Darth_Shiveman
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Some of y'all have straight up lost your minds. Butch is not infallible but he's done a lot to bring this program back to relevance in four years and you want him run off? Unfathomable.
Much ado about nothing.
Big jobs opening. Butch uses his pawn errrr Hubbs to float the idea of being upset/mistreated.
Agent will get involved making the rumors of contact from these schools.
Boom! Butch gets a raise and extended. In the presser states how Tennessee is the only place he will ever coach.
Takes NFL job the next year
One turnover away from being in ATL.
One turnover.
Screw the SCAR game. One fumble/INT back @ A&M is all we needed.
SMH :crazy:
i have sooo
Pretty much hit the nail on the head as far as why many have lost confidence in Butch (without necessarily wanting him gone).There have been maybe two. You always have a couple. If we were undefeated those couple would be complaining about how we only beat KY by 20.
Some here are indifferent, I'll give you that, but is that an acknowledgement that they want Butch gone? Even though we're 8-3, with a chance at 9-3, here's the reasons why I think some are meh about the season:
Lackadaisical performances out of the gate against teams that should have been pre-season games. Overtime to beat ASU, 4 qtr game against Ohio, slow starts against VT, and FL.
Drama in the locker room with Hurd and PW.
Recruiting (at this point) underwhelming.
Not winning the east in another down year for the east, despite being the most talented teams of Jones' tenure. "If they couldn't do it this year, will they ever?"
Lack of competiveness against Bama.
Defense at close to Sunseri levels to end the season.
Butch's seemingly pettiness bickering back and forth with the fans and media. His endless clichés are wearing thin and his disconnect with the fans seems to be widening.
Vandy being anything but a sure win. Fans are legitimately concerned about Vandy (which they should be).
Because of injuries, we've seen a lot of next year's team audition and fans don't see the next Barnett, JRM and, Cam Sutton.
Now before you roast me, I'm not saying these are legitimate or valid. I realize injuries have played a significant role. You have to have something to sell, either the present or the future. The present, while is by no means bad, is not what was expected, and the future has a lot of question marks.
I have to admit that my confidence in Butch has taken a hit. I'm not sure he's the coach to take us to the next level. I'm by no means giving up on him. I have less confidence the AD would hire anyone any better and very well could be worse.
Butch has to stop saying dumb stuff and losing games that he should win. Then he'll get respect like he wants. If not he can hit the door. Tennessee will be fine.
After losing to SCAR he should not expect a thing. He's earned nothing to talk noise about.
Some of you are ok with this years results, but the recruits are telling us it's not good enough. The shine is off.
Lyle Allen "Butch" Jones, Jr. (born January 17, 1968) is the current "Life Champion" head football coach of the University of Tennessee.
During the 2016 season, Jones led the Volunteers to a second place SEC East finish, as well as to the Championship of Life.
In addition, Jones has cornered the market on 3-Star recruits, affectionately known as, "The 3-Star General". He's worshipped by Fox Sports writer, Bruce Feldman, who annually believes Butch is the best coach in College Football and any day now, is going to win multiple National Titles.
My problem is he seems to keep making the same mistakes year to year. Like when will he fix it?
Yeah, he should win every game he coaches and have UT dynastic like Alabama! Then he would earn our respect!
Come on BB, you are pretty good at the whole football thing, but you are the worst about slighting and completely belittling anyone or anything that goes against you in the least.
I love the "where he'll have resources to win a natty" like he is being hamstrung by coaching here.
S&C program is trash. IMHO
Recruiting: I think Strong evaluates talent better. That team he has is young but they are loaded.
Development: Butch acts as if he doesn't see a problem. Saban and Meyer aren't afraid to bring in top coaches to make sure their guys are developed great. Butch is scared of an opposing voice. IMO
