10.Tennessee fans can’t figure out why the football coach at North Carolina wouldn’t jump at being the football coach at Tennessee. Question: How many reasons do you want?
9.Butch Davis has an easier path to success at North Carolina than he would at Tennessee. He doesn’t have to play Florida, Georgia and Alabama every season. Every game at Carolina is sold out. Scenery? I’ll take Chapel Hill over Knoxville. The old, “But it’s a football team at a basketball school” argument? So what? Billy Donovan seems to function OK with the reverse situation at Florida. It’s not like UNC has short-changed Davis with money or resources. Obviously, Tennessee has the tradition. But tradition hasn’t counted for much in Knoxville for the last 10 years. If Davis builds a winner at UNC, he would have his pick of jobs around the country. And if that happens, why would you pick Tennessee?
ajc.com
11/11/08
