Zook regularly lost games he should've won. He's teams were loaded and often favored. Don't rewrite history. Zook teams won games they shouldn't have won because there was so much talent they overcame his ineptitude.
You mean like LSU, Tinerc (then a top 5 team), and FSU? Unranked Cowbell on the road?
Butters just lost to Tinerc , LSU last year, top 5 Bammer twice, FSU twice, and unranked Arky on the road?
Off the top of my head, Id guess or suspect that Zook had a much better record vs ranked teams. Anyone want to look it up?
Yes, Zook had better talent. He was a far, far superior recruiter for sure.
Not sure that losing four-five games with great talent bc you cant coach is much different than losing four-five games with mediocre talent bc you cant recruit. Im pretty convinced that these 50 yo men arent going to change much. Zook was never going to be an elite coach and Butters is never going to be an elite recruiter.