Re: Davis
I don’t think anybody would object to getting Butch Davis, even if they prefer somebody else a little more. We have our advocates for Leach, Muschamp, Kelly, etc., but I’m sure that most/all of them be quite accepting of Davis. The problem with Davis is that he seems very unlikely to take the job. Given his medical history, his current success (and quite reasonable salary), his statements, and his family’s contentment with Chapel Hill, it’s just very difficult to think of him uprooting and heading this way. I think people tend to be down on the probability more so than the prospect.

Re: Leach
Leach hype primarily comes down to two things. First, Leach runs one of the most powerful offenses that college football has ever seen, and that with recruiting castaways who weren’t picked up by Texas, OU, and a few other schools. (They’re still very good athletes, but he does start at a disadvantage.) Offensively, this year is right on par for Leach; it’s the defense that’s the difference. Now that Leach has somebody who is making the defense more effective, people are seeing a more well-rounded program that can score a lot of points on anybody and is continually getting better at stopping opponents.
Second, Leach gets a lot of attention because Texas Tech has the one thing that people miss the most at UT – excitement. Win or lose, the TTech games are thrilling to watch and be a part of. While Tennessee has been blah on offense, very solid but not exciting on defense, and meh on special teams, Tech has you glued to the TV wondering, “what’s next?”. A lot of fans simply want to be entertained, and Leach offers incredible entertainment potential.

Those are the main reasons behind the sentiments. Take ’em or leave ’em as you please. And stick around; you do bring up some good points.

Let’s get some young blood in there. “Mike Leach”-young.

It’s been since 2004 that a “pro-style” offense (USC) won a national championship so if by “best thing to run” you mean “offense that brings home hardware,” I think those days are over.

Is it the security that comes with his name? To say that Butch Davis is single handedly responsible for that Miami run, is just speculation. I would say it was more to do with Talent, Just like I say the same for Fumers run in the late 90’s. When you dont have the talent unfortunately you gotta evaluate talent and coach’em up which is what some of the second tier coaches are doing. like Kelly and Brewster, Leach and probably some I dont know. They are coaching players with (in theory) lesser talent. Lets not forget most of the top names came from smaller schools(Saban,spurrier, meyer, stoopes). At this point I just wanna be EXCITED about the program and maybe take a few years to get there. More then I want to land a nice safe conservative name..I will say this I think Leach’s success right now is mostly due to the fact that he has a BEAST offensive line, a Top 5 QB and a Top 3 (if not the best) receiver. When you got that your gonna win I dont care who the coach is…..The question is how did Leach end up with this team?

I predict (and you can take that and a dollar fifty and buy a Sundrop) that they will convince
John Chavis to take the helm. The first thing he will do is fire the OC. This will have the effect of hitting the mule with the proverbial 2×4. This provides a warm fuzzy feeling with a known quantity with a history (and who will have Phillip’s full support). Fire Hamilton (I said this long ago) and hire Phillip as AD. There. Now you can save all that money on a talent search.