Butch Davis (North Carolina)

Do you want Butch Davis to be the next head coach?

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#253
#253
agreed for that matter the one they handed the trophy to has a weaker resume than Eric Berry at his natural position
 
#255
#255
DeepSpringsVol said:
ESPN News keeps flashing those comments on ESPN NEWS. Saying Spurrier and Cutcliffe as well as Butch davis are not interested. as far as I know Davis was the only one on the short list and has yet to be contacted. I feel this is ESPN still being biased to find a way to make it look as though we are such a second rate program that we are gonna have to take B list candidates. I answer that with WE ARE TENNESSEE! We will get the guy that the powers that be want! So I say Spurrier, Cutcliffe, & Davis No we are not interested in you fellas. Stay right where you are,:mega_shok:
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We need to chill out on the 'ESPN hates us,' 'we aint as dum as you thinks we is' inferiority complex stuff.

We just canned a hall of fame coach who has dedicated his life to our university and embodies UT, if not SEC football. This is perceived as a short-sighted decision. We had our reasons, but 95% of college football programs would never have considered such a change. It is rational to question the logic behind this decision. It is poignant to examine the reprecussions of such a move. This decision was the big push that will get this year's coaching carousel spinning. It's big news. Embrace it.
 
#258
#258
possumtownVol said:
I've been impressed with the amount of air time espn has given the UT situation. You would'nt know Clemson or Washington were looking for new coaches. As they say bad press is better then no press at all
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Exactly, all the press just confirms that this is a top job and will get the most attention just like Michigan last year.
 
#259
#259
No one wanted Spurrier and Cutcliffe. As for Davis, why would he publically state that he has the slightest interest in the job when he is competing for the ACC Championship at the time. Dumb report by ESPN imo. This is only 1 day into the search.
 
#262
#262
We need to chill out on the 'ESPN hates us,' 'we aint as dum as you thinks we is' inferiority complex stuff.

We just canned a hall of fame coach who has dedicated his life to our university and embodies UT, if not SEC football. This is perceived as a short-sighted decision. We had our reasons, but 95% of college football programs would never have considered such a change. It is rational to question the logic behind this decision. It is poignant to examine the reprecussions of such a move. This decision was the big push that will get this year's coaching carousel spinning. It's big news. Embrace it.
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We do embrace it. I agree with your last paragraph where you state that most colleges would never fire a coach with his winning record. I submit to you, however, that Tennessee isn't like most colleges.

As the statistics show...Tennessee is the 8th winningest program in college football history behind the only other SEC team Alabama at 7th.

That ( in my mind ) makes UT an elite program worthy of an elite coach.

I'm sorry to see so many UT fans that don't seem to agree with that assessment yet do agree with ESPN that this job is somehow not as good as LSU, Georgia, Florida, or Alabama.

I don't for a second think that there is any conspiracy at ESPN.

Chris Low, however, who happens to work at ESPN and was a Tennessee beat writer ( if I'm not mistaken ) has said that the jobs at Georgia, LSU, Florida, and Alabama are all BETTER jobs and I say they're not. I would say that the Alabama is an equal job but I would not say it is better. To say Georgia and LSU are better jobs is a joke to me.

Low and others like him continue to harp on our dismal recruiting base as the foundation for their position yet, again, Tennessee is the 8th winningest team in college football history so has this recruiting problem hurt us until now?

No, it has not. So I don't think we need to "chill out" but, rather, state our case as to why any coach in the nation would want to come to this university to coach football.

Proudly slipping on my orange tinted glasses.
 
#263
#263
VolnTEARS? said:
So I don't think we need to "chill out" but, rather, state our case as to why any coach in the nation would want to come to this university to coach football.

Proudly slipping on my orange tinted glasses.
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Well stated. Chill out statement hereby applicable to non-articulate whiners only.
 
#264
#264
Butch is the coach I want the most. Kiffin can recruit, but has lack of actual legit coaching experience. Gruden has name recognition, but may make recruits wet themselves when he walks into their living rooms. Leach has a good thing goin. No sense in disrupting the flow. No to the guy from Wake and no to the Texas DC.

Jerry Moore, to me, would do well, but he isn't young. He has done a Tressel-like job at App State and just knows how to coach. I wouldn't complain if he donned the T.
 
#265
#265
I have a Friend who has fimily working with the Bucs, and they said Gruden was very unusually quiet at practice yesterday......

I am hoping god he is thinking long and hard about coming here, settling down on his Property, and bringing with him Monte Kiffin...and hopefully Lane Kiffin or Bill Muir.....That is my dream Scenario....

Or Sarkisian but that might be the longest shot out there.
 
#267
#267
When UT starts waving around $4-$5 mil per year, a bunch of coaches will be "interested."
 
#269
#269
VolsRule said:
When UT starts waving around $4-$5 mil per year, a bunch of coaches will be "interested."
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Very true..

I'm glad Butch Davis isn't interested..

And remember.. Every coach is not Nick Saban...

Most coaches in the past just answered a question with No comment when asked about an available job...

I beleive he is truly not interested.. he has it made at UNC
 
#270
#270
Another possible candidate that is being mentioned is North Carolina head coach Butch Davis.
When asked if he were interested in the Tennessee job Davis’ response: “The long and short of it is that the administration and I are completely, firmly committed to building a championship football program at North Carolina. And my family and I are very happy in Chapel Hill.”
Davis also said: "you're flattered a little bit". “You grin and bear it”, he said of the speculation and that “it kind of goes with the territory.”
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#271
#271
Don't be so sure that he is not interested. I heard he was standing in a UNC press conference decked out in Powder Blue discussing the upcoming game when a reporter asks, "...are you interested in UT". WTF was he supposed to say?
 
#273
#273
Jimmy Sexton's comments on Davis:

"He's busy at North Carolina," Sexton said on WHBQ. "I think Tennessee's going to go the way of Bruce Pearl, a coach who is successful at a good program but with not quite the same resources, or I think they will go the coordinator route."
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