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Butch Davis questions Al Golden and the direction of Miami football
December 23, 2014 By J Will
Last updated on December 23, 2014
When you bring up the struggles of the Miami Hurricanes football team, the popular answer you would get from the fans is “we need Butch Davis back”. Last month, I wrote about how Miami should get rid of head coach Al Golden if they want to be relevant again. Now someone else has criticized the football program and it someone Canes fans know very well.
While speaking to the Miami Herald, ESPN analyst and former Hurricanes head coach Butch Davis questions the direction of where Golden has Miami football headed.
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Butch Davis questions Al Golden and the direction of Miami football
December 23, 2014 By J Will
Last updated on December 23, 2014
When you bring up the struggles of the Miami Hurricanes football team, the popular answer you would get from the fans is “we need Butch Davis back”. Last month, I wrote about how Miami should get rid of head coach Al Golden if they want to be relevant again. Now someone else has criticized the football program and it someone Canes fans know very well.
While speaking to the Miami Herald, ESPN analyst and former Hurricanes head coach Butch Davis questions the direction of where Golden has Miami football headed.
So why does Davis believe the UM program has declined?
“It’s got to be the talent level,” he said. “Somebody is not evaluating the talent. Name the time they weren’t ranked in the top 13 or 14 recruiting classes. And 29 of these guys are gone in the last four years and [some of those still at UM] are not good players.
“You can recruit enough kids just living in Miami to win a national championship. Howard Schnellenberger had it right when he talked about recruiting from Tampa to Orlando and the Space Coast south. You can get 10, 14 players everyone would love to have from South Florida and then cherry-pick other players.
“There would be a Bubba Franks or a Damione Lewis from Texas. If a state doesn’t produce enough of a particular thing,… let’s go to [Pennsylvania] to sign Martin Bibla… Somewhere there has to be a disconnect with that. Either they can’t evaluate players or players have jumped ship or flunked out or whatever the deal.”
Davis questions the coaching staff as well.“It’s got to be the talent level,” he said. “Somebody is not evaluating the talent. Name the time they weren’t ranked in the top 13 or 14 recruiting classes. And 29 of these guys are gone in the last four years and [some of those still at UM] are not good players.
“You can recruit enough kids just living in Miami to win a national championship. Howard Schnellenberger had it right when he talked about recruiting from Tampa to Orlando and the Space Coast south. You can get 10, 14 players everyone would love to have from South Florida and then cherry-pick other players.
“There would be a Bubba Franks or a Damione Lewis from Texas. If a state doesn’t produce enough of a particular thing,… let’s go to [Pennsylvania] to sign Martin Bibla… Somewhere there has to be a disconnect with that. Either they can’t evaluate players or players have jumped ship or flunked out or whatever the deal.”
“Look at the staff I had: Chuck Pagano is coaching the Indianapolis Colts. Greg Schiano coached Tampa Bay. Larry Coker (UT-San Antonio) and Curtis Johnson (Tulane) became head coaches. Rob Chudzinski became a head coach (Cleveland Browns). Our kids got the [expletive] coached out of them.
“When they left our program, they were **** near a finished, polished gem. There wasn’t any rookie wall for Ed Reed, Jeremy Shockey, Bubba Franks… They immediately became impact players at that level. I can’t name a Miami player [in his prime] who’s a star in the league. Other than Jimmy Graham, I can’t name one.
This is probably the worst thing that Golden and his staff could have happen. The former head coach who revived the program questioning what the present head coach is doing.“When they left our program, they were **** near a finished, polished gem. There wasn’t any rookie wall for Ed Reed, Jeremy Shockey, Bubba Franks… They immediately became impact players at that level. I can’t name a Miami player [in his prime] who’s a star in the league. Other than Jimmy Graham, I can’t name one.
