Welp, Looks Like Butch...

[RollerVol]

I just want to be bowl eligible.. They need the extra practice!!!!

definitely need the extra practice (for coaches)...hurts to type this but we may not win enough to go bowling...jus' sayin'...it's gonna be tough...and,

GO VOLS!

 

[onevol74]

You should start preparing yourself for the possibility of Butch still coaching at UT in 2018. Nothing from Currie, boosters, Haslam, or anyone has indicated otherwise.

Not going to happen. UT would not be able to endure the financial implications of that happening. Butch has absolutely nothing to sell to the fan base for 2018. He knows it and stopped recruiting in early October.

 

[MedicT]

The now 10 year long Fulmer firing debacle must be playing on the minds of "boosters" and Administration. Vocal VN contributors make up only a small percentage of the fan base. I think Jones will be here in 2018.

 

[Dudleys87]

And you know this how?

Price said today’s game had zero effect on Jones future

 

[onevol74]

I watched it on my phone. Every play
It was a ghost town in the second half it appeared.

Had bama vs. Lsu going on tv.
Also known as real football.

Not a rigged game where one team gets 15 penalties and another team gets none.

If you have ever played or coached football you know what a joke that is to have that happen. It's obvious


It's the first game I remember watching where Tennessee won the game and I felt like there was nothing gained by it.

Having been at the game I have to say that USM is not a good team and every one of those penalties were justified. The officials even missed a couple of pass interference calls where USM tackled the receiver before the ball got there. They were a desperate team playing a team with better talent. But we would not have beaten a SEC team with our performance last night.

 

[Vol4ever]

Do you have eyes?

Vols 4 life is correct. Nothing officially has been done. I talk to someone that is in the know weekly......its headed that way but nothing official. Even I wont be comfortable til its official.

 

[BigBadVol]

That was stupid the first 20 times you posted it.

Post if the week nomination.

 

[HARTUPM]

Yea the fans had a chance to ensure Butch was gone at the end of the year.

A stadium full of paying fans excited to see Tennessee be in a 4th quarter game with southern miss opens the door for Butch at Tennessee in 2018.

If Butch is brought back tonight was the reason.

Yep, I honestly think the current administration is okay with a .500 program as long as they are making profit. Until proven otherwise, we are stuck being Alabama and Georgia's little b*@#h, and will continue to somehow manage lose to mediocre-bad UK, Scar, and Florida teams.

 

[Wylo]

The now 10 year long Fulmer firing debacle must be playing on the minds of "boosters" and Administration. Vocal VN contributors make up only a small percentage of the fan base. I think Jones will be here in 2018.

Fulmer should've been fired.

 

[BeecherVol]

Yea the fans had a chance to ensure Butch was gone at the end of the year.

A stadium full of paying fans excited to see Tennessee be in a 4th quarter game with southern miss opens the door for Butch at Tennessee in 2018.

If Butch is brought back tonight was the reason.

Go ahead and make the call that he's coming back in 18'. No reason to say "if"

Most of those calling you out are not "Jones Lovers" they just realize he's not coming back. Grow a set and make a call.

 

[BeecherVol]

The now 10 year long Fulmer firing debacle must be playing on the minds of "boosters" and Administration. Vocal VN contributors make up only a small percentage of the fan base. I think Jones will be here in 2018.

He's not coming back. He doesn't want to come back.

He knows the snake oil has run it's course here. It actually played out an extra year with the AD/Chancellor vacancies last year.

 

[Iam4utalways]

Yea the fans had a chance to ensure Butch was gone at the end of the year.

A stadium full of paying fans excited to see Tennessee be in a 4th quarter game with southern miss opens the door for Butch at Tennessee in 2018.

If Butch is brought back tonight was the reason.

You could be right.

I doubt it.

PM and PF, both are giving advice about to how to handle our HC. I trust their judgement.

I believe a decision has already been made and is in motion now. Nothing will change their mind until 2018.

Winning is better than losing.

