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You're either just making things up or just don't know anything. Most of the fanbase thought Miami could do better than bringing in a Dline coach to be the head coach here. It didn't take long for the fanbase to turn on Butch. He got smoked by UCLA in his first game. The banners flew at the...

Agreed. The general sentiment was that "If this guy can't win with the most talented team in America, he needs to go".

There was still an outside shot at a title had Miami won because back then, they just voted on the National Champion since it was rarely determined on the field in a "championship game" type scenario. Still it would have been a long shot to jump an undefeated Penn State team.

Nobody hated Dennis Erickson at the time. He did a majority of his winning with Jimmy's recruits but his final team at Miami went 10-2 with a close loss to eventual champion Nebraska in the bowl game. His worst season was 9-3 in 1993. Maybe after the fact people got mad because he let the...