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🌴 Chants vs. Everybody 🌴

[Cooper Trinkle @CTrinkle23]

Not only did Coastal just grab one of the best shortstops in the country…

But they grabbed an 80-grade human, a leader, & one of the toughest kids I’ve seen in my time doing this.

[telly @Witness_needed]

@cashionj68 @Its_Coach_Steve I don't think AAC either. The ECU series wouldn't make sense. No idea what, but being left behind would also be costly I think. Coastal appears to have an upper end Sun Belt athletic budget. Donors could be better but from an operational standpoint I think they look pretty solid.

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@cashionj68 @Its_Coach_Steve Could probably pull from auxiliary funds if a more lucrative option is actually available. They don't have to internally fund a large portion of their construction around campus, so not sure where additional money is going especially considering the growth and Out of state funds

[telly @Witness_needed]

@AppPredictions @Its_Coach_Steve I'd take that with a grain of salt. The University has the Horry County Penny Sales Tax which pays for pretty much all their capital improvements. Donors are small but the University has high Out of State enrollment that help subsidies athletics more than the typical State school

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@AppPredictions @Its_Coach_Steve But what do you mean? Coastal has an A1 bond rating which means debt is relatively well managed.

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@AppPredictions @Its_Coach_Steve Where do you get that from?

[Blake Tillery @Tillery_Blake]

Go Chants! #Committed

[Chants Up! @ChantsUp]

I think something similar to this would be cool. Could possibly tie in with City of Conway/Halloween and we'd wear black. Thought they came up with a great name last year with the Haunticleers. (excuse the quick mockup and logo)

[telly @Witness_needed]

@ECUPropagandist @Bigdixswanging @DrewScuilla Yeah, that's not how new development or redevelopment works.

Areas completely change along with the things around it. Thinking an area growing at the rate of Conway/Myrtle is the same as it was 20+ years ago and will look the same in the foreseeable future is crazy lol.

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@Bigdixswanging @DrewScuilla Maybe old Conway. Current Conway/Myrtle is full of transplants and new housing developments.

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@Bigdixswanging @DrewScuilla Clearly you have no idea about Coastal's demographics lol

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@Eagleup23 @RyansBeard They better do it dammit!!!

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@BooneGoon1978 @RadioGuyAC If you leave, they will not let App State baseball stay in the Sun Belt. You are not Coastal lol

[telly @Witness_needed]

@CoastalFootball Not thrilled with the conservative play once up but glad to win.

[telly @Witness_needed]

@TheHerdsHeadset I didn't but I did it for you.

Coastal is a region. 11 miles is well within a Coastal region. It's not named Beachfront Carolina University.

Besides Downtown Conway is pretty nice tbh. Much better downtown area than Myrtle.

[micah @GoesByMicah]

Let me clearly articulate why the “give it time” and “be patient” argument is untenable for Coastal football:

This is not 2012. It is not even 2019. In the portal era, the old model of a patient two- or three-year rebuild is mostly fiction, especially at a G6 school. Your best players will likely leave every offseason for more money or a better situation—especially if you’re not competitive on the field. Power programs can (and will) outbid you.

What you have in September is largely what you have. You do not get to bank years of development and expect the same roster to still be here when it finally clicks. You’re largely starting all over every season. It is a win-now sport. Programs that treat the first half of a season as an extended tryout watch the talent that could have helped them win walk out the door in December.

We more-or-less went through that for 3 seasons. This new staff was hired to pull us out of that spiral. And through five games, things have only gotten worse, with no signs of a turnaround. The only win is against a lowly FCS team, and the losses have not been clean or competitive. They have been games defined by the same self-inflicted problems: double-digit penalties, repeated drops, turnovers at the worst times, poor pass pro, an offense that struggles to run the ball when it matters, and second halves that completely fall apart.

Those are not “still installing” problems. Those are discipline problems. Whether that falls on the coaches, the players, or both, it is still showing up week after week.

The play-calling doesn’t seem to fit the personnel we actually have. There is still no clear team identity. Other programs with brand-new coaches and portal-heavy rosters have figured out who they are well before the midpoint of Year 1. They run a style, they protect the football, and they stop beating themselves. Coastal has not.

Telling fans we need half a year to “figure out who we are” is not patience. It is an admission that the things that decide games in this sport—discipline, schematic fit, and a basic culture—are still missing in October.

The portal era does not pause for culture-building, patience or chronic incompetence. Neither do the teams we are supposed to compete with. There’s no grace for “going back to the drawing board” halfway through the season.

We already know what this program can look like when it has an identity and refuses to beat itself. Expecting that five games into the season is not impatience. It is the minimum.

[Joe Cashion @cashionj68]

This team has no spark, no energy, no identity. Just not good at all IMO