How long will CJH’s tenure at Tennessee be?

[#1fulmerite]

With all of the threads somehow related to CJH tenure here and posts in threads either leaning towards him being “run off by fan base” or another program picking him up, how long do you think he stays at Tennessee?

I, for one, originally thought he was a place holder until a better coach came along. It seems his coaching record topped out fast in year two. Although we made the playoffs last year, with the SEC going to nine games, it may be a while before we see as soft of a schedule we had last year.

Saying that, if we continuously win only 8/9 games a season, Volnation will look at Georgia and Ritch and, demand a change.

 

[tellicoflash]

With all of the threads somehow related to CJH tenure here and posts in threads either leaning towards him being “run off by fan base” or another program picking him up, how long do you think he stays at Tennessee?

I, for one, originally thought he was a place holder until a better coach came along. It seems his coaching record topped out fast in year two. Although we made the playoffs last year, with the SEC going to nine games, it may be a while before we see as soft of a schedule we had last year.

Saying that, if we continuously win only 8/9 games a season, Volnation will look at Georgia and Ritch and, demand a change.

Forever as long as he wins 9 games a year!!

 

[BenGrimm]

With all of the threads somehow related to CJH tenure here and posts in threads either leaning towards him being “run off by fan base” or another program picking him up, how long do you think he stays at Tennessee?

I, for one, originally thought he was a place holder until a better coach came along. It seems his coaching record topped out fast in year two. Although we made the playoffs last year, with the SEC going to nine games, it may be a while before we see as soft of a schedule we had last year.

Saying that, if we continuously win only 8/9 games a season, Volnation will look at Georgia and Ritch and, demand a change.

You do realize everyone will have a hard schedule, right? Not just us.

Ark and Miss St have lost nearly every game by a single score. They aren’t doormats.

 

[LouderVol]

unless he gets fired in the next month its not going to be less than 5.

I said 5-10 just because that is about as long as you can expect a coach to last these days. maybe that changes as expectations return to a more normal level post Saban. but for now 5-10

 

[VOLtaism]

Longer than the tenure of collegiate football. The current system is unsustainable. I thought a college coach had the softest job in the world considering they would do the same job for free. Not anymore, now they must recruit every player new and old every season, placate their spoiled attitudes and NIL demands and then coach them up. How do you coach a player with an attitude if he has huge NIL deal and refuses to co-operate fully? I picture it more like a daycare center than a football team.

 

[VOLfrombama]

I said 10 years. He's halfway there now. He seems to really like being here and will hopefully grow as a coach and keep us in the conversation. If he keeps recruiting at a high level he can win 9-10 games a year on average and keep his job.

 

[Voltopia]

Georgia and Richt isn't a good comparison. Richt was able to recruit consistently in the top 10 but could never produce on those recruiting results. His only real football "sin" was being able to get the players but always coming up short with them - well, that and also not being Nick Saban. When Saban won those first three national titles at Alabama, Richt was a dead coach walking. Just like every other coach in the SEC during that time.

And that was in an era with less competition (no Texas A&M, Texas, Oklahoma, or Missouri). The reality of the new SEC is that undefeated seasons will be incredibly rare. Instead of a 12-0 leader with some 11-1s and 10-2s giving chase, it's now going to be an 11-1 or 10-2 type leader with other teams in the same 9-3/10-2/11-1 range in pursuit.

In other words, 9-10 wins a year will keep jobs where previously (see Mark Richt) that might not have been enough. If a program can't adjust to that new reality, then they will end up creating an unmanagable mess by continuing to chase statistical outliers.

 

[give_him 6]

If we finish 7-5, the seat gets warm, especially if we lose to Vandy in Neyland. That is the nature of the business.

As many times as we have heard "We've got to clean some things up", we have not seen that happen during the season. All eyes will be focused on what he does to fix that. Based on the past few offseasons, it appears he is hesitant to make staff changes.

Then there is the non-sense of (possibly his agent) throwing out his name as a potential candidate for LSU and Penn State.

