LWS in response to why nothing has been done..
"I believe nothing has been done with Butch because they believe he gives the best chance to get this team in a bowl game. Any interim would be a disaster to the rest of the season. No assurance Jones gets them to a bowl but the belief is that is the best chance. A bowl for the players is a positive no matter who is the coach in 2018.
As we are witnessing, things change daily with this football program. Will Antone Davis interview expedite things? Would a positive response from Gruden expedite things? Would a loss to Southern Miss expedite things? Only Currie has that answer.
IMO, they will try to get a head coach in place as quickly as possible after the Vanderbilt game. I think their focus will be getting the right guy over saving the recruiting class though. Getting someone they believe will get this program on the right track is more important than this class."
Followed up by Swan..
"i think Larry has summed things up pretty well here... in addition, something that isnt talked about is there is not a lot of head coaching experience on the current staff.... you really have only two candidates in Hooke and Shoop. Well lets say one of them takes the Interim position and proceeds to go 0-4, which is a real possibility.... that would only hurt their chances for the next job because all Assisntants and cocordinaors knows this GIG is over after Vandy.... with our current talent and rash of injuries, it would be a huge gamble to be interim HC at TN...... especially since Butch Jones and Larry Scott are the punching bags and taking all the heat locally and Nationally... If im an assistant over there, Ive got my head down, desperately wanting this season to end so I can move onto my next Coaching assignment....."
Swan
Posted in the RF as well. Just thought you all would like to see it
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