Nice Speech: Davis says all the right things

Posted Nov 28, 2006

Some call him Coach. Some call him Butch. When Coach Butch Davis called on his new football players yesterday afternoon, no one called him anything. The North Carolina Tar Heels, fresh off one firing and two backyard victories, shut up fast and sat up straight. A few players leaned forward, instantly taken by the tall CEO with the bookcase shoulders and the square jaw... (Winston-Salem Journal)

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