Caulton Tudor doesn’t like the way that Butch Davis handled his contract extension. In fact, friends in Chapel Hill have told SFN that Davis has burned up a lot of good will in the process. Tudor is pretty critical of Chief Butch as evidenced by the following quote: extension and raise are an absurd development for a guy with a 3-8 record“.
We particularly like Tudor’s conclusions that Davis’ behavior will be an impediment on the local recruiting trail. In fact, NC State’s Tom O’Brien is actually the ONLY local coach who does/will NOT face lingering questions regarding his tenure at his school. Check out this link for mentions regarding both Jim Grobe and Skip Holtz.
WRAL has chimed in with their perspective regarding ‘rasied expectations’ in Chapel Hill.
But the news about Davis on Tuesday should be read with two points of apprehension.
First, throwing money at a football coach doesn’t guarantee wins, as the University of Alabama is finding out. North Carolina poured funding into facilities when Brown was there, but the program unraveled after he left.
Shouldn’t the wins come first and the money second?
Also, one gets the uneasy feeling that the demands from Davis aren’t going to end.
He wanted a huge contract to come to UNC, and got it.
He wanted big salaries for his assistants, and got them.
He wanted a platform to stand on, and got it.
He wants Kenan Stadium expanded, and he’ll get it.
Now he has a raise.
And the time for Davis to deliver is quickly arriving.
If he doesn’t, UNC fans will believe they paid for a Mercedes – and wound up with a Chevy Malibu.
Like BMFD could give a damn. Don’t give him a raise and let the market decide if a coach with a 3-8 record is wanted in Fayetteville, Arkansas.
Would Arkansas really want a guy who has been out of coaching the last 3 years and in his 1st year only has 3 wins. Butch really played UNC… I can’t wait for UNC to keep bending those recruiting rules. The guy already has three players that were denied admission to Clemson. Clemson???!!! From what I hear from a local high school football coach is that Butch’s staff is even more shady than Bunting was.
Bad Press at Chapel Hill…….WOW !!!!
I love it……..now if only keeps a few years of 3-8 @ 2.1 million a year.
“the market sets the price”
Economics 101 folks.
Econ 201: If an idiot is going to give you a boatload of money for nothing, don’t pull your hand back.
Superstuff — Yes Arkansas would. He’s a native son. They have a stable of talent.
As for his record. Take the best coach in the NCAA and put him at Duke the first year. I doubt his record would be very good there. You can’t make a silk purse out of sow’s ear.
UNC was 3-9 last year. That means, even if they beat Duck - Butch has managed a stunning one game improvement from last year…Granted, the Heels had a lot of close losses this year - but they had them last year too…barely losing to Wake Forest, GaTech, and Rutgers. This year, against a slightly easier schedule they’re one game better heading into their final game of the season.
When I saw UNC play Miami, they looked very good. However, since then, they’ve been pretty average. This year, we should have beaten them by 20 +, but Evans was feeling pretty generous w/ the football.
ask chuck what close losses the last 2 years got him….
^A promotion? Sorry, couldn’t resist…
The raise for BD is embarrassing for UNC-CH. It’s obviously a hostage situation.
“With Arkansas apparently interested in making a run at the coach, the Tar Heels’ front-office folks were caught between a rock and a raid. Their once joyous union with Davis was in at least some danger of imploding faster than an Elizabeth Taylor marriage.”
Do we know anyone on the Pulitzer committee??????
Pulitzer? Somebody get the literary Nobel committee up…
UNX pays for Noon kickoffs.
how long will that last?
Butch’s salary does nothing to keep him there, as long as he doesn’t agree to a bigger buyout. Butch is in the catbird seat. Totally. Only thing that could bite him is increased expectations, but he can play that “building a program” line for at least 4 years. In hindsight, UNC probably should have hired O’Brien when they had the chance.
If Grobe stays at Wake this year, there will never be a question again about his status, and the contrast with Davis will be stark. With all the openings, somebody’s got to go after Grobe.
Here’s the real laugher with Davis: Nutt probably bought himself another year with the LSU win, so we get to do this all over again next year.