Can Cristobal Do What Butch Did At Miami? Canes Legend TREMAIN MACK Joins, Florida Kickoff Time

Can Mario Cristobal rebuild the Miami Hurricanes roster and culture the way Butch Davis did in the late 1990’s? Davis and Cristobal draw similarities in their reputations both as recruiters and gameday coaches. Davis recruited the roster that went on to win a National Championship in 2001. That 2001 Hurricanes squad is still remembered as arguably the greatest college football team of all time. Safety and special teams ace Tremain Mack played at Miami in the mid to late 90’s and was part of that rebuilding process.
Mack joins host Alex Donno and “The Truth Teller” Bruce Warner to discuss his take on Miami’s current rebuild under Cristobal. Mack explains how that process went under Davis nearly three decades ago and whether Miami can turn things around again. Mack explains his dedication to special teams. Donno reveals the kickoff time for Miami vs. Florida on August 31st. The game has been announced for a 3:30pm kickoff in Gainesville and the game will be nationally televised on ABC.
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[@BrianClem]

Butch Davis is awesome. I always liked him. If he stayed, he would have been the nick saban before nick saban was a thing of note.

[@reginaldanderson7171]

T Mac should be our special teams coach.

[@JackT-nn8iy]

Mario is the best recruiter and program builder since Butch!!

[@JohnnyBushwhacker-yv6bc]

@JackT-nn8iy Wrong. Frivolous boosters and blank checks are Miami's best recruiter and “program builder.”

[@tnewsome9121]

I dunno. Mario was recruiter of the year while at Bama and directly responsible for the players who won a national championship.

[@JohnnyBushwhacker-yv6bc]

Bama had great classes pre-Mario and post-Mario. Catch ma drift?🤡🧃

[@RyanSmith-fb8rf]

Never forget the punt he blocked against WVU and won the game on a Thursday night in Morgantown

[@BrianClem]

T Mack did things that just_dont_happen anymore.

[@rajandseema123]

Butch Davis was one of the greatest coaches at Miami. He made steak with Apple sauce.. The man Str8 up can coach . Play calling, coaching was the greatest in these times. The media and other coaches would state weekly that this team was a well coached football team. I remember like yesterday Bobby Bowen postgame show on national television this team is a well coached team.. Larry Coker was a badazz too. #1 offensive in the country.Undeniable the play calling and coaching was awesome..

[@ernstpierre9644]

Thanks Donno and Bruce for bringing TMark on the show, one of my favorite defensive player from UM I m so happy he is doing good for himself. Let’s go Canes ❤

[@30rackshawty]

Stop bashing Butch Davis: he best #1 UCLA, went 11-1 and barely missed natty game, and don’t forget he beat MIAMI with FIU…

[@novicegamerhb5208]

+ North Carolina

[@rolandrosa872]

He didn't miss the natty game he got robbed out of the natty game

[@RichardBoudrot-oz6gb]

Actually, it was Manny who beat UM that game.😂

[@churlish7851]

That was his team that is considered one of the greatest of all time so whose bashing?

[@30rackshawty]

@@churlish7851 when dumb ppl says Butch was a good recruiter but not game day coach.

[@user-il8zq2iw4i]

Stop this nonsense comparison to Butch Davis. Different time, and much different coach ! Let’s just start competing !

[@MS79Canesfan]

Butch Davis was Awesome ❤

[@kgcane5195]

Who can forget the blocked punt by Tremain Mack! He was from Tyler, TX! The guy was amazing!

[@jasonsackett8171]

I recognized that punt block!!!

[@mjayfreeable]

Great show fellas.. can we get Santana Moss on the show

[@BruceWarner-fg5ff]

Sure I’ll call Santana

[@mjayfreeable]

Yesssss sirrrr let's go canes

[@thejuice5966]

THA "U" BABY 🥃🥃💯

[@thehollywoodarsenal]

Tremain !!!!!

