poncho0091
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So we finally get rid of Golden and there is no more slurper vs mopers. We are all happy for a week or 2. Now it's becoming a Butch vs anti Butch thing.
For those who don't want Butch, I can understand your frustration with the Butch love as it is all over the board right now. I am a huge supporter of hiring Butch again and even I recognize it's a bit much at times how many threads are about Butch.
With that said, I see guys getting really carried away in desperation to downplay Butch. You guys will spout off all kinds of stats, but ignore all the important factors that don't show up on the stats sheet.
-People point out the players Butch had, but that was over a 6 year period and he was dealing with one of the worst sanctions in college football history. Just shy of the death penalty and he still maintained mostly 9 win season and got screwed out of title game. Keep in mind this was his first ever HC position, so yes, he made mistakes. **** happens. How many other coaches can say they were able to accomplish this? Someone tell me how great SMU, USC, or Alabama was after their penalties.
-At UNC he took over a 3 win team. He was the bottom of the barrel team looking up. He was not pulling a bunch of 4 and 5 star recruits in year 1 and 2. People act like good coaches just make bad teams into stars right away. It took Harbaugh 4 years to make Stanford good. Butch got hit with sanctions in year 4 with a team that was loaded and developed by him. Most high school kids do not come in ready to dominate on day 1.
He was also a coordinator/ assistant for multiple championship and super bowl teams.
I'm not trying to say Butch his better than Saban, especially since their career paths have been too different, but when we got guys calling him a bum and garbage, especially after what he accomplished here, it's a little ridiculous. This is not about Butch love. The guy built one of the greatest college teams ever and he did it for the U. Let's show this man a little more respect than he's trash. None of us love Urban or Saban, but you truly believe they deserve more respect from canes than Butch? If that's the case, you ain't a real fan or you're a scorned woman and please go follow those coaches.
For those who don't want Butch, I can understand your frustration with the Butch love as it is all over the board right now. I am a huge supporter of hiring Butch again and even I recognize it's a bit much at times how many threads are about Butch.
With that said, I see guys getting really carried away in desperation to downplay Butch. You guys will spout off all kinds of stats, but ignore all the important factors that don't show up on the stats sheet.
-People point out the players Butch had, but that was over a 6 year period and he was dealing with one of the worst sanctions in college football history. Just shy of the death penalty and he still maintained mostly 9 win season and got screwed out of title game. Keep in mind this was his first ever HC position, so yes, he made mistakes. **** happens. How many other coaches can say they were able to accomplish this? Someone tell me how great SMU, USC, or Alabama was after their penalties.
-At UNC he took over a 3 win team. He was the bottom of the barrel team looking up. He was not pulling a bunch of 4 and 5 star recruits in year 1 and 2. People act like good coaches just make bad teams into stars right away. It took Harbaugh 4 years to make Stanford good. Butch got hit with sanctions in year 4 with a team that was loaded and developed by him. Most high school kids do not come in ready to dominate on day 1.
He was also a coordinator/ assistant for multiple championship and super bowl teams.
I'm not trying to say Butch his better than Saban, especially since their career paths have been too different, but when we got guys calling him a bum and garbage, especially after what he accomplished here, it's a little ridiculous. This is not about Butch love. The guy built one of the greatest college teams ever and he did it for the U. Let's show this man a little more respect than he's trash. None of us love Urban or Saban, but you truly believe they deserve more respect from canes than Butch? If that's the case, you ain't a real fan or you're a scorned woman and please go follow those coaches.
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