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EAST CAROLINA PIRATES - OFF-SEASON YEAR 1!

Posted on November 10, 2019 at 07:47 AM.

OFF-SEASON YEAR 1:

HEADING INTO THE SPRING SEMESTER FOR EAST CAROLINA, THERE WAS SOME BUSINESS TO BE HAD REGARDING THE END OF THE 2013 FOOTBALL SEASON AND THE BEGINNING OF THE 2014 SEASON.

SPRING SEMESTER OF CLASSES / SUSPENSIONS:

OTHER THAN SOME MINOR INFRACTIONS, WE NOTED NO SUSPENSIONS IN THE FIRST 8 WEEKS OF THE SPRING SEMESTER (NO COACH INTERACTIONS - 7 ON 7 AND INDIVIDUAL PRACTICE DRILLS START WEEK 9 OF THE SPRING SEMESTER)

SEVERAL INDIVIDUALS ARE IN TROUBLE ACADEMICALLY AND WILL BE SEEING TUTORS DURING THE SPRING SEMESTER:

REID HERRING - INELIGIBLE
BRYAN GAGG - IN TROUBLE
DEMETRIUS MAUNEY - IN TROUBLE
JSI HATFIELD - IN TROUBLE
IMMANUEL HICKMAN - IN TROUBLE
AARON RAMSEUR - INELIGIBLE
JA'QUAN MCMILLIAN - IN TROUBLE

COACHING CHANGES:
OC - ANDY VITALE'S CONTRACT EXPIRED AND WAS NOT RENEWED, THEREFORE ADMINSTRATION AT ECU DECIDED TO HIRE GEORGE BARNETT (LEAVING MIAMI OF OHIO)/ ANDY TOOK THE OFFENSIVE COORDINATOR JOB AT TOLEDO FROM THE MAC CONFERENCE

DC - BRAD CHASE'S CONTRACT EXPIRED AND WAS NOT RENEWED, AND ADMINISTRATION AT ECU WENT A DIFFERENT WAY THIS YEAR HIRING BRIAN VANGORDER THE FORMER DC AT BOWLING GREEN.

SO ECU WENT TO THE MAC TO IMPROVE THEIR OFFENSE AND DEFENSIVE COACHING ALTHOUGH I DID NOT AGREE WITH THESE MOVES, I WILL EMBRACE THE COACHES WITH OPEN ARMS AND SEE WHAT THEY GOT!

I PERSONALLY RECEIVED AN OFFER FROM ALABAMA TO BE THE NEW DC THERE. BUT HAVE SOME UNFINISHED BUSINESS AT ECU AND MADE A COMMITMENT TO THIS TEAM AND TURNED DOWN COACH SABAN'S OFFER! LETS GO PIRATES!

OTHER AMERICAN FOOTBALL COACHING NEWS:

LUKE FICKELL - HC OF THE CINCINNATI BEARCATS LEFT FOR GREENER PASTURES TO COACH THE ARKANSAS RAZORBACKS IN THE SEC.

RANDY EDSALL WAS FIRED AND REPLACED WITH FRANK SOLICH.

JEFF KNOWLES DC FROM TEMPLE SWITCHED TO BE THE DC AT CINCINNATI

TRANSFERS IN / OUT:

HASAN GIBSON JR WISHED TO TRANSFER DUE TO OUR COACH CHANGE AT DC, HOWEVER WE PROMISED HIM THAT HE WOULD PLAY IN MORE THAN 9 GAMES AND FINISH WITH AT LEAST 40 TACKLES, AND HE STAYED! (SNUBBING WESTERN MICHIGAN)

JAKE VENABLES (CLEMSON MLB - SON OF DC BRETT VENABLES AT CLEMSON) HAS TRANSFERRED TO ECU AND WILL SIT OUT ONE YEAR. (78 OVERALL)

JORDAN BONNER (PURDUE WR) - LOVES THE OFFENSE WE RUN AT ECU AND WANTS TO BE A PART OF IT FOR THE 2015 SEASON. (74 OVERALL)

DRAFTED PLAYERS:
NONE OF THE GRADUATES OF THE ECU 2013 SEASON WERE DRAFTED
A FEW AMERICAN PLAYERS WERE DRAFTED OVERALL WITH JAMES PROCHE BEING THE HIGHEST AS A THIRD ROUND WIDE RECEIVER.
THE HIGHEST DRAFTED PLAYER OF THE TEAMS WE FACED DURING 2013 WAS THE RECEIVER OUT OF COLORADO - LAVISKA SHENAULT JR (1ST ROUNDER)

FINAL RECRUITING RESULTS:

OUR OVERALL CLASS ENDED AS THE 93RD RANKED CLASS IN THE NATION.

WE LOST VICTOR YOUNG (FS) TO OLD DOMINION IN A BATTLE THAT LASTED ALL SEASON
ANTHONY PRINCE (G) CHOSE WAKE FOREST (SECOND PLAYER TO COMMIT TO WAKE FOREST FROM OUR RECRUITING BOARD)
MICHAEL FREEMAN (SS) - COMMITTED TO FLORIDA (FLORIDA SWOOPED IN AT THE END AND WOOED HIM TO SIGN)

COMMITS:

STEVE FALK IV - MY SON IS COMING HOME! WE BEAT OUT ARIZONA STATE AS HE ULTIMATELY CHOSE TO PLAY FOR HIS FATHER! HE ENDED UP BEING A GEM AT 72 OVERALL AS A TRUE FRESHMAN!

BRANDON BUTLER - TE AND BRANDON POTTS - T ROUNDED OUT THE REMAINDER OF OUR SIGNEES IN THE FIRST RECRUITING CLASS OF MY FIRST YEAR AT THE HELM AT ECU. BOTH BRANDON'S ENDED UP BEING BUSTS, WHICH MADE THEM THE 3RD AND 4TH BUSTS OF MY FIRST RECRUITING CLASS. LETS SEE IF THEY CAN CHANGE THAT LABEL THIS OFFSEASON AND IN FALL CAMP WHEN THEY ENROLL.

POSITION CHANGES:
MICHAEL SWIFT (FORMER DE) HAS MOVED TO DT FOR HIS SENIOR SEASON.

WE ALSO NOTED NO CHANGE IN THE CONFERENCES FOR THIS YEAR WITH NO TEAM MOVEMENT!

THE NEXT UPDATE WILL BE SPRING PRACTICES, ROSTER UPDATES, AND POSITION BATTLES TO TAKE PLACE IN THE SPRING LEADING UP TO THE SPRING GAME. (SIMULATION IN PRACTICE MODE)