re: 3* DE Marques Ford commits to VOLS

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Butch has not done anything to make me believe he is some great talent evaluator. He has done a good job of recruiting elite guys, but what has he shown that makes you confident in his ability to evaluate/coach guys up?

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I watched him a lot at Cincy since I gamble on football games. He recruited and developed a lot of guys there and even CMU. Justin Wolf, Kenbrell Thompkins, Antonio Brown, Isaih Pead, and Travis Kelce are players off the top of my head that he developed and are doing well in the NFL.
Also Tubbs did well with his players last year, took UL to overtime.

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Neither Mixon or Humphreys have played a down of college football yet, so not sure that is a good example. Ahmad Paige and Jacques Smith were great spring players too.

The fans are in love with Butch, but he did a very mediocre job coaching last year.

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Thats true, but the same can be said about Hurd or any other freshmen looking good. I'm just saying as of right now, Mixon is looking pretty good.

Mediocre is pushing it. I'm sure he wishes he could have UF or Vandy back, but he did well enough to win 8-9 games if he had decent players. I don't know if he can get to consistent 10 win seasons, but I'm quite confident he will at least average 8 wins a year. He has wins against Strong, Marrone, Dantonio, Spurrier, Franklin, and Schiano with on par or less talent. He is at least a decent in game coach.