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MUST READ- Oral History on the 2001 Canes

Rolle: My ultimate memory is the way we looked. Everybody just dominated. Clinton Portis dominated. Jeremy Shockey dominated. Andre Johnson dominated. It was just men amongst boys, in every aspect.

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What an article ... The determination you can actually see on the field is the absolute reason we dominated ... Greatest college team ever
 
One - the idea that Va Tech and BC were that close was a HUGE sign how bad Coker was ...... and probably shows how hard it is to get College Kids to play at a high level every game

Two - when we talk about talent lately we talk about one of our guys making the practice squad - FORTY THREE Pro Bowl appearances - it is one thing to get to "the league", quite another to the best that is playing on sunday ----- I am not sure anyone will ever see that much talent

Three - the RBs on this team where the greatest of all time - Portis was a Stud and I would argue #3 on the team. Before Davenport hurt his knee, and then got moved to full back, he was huge and fast and Gore even though has become a power back at San Fran and even late with Miami however when he was a frosh he had moves no Miami back has even matched- kid averaged 9 yards per carry. Oh - and the #4 guy Willis M was a two time pro bowler
 
DMoney said:
Really, really well done by Aaron Torres. Ton of good stuff in here. My favorite part:

Coker: I told our players this 'I played Nebraska since the Big XIII and we never did very well' so because of that, I had a lot of respect for them.

Curtis Johnson: He comes into the meeting before the bowl game, and he's nervous. He goes 'Nebraska, they're going to run the option, they're going to do this ...' Ed Reed stands up and says 'Coach, we're the new Nebraska. Don't worry about it. We got it.'

http://www.foxsports.com/college-fo...-of-perfection-in-2001-an-oral-history-091714
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The BIG 13 eh?

That was a dominant conference!

Edit at the author not you D$.
 
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ncncanes said:
One - the idea that Va Tech and BC were that close was a HUGE sign how bad Coker was ...... and probably shows how hard it is to get College Kids to play at a high level every game

Two - when we talk about talent lately we talk about one of our guys making the practice squad - FORTY THREE Pro Bowl appearances - it is one thing to get to "the league", quite another to the best that is playing on sunday ----- I am not sure anyone will ever see that much talent

Three - the RBs on this team where the greatest of all time - Portis was a Stud and I would argue #3 on the team. Before Davenport hurt his knee, and then got moved to full back, he was huge and fast and Gore even though has become a power back at San Fran and even late with Miami however when he was a frosh he had moves no Miami back has even matched- kid averaged 9 yards per carry. Oh - and the #4 guy Willis M was a two time pro bowler
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Real talk if Butch came back u will see it again
 
Dwinstitles said:
ncncanes said:
One - the idea that Va Tech and BC were that close was a HUGE sign how bad Coker was ...... and probably shows how hard it is to get College Kids to play at a high level every game

Two - when we talk about talent lately we talk about one of our guys making the practice squad - FORTY THREE Pro Bowl appearances - it is one thing to get to "the league", quite another to the best that is playing on sunday ----- I am not sure anyone will ever see that much talent

Three - the RBs on this team where the greatest of all time - Portis was a Stud and I would argue #3 on the team. Before Davenport hurt his knee, and then got moved to full back, he was huge and fast and Gore even though has become a power back at San Fran and even late with Miami however when he was a frosh he had moves no Miami back has even matched- kid averaged 9 yards per carry. Oh - and the #4 guy Willis M was a two time pro bowler
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Real talk if Butch came back u will see it again
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One thing is certain, Butch would build a mentally and physically tough football team. That '00 squad was the most physical team in the country at season's end, and it wasn't even close.
 
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Canes2082 said:
UMFarArcher said:
Butch Davis built it, set it up, and even the players admit - everything was on automatic for 2001.

Sure wish we could get him back.
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Just out of curiosity did you want Butch fired back then before things started to turn around.

Not trying to start a war just want a honest answer because i'll admit after losing to Az State at home and ECU and a couple other losses I was wanting him fired before the 99 season began
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Honesty. I didn't. Sports Illustrated covers talking about closing down the program, bad press everywhere, and the sanctions we got were pretty hard. I sincerely was grateful that we didn't get the SMU sudden death.

So I knew the sanctions, I knew we were going to lose some ten scholarships for three consecutive years, and assumed we'd lose some serious games, just by being outmanned. I was pleasantly surprised that we did as well as we did, and Butch endeared himself to a lot of us by hanging tough.

