Butch Davis Fired

by **Harry0569** » Wed Jul 27, 2011 5:09 pm

North Carolina football coach Butch Davis was fired Wednesday, the school announced.

The decision was made by the chancellor Holden Thorp and that allegations related to academic impropriety were the biggest factor.

Though Davis' personal cell phone records are scheduled to be released soon, the source said that no new allegations had been brought forward.

If UNC has no claim to fire Davis "with cause," he would be owed $3 million to $4 million.

Davis, whose Tar Heels had a promising season derailed in 2010 when 14 players missed at least one game and seven were forced to sit out the entire year because of academic and eligibility issues, said earlier this week at the ACC's media day that he had not thought about quitting amid an NCAA investigation of his program for improper benefits and academic misconduct.

Davis said it had been "reassuring" to have the support of school administration through the probe. He also said he took responsibility "fully and completely" after the NCAA outlined numerous potential major violations in its notice of allegations sent to the school last month.

by **that's great raplh** » Wed Jul 27, 2011 5:17 pm

94 aint coming back until his demands are met

by **mrydel** » Wed Jul 27, 2011 5:38 pm

that's great raplh wrote:94 aint coming back until his demands are met

Doesn't he have to come back to give us his demands?

by **Junior** » Wed Jul 27, 2011 5:41 pm

mrydel wrote:
that's great raplh wrote:94 aint coming back until his demands are met

Doesn't he have to come back to give us his demands?

I'm assuming that he'll use Raplh to communicate them.

by **that's great raplh** » Wed Jul 27, 2011 5:43 pm

Junior wrote:
mrydel wrote:
that's great raplh wrote:94 aint coming back until his demands are met

Doesn't he have to come back to give us his demands?

I'm assuming that he'll use Raplh to communicate them.

he is in some sort of tizzy about post counts...

by **Paladin** » Wed Jul 27, 2011 6:18 pm

"North Carolina football coach Butch Davis was fired Wednesday, the school announced."

Mike Leach, you're on deck. Time to start 'swinging your sword' again

by **SMU 86** » Wed Jul 27, 2011 6:21 pm

I'm sure Coach Jones and Coach Patterson's name will be thrown in the mix as usual. But who knows maybe not this time.

by **GiddyUp** » Wed Jul 27, 2011 6:22 pm

Paladin wrote:"North Carolina football coach Butch Davis was fired Wednesday, the school announced."

Mike Leach, you're on deck. Time to start 'swinging your sword' again

Leach is a [deleted]. Was on the Ticket yesterday.

by **lwjr** » Wed Jul 27, 2011 7:41 pm

GiddyUp wrote:
Paladin wrote:"North Carolina football coach Butch Davis was fired Wednesday, the school announced."

Mike Leach, you're on deck. Time to start 'swinging your sword' again

Leach is a [deleted]. Was on the Ticket yesterday.

What did he say?

by **stc9** » Wed Jul 27, 2011 8:34 pm

This was inevitable. I like Butch, but academic fraud on top of everything else... It was a done deal waiting to happen.

On another post, I put the over/under at 8 scholarships p/year over 5 years. What coach is going to want this job?

by **Stallion** » Wed Jul 27, 2011 9:01 pm

Following the NCAA script on how to avoid severe penalties

by **reddevil** » Wed Jul 27, 2011 10:54 pm

Just for fun. If JJ was offered and took the UNC job (just playing what if), who would we go after. I would love to have Sumlin, Randy Shannon or Mike Singletary.

by **stc9** » Wed Jul 27, 2011 11:11 pm

reddevil wrote:Just for fun. If JJ was offered and took the UNC job (just playing what if), who would we go after. I would love to have Sumlin, Randy Shannon or Mike Singletary.

Don't want Shannon. He is an awesome recruiter, but only a mediocre coach. Any success he had at Miami was more due to the fact he had better athletes than most of his competitors.

Don't know if Sumlin would make this move. It is an interesting idea.

I love the idea of Mike Singletary. Old school! Punch 'em in the mouth!

How about Leach? Just to stir the pot...

by **reddevil** » Wed Jul 27, 2011 11:19 pm

I would be in favor of Leach but it would never ever happen as long as Craig James is alive.

You analysis of Randy Shannon is probably correct, but in CUSA even his mediocre on field decisions combined with superior recruiting could amount to a lot of success.

by **peruna81** » Wed Jul 27, 2011 11:37 pm

Stallion wrote:Following the NCAA script on how to avoid severe penalties

I'm afraid this is spot on...welcome to the formula for reduced NCAA santions impact, aka "Ohio State mini-me", blame the coach strategy.