Butch Davis is as good as it gets when comes to recruiting and identifying talent. But as other posters have said, people forget that he was never considered a good game day coach.
His record vs. ACC opponents at UNC 2007 - 2010:
Miami: 3-1
Duke: 4-0
BC: 2-0
Clemson: 1-0
FSU: 1-1
MD: 1-1
GT: 1-3
VT: 1-3
UVA: 1-3
NC St: 0-4
Wake: 0-1
Pitt: 0-1 (in the BE at the time)
That's not very good.
I think Butch is an emotional hire, because of the the talent he put together 98-2002, and he always beat Miami when he was at UNC. I get the nostalgia. But you could definitely argue the 98 & 99 Miami teams underachieved. And if you look at the whole body of work, you'd say his UNC teams underachieved.
Butch seems like the type that will recruit well, and we'd be "better" if we hire him, but we won't be "Miami". I see him getting us to 8-10 wins a year and be top 25, but not 11-12 wins and be top 10.
Bro, are you kidding me right now? Lol.
North Carolina is not remotely a football power. That school is ALL basketball. The team he took over had only one winning season in the last 6 years. The team he had a combined winning pct of 38% over the last six years before he got there. As soon as he took them over, the culture there changed immediately. I don't think you or anyone else truly realize how bad UNC football was before he got there. lol...
I'll just tell you this, sometimes individuals will use basic internet knowledge to base their facts. Once you peel back the layers, you will see what a fantastic job Butch did at UNC. Once the ball was starting to roll, the scandal broke out and he was let go....and for the record, UNC has been dirty for a while and Butch had nothing to do w/ that.