With more severe penalties during the same period vs more negative recruting He was.
And Butch was recruiting when we were a much bigger brand?...nahhhhh. He got a few local kids here & there, but the brunt of the talent was headed north to Tallahassee & Gainesville.
Butch rode out with kids like Moss,Wayne, & Reed for a minute...didn't get His first signature class till 00'.
Did more with less than Saban ever did...figuratively & literally.
no one said butch is better than saban but he basically set us up for 3 nc's in a row. also, if he was here long term do kids like amari and calvin go to Bama? Butch's 2000 team beats any bama team.
And your proof for this supposition is? Has the 2000 Miami team ever played any of Saban's Bama teams? Butch's 2000 team didn't even win the NC that year.
The 2000 Canes team didn't even beat the 2000 Washington team, which was one of the worst 11-1 teams of all time.
00' & 01' Miami would've smashed any & every Bama team.
Sheez, Gore who rode the pine behind Portis & Jackson has more NFL career rushing yds. than every RB that's played for Saban combined...ditto with McGahee...ditto with Andre Johnson compared to Bama WRs.
No competition...mismatch.
Butch Davis > Saban.
i wonder if some people were old enough to remember what butch did. I mean i hated coker as OC and got frustrated at times but the man literally saved a program. one draft class of his matches the best bama players put out in the while saban era. NO butch players even hit a rookie wall in NFL. he was recruiting his butt off because FSU was making their mvoe at the time and EVERYONE wanted to play at FSU.
I never said he didn't do good things for Miami. I just believe it's pretty laughable that people claim he was as good as Saban.