“These types of decisions are never easy,” Compher said. “However after observing and evaluating the program for three seasons, I came to the conclusion that our football team was not meeting competitive expectations and in my opinion the trajectory of the program was not going in the right direction.”
As the news of McNeill’s dismissal became public, it sent shock waves across the nation, as no one saw it coming, especially not ECU fans.
“I expected there to be an emotional reaction to this and I expected people not to be pleased with it,” Compher said. “This was a decision however that was made not to be popular, not to win over a lot of fans with.