Butch Davis fired from UNC

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gorocks99
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Jul 27, 2011 6:05pm
http://espn.go.com/college-football/story/_/id/6809612/butch-davis-fired-north-carolina-football-coach

Surprised me with the timing, although they are under investigation.
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gerb131
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Jul 27, 2011 6:22pm
IF he could keep it clean he might be a decent coach.
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krambman
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Jul 27, 2011 6:54pm
The timing of this is very odd, although I guess it makes sense to do it now so that your interim has a week or two before camp to get things together. I don't know the timing of everything going on with UNC and the NCAA or if new information has been brought to the university's attention that isn't public yet, but it seems to me that it would have made more sense to wait until after the season.
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Jul 27, 2011 6:57pm
The timing of this is quite odd. Have to believe something else is afoot (Sherlock Holmes reference for the heck of it :) ).
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ironman02
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Jul 27, 2011 7:16pm
Definitely makes it seem as though there's something more going on behind the scenes, but there's a lot of talk on the Carolina boards about this being the result of new members on the Board of Trustees. Kinda similar to Tressel in the fact that the BOT's support began to diminish, so a change was forced.
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Little Danny
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Jul 27, 2011 9:51pm
So is RichRod the next man in?
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karen lotz
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Jul 27, 2011 10:38pm
Hopefully this impacts Keith Marshall's recruiting :)
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WebFire
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Jul 27, 2011 11:24pm
Little Danny;843859 wrote:So is RichRod the next man in?

Hmmm....
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Tobias Fünke
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Jul 27, 2011 11:33pm
Little Danny;843859 wrote:So is RichRod the next man in?

haha That wouldn't be a bad move for the program. His style ran rampant over the ACC before.
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WebFire
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Jul 27, 2011 11:34pm
Tobias Fünke;843989 wrote:haha That wouldn't be a bad move for the program. His style ran rampant over the ACC before.

Don't forget he did just get Michigan put on probation. Maybe not the best follow up to a coach involved in a scandal.
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Jul 28, 2011 1:15pm
UNC AD Dick Baddour has resigned. Tar Heels are cleaning house.
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WebFire
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Jul 28, 2011 1:17pm
WOW!