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Canes Rising: Randy Shannon vs Butch Davis: Shannon Wins Hands Down

  • Canester · 1 year ago
    This is the most biased and one sided piece you have ever written.

    Maybe you feel it's necessary to take shots at Butch now that he's at Carolina and he's beating up on us.

    Maybe you are just trying to give our fans a morale boost heading into the final three games.

    Whatever the case this article is slanted and quite frankly sickening.

    Some facts please.

    Shannon did not have 18 scholarships stripped from his recruiting for the first four years he's the coach. He's been able to offer kids what every other school we compete with offers them.

    Butch took a team that started 1-3 in 1995 with the NCAA swirling around the program and SI calling for us to drop the program on the cover to the Big East title. We got hit with probation and couldn't get to the Orange Bowl. Shannon went 5-7 in his first year.

    Butch beat Syracuse on the road in the last game of 1996 to split the Big East title. The Orangemen had beaten Texas who won the Big 12 and had won 8 in a row.

    You seem to want to deny Miami actually won those games at West Virginia you mention. In one game Miami was ranked 25th and West Virginia 18th. In the other Miami was unranked and West Virginia was ranked I believe 10th or 11th. You can criticize the calls all you want but in both cases Davis beat ranked teams on the road. Shannon still has not accomplished this.

    This article is being written for specific purpose. To excuse Shannon's two losses to UNC and to trash Butch Davis for not returning to Miami. In both cases I don't like it and expected better of you, kartik and this site.
  • Baby J · 1 year ago
    I disagree with Canester. Alot of valid points here most importantly though not mentioned is the change in college football landscape, more tv, more schools with big budgets, etc.
  • GO Canes · 1 year ago
    I agree with this piece. A reason exists why a banner flew over the OB against West Virginia in 1997, "From Champs to Chumps."

    Davis is a great recruiter and now a better head coach then when here. But Shannon is miles ahead of them at the respective stages of their UM careers.
  • Lenny · 1 year ago
    Honestly, Butch Davis was one of the WORST gameday coaches I've ever seen.

    Even having this discussion worries me about Shannon.
  • JT CANES · 1 year ago
    I'm not a big fan of Butch.

    Will he end up at Tennessee or Clemson?