only real advantage of firing at this point is trying to keep him out of any questions from the NCAA, appeal to not getting hammered.

Oh and to have a chance at beating us this season

[Edited on July 27, 2011 at 4:59 PM. Reason : like a week before practice starts lol]

7/27/2011 4:57:55 PM

It would really make no sense to fire him now unless new information has come to light.

7/27/2011 4:59:37 PM

there were several calls to the chancellors daughter in the 216 records

7/27/2011 5:01:07 PM

7/27/2011 5:03:31 PM

lol

Quote :

"@thedevilwolf Mike Patrick is reporting that Butch Davis has decided on his own to part ways with UNC and the separation is entirely amicable. #sendek"

7/27/2011 5:04:18 PM

Quote :

"SENDEKIAN MELTDOWN"

7/27/2011 5:07:44 PM

lol refreshing twitter feed every 5 secs

7/27/2011 5:10:31 PM

Oh lawd

7/27/2011 5:12:03 PM

not sure if its a good thing or a bad thing if he gets fired

7/27/2011 5:15:38 PM

7/27/2011 5:16:13 PM

^^ yeah, that's my only thing about this. although the timing couldn't be better.

7/27/2011 5:17:27 PM

yall know how things work

if butch has been fired, state will lose that game this year

7/27/2011 5:17:30 PM

I love that we are beating them consistently with Butch at the helm, but seriously I would love to see him gone. They would really struggle to get him replaced with anyone decent and it could create a 5 year shit period.

[Edited on July 27, 2011 at 5:18 PM. Reason : ]

7/27/2011 5:17:53 PM

any program is gonna be in some deep shit if they fire their coach a month before the season starts

and in UNC's case, they're still going to be paying for stadium renovations even though attendance numbers will plummet

7/27/2011 5:20:31 PM

Relax, guys. I'm sure they're just negotiating how big of a raise to give him. His level of cooperation with the NCAA is UNPRECEDENTED, and he has steered their program through tremendous ADVERSITY, and he DIDN'T KNOW ANY OF THIS WAS GOING ON so how can he be held responsible?!?

His leadership is the stuff of legends and he deserves a raise b/c he's the only one who can get UNC to football prominence.

7/27/2011 5:20:52 PM

I wonder who they could get, I'm sure this season would be a Dabo Swinney-interim thing like when Tammy got farr'd

7/27/2011 5:21:25 PM

Carolina is a legit sleeping giant in football even though I hate to admit it, its a good job so someone decent will want it. The question is do the sanctions prevent someone good from coming in the near term and does the administration decide to play it safe and go with some unknown with a clean background who will have to take more time to build up a recruiting rep.

7/27/2011 5:21:29 PM

Heh, someone (not me) already edited his wikipedia page:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Butch_Davis

Quote :

"Paul Hilton "Butch" Davis, Jr. (born November 17, 1951) is an American football coach and former player in the United States. He is the former head football coach at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. [...] Butch Davis was fired from the North Carolina Tarheels on 07/27/2011 after taking blame for athletics scandal. "

7/27/2011 5:22:13 PM

This could also open some doors in recruiting for the pack as well. Whatever the case, Butch has been reeling some serious talent to their team. Would be nice to see Tom pick some of that up.

7/27/2011 5:22:48 PM

they need to edit that he still doesn't know that he's been fired

7/27/2011 5:24:52 PM

if Butch Davis was on top of his players twitter like Mike Martz, Austin would've played last season

Quote :

"ChrisHarrisNFL Chris Harris We dont start till fri any more suggestionsRT @MikeMartz5: The lockout is over. Dont you think its time to hang up the twitter cleats?"

7/27/2011 5:25:06 PM

Quote :

"InsideCarolina InsideCarolina Per DTH, Chancellor Thorp declining comment. 27 seconds ago Favorite Retweet Reply InsideCarolina InsideCarolina New Board of Trustees chairman and officers began today."

Quote :

"jjones9 Jonathan Jones by MikeSolarte Sources tell me that Butch Davis has indeed been fired as head coach of UNC football as early as this morning."

