Exactly. Currie seems to like him some Butch Jones. Like I have said, I woudlnt be shocked if Butch is here in 2018.
I've touched on this in other threads, but a theory my bro in law is that Currie doesn't want to fire Jones if he can help it.
His theory is that Currie knows he'll most likely have to fire Warlick at the wnd of bball season, so he doesn't want to fire Jones, because Currie doesn't want to have to fire his two coaches from his two top programs.
So if Jones can squeak out a bowl or maybe even 5-7 record then Currie will keep him for another year