[@jakedau3084]

Great show

[@darrellpaige3846]

It's all about the U bbyyyyyyyyyyyy

[@reemro8760]

IN MARIO WE TRUST

[@frankcristell692]

Butch brought discipline and no nonsense to Miami when they needed it most! He was a super evaluator of talent and a very smart manipulator of the scholarship system, especially when Miami had limited scholarships, he brought Santana Moss on a track scholarship to circumvent the NCAA

[@Chopmurk]

Great show Bruce the truth teller stay healthy brother. Donno topics are creative and professional. Welcome Home T.Mack

[@miamigt4922]

Butch was a great coach and we were fortunate to have had him. Wished the admin had figured out a way to retain him. If so, he would’ve been our very own Bobby Bowden or Nick Saban instead of the disasters that were Randy Shannon, Al Golden, and Manny Diaz. Richt gets a pass.

[@stanleybaptiste764]

The Mack Brown tenure at Texas would I think of comparing

[@johnteevan6819]

Remember one important thing about Al Golden. He was willing to take over a program that NO ONE else would touch with a 10 ft. pole due to sanctions. And don’t forget, there was ZERO interest in the football program and athletics in general due to Donna S. If it weren’t for Al Golden, we wouldn’t even have a program. Manny was also a step along the path to get to where we’re heading now. I don’t think Manny was ready yet. He’ll get there. He did bring our defensive play level up though. Coach Richt definitely gets a pass. And he was the one who finally got the admin. yo give a little bit of a damn about football. He put up 6 million of his own to improve the facilities. Mario will get us over the top. All steps (some painful) to get us where we’re going now.

[@RichardBoudrot-oz6gb]

​@@johnteevan6819 Well, I hope you are right.

[@johnteevan6819]

@@RichardBoudrot-oz6gb me too.

[@904Hurricane]

109 Days until the gator bash ! #TheUIsBackToWork #GOCANES 🧡💚 🙌

[@dexterhenderson3639]

I believe he can. It's just this transfer portal that scares me. A lot of guys don't want to wait to play. Even though they might not be ready yet

[@briantaylor1366]

I hope that we have some good kick and punt returns. Hopefully we have some explosive people returning kicks.

[@juanmanuelventura8203]

It So good to see Mack Be a Coach , Healthy & Blessed. Was a Special Talent Devin Hester + Ed Reed Combo “Talent Wise” . Wished He would Have stayed Final Year

[@terminatorx6230]

Had Butch stayed at Miami it would be him instead of Saban who’s considered the greatest coach in CFB history.

[@Jralford8]

Its 2024. Nothing is like the 80s and 90s.

[@mcnaire2004]

Butch took over a team on probation with limited scholarships. There's no comparison.

[@harryhoesch3793]

I remember a sales manager's meeting about theirs's no I in team and somehow I couldn't not undo his whole lecture by saying. "like theirs no P in toilet". Even he had to laugh.

[@da_original_mr_idgaf]

Salute T. Mack 🙌🏾

[@IAMTHE1SON]

Seen T-Mac return that kick in the dome in Syracuse in 1996. That was ridiculous. Shut the crowd up. His blocked punt against WVU was ridiculous. It won the game. I lost my f#ckin mind. He was hester before hester.

[@SkeeterDunn]

People don't realize that the exact same mistakes Mario has made were also made by Nick Saban during his career. Then they say Nick made the same mistake twice. But in fact he did. The same exact mistake he made this year in bamas last game was made in 2019 same situation. People make mistakes its why we are human.

[@da_original_mr_idgaf]

T. Mack wuz a mf'n beast

[@IAMTHE1SON]

Tremain REAL CANE

[@da_original_mr_idgaf]

Hey Al. I nd sum 🙌🏾 bracelets. I lost all my stuff moving 4rm fla😢

[@robertholub1217]

I hope CMC will correct his game day mistakes like Butch did BUT (BIG BUTT) STAYS ON TO SEE IT THROUGH 😉

[@gacanefan]

Like the Penn State game at Miami

[@mariocristogoat4931]

Butch never corrected his gameday coaching 😂 he just got so much talent it didn’t matter that he wasn’t good on gameday.

