Media information request update re: Butch’s phone logs and UNC-CH’s “internal investigation” into car registrations

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A piece in this morning’s News and Observer is well worth reading.  It is relatively short but contains a lot of important information.  Right off the top, in keeping with UNC’s spirit of cooperation and openness:

The University of North Carolina did not fulfill requests on Monday for information on its internal investigation into parking tickets for a dozen football players or for football coach Butch Davis’ cellphone records.

Also, Butch apparently had four official phone lines for University business:

UNC released records from three landline numbers for Butch Davis’ office and a monthly summary of a cellphone issued to Davis, with a 919 area code, from December 2008 to November 2010. There were no calls on the logs released by the school.

A different cellphone used by Davis, with a 216 area code, showed up on Blake’s call logs, but the records for that number were not released by the school.

Hmmm.  That’s interesting.  Butch never used any of his official University lines at all (or used the landlines very infrequently — it is not quite clear), but kept his Cleveland phone and apparently conducted at least some University business on it (calling Blake).  How did these things not raise a red flag to the UNC-CH compliance office and/or Butch’s bosses?  Also, I am sure that UNC’s failure to turn over the 216 phone’s logs was an oversight.  I mean, what possible damning information could be on those logs?

Regarding the parking ticket situation, today’s article also has a great quote from Nancy Davis, UNC’s Associate Vice Chancellor for University Relations.

“As part of its internal investigation, the University reviewed the parking tickets reflected in this report,” Davis wrote in an email Thursday. “That review showed that each car receiving a ticket was registered either to the student, a parent or grandparent, or a fellow student.”

That’s interesting.  It took the media about 15 minutes to make all sorts of discoveries with the parking ticket information, including WRAL with this piece that explains that Little had three different plates on one car during a short period of time.  One of these plates doesn’t exist according to DMV records.  The other two were 30 day tags.

Both of the 30 day tags trace back to 919 Imports in Durham, according to the DMV.

This auto dealer has since closed and business owner, Shawn E. Brown, is now serving a federal sentence for money laundering.

It will be interesting to see the details of the UNC “investigation” that somehow missed all that.

Is it Friday yet?

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29 Responses to Media information request update re: Butch’s phone logs and UNC-CH’s “internal investigation” into car registrations

  1. Prowling Woofie 06/21/2011 at 8:35 AM #

    How does a Head Football Coach for a Division I program in a BCS Conference perform his job responsibilities without ever making a phone call from his office ?

    I’d be willing to bet that the towel boy for the Wofford swim team has to make at least one phone call every now and then in completing his job requirements…

  2. baxter 06/21/2011 at 8:41 AM #

    Butch Davis is a telepath.

  3. Prowling Woofie 06/21/2011 at 8:51 AM #

    The Thug Whisperer…

  4. TheAliasTroll 06/21/2011 at 8:55 AM #

    You know what could fix all of this?

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    Sign out sheets.

  5. nckestrel 06/21/2011 at 9:05 AM #

    Not sure which is worse. Going two years with the phone not working. (Seriously, it’s one thing if Butch decides not to use that phone to make calls, but nobody called Butch’s office in two years???)
    Or that the state is paying for three landlines and a cell phone for two years that was obviously completely unnecessary and unwanted.

    Or did they know they needed to keep those lines as a cover for the real Butch office phone?

  6. Prowling Woofie 06/21/2011 at 9:08 AM #

    Calls to/from the North Pole are untraceable…

  7. Red_Terrors 06/21/2011 at 9:09 AM #

    “Not sure which is worse. Going two years with the phone not working. (Seriously, it’s one thing if Butch decides not to use that phone to make calls, but nobody called Butch’s office in two years???)
    Or that the state is paying for three landlines and a cell phone for two years that was obviously completely unnecessary and unwanted.”

    Good point on the citizens of NC footing the bill for 4 phone lines that aren’t being used. Are there State rules on waste, fraud, and abuse akin to the Federal ones?

  8. golf76 06/21/2011 at 9:18 AM #

    Some industrious reporter from one of the NC media outlets should write an open letter to Butch Davis asking him to release his 216 cell phone records as a good faith gesture to clear up any misunderstandings. If the request goes unanswered it’s just one more nail in the coffin that inevitably will be his departure.

  9. TruthBKnown Returns 06/21/2011 at 9:23 AM #

    This whole thing is sickening. I feel like I’m watching one of those movies where the main character is in the right, but can trust no one. Can’t go to the police because they’re corrupt. Even the elected officials are corrupt. That’s kind of what this feels like, only it’s not a movie. There is no guarantee of a happy ending where the corrupt get punished.

  10. coach13 06/21/2011 at 9:25 AM #

    Can u imagine what would happen if the records for the 216 phone come out and BMFD has called Wiccard several times? Can u say..OVER!!!

  11. TheCOWDOG 06/21/2011 at 9:52 AM #

    The “Chief”, being the chief, was quite adept with burning embers and a blanket.

