Butch Davis....Fired.

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  1. Terry O'Keefe

    Terry O'Keefe Well-Known Member Administrator

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    Can't believe it took them this long. I mean if your head coach has all that going on under his watch and he has to sit something like 10 or 15 players due to improprieties then something is really wrong and he needs to go.
     
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    Holy cow! Why now? The season is about to begin! None of these charges are new. Shouldn't this have been done long ago?
     
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    What do you mean? Basketball season is still a couple of months away! Oh yeah they do play football in that part of the country too. :lol:
     
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    Seems like really strange timing to me.
     
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    I agree!! When is the last time you have heard of a head coach getting axed two weeks before opening camp...?
     
  6. Terry O'Keefe

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    I think that UNC after watching Ohio State part company with Tressel and vacate wins and Tenn having fired Bruce Pearl seemingly on the way to relatively mild penalites decided that getting rid of Butch Davis would help their case.

    Also as I said earlier, how do you not fire a coach who's program went so far off the tracks that 10-15 kids had to be suspended...I mean I just don't think the Sargent Schultz defense can cover that much.
     
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    The guys at EDSBS said it best when the news was breaking when they tweeted:

    Only reason UNC would fire Butch Davis now: their AD has been as drunk as a hobo at a dumpster fire for 365 days, and just got sober.

    Of course, the AD is now gone too I believe.
     
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    UNC pep rally...

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    More qualified coaches take control of the situation...
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