Butch guarantees victory?

[McDad]

As do I...which is why I ask. I don't recognize that trait in Butch. He's a hard worker, sure...but I don't see a drive to innovate, or to change what is not working, and turn it into something effective. Again, I'm not bashing this time, I'm really trying to be substantive in expressing what I'm seeing. I've never felt like he recognized the magnitude of every SEC contest....where one game can literally make or break the season. His statements actually have been to the contrary. It's one reason I feel like he's still learning on the job, and it troubles me.

He isn't an innovator; agree with you. The difficulty I have in evaluating his lack of 'changing what's failing' is I dont know how much has already changed. I imagine (if things have been repeatedly scaled back or tweaked) that eventually there is no more room for change or tweaking. All coaches, save a handful, drop occasional games to inferior opponents. That isn't an indictment of their inability to grasp the magnitude of the contest. Like you, I'm baffled...moreso by some of the player personnel decisions CBJ makes. Couldnt we all tell AK was more effective than Hurd before Jalen missed A&M? Dobbs continues to not read defenses properly for 2 or 3 quarters but then plays out of his mind and wins games. Where's the continuity with playing the best people for any given opponent or temporarily "resting" folks who aren't dialed in for whatever reason?

 

[orangeluvr]

Neither does Jones' coaching

Thought you were a true fan.

 

[JonGrudensAgent]

Why do I have an uneasy feeling we will play like a hot mess of Chinatown garbage for 2-3 quarters???

Because you have been watching the games the past 3 plus seasons?

 

[tallyho]

No way do we use this cupcake team to gauge were we are as a team.

What we need to see is Dormady and possibly Jones run the offense and Fils-Aime get some carries. We need to sharpen everything up for Kentucky.

 

[CJBlaze]

Dudes, we blew one game. It's not like we suddenly haven't beaten Florida, Georgia, or Virginia Tech, or tied A&M in regulation ... four good teams.

Okay, we blew it against USCe. That does not mean we're gonna choke in the four remaining games. I personally don't think we're going to lose again this regular season.

There's adjusting to a new reality, and then there's hyperventilating. Let's don't hyperventilate.

Dude you're delusional!

 

[grizzliesrule888]

good lord, Tenn Tech is awful . Any SEC team would destroy them

But still, Butch would usually just say they're a good team, it will be a good game and he'd move on. This is at least a semblance of confidence.

 

[VolFanHenry]

I feel really good about the next few games. I think the team will come out swinging Saturday and never look back. We can still end up with a 10-3 season which will be our fist 10 win season since Fulmer.

 

[aredfox28]

On Vol Calls..."our first goal is to become bowl eligible, which we will."

Am I interpreting that correctly? Like the confidence if so, even though it is against Tenn Tech

Only thing I wanna hear him guarantee, is that debord is fired at the end of the season.

 

[NEO]

A guarantee that we best Tn tech?

Lol.

Guy got owner by muschamp again.

The same coach who fl fired for losing to everyone but Jones.

What does muschamp and Dooley both have in common? They own butch jones and have a winning record against him.

 

[vtvol98]

If...big if, that happens Volnation will be PO'd CBJ kept using Hurd so much.

On a side note, wouldn't it be cool if Butch installed some I-formation to run Kelly out of this Saturday?

 

[VFL-82-JP]

Dude you're delusional!

Delusional...for thinking we will likely beat Tennessee Tech, Mizzou, Kentucky, and Vandy...hmm...okayyyyy....

 

[Johnnyreb#VFL]

so sick of this bowl eligible bullcrap. Hey thats great and everything, but if that is the only reason you came to Tennessee is to become bowl E. then you need to go. you dont coach in the SEC just to go to bowls. you coach here to be in the SEC championship because thats the door to the national championship. end of story. and if you cant see that and wanna spoon feed the fans the Bowl Eligibility crap then you need to go. You shouldnt be coaching in the SEC in the first place.

I, personally, am glad that I am no longer having to look at the rest of our schedule at this point and make a case to myself that "we can win these next few games in November to make a bowl game." We have been there, we have been there in the not too distant past. It makes me appreciate that we are 5-3 and in a position to win 9 regular season games and still have a decent chance of a trip to ATL. Jmo

 

[VFL-82-JP]

If not for your post count and familiarity with your posts I would swear you were new here 😜

Haha, touche!

 

[Other_Guy]

Why do I have an uneasy feeling we will play like a hot mess of Chinatown garbage for 2-3 quarters???

Havent you Hurd? Jalen is the reason Dobbs the OL and play calling sucked. Winning the natty now bro.

 

[Iam4utalways]

A guarantee that we best Tn tech?

Lol.

Guy got owner by muschamp again.

The same coach who fl fired for losing to everyone but Jones.

What does muschamp and Dooley both have in common? They own butch jones and have a winning record against him.

Ask a Florida trolling Jackwagon if they miss musschimp.

 

[JFBanicki]

This team better come out and absolutely destroy TT. I'm talking they agree to shorten the game level of destruction after the last week. All this talk of Hurd being the problem, well now its time to show the world. Either he was and we destroy them and run out of benchwarmers to play before half, or this team will need to face that Hurd was just the latest in a LONG list of excuses.