What exactly were they expecting of the E.coli? to turn into a chicken?
Perhaps E. Coli is the result of millions of years and trillion of generations of evolution and has reached a stable plateau? Nothing I have read here proves nor dis-proves evolution or creation.
Creation is a belief system that has little science behind it.
Evolution is a science system with little need for belief.
Some people choose science, others choose belief. Nothing anyone says here will change what anyone believes. It would take nothing less than God himself to tell me creation is true in a one-on-one discussion. Likewise, I am sure it would take the same for others to believe in evolution.