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With our first ranked opponent coming to town in two days, Tennessee faces the first real risk of losing a game this season.
Of course, we all want to win this one. Not only do we want this win for ourselves, we want it for these players and for these coaches. We want to see everybody's hard work pay off.
But there is a real chance (God please forbid it) that we lose Saturday. And as a 4-year veteran of this site, I can promise all of you that there will inevitably be some drunken "Fire Butch" or "I'm losing faith in Butch" or "We need Gruden pt. 7" threads that pop up Saturday night and Sunday morning.
That got me thinking. Dooley only lasted 3 years. He nearly only lasted 2. If we were to go 6-6 or 7-5 this season, I'm sure many of us would consider the season a disappointment.
I fear that if that were to happen, Butch's seat would start to warm up. I want nothing more to see Butch succeed and stay here for a few decades. He seems like the perfect fit where Dooley always felt like a temporary patch frpm Day 1 (or Year Zero).
If it were up to me, I would give Butch a minimum 4 more guaranteed seasons, regardless of record. If after 7 years he hasn't gotten it done, it's fair to say he likely never would at that point.
But I know there will be those that will be ready to set his chair ablaze (right next to their burning mattresses) if we underachieved this year.
What do you guys think? Does he have to succeed this year to be safe, or are you like me and feel like he should feel safe for the next few years at least, regardless of record?
Either way, I hope we don't have to find out. Let's take it to the Sooners and silence all the skeptics! Go Vols and let's kick some Sooner ass Saturday night! !!
Of course, we all want to win this one. Not only do we want this win for ourselves, we want it for these players and for these coaches. We want to see everybody's hard work pay off.
But there is a real chance (God please forbid it) that we lose Saturday. And as a 4-year veteran of this site, I can promise all of you that there will inevitably be some drunken "Fire Butch" or "I'm losing faith in Butch" or "We need Gruden pt. 7" threads that pop up Saturday night and Sunday morning.
That got me thinking. Dooley only lasted 3 years. He nearly only lasted 2. If we were to go 6-6 or 7-5 this season, I'm sure many of us would consider the season a disappointment.
I fear that if that were to happen, Butch's seat would start to warm up. I want nothing more to see Butch succeed and stay here for a few decades. He seems like the perfect fit where Dooley always felt like a temporary patch frpm Day 1 (or Year Zero).
If it were up to me, I would give Butch a minimum 4 more guaranteed seasons, regardless of record. If after 7 years he hasn't gotten it done, it's fair to say he likely never would at that point.
But I know there will be those that will be ready to set his chair ablaze (right next to their burning mattresses) if we underachieved this year.
What do you guys think? Does he have to succeed this year to be safe, or are you like me and feel like he should feel safe for the next few years at least, regardless of record?
Either way, I hope we don't have to find out. Let's take it to the Sooners and silence all the skeptics! Go Vols and let's kick some Sooner ass Saturday night! !!