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I’ll say yes to this. He’s a Miami guy.

I understand what you are saying. The “Bootch” name only came from years worth of failure. Now, there were reasons for the failure. No doubt. But, Butch also had some ownership there. From my perspective, why does Manny not get the same shot? Butch wouldn’t have made it to 2000 in this...

Yes. Not like he took over a team with Ray Lewis, Kenard Lang, Kenny Holmes, Duane Starks, Yatil Green, Jammi German, Chris Jones, Danyell Ferguson, James Burgess, Tremain Mack, Magic Benton and on and on. We had some ballers on those teams.

And that’s my point. Can we just give Manny year 2? He’s swinging more than any coach we’ve had. Maybe it works?

That is fair and I appreciate your contributions to the program in what was a messy time. My point, in general, is you can’t judge a HC after 1 year. Manny failed. But so did a bunch of other guys. I would say Manny is swinging better than anybody else I’ve seen. Let’s give him a shot.

Butch did not take over a team with scholarship issues. There were issues post 95. But he took over a full team post 94.

Yes. Butch took over a team that in 94 was a hair away from a title. Say whatever you want about Dennis, the 94 team was really good. I believe Butch started out 95 1-3 which included a terrible opener against UCLA. Listen, year 1 Manny was a mess. No doubt. However, if every HC was judged...