Great points. He was a terrible game day coach! We would call timeouts on O, then run the play in late and get a delay penalty. My friend was a ballboy on those teams and I would ask him if the sidelines were as chaotic as they looked from the stands or TV and he said yes.
After Miami Butch didn't win at Cleveland or UNC, at least not big. His success at UNC came at a price. NCAA sanctions.
More importantly, and why I doubt he was even in the realistic convo for the job here was he got UNC in trouble with the NCAA and if anyone on this board thinks the BOT ( and the President of the University) were about to get out of the Nevin Shapiro scandal and hire ANYONE who was not squeaky clean, you're not dealing in reality. Nothing is worth having the NCAA on Miami's a--, nothing. The admin would prefer to go 9-3 and be respectable and functioning as a football program than go 12-0 under a Davis only to get back in the crosshairs of the NCAA.
The NCAA missed out on what they thought was a stone cold case vs UM with Shapiro; Why risk that with Butch, especially when he isn't at the coaching level of the elite?
I've met coach Davis and like him, he's super energetic( which Richt isn't), and full of passion. He understands the UM mystique better than Richt also. I just cant get on board with Davis as the hands down better pick as HC in 2016, especially with his baggage which Miami was NEVER eve going to be ok with.