Butch's Wednesday press conference (video)

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For those, like me, who may have missed it.

[youtube]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EG6J-FnEj-s[/youtube]
 
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Give_All_Vol said:
Bet he wouldn't look like as big a ***** as dools did
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What in the world could you be referring to?

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SouthernSmoke said:
Only 2 mins in he repeats the "younger this year than last" remark. We get it already.
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is starting to wear thin--and there's no doubt why he ALWAYS talks about it, either. He puts it out there--early and often--in case we don't win games. That's the PR crutch. The thing is, even if we ARE young, a LOT of teams are young. MOST teams are young. Everybody is playing a lot of freshmen/young players; it is not something unique to UT. The truth is, we've got a LOT of guys back, too--most everybody on the OL, top RB, QB, most of our receivers, a number of DBs and LBs. Just go win.
 
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armchair said:
is starting to wear thin--and there's no doubt why he ALWAYS talks about it, either. He puts it out there--early and often--in case we don't win games. That's the PR crutch. The thing is, even if we ARE young, a LOT of teams are young. MOST teams are young. Everybody is playing a lot of freshmen/young players; it is not something unique to UT. The truth is, we've got a LOT of guys back, too--most everybody on the OL, top RB, QB, most of our receivers, a number of DBs and LBs. Just go win.
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Post of the offseason IMO
 
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armchair said:
is starting to wear thin--and there's no doubt why he ALWAYS talks about it, either. He puts it out there--early and often--in case we don't win games. That's the PR crutch. The thing is, even if we ARE young, a LOT of teams are young. MOST teams are young. Everybody is playing a lot of freshmen/young players; it is not something unique to UT. The truth is, we've got a LOT of guys back, too--most everybody on the OL, top RB, QB, most of our receivers, a number of DBs and LBs. Just go win.
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Oooooooor he is putting that narrative out there for recruits to show that if you are talented, you'll play early. Butch Jones is never, ever NOT recruiting.
 
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It would be as tiresome as when Dooley whined about how hard it was to recruit to Tennessee (Butch proved this wrong) or Mason whining about how hard it is to find quality athletes to qualify for Vandy.

Point is, weak and poor coaches always make excuses. To quote Sean Connery's character from the 1996 riveting action movie The Rock:

"Losers always whine about their best. Winners go home and [expletive deleted] the prom queen."

Time to stop whining about youth, talent, depth, schedule, rain, grass, penalty monsters, C'th'u'lu, etc. You're in Year 3. Go win. That's it.
 
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BigOrange15 said:
Oooooooor he is putting that narrative out there for recruits to show that if you are talented, you'll play early. Butch Jones is never, ever NOT recruiting.
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Could easily be used against us.

"See how many young players Jones and his crew have? That means they're not loyal to their upperclassmen and will put you out to pasture as soon as they replace you. They're constantly young because people get tired of their schtick and leave [references list of upperclassmen that have left disgruntled]."

Not that that is true... but that's recruiting. Every time you open your mouth, it can be used against you.
 
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agent|orange said:
It would be as tiresome as when Dooley whined about how hard it was to recruit to Tennessee (Butch proved this wrong) or Mason whining about how hard it is to find quality athletes to qualify for Vandy.

Point is, weak and poor coaches always make excuses. To quote Sean Connery's character from the 1996 riveting action movie The Rock:

"Losers always whine about their best. Winners go home and [expletive deleted] the prom queen."

Time to stop whining about youth, talent, depth, schedule, rain, grass, penalty monsters, C'th'u'lu, etc. You're in Year 3. Go win. That's it.
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Prom season starts Saturday. At least hold your whining until he actually has a chance to win some games with this squad. Whatya say?
 
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Lol at some posters. We are younger than most teams: fact

We are most likely an 8 win team THIS year. You might as well get ready for it. And most fans realized that prior to SEC media days when the media lost its collective minds. Could we win more? Yes, but realistically we're looking at 8 wins.
 
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agent|orange said:
Could easily be used against us.

"See how many young players Jones and his crew have? That means they're not loyal to their upperclassmen and will put you out to pasture as soon as they replace you. They're constantly young because people get tired of their schtick and leave [references list of upperclassmen that have left disgruntled]."

Not that that is true... but that's recruiting. Every time you open your mouth, it can be used against you.
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Yeeeeeah, I see what you are saying but at this point, Butch has been fire in recruiting so I'll pretty much ride with whatever decision he thinks is best. I've thought from the beginning that this "we're still young" pitch was more about recruiting then trying to make excuses but maybe that's jmo.
 
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armchair said:
is starting to wear thin--and there's no doubt why he ALWAYS talks about it, either. He puts it out there--early and often--in case we don't win games. That's the PR crutch. The thing is, even if we ARE young, a LOT of teams are young. MOST teams are young. Everybody is playing a lot of freshmen/young players; it is not something unique to UT. The truth is, we've got a LOT of guys back, too--most everybody on the OL, top RB, QB, most of our receivers, a number of DBs and LBs. Just go win.
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Seems you can't handle the truth. Facts can be difficult.
We have a lot of young players with a lot of experience.
 
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armchair said:
is starting to wear thin--and there's no doubt why he ALWAYS talks about it, either. He puts it out there--early and often--in case we don't win games. That's the PR crutch. The thing is, even if we ARE young, a LOT of teams are young. MOST teams are young. Everybody is playing a lot of freshmen/young players; it is not something unique to UT. The truth is, we've got a LOT of guys back, too--most everybody on the OL, top RB, QB, most of our receivers, a number of DBs and LBs. Just go win.
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If JRM goes down who is behind him? If Sutton goes down? Kerbyson? Randolph? North? Hurd? Dobbs?

The answer to most of those would be true Frosh or redshirt Frosh. When the answer becomes Juniors and redshirt soph your opinion will be valid.

All of the local media and national media talks about the youth of this team. It isn't just Jones.
 
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led0321 said:
If JRM goes down who is behind him? If Sutton goes down? Kerbyson? Randolph? North? Hurd? Dobbs?

The answer to most of those would be true Frosh or redshirt Frosh. When the answer becomes Juniors and redshirt soph your opinion will be valid.

All of the local media and national media talks about the youth of this team. It isn't just Jones.
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Our fans have fallen victim to media over hype. Every year the media finds a team to jump on and go WAY overboard. This year it's UT. Our fans just lapped it up and thus adjusted their expectations accordingly.
 
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