Why is Butch Jones (still) hated so much?

[BreatheUT]

Though Jones was a carnival barker who was a cliche caricature machine, the real egregious act was him quitting on the team like a loser. He proved to be a guy with a weak back. He's the same guy who was taking a beating from Dooley who said he was dreaming of coaching here why taking said loss on the other sideline. It should've been a precursor for cigar gate. It was in his background.

 

[Vol865]

Dude had a ton of talent on the team and couldn't coach get his head out of his ass on gameday

 

[RDU VOL#14]

I’ve wondered if he thought he was smarter than everyone else or, if he thought everyone was dumb?

I actually think it was the opposite. He put up this facade where he thought he could distract people w/ the “brick by brick” “63 effort” “whatever adjective individuals” cliches and that would cover up the fact that he is/was an insecure guy who drove a $200k Mercedes around campus. He’s the only coach we’ve had here in recent memory that never played a down of football. If that’s the case, you damn well better be an offensive genius or have a quick wit like a Shanahan or Mike McDaniel. Butch does not possess either one.

 

[FanDude]

Butch studied football, but there were plenty of times he did not seem to know what he was talking about. His bs rap did not work out. It got old and annoying.

 

[Starchief13VFL]

I can’t say I hate him because I was dubious from the start. He twice rode the coattails of Brian Kelly rather than establishing his own success. First at C. Michigan then at Cincinnati. I expected nothing and, unfortunately, got less than nothing. His antics proved what/who is was.

 

[dduncan4163]

Everybody at the game and everybody watching at home knew what he needed to do !! It was embarrassing as hell for the rest of the country to see how stupid our head coach was. I was done with him from that night till this good day !! I still despise that sissy ass tough guy wannabe ! !

I couldn't agree more. There's nothing more irritating than a smug idiot.

 

[ptgrbn]

Seems that many threads turn into eith a Jones or Kiffin bashing thread. Don’t get me wrong; I hate CLK came in and ran half the team off and had virtually none of his recruiting class pan out and, Jones never could get over the hill. But, there seems to be more hatred towards Jones on VN threads than any of the other coaches and this includes Pruitt.

Is it because more was expected of him or that we didn’t really expect more from the other coaches? I mean, Pruitt could have completely devastated the program but yet he doesn’t seem the most disliked of our coaches. Jones was like forever and three coaches ago but, again, he’s beat down still and a lot.

Cause his quirky little excuses for choking away games we should have won still result in a dig at UT by the general public and the media. Can’t seem to unring that bell

 

[SpookyAction]

He was no leader. He never brought that team up when they were down.

Can we spike this thread once and for all?
It's like Michael Myers.

 

[marcusluvsvols]

His face. It’s so punchable.
That band photo.
The Oklahoma game disaster.
That stupid brick by brick commercial.
His doofus personality.

The brick by brick commercial was unforgivable. As a brickmason it was just ridiculous. Everything is wrong there in the commercial...including that tiny little kiddie trowel he was using. It would take a week to build a mailbox and look like garbage too using that technique and trowel. I can build a nice mailbox with a fancy cap by lunchtime on a Saturday and I am 48 years old. Makes me angry just to think about it. Combine that with the fact that he never even played football and was a band geek with stupid, weird statements and mannerisms...and it becomes clear that the guy is just a fraud. Just a greasy, uncouth "used car salesman who rolls back odometers" kind of guy. No wonder the players didnt trust him or buy in to his "vision". What a maroon. A Muppet. A squid. Good riddance " Butch". What a sissy name.

 

[chuckiepoo]

The brick by brick commercial was unforgivable. As a brickmason it was just ridiculous. Everything is wrong there in the commercial...including that tiny little kiddie trowel he was using. It would take a week to build a mailbox and look like garbage too using that technique and trowel. I can build a nice mailbox with a fancy cap by lunchtime on a Saturday and I am 48 years old. Makes me angry just to think about it. Combine that with the fact that he never even played football and was a band geek with stupid, weird statements and mannerisms...and it becomes clear that the guy is just a fraud. Just a greasy, uncouth "used car salesman who rolls back odometers" kind of guy. No wonder the players didnt trust him or buy in to his "vision". What a maroon. A Muppet. A squid. Good riddance " Butch". What a sissy name.

 

[dduncan4163]

The brick by brick commercial was unforgivable. As a brickmason it was just ridiculous. Everything is wrong there in the commercial...including that tiny little kiddie trowel he was using. It would take a week to build a mailbox and look like garbage too using that technique and trowel. I can build a nice mailbox with a fancy cap by lunchtime on a Saturday and I am 48 years old. Makes me angry just to think about it. Combine that with the fact that he never even played football and was a band geek with stupid, weird statements and mannerisms...and it becomes clear that the guy is just a fraud. Just a greasy, uncouth "used car salesman who rolls back odometers" kind of guy. No wonder the players didnt trust him or buy in to his "vision". What a maroon. A Muppet. A squid. Good riddance " Butch". What a sissy name.

Everything about him was phony and corny.

Lyle is a punk