Butch Davis
Butch Davis
Paul Hilton "Butch" Davis, Jr.is an American football coach. After graduating from the University of Arkansas, he became an assistant college football coach at Oklahoma State University and the University of Miami before becoming the defensive coordinator for the Dallas Cowboys of the National Football League. He was head coach of the University of Miami's Hurricanes football team from 1995 to 2000 and the NFL's Cleveland Browns from 2001 to 2004. Davis served as the head coach of the University...
ProfessionCoach
Date of Birth17 November 1951
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I don't have enough credentials to be the full-time guy, but I am the assistant offensive line coach for my son's seventh-grade football team,
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We understand that Butch Davis inherited an awful football team with virtually no talent. However, why do you keep defending the man (and his talent evaluation skills) when he clearly had awful drafts for the Browns?
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The trade isn't going to be the problem. Negotiating the contract will be.
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Miami wasn't in a conference at that time. Miami was an independent,
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I think he just said what was on his mind.
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Obviously the city is excited, ... They had their hearts ripped out when the franchise moved, and in the years they went without a team. They're hungry, like the team is, to have respect back and to have a team that's competitive.
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Now they can take a deep breath and just play.
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You had to change just the perception from within of who this football team was,
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The biggest win you have to win is the locker room. ... And it's very difficult when you inherit a football team - you go someplace and all of a sudden these guys have got seven-year contracts and the coaches have got three.
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It's a great place. I've got family and friends - but it's a difficult thing. It's unfortunate that Houston's going through a tough time and I wish him the best and want him to win this weekend.
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It's a fresh start for him. He might come in and be absolutely perfect.
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I truly believe that was one of the great things that helped the University of Miami program achieve a lot of the things that they did - the enormous national exposure.
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We're going to survey the hotels and motels in town. There's a real nice shelter at Family Faith Church, ... and we're going to solicit the hotels and see what comes out of it. The hotel population right now is still between 500 and 600.
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We'll have an update probably some time, 12 o'clock on Sunday. Stay tuned.