    Who really needs phones?

  12. TruthBKnown Returns 06/21/2011 at 10:05 AM #

    I want the 216 phone records released ASAP. But I wouldn’t expect anything too incriminating to come out of that. If Butch knew better than to use his university phones (to avoid public scrutiny), then he probably knew better than to use his 216 phone, as well. I suspect he and his assistant coaches were smart enough to use throw-away phones, paid for with cash, etc.

    But the 216 phone records need to be released anyway. Because he’s obviously not TOO bright. Otherwise, he would have used his work phones you know, ONCE OR TWICE, for legitimate phone calls. How could he not realize that NOT using those phones is about as incriminating as it gets?

  13. Sw0rdf1sh 06/21/2011 at 10:09 AM #

    If someone says that a call was never placed or received at Butch Davis’s desk, I would absolutely call that person a liar.

    It will be interesting to see how this all plays out.

  14. Gowolves 06/21/2011 at 10:23 AM #

    See I think there are lots of inciminating stuff on his phone. If not why didn’t they release it along with the others? How does one run a football program with out a phone. I mean texting and calling recruits. Talking to his boss at various times when not in the office. It just doesn’t make sense. I think he is dumb. I think he thought his cell phone would be kept out of the whole mess. He doesn’t realize that if you conduct business one time on a personal phone it is no longer his personal phone when it comes to state workers.

  15. TruthBKnown Returns 06/21/2011 at 10:31 AM #

    If someone says that a call was never placed or received at Butch Davis’s desk, I would absolutely call that person a liar.

    I’m not making that claim. That’s just what THEY say. Taking them at their word, I agree. It doesn’t pass the sniff test. But even taking them at their word, it’s still VERY incriminating. I see two possibilities:

    1) Calls WERE made and received at his desk. Since they’re lying about it, that means without a doubt that some incriminating calls were made. This possibility is the utmost of incriminating evidence against Butch.

    -or-

    2) Calls WERE NOT made and received at his desk. That means he’s using his private phone, and the only reason to do that would be if you’re trying to hide your phone records. This possibility is less incriminating, but still VERY incriminating.

  16. Hungwolf 06/21/2011 at 11:13 AM #

    Most bills for land lines do not list local calls, but usually list long distance calls. Although you can get the phone records list from the phone company. The question is since UNC-CHeat doing its own “internal investigation” if they bothered to get those records? And why are no long distance calls showing? Amazing how “Chief” Davis can land all those high profile recruits without calling any of them. If UNC willing to defy a court order, I’d say it a safe bet they have been less than honest, cooperative, and forthright with the NCAA!

    Given the open air of defiance by UNX’s admin and now that the media pointing out the “internal investigation” is lacking. Clearly time for the Atty General and/or BOG to step in and appoint an independent investigation.

  17. packplantpath 06/21/2011 at 11:29 AM #

    Does anybody know how a forwarding service like google voice would appear if he was using that. Would it show all outgoing calls through the google voice number or just show no calls?

  18. sequoyah 06/21/2011 at 11:36 AM #

    UNC Athletics phone numbers: http://tarheelblue.cstv.com/school-bio/unc-school-bio-directory.html

    There’s 7 or 8 folks with the same number listed for Butch Davis. No one made or received a call on this official phone number?

  19. Lunatic Fringe 06/21/2011 at 12:12 PM #

    Ahh…the return of the cat pictures. Nice!

    Honestly, I am surprised you would not make a couple calls just to keep up appearances even if it were to order a pizza every once in a while. The lack of calls means EVERYONE is going to question where those calls were made.

    Correction: Everyone except UNC Administration who really does not want to know the answer.

  20. NCSU88 06/21/2011 at 12:28 PM #

    Doesn’t a Division 1 head coach warrant a secretary or office manager? Wouldn’t that person usually screen incoming calls? I can’t believe he makes and answers all calls (or not) to his office phone.

  21. BladenWolf 06/21/2011 at 12:41 PM #

    This whole thing doesn’t pass the smell test.

  22. rtpack24 06/21/2011 at 12:54 PM #

    Who is the blog writer that is from Chapel Hill but ripped them pretty good when this all started? I would like to see his follow up work.

  23. Pacobee 06/21/2011 at 12:56 PM #

    http://www.tauntr.com/content/university-north-carolina-recruiting-commercial

    For what it’s worth, this should provide a good chuckle as lunch settles. The new carolina recruiting commercial…enjoy

  24. Plz2BStateFan 06/21/2011 at 1:07 PM #

    Delaying as much as possible to shoe horn as many recruits and they can get into the program before it goes bad.

    Sketchy Sketchy phone records

  25. TruthBKnown Returns 06/21/2011 at 1:27 PM #

    How convenient that Butch’s personal phone records have not been released yet. Will they ever be released? What is the university’s position on Butch’s personal phone records? Will they be investigated? Will they be released to the NCAA and/or the media? Does the school even have an official position on this? Methinks someone needs to ASK them.

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