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Erickson may have not liked it, but recruits had a healthy respect for the Miami program, most of them had grown up with Miami being a DOMINANT program. A coach with any drive to recruit should have been able to leverage some of those feelings, and relationships. You were limited by numbers...

Fundamental difference between Howard and Butch, Howard wasn't running around screaming about how he was married to the program. It was known that Howard wanted to coach at the pro level, the only reason he took the Miami job to begin with was that his wife pointed out that his chances of being...

Howard built two major programs and got FAU off the ground, hence why his record is awful. Coaches that take rebuilding jobs tend to have iffy records, because you aren't going to turn around a disaster overnight. Wade Phillips has a significantly higher winning percentage than Bill Parcells...

No one gives a crap about your friendship with the guy. Congrats, one big booster likes him, the program has dozens of boosters, and I can quote OTHER donors who made it clear that they had no interest in working with the guy. To quote one of those, "Jimmy and Howard were charming, even at...

He isn't a relatable person, especially when it comes to people outside of the athletic circle. He can be extremely curt and condescending, two things boosters and donors aren't going to deal with well, especially from some ex-coach that has run afoul of the NCAA, and has screwed the...

I guess we are going to forget that Butch was beyond awful on game day. I guess we are going to forget that odds are Butch wouldn't have been able to work his magic with underrated recruits as often, once the internet and scouting services took a lot of the mystery out of recruiting.