Yup. Such a god he's in purgatory, also known as Florida International University—who's biggest win in history was knocking off an eventual 6-7 Miami team. A man we should all bow down to and fear.
Butch never should've left in January 2001—even if Miami foot-dragged and didn't have that contract ready, he was on the cusp of what could've been a decade-long successful run (fulfilling after he just spent six years rebuilding).
He also went to Cleveland—a franchise that has chewed up good coaches and top-rate talent for years.
Jimmy left for the Dallas Cowboys. Dennis left for Seattle and a return to the Pacific Northwest he hailed from. Even Howard left for what he thought was a lucrative USFL contract, at the time. Butch went to Cleveland.
Miami is also culpable for not acting sooner in 2006, or getting over being butt-hurt regarding Butch leaving.
Writing was on the wall with Larry Coker as far back as 2003—but by 2005, that 9-3 season and 40-3 pasting LSU put on the Canes in the Peach Bowl (which caused UM to force Coker to fire Werner, Soldinger, Kehoe, etc.—forcing that retread Olson on him as OC)—he was already a dead man walking in 2006.
Davis was available in 2006—but North Carolina snatched him up weeks before Miami officially parted was with Coker and settled on Shannon.
Rehiring Butch Davis was the answer in 2006—and I'd love to see a parallel universe where there was no wasted decade with Shannon and Golden.
(Though one has to wonder how Nevin Shapiro would've still played into things as Davis probably wouldn't have tried to run him off like Shannon did, unsuccessfully. Davis also never had to coach under Donna Shalala as school president, which was a nightmare for football.)
The lack of jobs Davis received after North Carolina—no one touched him with a ten-foot pole, for a reason—and it makes total sense that he's at a forgettable FIU program these days. Ship has sailed on the old man; a never-was with a lot of regrets, I'm sure. Could've been Nick Saban-like if he never left in 2001.