It’s Time to Hold ETSU Administration Responsible For the Demise of the Bucs, Too
And not just Scott Carter, either
Ask the typical ETSU fan, or at least the one that comments on social media, and they’ll tell you the reason for the demise of ETSU athletics is former athletic director Scott Carter.
A “Yes Man” hire, established years ago when he played henchman for an administration trying to admonish students who wanted to restore ETSU’s football program, Carter consistently hired poor coaches who did everything from take championship level football programs directly in to the toilet to losing women’s basketball coaches who committed Title IX violations.
He is an easy and rightful scapegoat for the fact the ETSU football program is in ruin and the men’s basketball team has not posted a winning record against Division I competition since Steve Forbes left for Wake Forest.
Conversely, Brian Noland and Richard Sander are viewed as the saviors of ETSU athletics.
And to a certain extent they are. Noland built back up what his predecessor, Paul Stanton, tore down; namely the football program and membership in the Southern Conference.
Sander, meanwhile, has a track record of hiring quality coaches at both ETSU and Virginia Commonwealth.
