lonelawyer
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If you are talking about him saying something about trusting the D... that "reason" made no sense. At that point, there was no advantage in having a 13 pt lead rather than a 12 pt lead.
What other reasons are you referring to? And if you would, maybe explain why you think they were valid.
Not this morning, but he will be my alter ego this afternoon.
I just hope all of this justified criticism from both former players and coaching peers wakes Butch up to his mistakes....It's one thing for us fans to gripe--but it's quite another thing when guys who have been there and done that to make the same points...
He can't run from the reality....the big eye don't lie!
I do believe this is bitter medicine for Butch, but that he will grow through it and be a better coach! :salute:
go vols!
As I recall, Neuhiesel had his own significant problems which caused issues at his alma mater as coach, University of Washington and University of Colorado-Boulder. He should not be lambasting Butch. Butch made mistakes, he should own up to them, not hang the kids out to dry. He talks about doing it the right way at Tennessee, start owning up to the mistakes made by the staff. This loss is ALL on the staff!
His statement indicated that the chart said go for two, but he had reasons to make another decision and take the PAT. Maybe you could get the story straight before griping with speeches about CM and Cinci.
Actually, the state of the program was abysmal when Butch took over. No depth or talent on the roster. A seasoned, veteran coach would see this and not want the headache. An up and coming coach from a mid level program would jump at the chance, hence Butch.
With that being said, the Program now is loaded with Talent and future talent with the current recruiting class taking shape. Now would be the time to get a top level, proven coach. They would jump at the chance to take over the talent that Butch has assembled and win with it...it would give them at least a 2 year head start on their own recruiting.
I am not appealing for Butch to get fired, just stating the differences btw then and now. I am pissed off to know ends at Saturday...and I have lost almost all confidence in Butch's in game coaching, but I haven't dismissed him yet. Let's let the season play out first then visit his job security at that point.
I agree. I can forgive the Oklahoma debacle as bad as that was. This however was atrocious. The players won this game and the coaches took it from them. This next game will tell me all I need to know about Butch Jones. Can he get this team ready to go or will they go into a shell and get embarrassed? As much as it stings it's time to move on to Arkansas.
I just checked the GoVolsXtra poll and 87% feel that the UF game was lost by coaching mistakes. Butch needs to deal with this! Some of our players made mistakes also. As a fan, I will continue to support the team as long as they (including the coaches) are making progress. I wasn't expecting immediate results but I was expecting better results than the UF game.
When he ran Hurd on 3rd and 10 he wasn't expecting a score. He was content with an easy FG. He was overly excited about getting a TD that he completely overlooked the necessity of going for two. He's guilty of playing on emotion that interferes but amazingly denies that he does. He's definitely not composed on the sideline and he puts himself and the team in such predicaments.Chaos creeps in.
I think most fans are more up in arms over the mistakes and not whether Jones acknowledges them after the fact. Without the first you don't need the second. The second part is making the first harder to deal with for the fans.
If Jones is not capable (so far that doesn't look good) what he says after the fact is not really gonna matter in the big picture.