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I will say before reading these quotes I would have said cbj leaving was about 1%.
However I find these quotes very odd mainly because jones is always a robot with the media. Odd statements to me
Makes me think him leaving might not be so preposterous.
I give it a 10% chance the "noise" has really gotten to him and his family and he looks for a quieter place to coach with less competition and pressure
Jones doesn't like the pressure, he appreciates the fan support but doesn't like the other side and after the loss to Arkansas this year it really got to him. I don't know this as fact but from what I understand Barb Jones isn't happy in Knoxville and wants out. Do I think Butch Jones will leave? No but it would be foolish to think it wouldn't happen given the circumstances. He's not happy from a personal stand point and it shows, he is happy from a football stand point though. So which out weighs the other? I think Jones is a great mid level coach who is growing his way into a good SEC coach if he can hang in for a little while longer.
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I will say before reading these quotes I would have said cbj leaving was about 1%.
However I find these quotes very odd mainly because jones is always a robot with the media. Odd statements to me
Makes me think him leaving might not be so preposterous.
I give it a 10% chance the "noise" has really gotten to him and his family and he looks for a quieter place to coach with less competition and pressure
Jones doesn't like the pressure, he appreciates the fan support but doesn't like the other side and after the loss to Arkansas this year it really got to him. I don't know this as fact but from what I understand Barb Jones isn't happy in Knoxville and wants out. Do I think Butch Jones will leave? No but it would be foolish to think it wouldn't happen given the circumstances. He's not happy from a personal stand point and it shows, he is happy from a football stand point though. So which out weighs the other? I think Jones is a great mid level coach who is growing his way into a good SEC coach if he can hang in for a little while longer.
If this is true that he would take a lesser job, then I have to agree he is not the right coach for Tennessee. You have to eat, drink, and live football to succeed on this level. If he doesn't have it in him, then he needs to go coach back at a weak school and program. Can't be a ***** and win championships in the SEC.
Allegedly lives threatened after Arkansas loss but no one arrested yet.
Do we have an ongoing investigation?
Find it hard to believe that if it were true it wouldn't be the lead story on ESPN and every news station. It has only been rumored.
Whatever...I'm already over this. If Butch does leave for a job that's less pressure, then bye bye! And if, big if, he does, then he goes against everything he's been preaching to these young men about resiliency, mental toughness, etc, etc.
I still don't think he leaves...I agree with volatil. This is all being said and done by Butch's agent to get an extension, more money, field turf, or a combination of all of them.
I just find it hard to believe that Butch would leave before seeing the fruits of his hard labor be realized next season. And anywhere you coach there is pressure and expectation, hence the MANY coaching positions opening up. I hope it's not true that his wife is unhappy here. Insiders need to do a drive by![]()
10% of any sufficiently large population is completely out of their minds.
It does not excuse death threats, but it happens everywhere. Even Va. Tech.
That said when was the last time a coach or their family was physically assaulted? These threats are people acting out behind the anonymity of a keyboard. I'm sure it still hurts those that are threatened but you can't live in fear of that kind of stuff.
