East Carolina’s athletic director has urged Pirate Club members to “fight with us, not against us” as the Pirates prepare for their homecoming football game against BYU.
“I would be remiss if I did not address the status of our football program,” Jeff Compher said in a letter to the club, which surfaced in local sports media reports and on social sites Wednesday afternoon. “Frankly, we are not where any of us wanted or hoped to be.”
The letter went on to say that members of Pirate Nation are “stronger when we stand together and support each other.