thats due in part to Kiffin being my first choice But IMO i think Miami is gonna rush this hire/decision especially after today's game. subsequently leading to this being between Davis or Cristobal. And between those two Id go Cristobal.
Seriously, what team are you a fan of? You seem to want anyone other than the one coach who actually did anything at THE U, of anyhere for that matter. You have a affection for coaches fired for losing. Why is that?
Im just put off by Davis not actively coaching in five years. plus the age. yes, i know Saban is just as old, as that often gets compared too, but everyone handles stress differently. Think Jimmy Johnson in the latter years with the Dolphins. He burnt out and i think the same will happen to Davis. youre just giving these other schools something else to negatively recruit against. **** even Spurrier admitted that. Im fine with the whole rumor of Mario as HCIW but what if Cristobal bolts for another job during that process, youll be stuck repeating this cycle again.
1. Bothered by Butch not coaching for so long? Fair enough. It doesn't bother me but I can't fault somebody for feeling that way.
2. Age is just a number. Bill Snyder is at least 426 years old. **** Vermeil had been out of football in general for 15 years but came back to win a Super Bowl at 63.
3. Everybody does handle stress differently. Butch has had time to sit back and sip pina coladas so I don't exactly have to fear that he's going to need a pacemaker anytime soon. His hunger and energy is pretty self-evident.
4. Jimmy said in the A Football Life special on him that the reason he quit was his mother died and he was missing out on his family. But as far as burnout goes, do you think Butch is going to burn out jogging onto Greentree? Give the man a couple years before you're trying to put him out to pasture.
5. Recruiting is the one aspect that the consensus opinion on Butch is the area not to worry about at all. People can show pictures of Butch doing coke as negative recruitment and I doubt it would make much of a difference.
6. Spurrier went and said, "I might retire tomorrow or in a year. Who knows? Right guys? He he he." That was just asking to be criticized on.