[Edited on July 27, 2011 at 5:32 PM. Reason : wow]

7/27/2011 5:30:12 PM

The head of the bot retires. (Butch's most important supporters)
Then Butch slips up about the 216 phone calls at the ACC kickoff.
Then Butch reveals his close connection to the sport of track.
Now the board of trustees area about to dump BUTCHIE!!
Then we jump fires!!!!

7/27/2011 5:32:57 PM

dweedle, I almost spit the coffee I wasn't drinking onto the screen, lol

7/27/2011 5:34:26 PM

The bigger thing to keep Carolina down is to make sure we pound them down while we have the chance. Face it, in state people will at least for the foreseeable future still probably have a preference for carolina. What we have to do is make sure we start to replace them as a major program by using any setbacks they have to our advantage.

7/27/2011 5:35:54 PM

all types of national sources confirming he was fired this morning

UNC football players twitters blowing up angrily

cats and dogs, living together

7/27/2011 5:36:20 PM

Links to some UNC players' tweets?

7/27/2011 5:37:46 PM

not sure, Ovies mentioned it

7/27/2011 5:38:41 PM

unc-ch won't confirm or deny. He gone.

7/27/2011 5:39:15 PM

i hope the next guy is as annoying to listen to so it's easy to h8 h8 h8

7/27/2011 5:40:22 PM

CHECK MATE

this motherfucker is never wrong

Quote :

"schadjoe Joe Schad Butch Davis has ben told in meetings w chancellor as AD that the process of termination had begun 4 minutes ago Favorite Retweet Reply"

7/27/2011 5:40:51 PM

yeah, Schaad is all over it.

7/27/2011 5:42:11 PM

Quote :

"schadjoe Joe Schad UNC chancellor made the call on Davis' termination based in large part on academic misconduct findings 33 seconds ago Favorite Retweet Reply"

7/27/2011 5:42:21 PM

Greg Barnes coming on The Drive in a couple minutes, can stream here http://www.wfnz.com

can't wait to hear his bitch ass crying about butch getting taken out

I think he was on the Raleigh show at 5pm but a lot has changed in the last 30 minutes

7/27/2011 5:43:03 PM

I'm gonna laugh so hard if they give him a buyout.

7/27/2011 5:43:20 PM

Quote :

"yall know how things work if butch has been fired, state will lose that game this year "

lul dweedle.

Glorious day. Feels like friday almost.

and it's officials

http://twitter.com/#!/CBSSportsNCAAF/status/96332365835669505






[Edited on July 27, 2011 at 5:50 PM. Reason : gg]

7/27/2011 5:46:19 PM

somewhere TOB is sipping a victory Black and Tan

7/27/2011 5:46:35 PM

http://abclocal.go.com/wtvd/story?section=news/local&id=8274713

7/27/2011 5:47:19 PM

no, he's prolly thinking "I wonder if the new guy will be just as easy to beat..."

7/27/2011 5:47:22 PM

i'm about to crack open a motherfucking beer

7/27/2011 5:50:45 PM

Quote :

"Coach Butch Davis 'Preciation Thread "

7/27/2011 5:52:34 PM

lol i guess they can appreciate the improved facilities, so now the people that show up can spread out a little more

7/27/2011 5:53:48 PM

http://tarheelblue.cstv.com/sports/m-footbl/spec-rel/072711aad.html

official release from UNC that he's fired

7/27/2011 5:54:20 PM

Fox-8 in Gboro said he gone!

7/27/2011 5:55:07 PM

Davis says he's sorry

Sorry he trusted John Blake

7/27/2011 5:55:57 PM

iop176

7/27/2011 5:56:48 PM

front page on wral

7/27/2011 5:57:22 PM

damn, I gotta go get some popcorn for the meltdown

7/27/2011 5:58:14 PM

From IC

Quote :

"I quess that means Drew Davis is off the recruiting board."

at least some of them still have a sense of humor about it

7/27/2011 5:59:06 PM

CANT WAIT to hear the next whiner line.

7/27/2011 5:59:33 PM