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louis vuitton outletThere are two reactions to North Carolina's firing of Butch Davis Wednesday.It's about time.But it's also about timing.And the timing makes a whole lot less sense than the termination itself.[+] EnlargeAP Photo/Gerry BroomeButch Davis appeared at ACC media days on Monday. Little did he know his time as North Carolina head coach was quickly coming to an end.This could have and should have happened much earlier. North Carolina had a dozen compelling and reasonable occasions in its miserable, scandal-scarred last year to fire Davis, and it declined to do so. A partial list of opportunities:When the NCAA began investigating
louis vuitton outletlast summer and suspected that agents were crawling all over the Tar Heels program, Davis' job was safe. When the school had to bench 14 players for the season opener -- and several of them stayed benched for the entire 2010 season -- Davis' job was safe. When associate head coach and recruiting coordinator John Blake -- a longtime Davis friend -- was linked monetarily to agent Gary Wichard, Davis' job was safe.When former UNC tutor Jennifer Wiley -- at one time privately employed by Davis -- was linked to allegations of academic fraud, Davis' job was safe.When the NCAA notice of allegations was delivered to the school in June and the Heels were formally charged with nine major violations, Davis' job was safe.And when
louis vuitton outletCarolina sent the head coach to Pinehurst, N.C., Monday to meet the media, discuss the entire sordid affair and describe his support as "overwhelming," well, it certainly seemed that Davis' job was safe. I listened to him talk for an hour -- in fact, Brett McMurphy of CBSSports.com and I followed him out of the room and probably were the last reporters to talk to him as head coach -- and there was absolutely no way Butch knew he was getting fired. Not in the next five months, and certainly not in the next 48 hours.Now, boom. He's gone. After allowing a year of tarnish to build up before taking action.Stop And Ask For DirectionButch Davis' dismissal, eight days before fall camp begins, leaves North Carolina without clear direction for the second season in a row. Heather Dinich | ACC BlogThere could be additional information that went into Carolina's jarring decision. Maybe the alleged Michael McAdoo term paper plagiarism fandango of recent days was the last straw. Maybe Butch's cell phone records, which he said will be released to the public soon, are more interesting and problematic than he led us to believe. Maybe Marvin Austin's Twitter threat to "spill the beans" is unfolding behind closed doors.Or maybe not. Maybe the school finally got around to realizing the severity of the situation and the stain it leaves on both UNC and Davis' rep. Maybe the reality of preparing a cogent response to the NCAA allegations ahead of the Tar Heels' appearance before the Committee on Infractions in October necessitated this move.Whatever the reason, North Carolina owes everyone an explanation. And it better be a good one.It owes Davis an explanation
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