12-20-2007, 05:30 PM
It appears that Butch Davis will go to unethical extremes to land football talent. Just hours after attending ex-Hurricane Sean Taylor's funeral in Miami, sitting in the front row next to Randy Shannon and Larry Coker, (link) Butch was visiting Hurricane recruits and using negative recruiting tactics to lure them to UNC. First of all, to try and lure Miami commits moments after attending Taylor's (a Miami alum) funeral is pretty darn low. But Butch went far beyond that. Below is a report from Gary Ferman who runs the Miami Scout web site:
"Multiple sources are telling me he (Butch Davis) came to South Florida for the Sean Taylor funeral and went to visit a bunch of Miami commits and tell them that Randy is getting fired next year and they should not go to Miami, that they should come to Carolina.I cant relay yet what I am hearing o*n the Patrick Johnson front because it is way too messy and very easily could be a rumor along the lines of what many have been hearing recently regarding Patrick and other schools trying to get him. But if Patrick Johnson suddenly visits and/or commits to North Carolina, you guys will be able to put two and two together pretty quickly."
Soon after, Patrick Johnson schedules a trip to UNC. Link We can put two and two together. Wait, there's more.
Manny Navarro's Blog posted Thursday, Dec. 6th, (Manny is a Miami Herald reporter). "Forston told me other schools have calling him of late trying to trick him and other recruits by telling them coach Randy Shannon has o*nly o*ne year left o*n his contract. Forston and Harris both told me they've been receiving calls from UM coaches to stop the false information from spreading. I got a phone call from a UM assistant who pleaded with me and said "please put it out there that coach Shannon's contract runs through 2012. People are spreading garbage that he's o*nly got o*ne year left. That's bull."
Note: it was reported everywhere that several Miami NW High School kids, especially Marcus and Sean Spence met with Butch o*n the evening after Sean Taylor's Funeral. Thus, these comments were directly related to Butch.
Another well-connected Canes fan added this: "Butch Davis also told him, why would you want to live down here when all these people are getting shot. Marcus said, " You had no problem living down here with your wife for six years."
You can disregard all the rumors of negative recruiting if you want. But, again, for Butch to visit Miami recruits after attending the funeral of a devoted Cane is despicable. What would Sean think?
"Multiple sources are telling me he (Butch Davis) came to South Florida for the Sean Taylor funeral and went to visit a bunch of Miami commits and tell them that Randy is getting fired next year and they should not go to Miami, that they should come to Carolina.I cant relay yet what I am hearing o*n the Patrick Johnson front because it is way too messy and very easily could be a rumor along the lines of what many have been hearing recently regarding Patrick and other schools trying to get him. But if Patrick Johnson suddenly visits and/or commits to North Carolina, you guys will be able to put two and two together pretty quickly."
Soon after, Patrick Johnson schedules a trip to UNC. Link We can put two and two together. Wait, there's more.
Manny Navarro's Blog posted Thursday, Dec. 6th, (Manny is a Miami Herald reporter). "Forston told me other schools have calling him of late trying to trick him and other recruits by telling them coach Randy Shannon has o*nly o*ne year left o*n his contract. Forston and Harris both told me they've been receiving calls from UM coaches to stop the false information from spreading. I got a phone call from a UM assistant who pleaded with me and said "please put it out there that coach Shannon's contract runs through 2012. People are spreading garbage that he's o*nly got o*ne year left. That's bull."
Note: it was reported everywhere that several Miami NW High School kids, especially Marcus and Sean Spence met with Butch o*n the evening after Sean Taylor's Funeral. Thus, these comments were directly related to Butch.
Another well-connected Canes fan added this: "Butch Davis also told him, why would you want to live down here when all these people are getting shot. Marcus said, " You had no problem living down here with your wife for six years."
You can disregard all the rumors of negative recruiting if you want. But, again, for Butch to visit Miami recruits after attending the funeral of a devoted Cane is despicable. What would Sean think?
