Having lived here in Arkansas for 20 years, I can tell you the coach that Butch reminds me of the most is Houston Nutt. Lots of school spirit, lots of rah-rah, pretty good recruiter, terrible in game coach, resentful of fan's expectations, and HIGH control.
Towards the end of the Nutt reign, fans here were clamoring for a more high powered offense and Nutt reluctantly hired Malzahn as his OC, but resented doing it because it was an admission that his system wasn't working. What transpired was Malzahn having zero control over play calling and the offense because Nutt was not about to let a hot shot high school up and comer prove to be smarter and more innovative than he was. It was a disaster and Malzahn left after 1 year. Nutt was ran off the following year.
This is what I would see happening with Butch and a new OC if DeBord takes off or retires. Butch is too high control, too resentful, too much pride, etc. He will put the shackles on whoever he hires and it will end badly........as will Butch's career at UT
I'm in Little Rock, nice to have fellow Vol fans in the state. Arkansas is a beautiful state, very underrated IMO.
