There was an article about the current Buffalo (I think) coach sometime last season, he was the lead recruit and assistant at
Rhody when they recruited EC. The article indicated that he had ties to EC back from his Detroit days, I know Swampy had mentioned the coach and had some knowledge of him about the time of the article. Anyhoo, while the article was about the coach, and not EC, therefore it didn't delve too deeply into the recruitment of EC, the article certainly gave the impression that EC was likely heading to Rhody no matter what. because of the relationship he had w/ the Rhody assistant at the time.