[@elgin015]

MC understands clearly that he needs to be better on game day coaching! I always say if he we don’t fumble the ball no one is having this discussion on this level. Not worried about MC.

[@jmiller9972]

The difference is I feel Butch got way more out of his teams effort wise than Mario does and thats including his time at oregon. If Mario’s teams came out ready to play like they should most of those game day mistakes wouldn't show because he'd already be ahead on the scoreboard that it wouldn't matter if he wasted a timeout

[@30rackshawty]

@@gacanefanthat was actually a young Ed Reed blown coverage. Butch benched him for next game after costing us the game.

[@manuelesoto23]

I don’t think it’s fair to say the kids who transferred out didn’t want to work hard. Jacurri did work to improve himself, he was possible the best athlete on the team. Harrison-Hunte when available was a significant contributor. Henry Parrish was our best back. Cheney and Citizen worked their way back. Last season Corey Flagg looked better than ever. Those kids contributed to the program and we show them no respect.

[@chrishand2372]

T Mack was a baaaaaad man!

[@860cane]

Get this dude on STAFF now !! Our SPT’s SUCK !!!!! Besides the kicker and punter ova the last 4 years

[@markwalton3706]

The '01 side was Butch's side - he recruited and coached them thru a lot of sanctions. The core of that side was a raft of future NFL stars and HOF players. I dont see that level of recruit here at the canes and more importantly for 2 decades now they have shown little ability to coach players to be better when graduating than first recruited - thats the key thing for me even the great '08 class did nothing on the national level because they were poorly coached. We will have to wait and see ...

[@stokesr08]

😁🙌🏿🙌🏿🙌🏿🙌🏿

[@kenkaniff4799]

So does anyone know what Sapp’s issue is with the program and Mario??

[@rolandrosa872]

No issues he didn't get offered because he didn't have his degree

[@kenkaniff4799]

@@rolandrosa872 naw he definitely got an issue, did you see his interview on EJs podcast?

[@rolandrosa872]

Did not see EJ's podcast

[@kenkaniff4799]

@@rolandrosa872 yeah he was complaining about how Mario is running the program and EJ suggested he go get a job there and he said “I already worked my last 9-5.” And then turned around and took the job at Colorado

[@juhgfdsapiyhhnnxc3517]

Miami has to block 2 punts this year

[@Sendthemback69]

Not with Cam Ward - 46 NCAA fumbles and counting… He has had a four fumble and a three fumble game!

[@RichardBoudrot-oz6gb]

Mixed emotions about Davis. He promised B McKinney, the great OLineman, that if he came back for his senior year, Davis said he'd be back. Davis headed to the NFL not long after. McKinnie was probanly leaving to be a 1st rounder until Davis made the deal - not good!

[@LockedOnCanes]

Yeah a lot of us did not like the way he handled his exit to Cleveland

[@christopherculler1390]

What does it matter? He was still drafted 7th overall. Both JJ and Erickson left too and I'm sure they made promises that were not kept....

[@RichardBoudrot-oz6gb]

@@christopherculler1390 It matters plenty. He could have begun making big bucks a year earlier. He would have been a top 10 pick. He could have gotten a serious injury coming back and lost a fortune as a damaged player.

[@Shansman]

Butch was not too popular around here back then. He turned the corner in 2000 and he left. His coaching acumen was being questioned as late as '99.

[@happyevelyn]

Can Mario do at Miami what Saban did at Alabama?😂😂😂

[@ericrussell305]

Love Mario but he is no Butch Davis…. Better coach hands down

[@happyevelyn]

Can Cristobal Do What Butch Did At Miami? NO

[@eizaguirre2184]

Thanks thot!

[@vc9573]

Damn T Mack? No way