PM)PurpleReigns Wrote:  Why is Purvis not at ECU? Oh right Lebo...


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Are you an idiot?

There's no reason ECU shouldn't be competing for Top 150 guys.

Top 10* Guys

Okay but then he transferred to UConn...again why is he not at ECU?


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Okay but then he transferred to the reigning national champions*

I just came back from the future (I won't disclose the year)... and I took this picture!



I can't reveal the year because that would upset the time-space continuum.