 

[rikberry31]

With all of the threads somehow related to CJH tenure here and posts in threads either leaning towards him being “run off by fan base” or another program picking him up, how long do you think he stays at Tennessee?

I, for one, originally thought he was a place holder until a better coach came along. It seems his coaching record topped out fast in year two. Although we made the playoffs last year, with the SEC going to nine games, it may be a while before we see as soft of a schedule we had last year.

Saying that, if we continuously win only 8/9 games a season, Volnation will look at Georgia and Ritch and, demand a change.

Hopefully if they are sane they will look back to when we fired a good coach and went off the rails. Anyone who thinks Heup should be fired is a mental defective and needs to GTFO cause they don't know a football from a Fudge Round.

 

[creekdipper]

Danny White standard is a championship every five years.

Then again, if the coach wins one, they go packing anyway.

 

[lilesrt]

9 wins a season and he can retire here as far as I’m concerned.

 

[BeardenVol]

So disappointed to see fans satisfied with 9 win seasons. That translates to perpetual Bama/Georgia whipping boys. Sad.

 

[SubVet676]

I wouldn’t count them nine chickens just yet.

 

[james_govols]

Loooing at the coaching world, realistically it's probably between 5-10.

 

[ColtMathis98]

Forever as long as he wins 9 games a year!!

9 wins is most likely a playoff spot going forward with the 9 conference games and especially with expansion looming again

 

[floridavol25]

Why the need for another thread on JH? Dear lord if you don’t like him don’t watch .. he is the coach til he ain’t .. end of topic .. Go Vols!

 

[Delmar]

Why the need for another thread on JH? Dear lord if you don’t like him don’t watch .. he is the coach til he ain’t .. end of topic .. Go Vols!

Agree. I would also ask why we need another worthless poll?

 

[UTFanForLife]

I say 5-10, but I also think it will be a voluntary move when he does go.

 

[LegionnaireOfTheMiserable]

If you just go by the words and actions of the Sunshine Pumpers, it seems most likely that he is going to be fired before December 2026. They are in the same mode they were in with Dooley after Kentucky in 2011, with Butch after South Carolina in 2016, and with Pruitt for every single snap of his tenure.

If we lose to Florida and Vandy to end the year and then lose 5 or 6 games next year with a much tougher schedule than he has ever faced, then he is gone. And the people getting angry at any whiff of criticism of him now will blame him for every dumb thing the next guy does.

In any case, he finished out year 5 barring unforeseen health or legal issues, but he isn’t making it to year 10. He is a step in the right direction from where we were, but he has zero chance of getting us where we want to be.

 

[Flipdaddy]

I say less than 5 because I think he’ll try and go to Oklahoma if it’s open or the pros.

 

[EastTNVol6240]

9 wins a season and he can retire here as far as I’m concerned.

Gross

 

[camp_steveo]

He's building a dynasty if lunatic, bi polar fans don't run him off first.

 

[orangerush]

It will end when he leaves.

 

[Volfan8282]

He's building a dynasty if lunatic, bi polar fans don't run him off first.

A dynasty? Holy crap.

 

[Hairy Vols]

If you just go by the words and actions of the Sunshine Pumpers, it seems most likely that he is going to be fired before December 2026. They are in the same mode they were in with Dooley after Kentucky in 2011, with Butch after South Carolina in 2016, and with Pruitt for every single snap of his tenure.

If we lose to Florida and Vandy to end the year and then lose 5 or 6 games next year with a much tougher schedule than he has ever faced, then he is gone. And the people getting angry at any whiff of criticism of him now will blame him for every dumb thing the next guy does.

In any case, he finished out year 5 barring unforeseen health or legal issues, but he isn’t making it to year 10. He is a step in the right direction from where we were, but he has zero chance of getting us where we want to be.

It’s funny watching you go post to post commenting the same thing in the same order begging for attention comparing a coach with zero losing seasons to the previous coaches who had multiple.

You have such limited football knowledge your inability to give realistic comparisons to anyone else really is the funniest thing on this forum. It’s like a free clown show.