Butters accelerated his departure with his hokey "death threat" story, but he was on very shaky ground with UF admin before that. He knew he couldn't deliver on the "QB Whisperer" farce he was hired under so went into the fight mode with admin over facilities as a distraction. Maybe did a little good there, but he was hired to coach football, he sucked at it and everyone with a pulse knew it. SECE being terrible floated him to the champ game twice - right into blowouts that everyone saw coming. He was damn proud of the personal credit he got for getting there while continuing to put 110th-ranked offenses on the field every year. He felt it all catching up to him and knew he was toast. Then his circus act sealed the deal ahead of schedule.