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By: PRGuy

PRGuy — Tue, 04 Nov 2008 16:27:02 +0000

Don’t overlook the consideration of family. Butch has a high-school-aged son who is getting a top notch education in Chapel Hill. Don’t know much about his wife or her likes/dislikes (remember the talk about Pitino leaving Lexington because his wife didn’t think they had high-class restaurants). I maintain that Butch stays in Chapel Hill at least until his son enters college. If his son elects to go to UNC, even better.

By: DailyDoc

DailyDoc — Tue, 04 Nov 2008 16:15:28 +0000

Rathskellar:

There is a $2 million penalty clause if Butch leaves before the end of the 2010 season – including the bowl game, if any, that season (AKA the Mack Brown rule). The penalty decreases each season thereafter.

By: Heels Perspective

Heels Perspective — Tue, 04 Nov 2008 14:44:50 +0000

The commentary from our “wanna be rivals” is interesting if not funny.

On one hand you have the “Butch is a great recruiter but a terrible game day coach”.. “Butch couldn’t win a NC at Miami and bombed at Cleveland”

HOWEVER, these same people think Butch is SO GOOD that UT and any other SEC team would be chomping at the bit to get Butch. Which is it??

My feeling is that BD at age 57 has a rare chance to build a legacy at UNC that will be long remembered. Hell, I could see “Butch Davis Field at Kenan Memorial Stadium”.

By: HeelYeah

HeelYeah — Tue, 04 Nov 2008 02:58:24 +0000

Some of this may be our paranoia, some of it is ABC’ers fanning the flames, and some of it is legit. However, I really hope that Butch douses these flames soon and makes it clear that he is staying in Chapel Hill. I agree with rathskellar68 that if Butch (and his agent) use every opportunity to squeeze more $$ out of us, then at some point we’ve got to put our foot down. I don’t blame a guy for advancing his own agenda, but he’s got to show some loyalty too.

I hope Butch realizes that if he can get us competing for the ACC title on a fairly regular basis (not necessarily every year), and beats State and Dook, then he’ll always be welcome with open arms in Chapel Hill. And be paid pretty darn well to boot.

By: rathskellar68

rathskellar68 — Tue, 04 Nov 2008 00:53:47 +0000

Not to be old fashioned about it, but does Coach Davis have a contract? What are its terms? If it permits him to leave at will, that’s one thing. If it doesn’t, that’s another.

Giving one’s word still counts for something, and giving it in a legally enforceable instument like a contract counts for a great deal — or it should.

Opportunism can’t be everything. If it is for Coach Davis, then, with all respect to his undoubted coaching abilities, we are better off without him.

By: Chris

Chris — Mon, 03 Nov 2008 22:42:10 +0000

In my humble opinion, Coach Davis stays. He committed during the middle of the season after Bunting was fired, full well knowing that there were a bunch of openings coming up at the end of that season. My hope is that money is not that big of an issue at Davis’s stage, that he enjoys living in Chapel Hill and North Carolina, and as has been said, winning titles will be easier here than in the SEC. And I think Roy Williams could be a factor: he appears to be supportive of the various teams in general, and I would guess is viewed by Davis not as a competitor but as a friend.

By: Jonathan Starsmore

Jonathan Starsmore — Mon, 03 Nov 2008 22:10:12 +0000

The job at Nebraska came open last year and not even a blogger linked Butch to it (they hired Pelini, the DC at LSU). I don’t think you can consider the ‘Huskers to be an elite job any longer — they’re located in an undesirable part of the country, and it’s been quite a while since their glory days.

By: keithunc

keithunc — Mon, 03 Nov 2008 21:02:05 +0000

Do you really believe Butch Davis is an elite enough coach to “Coach” an SEC team??

By: Asheville Heel

Asheville Heel — Mon, 03 Nov 2008 20:45:31 +0000

I live in a lovely area of our state. One of the few negatives is that we are in relatively close proximity to Clemson and Knoxville. I see and hear UT and Tiger fans on a daily basis. DailyDoc you are right, these two fan bases are “a piece of work”. Money (and a lot of it) would be the only reason for Butch to leave CH for either of these schools. I hope for the best!