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Please stop with the safe hire crap. We need a great hire and we need to move this program forward. I'm so tired of the safe Miami guy hire. It's as big of a myth as all we need is a recruiter bro and the rest will take care of itself bro.How do you know no one has contacted him? I've got buddies in Maryland saying they want Butch Davis and they heard rumors that that's who they are going to get, I've heard UCF as a possibility, and I've heard USF before they hired Taggart. I'm sure age is a big factor, UNC scandal as well.
In reality a lot of schools are looking for a young up and coming coach. Miami needs someone established as we can no longer take that chance or we are done. We have struck out 3 times in a row on that route. Most schools of Miami's caliber don't miss 3 times in a row on coaching searches. UF missed on Zook and Muschamp, got it right on Urban and McElwain.
I'm from TN and it's no different than them missing 3 times in a row, and their fans are begging for Fulmer back, yet no one else wants him. UM and UT are the only schools that have traditions of football power that I can think of missing on so many consecutive terrible coaching hires.
Truth is you want this program back to competing then bring in a bold hire that will take us away from the past decade of trying to out talent everyone and bring in a real coach that knows football.
I agree about the recruiter bs, it's so over rated. I'm not saying we need a safe hire, we need someone established. If we need a great hire, do you not put Butch in that category? That's insane. Give me a realistic name, outside of Saban and Urban that we can get that you know is a great hire and no chance he ***** this up? You can't. Butch Davis has done it before and can do it again. I can say that confidently because I know he values a great staff and that's what we will get with Butch.
Like I said, there's plenty of names I would take, I'm not "Butch or nothing". But in reality I just haven't heard that name that is better. Butch should be the standard of this hire. He is the guy we base every other candidates resume on. If we find a better one then **** ya, if not you hire Butch. I'll just start by saying Mario, Chud, Schiano, Pagano, etc worked UNDER Butch. That has to have some value to it. I can't consider any of them better. That's just the way I look at it. I'm not looking for safe or a recruiter or whatever. I'm all in that we need a great coach and nothing else and my opinion is that Butch Davis is that guy that fits the bill. Other names that are intriguing are Herman, Babers, Mullen, etc. But none of them are guaranteed to work like Butch has already proven, but if we take a chance on them then I'm fine with it.
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