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BigZiti09 said:
One of those was VFL Will Overstreert. I don't understand where he's coming from.

The other was John Pennington. He ALWAYS predicts mediocrity and then tells you that you should be happy with it. Usually finds a way to tell fans they are stupid, wrong and too demanding.
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Not sure how you don't understand where he might be coming from when there are questions on who the QB will be. Yes we think they will be very good but we really don't know for sure. That is the reasoning behind some of the 8-4 predictions
 
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InVOLuntary said:
That was kinda my point.
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Nashvegas31 said:
Dumb. Fans bought tickets to teams that didn't even make bowl games. They will still buy tickets to watch a competitive team winning 8-9 games
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Numbers got pretty low in Dooley's last year. If we're sitting at 6-5 going into the Vanderbilt game we might have 85-90,000 there. While I don't think that will happen, if it does, Currie needs to hand Jones an apple and a road map and tell him to hit the pavement.
 
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Darth_Shiveman said:
I did a little looking into Butch's contract and apparently it has offsetting language for the $2 million/year we'd owe him in addition to his $2 million buyout. Any University or NFL assistant or head coaching job he takes would qualify to offset.

So I was wrong about it costing $8 million to make a change. In theory it could end up being as little as $2 million total and would likely end up costing $4 million or less over 3 years if he gets a HC job somewhere else (which I think he could).

So that changes my thinking slightly insomuch as I think it makes it more possible for Currie to make a change if he really wants to.

But I do think that, barring a meltdown in 2017, it's wiser to give Butch another season in 2018. The only concern there is whether Butch would try to play the market to get another extension coming off another 8-4 type season.

With him being under contract through 2020, I'm not sure he deserves an extension unless he wins the east or 10 games or a NY6 Bowl or something like that. Otherwise, giving him 2018 as a year to prove it (we don't stand to lose TOO much heading into 2018 unless this year's team over performs and a bunch of underclassmenf jump to the NFL off of a really big season) and deciding whether to extend him or move on in December of 2018 seems like the most fiscally prudent move.
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If Currie was the architect of Fulmer's firing, was he also responsible for hiring Kiffin and Dooley or was he gone?
 
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Chief Vol 13 said:
Numbers got pretty low in Dooley's last year. If we're sitting at 6-5 going into the Vanderbilt game we might have 85-90,000 there. While I don't think that will happen, if it does, Currie needs to hand Jones an apple and a road map and tell him to hit the pavement.
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I agree that if we are 6-5 heading into that game, that people will stay away. Still, comparing that to Dooley's last season seems a reach. We all knew that Dooley was done and that he had pretty much lost the team.
 
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bignewt said:
Im just really hoping for a great year as i want to see this assembled staff stay together for a bit.
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I agree. I think this is the breakout year. Upgraded staff all around, low expectations and plenty of talent all over the roster. If they avoid the injury bug like last year it's going to be a really fun season.
 
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Ron Swanson said:
I agree. I think this is the breakout year. Upgraded staff all around, low expectations and plenty of talent all over the roster. If they avoid the injury bug like last year it's going to be a really fun season.
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I'm really not looking forward to the GT game. The potential for injuries in that game scares the hell out of me. If we make it past that healthy and JG emerges as the star we all think he is, then this season really will be a lot of fun
 
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Baseball Vols beat the Gators last night. I don't think it's a sign we have turned the corner, but beating a ranked (or unranked) Gator team at anything is always good.
 
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Nashvegas31 said:
Not sure how you don't understand where he might be coming from when there are questions on who the QB will be. Yes we think they will be very good but we really don't know for sure. That is the reasoning behind some of the 8-4 predictions
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Predictions is not the same as ceiling.

Not sure how you don't understand that.
 
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