We shouldn't hire Butch Davis (from a Butch Davis fan)

[duke4heisman]

Hiring Butch Davis would really lazy. In everyone's fantasy world Butch is hired as head coach and someone like Dorsey comes along under him as OC to be groomed to take over in 3-5 years. Then Ed Reed and Ray Lewis coach the defense while Devin Hester coaches special teams. Put your nostalgic thoughts aside for a minute and think.

Butch was a great coach, great recruiter and built the best college football team of all time. Chances of that happening again under Butch are very slim. Butch is a safer pick in some people's minds. But hiring him as our next coach would be a step backwards IMO. Butch wants to get another shot to rewrite the ending to his Miami story. Selfish reasons aside he shouldn't be given the job. He had his shot and left on his own accord. If that had worked out he wouldn't be in the conversation. Do not take what I say as a sign of disrespect because I mean none.

Many fans and players have cited we need to get back to playing Miami football. All that really means is we need to get back to winning games. I don’t care if you run the option. I don’t care if you run out of the pistol or if you run out of the shotgun. I don’t care if you run a triple threat. Just win. There is no guarantee that Butch would win. In fact you’d be hard pressed to find a situation where a coach returns to a former school in the same coaching capacity and does better. It just doesn’t happen.

The same thing that doomed Al Golden can easily doom the next regime that takes over if not thought through objectively and thoroughly. The dumbest thing you can ever do as an organization is think you can do it the old way forever. Or that the old way is the only way. That mentality just won’t work. That mentality is what got us into this mess to begin with. It’s the reason we hired Coker and Shannon instead of a respectable coach.

So instead of being lazy this time let’s not be lazy; as a fan base let’s not be lazy. The school has already given indications that they aren’t going to be lazy this time around. There are much better options than there were in 2010 when we were down to the three stooges.

The football landscape pre-BCS and now post-BCS have changed dramatically thanks to Utah, Boise State and UCF. ESPN changed it by airing **** near 90% of the games each weekend in FBS. But going back to the glory days and trying to recreate success the same way just won’t work. It’s the lazy way…..

There's some truth to this post. Even though you'll be going to Bolivia, and I'll be joining you for my post. In which I don't care .

A good amount of the fanbase lives in the past. From their pro style offense fascination , 4-3 defense and hiring former Canes. Nostalgia can be a ***** sometimes.

That being said, I'd be ok with Butch for 4-5 years. He's not my first choice and he's a suspect gameday coach .Who needs elite coaches . But I do know we'll load up with talent, he'll coach kids up, they'll be tougher and probably leave the program in pretty good shape.

This is a huge hire for the programs future, and I think he's a lazy hire, but the safest.

It's one thing to recognize talent. It's another to get it enrolled and to stay enrolled. In the 90's, when schollys were limited, I suspect that the admin/admissions staff worked with Butch to make sure he got the players he wanted. Low quantity, high quality tradeoff. At UNC, it appears that he had similar support, particularly when it came to keeping his players enrolled. How sure are we that the current administration is going to provide that same sort of support now? If we're confident in this, then Butch is a good hire. If not, then UM may want to look elsewhere (to an offensive-minded coach who can make up for the pansies on the OL through strategery). Butch isn't going to outcoach anyone. He wins by doing more with more. Will this admin let him have "more?"

finally a reasonable response. i have no faith with the admin. get someone in there that will open the playbook up and use our athletes.

people act as if butch davis is going to stop the rest of the country from recruiting down here. it isn't going to happen.

I would wager that he would. What are y'all referring to about the limited scholly reduction (which he worked miracles and built the GOAT team with 31 schollys lost) to now where he will have the full allotment?

 

[FG305]

Hiring Butch Davis would really lazy. In everyone's fantasy world Butch is hired as head coach and someone like Dorsey comes along under him as OC to be groomed to take over in 3-5 years. Then Ed Reed and Ray Lewis coach the defense while Devin Hester coaches special teams. Put your nostalgic thoughts aside for a minute and think.

Butch was a great coach, great recruiter and built the best college football team of all time. Chances of that happening again under Butch are very slim. Butch is a safer pick in some people's minds. But hiring him as our next coach would be a step backwards IMO. Butch wants to get another shot to rewrite the ending to his Miami story. Selfish reasons aside he shouldn't be given the job. He had his shot and left on his own accord. If that had worked out he wouldn't be in the conversation. Do not take what I say as a sign of disrespect because I mean none.

