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E K said...

Cincinnati fan here...Jones is a non-stop recruiter and as mentioned here will recruit Georgia as well as Florida well. He can recruit circles around Kelly. I never saw Kelly as a good recruiter. Kelly always struck me as being too good for recruiting and as a result left Cincinnati with a lot of wholes depth wise when he left.

Jones on the other hand has done a fine job with recruiting the last 3 years and has left UC with the greatest amount of depth we've probably ever had.

X's & O's - Kelly is one of the finest coaches I've ever seen when it comes to evaluating talent, understanding their strengths & weaknesses and putting them in positions to succeed. He also is a master at exploiting team's weaknesses. Jones, on the other hand, isn't there from an X's and O's standpoint. He certainly doesn't have the same level of experience and I know that drove us fans nuts with many of his decisions and game management. With that said, we certainly would've kept him and allowed him to continue to grow.

Jones is a stand-up guy that will preach a lot of 'family'. That isn't sitting very well in Cincinnati these days as you can imagine. His former players love him dearly though and would've run through a burning building for him. He also runs a very clean program.

Best of luck with your new hire. I'll be rooting for him.

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BuckShot JP said...

“If he can win ballgames on Saturday, everything is in place for Tennessee to go toe-to-toe with anyone anywhere.”

That sums it up. thanks ryan! appreciate it as always