SayWhat
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This is one of the dumbest things I've ever read. He got in trouble at North Carolina BECAUSE HE HAD A TEAM THAT WAS LOADED WITH TALENT. He had a team full of amazing players who were being courted by agents down in Miami Beach, and a couple of them were stupid enough to tweet about it. THAT is why North Carolina had to suspend 20% of its team to open the season.
Butch went 2-for-2 "catching lightning in a bottle" at Power 5 schools. That's a pretty god**** good record by any definition. The "game" has not passed him by, even if certain ADs won't give him an interview.
Let's not reinvent history here as that isn't the complete story. There was also academic fraud involved under his watch. A dirty hire, everyone knew he was dirty, was implicated as well. I'm not one to pin everything on a coach like some do, so what he knew or didn't know will always be a question mark. Having said that, the Bring Botch Back brigade was emphatic that he's been cleared of knowing of any wrongdoing.
If he was still a relevant talent evaluator in that he was still currently modern or ahead of the game, he would've had a legitimate offer somewhere. The game has changed from an analytical perspective and visibility one. He hasn't had a serious look anywhere, although the BBB proclaim otherwise.
He gets credit for the past and that's where his reputation will stay. No shame in that, but let's not make it more than that. I can separate the two, most cannot including yourself. He doesn't get a pass for hiring a dirty coach, when everyone was knew he was dirty. Obviously, you have a dirty coach on your staff, the expectations that you should land a few guys you shouldn't (Marvin Austin) increases. That's why he was hired, that or you believe somehow Butch was in a vacuum as the only person in college football who didn't know Blake was dirty.
As for all of that talent at UNC, who and what was it relative to the Draft. He didn't outperform the position and his top picks were almost to a "T" implicated in some wrongdoing. It wasn't even similar to what he did here, but the blind support for the man makes many try and make a connection.