Many fans and players have cited we need to get back to playing Miami football. All that really means is we need to get back to winning games. I don’t care if you run the option. I don’t care if you run out of the pistol or if you run out of the shotgun. I don’t care if you run a triple threat. Just win. There is no guarantee that Butch would win. In fact you’d be hard pressed to find a situation where a coach returns to a former school in the same coaching capacity and does better. It just doesn’t happen.

The same thing that doomed Al Golden can easily doom the next regime that takes over if not thought through objectively and thoroughly. The dumbest thing you can ever do as an organization is think you can do it the old way forever. Or that the old way is the only way. That mentality just won’t work. That mentality is what got us into this mess to begin with. It’s the reason we hired Coker and Shannon instead of a respectable coach.

So instead of being lazy this time let’s not be lazy; as a fan base let’s not be lazy. The school has already given indications that they aren’t going to be lazy this time around. There are much better options than there were in 2010 when we were down to the three stooges.

The football landscape pre-BCS and now post-BCS have changed dramatically thanks to Utah, Boise State and UCF. ESPN changed it by airing **** near 90% of the games each weekend in FBS. But going back to the glory days and trying to recreate success the same way just won’t work. It’s the lazy way…..

I'll make ya *****...

 

[Gatorhater]

Hiring Butch Davis would really lazy. In everyone's fantasy world Butch is hired as head coach and someone like Dorsey comes along under him as OC to be groomed to take over in 3-5 years. Then Ed Reed and Ray Lewis coach the defense while Devin Hester coaches special teams. Put your nostalgic thoughts aside for a minute and think.

Butch was a great coach, great recruiter and built the best college football team of all time. Chances of that happening again under Butch are very slim. Butch is a safer pick in some people's minds. But hiring him as our next coach would be a step backwards IMO. Butch wants to get another shot to rewrite the ending to his Miami story. Selfish reasons aside he shouldn't be given the job. He had his shot and left on his own accord. If that had worked out he wouldn't be in the conversation. Do not take what I say as a sign of disrespect because I mean none.

Many fans and players have cited we need to get back to playing Miami football. All that really means is we need to get back to winning games. I don’t care if you run the option. I don’t care if you run out of the pistol or if you run out of the shotgun. I don’t care if you run a triple threat. Just win. There is no guarantee that Butch would win. In fact you’d be hard pressed to find a situation where a coach returns to a former school in the same coaching capacity and does better. It just doesn’t happen.

The same thing that doomed Al Golden can easily doom the next regime that takes over if not thought through objectively and thoroughly. The dumbest thing you can ever do as an organization is think you can do it the old way forever. Or that the old way is the only way. That mentality just won’t work. That mentality is what got us into this mess to begin with. It’s the reason we hired Coker and Shannon instead of a respectable coach.

So instead of being lazy this time let’s not be lazy; as a fan base let’s not be lazy. The school has already given indications that they aren’t going to be lazy this time around. There are much better options than there were in 2010 when we were down to the three stooges.

The football landscape pre-BCS and now post-BCS have changed dramatically thanks to Utah, Boise State and UCF. ESPN changed it by airing **** near 90% of the games each weekend in FBS. But going back to the glory days and trying to recreate success the same way just won’t work. It’s the lazy way…..

65 post??? Don't believe you, homie.

went to the u from 2002 - 2006 and got my degree.

Congratulations. Now go ask for your money back because your learned NOTHING. Butch has two special gifts:1) he is the greatest recruiter of college talent ever. 2) he is almost if not better at building a coaching staff. Add that up and you have the X's and the O's pus the Jimmies and the Joes. Put that together in the sand pits he will rebuild at his Miami speed camp and you have one **** of a football team in 3 years. Butch is lazy in the sense that if Urban or Saban called and said I'll take the job for free, you probably should be shot if you do not say yes. If that is lazy then hiring Butch is lazy.

i'm retired and 31. i learned enough to know how to pull that off.

Congrads. That explains it. You have been busy doing business and not wasting time with all this football stuff. Wise choice. Hey, if you write a couple 6 digit checks to THE U, they pay attention to you for a little while. They do have a short memory.