Butch Jones fired
No more Life Championships in Knoxville
BREAKING Butch Jones is out as #Vols head coach, source tells me. He just informed his staff.
November 12th, 2017 at 12:06 PM ^
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They are currently ranked the 13th ranked class according to 247 sports. The only name that comes to mind that Mich recruited was Shocky Jacques-Louis
November 12th, 2017 at 12:22 PM ^
November 12th, 2017 at 1:35 PM ^
All your hyphen are belong to us!
November 12th, 2017 at 2:55 PM ^
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November 12th, 2017 at 12:21 PM ^
Why on Earth would any non-PSU fan want Franklin to go elsewhere?
I hope Franklin stays and Tennessee takes Moorehead.
November 12th, 2017 at 12:27 PM ^
He's a good recruiter, and had enough sense to hire Moorhead. I don't think he is elite by any means but PSU can do worse.
November 12th, 2017 at 12:11 PM ^
In 20 years that is going to be one of the hardest trivia questions anyone could ever answer
In all seriousness, I️ hope Hoke pulls an Ogeron. Win out, make it tough for them to pass you over.
November 12th, 2017 at 12:36 PM ^
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November 12th, 2017 at 12:11 PM ^
November 12th, 2017 at 12:13 PM ^
At least you get Vandy to wrap up the regular season.
November 12th, 2017 at 12:12 PM ^
HOKEMANIA!!!
November 12th, 2017 at 12:12 PM ^
November 12th, 2017 at 12:57 PM ^
Why start coaching now?
November 12th, 2017 at 5:10 PM ^
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Football will be heard in practice
November 12th, 2017 at 12:14 PM ^
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Don't forget Derek Dooley
November 12th, 2017 at 12:48 PM ^
is a mighty soft description for what Butch did to someone sticking up for an alleged rape victim
November 12th, 2017 at 5:10 PM ^
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on the sideline in Knoxville.
November 12th, 2017 at 12:16 PM ^
November 12th, 2017 at 12:25 PM ^
that LSU's logo isn't a block L. Otherwise the potential for a TOOL game would be off the charts
November 12th, 2017 at 12:35 PM ^
November 12th, 2017 at 12:59 PM ^
That makes two this thread.
Who are you Masked Man, that just joined yet posts like he's been here since Haloscan?
November 13th, 2017 at 1:57 AM ^
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November 12th, 2017 at 1:10 PM ^
So far he's only wrong on one of those.
November 12th, 2017 at 5:08 PM ^
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November 12th, 2017 at 12:32 PM ^
Are Volunteer jerseys selling like hotcakes in Baton Rouge?
November 12th, 2017 at 12:40 PM ^
Gainesville.
November 12th, 2017 at 12:35 PM ^
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November 12th, 2017 at 12:51 PM ^
OP name totally checks out
November 12th, 2017 at 12:52 PM ^
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November 12th, 2017 at 12:59 PM ^
You hear that a lot in coaching searches, that you want someone with "proven experience" even if its at lower levels, usually because your last coach was a former coordinator who bombed at handling the additional responsibility of head coach.
But the thing about Butch that became really obvious early on is that he just could not withsand the pressure of coaching at program with a top 20 fanbase in terms of expectation and how close they follow the team. He bristled at the local media over the dumbest stuff, he coached like he was trying to make diamonds out of a coal buttplug, and never seemed comfortable there. It was baffling in particular to see Tennessee's offenses under him, because I remember his Cincinnati teams doing some bonkers wild stuff when he was coach there. I guess he thought some of those wild trick plays and extreme spread stuff he did there "can't work in the SEC" so he went super conservative.
I could see him doing well at another Cincinnati level job if he gets the chance. But the guy was just never cut out to coach at a school like Tennessee.
November 12th, 2017 at 1:14 PM ^
To your point, he did seem to become a different guy once he got to Tennessee. So did McElwain at Florida.
Former "offense" guys that make it to the big time, then hire DeBord and Nuss as their OCs have lost connection to what got them there.
Strange. Maybe they thought they could just rely on recruiting talent to carry them. Who knows?
Maybe Hoke can do the same thing in reverse, and do something out of character and wildly successful for him at Tennessee.
November 12th, 2017 at 1:26 PM ^
His 3-yr stints at CMU and Cincy were pretty successful, but he was the immediate successor to Brian Kelly at both places, and didn't stay long enough to really put his own stamp on those programs. Kelly might be a complete dick, but he's got a proven record as a successful coach at multiple programs, and Jones might have been living off of Kelly's efforts.
Jones marginally improved on Dooley's record at Tennessee during his first four seasons, but could never beat good teams consistently and things went off the rails this season.