 

[FLVOL69]

Will be here till the end of the season.

Of course I’m thankful for the W tonight but the downside is it gives Currie a reason to keep Butch till the end of the season.

I’m not convinced that this team can pull out a W against LSU, Missouri, or Vandy.


I’m happy for the players because they give it their all on the field every snap.

It just sucks because we still have a HC on the sidelines who’s yet to win an SEC game.

Sadly that trend will continue next Saturday night..

 

[sameolvol]

Myself and several others have been around long enough to know that attendance doesn't effect if a coach is retained or is gone. Also you can see that getting rid of a coach doesn't necessarily make your offense magically better, see Florida. There is no gain in firing Butch unless you have someone to announce as head coach and most of those guys are still working.

Yep. I would have attended homecoming and the game, hanging out with old bros at the frat house, etc., etc., etc., if the long drive & my cantankerous ticker wasn't such an inconvenience. I'not divorcing my beloved alma mater...or UT football...due to an impending coaching change. That's a natural occurrence in the wide world of sports. I did, however, cancel my road trip to Lexington (tix in trash can), due to a dread for probably an ugly "L" on the schedule. RE firing Butch ASAP: I've gotten over it. GBO!

 

[TacomaJPP]

Yep... There's no recruiting benefit and you risk a complete meltdown. There's really no good solution when it becomes inevitable that your coach is done.

However, an interim means (to recruits) that something is going to change. Keeping Butch until the end of the season means recruits are left wondering whether he goes or stays.

At this point, what's the difference in a "complete meltdown" or our current trajectory? 😀

 

[rockydoc]

Fulmer should've been fired.

....in2005.

 

[BeecherVol]

However, an interim means (to recruits) that something is going to change. Keeping Butch until the end of the season means recruits are left wondering whether he goes or stays.

At this point, what's the difference in a "complete meltdown" or our current trajectory? 😀

Recruits know change is coming. They just don't know who it is. If you fire Jones and don't name a replacement until the season is over they are still in the dark.

 

[jonnon111]

I agree. I think Currie’s actions to this point have proven such... and FL shows us how an interim doesn’t mean an improvement.

This.

To everyone one who wants to salvage the season (not many any more, only 3 games left) this is not a good way to salvage it.

 

[slickvol]

You should start preparing yourself for the possibility of Butch still coaching at UT in 2018. Nothing from Currie, boosters, Haslam, or anyone has indicated otherwise.

This is the truth.

 

[volfanbill]

You should start preparing yourself for the possibility of Butch still coaching at UT in 2018. Nothing from Currie, boosters, Haslam, or anyone has indicated otherwise.

Nothing has indicated he’s staying

 

[BeecherVol]

This.

To everyone one who wants to salvage the season (not many any more, only 3 games left) this is not a good way to salvage it.

I think the idea is that it just not clear cut that naming an interim is gonna change much. Not that anyone thinks Jones will salvage anything either.

That and I'm not sure anyone wants the interim gig

 

[volfanbill]

However, an interim means (to recruits) that something is going to change. Keeping Butch until the end of the season means recruits are left wondering whether he goes or stays.

At this point, what's the difference in a "complete meltdown" or our current trajectory? 😀

They don’t commit to an interim. It’s a non story

 

[MFL]

He wins out going to be many upset when curry gives him another year

 

[MedicT]

Fulmer should've been fired.

And we are still here dealing with the repercussions of it 10 years after the fact. His record looks really good at the moment. Including the last couple of years of his tenure.

 

[truevolfanincali]

Yea the fans had a chance to ensure Butch was gone at the end of the year.

A stadium full of paying fans excited to see Tennessee be in a 4th quarter game with southern miss opens the door for Butch at Tennessee in 2018.

If Butch is brought back tonight was the reason.

No one here needs your absolute negativity and bs attitude. There's a line between wanting the head coach gone and emptying the stadium on homecoming when we have seniors that have busted their butts for the program for 4 years.

Leave or shut up, vols1707. You're a disgrace to the fanbase.