I was very close to Ryan...as well as Scott....my former Wife and Scott's Mom hit it off immediately...I also remember Ryan Clement was never really appreciated, wasn’t as talented as Scott Covington but dude put his heart and soul in every play and got thekicked out of him
There was NEVER any doubt in Butch's mind that he'd turn it around....none whatsoever....
dude edgerin james James Jackson Reggie Wayne Dan Morgan I THINK THATS TALENT moreover who was the quarterback if it wasn’t Dorsey then ? butch underachieved as a coach with those guys
I need no lessons on those players, since I spent alot of time with them from 97-2000..
The QBs were (Starter) Ryan Clement...Covington...and Steve Kelly...(not Kenny Kelly who came in 98)....
its true. to be perfectly honest i just recall butch seeming out of sorts (fumbling with his headset against VA Tech at home is an image i will never forget) or lost a lot on the sidelines. i couldn't get over that at the time.
same as now glad social media then wasn't like it is today.but the staff caught heck.banners were flying,coaches families had a hard time when they were seen in public.coaches were heckled every time someone recognized them in public.for the coaches and their families it was a nightmare.
I'll give you that, but not a whole lot of other people thought that at the time.
She died the day after. I had just flown back from London 2 weeks earlier. The hand over of Hong Kong to China had been plastered all over the news a month earlier. I couldn't imagine what it was like when she died. To say they focus on one thing is an understatement.
We were NOT happy. Erickson sucked at recruiting so after he ran out of JJ/Butch recruits we started losing. Then he left and nobody wanted the job(maybe they knew something about the hammer coming down) Butch took it but we did not realize that our new HC was the god of recruiting. The ncaa tried to kill us with brutal sholli losses. Butch has the answer, recruit only 1st round NFL draft picks but we did know that until 2000, some got hint by the marked increase in talent in the underclassmen. 97 was bad but forgotten in couple years once we began terrorizing everyone again.
Oh he did when we were on probation. He got VERY complacent. I'll never forget watching that interview before the 1999 season where he said he hardly had to coach anymore, because he had the fastest horses. He knew he had the most talented team, because Miami was down. It totally effected how he coached. Again, those were his words. He did not expect Miami to bounce back so quickly, and when we did he had no answer for it. If not for Coker letting things fall apart, he'd have never beaten Miami again.
he wasn't a great recruiter, he was a great evaluator. just tried to google if there are any lists out there from that era. found a little article and this blurb. dorsey was the number 24 QB. you never see a guy that low playing for us these days except for rosier.
Fumble with a Headset...and 3yrs later...