A lot of folks were mad when he left, but all Miami had to do was meet him halfway on the buyout. That was the only thing left undone on the contract, and the U were dragging their feet on it, knowing good and well that they had Butch over a barrel. They siht on him and let him know he needed Miami, but Miami didn't need Butch.

No man would put up with that, especially after all the hard work he'd done through some really suckass times.

So when today, with everyone a bit more mature and a bit more reasonable, and I hear that Butch would LOVE to come back? It's a no-brainer! Fifteen years with Jimmy Johnson, five at Oklahoma State, five at Miami, five at the Cowboys - and the fact that he carefully selected loads of talented self-starters with great work ethics, the fact that he made the utmost of what limited numbers he had, and STILL put together (arguably) three national championship teams - shows he knows what the **** he's doing.
 
some stats from the 2001 team:

NFL Stats going into the 2014 NFL Season...

>4,800 tackles, 113 sacks, 128 INT

> 30,500 rush yards, 32,300 rec yards, OVER 400 TOUCHDOWNS!!

42 Probowls (though article says 43).

8 Superbowls

15 All Pro's

1 DPOY

2 ROY

17 1st rounders, 38 players drafted, and 46 total NFL players.


Amazing
 
Great article, was a freshman at um in 2001 and it was the best of some great years.

On another note, the world is really going to ****. The author spent six months on this and ended up with at least five glaring spelling or grammatical errors? Couldn't care less when it happens on a message board but a published author talking about when a "****" breaks? Maybe I am just grumpy.
 
DMoney said:
Really, really well done by Aaron Torres. Ton of good stuff in here. My favorite part:

Coker: I told our players this 'I played Nebraska since the Big XIII and we never did very well' so because of that, I had a lot of respect for them.

Curtis Johnson: He comes into the meeting before the bowl game, and he's nervous. He goes 'Nebraska, they're going to run the option, they're going to do this ...' Ed Reed stands up and says 'Coach, we're the new Nebraska. Don't worry about it. We got it.'

http://www.foxsports.com/college-fo...-of-perfection-in-2001-an-oral-history-091714
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I heard this before. Reed handling **** like a BOSS.
 
I've said it before here and I'll say it again and again, Butch was the ******* man. Did he bolt a few weeks before signing day? Yes. Can you blame him? No. Without Butch we're still struggling to get back.
 
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Butch gets a lot of credit for having a great eye for talent and rightfully so, but he had a great eye for coaches and knew how to build a fundamentally sound program. The intensity and drive for greatness by the players emanated from Davis. The coach set the tone and the players took it and applied it. Aside from Xs and Os the man is up there in terms of how to run a great program.
 
UMFarArcher said:
Canes2082 said:
UMFarArcher said:
Butch Davis built it, set it up, and even the players admit - everything was on automatic for 2001.

Sure wish we could get him back.
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Just out of curiosity did you want Butch fired back then before things started to turn around.

Not trying to start a war just want a honest answer because i'll admit after losing to Az State at home and ECU and a couple other losses I was wanting him fired before the 99 season began
Click to expand...

Honesty. I didn't. Sports Illustrated covers talking about closing down the program, bad press everywhere, and the sanctions we got were pretty hard. I sincerely was grateful that we didn't get the SMU sudden death.

So I knew the sanctions, I knew we were going to lose some ten scholarships for three consecutive years, and assumed we'd lose some serious games, just by being outmanned. I was pleasantly surprised that we did as well as we did, and Butch endeared himself to a lot of us by hanging tough.

A lot of folks were mad when he left, but all Miami had to do was meet him halfway on the buyout. That was the only thing left undone on the contract, and the U were dragging their feet on it, knowing good and well that they had Butch over a barrel. They siht on him and let him know he needed Miami, but Miami didn't need Butch.

No man would put up with that, especially after all the hard work he'd done through some really suckass times.

So when today, with everyone a bit more mature and a bit more reasonable, and I hear that Butch would LOVE to come back? It's a no-brainer! Fifteen years with Jimmy Johnson, five at Oklahoma State, five at Miami, five at the Cowboys - and the fact that he carefully selected loads of talented self-starters with great work ethics, the fact that he made the utmost of what limited numbers he had, and STILL put together (arguably) three national championship teams - shows he knows what the **** he's doing.
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Wow what a load of ****
 
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