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Jones emerges as UT front-runner

  • volcam said...

    THIS IS A GREAT FIT FOR THE VOLS! Jones has achieved success at Cincy despite suboptimal facilities and fan support. He is 44 years old and *wants* to be at Tennessee. If he can recruit athletes to Cincy and then coach them well, I would love to see what he can do with the upper level facilities at UT. For those of you who are continually negative, stop the nitpicking and be thankful that a 40ish coach with a lot of experience under his belt has reportedly turned down substantial offers to be head coach at UK, Purdue and Colorado to be offered this job at UT. Jones has as good a resume as Charlie Strong, IMO. I, as a longtime Vol fan and contributor, am actually excited that we can hire someone of this caliber!

    Great first post, and it took you two years? Welcome and please keep posting!

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  • Displace_Vol_Fa said...

    So.....does anyone know if there are going to be anymore updates tonight from W/K/R? I'm new on here and trying to decide if I want to subscribe after the free trial. So far, I haven't been really pleased with how often updates are given and there are a lot of questions on here that get asked that never get an answer. Is this normal, or is this just a product of the hot topic of the coaching search. Not criticizing, or trying to be a smarta**. I'm just trying to decide if the subscription is worth the monthly cost to me.

    Welcome to the board.
    W/K&R (they should really consider adding a P biggrin ) have done an outstanding job reporting on the search IMNASHO, just as they do all the time.
    I wouldn"t presume to say one way or the other whether a subscription would be worth the cost to you. But it certainly is for me.
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  • Man, I guess you know every UT supporter when you say the majority of UT fans don't want Jones. I am sure I am older than you by your stupid post, so therefore I know more fans than you. I just left an event and 9 people said they thought Jones would be a good hire and nobody said a bad hire.

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  • Displace_Vol_Fa said...

    So.....does anyone know if there are going to be anymore updates tonight from W/K/R? I'm new on here and trying to decide if I want to subscribe after the free trial. So far, I haven't been really pleased with how often updates are given and there are a lot of questions on here that get asked that never get an answer. Is this normal, or is this just a product of the hot topic of the coaching search. Not criticizing, or trying to be a smarta**. I'm just trying to decide if the subscription is worth the monthly cost to me.

    Keep the site! It's well worth the money. The Monday VIP room is LOADED with stuff, and the majority of posters are quite respectful of one another. There's been a run on non-sense posters of late because of the free trial and the coaching search, but in a few weeks the wheat will be separated from the chaff. This is for sure a great site!!!!

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  • The_General said...

    He won the award in both 2011 and 2012.

    Even better then. I like the hire more and more then if it does in fact happen.

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  • The_General said...

    This is a good site. I agree that there's been a lot of questions not answered lately, but in all fairness, it's been pretty hectic.

    Fewer trolls, but some have begun to migrate over. However, W/R/K do a good job of keeping it somewhat civil over here than on VQ (I've never had a Scout subscription, so I can't compare).

    I went with the annual subscription to receive the text alerts. I hope they're still working out the kinks with it, because they've been extremely disappointing, thus far. I'd recommend going the monthly route for now.

    Thanks.

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  • Vol Since 72 said...

    Hasn't proven anything? He's competed in 6 Conf championship games and has won twice as many games as he lost! He's nowhere close to Dooley. Dooley is a LOSER and Jones appears to be a winner.

    The only issue with Jones is that he took over winning programs both times (both from kelly). How will he do when he has a bit of rebuilding to do?

    NetBuck

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  • Butch Jones would be a quality hire for UT, as a Loiusville fan I was hoping UK did not offer him. Guy gets the most out of his players and almost won in our stadium without two of his D-linemen, and having to play true freshmen in the secondary.

    This post was edited by metro on 12/6/2012 at 10:49 PM

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  • I'm not sure why everyone here was so high on Charlie Strong, but are so low on Butch Jones. Is it just because Strong was black? On the surface, it would appear that Jones is both a better coach and a better recruiter. Utah wasn't exactly a national powerhouse when Florida hired Urban Meyer from there. LSU took a chance on a guy named Les Miles from Oklahoma State, B.G. (before Gundy). LSU also took a chance on a guy named Saban from Michigan State who wasn't nearly the home-run hire he is now. My point is, very rarely do the already established coaches at great schools leave there to make a lateral move. We've learned that in embarrassing fashion trying to hire Gundy and Jimbo Fisher. A guy like Butch Jones could turn out to be a future HOF coach, and wouldn't we look brilliant then? If he is indeed offered the job and accepts it, we need to get behind him. I can promise you, he isn't going to win the SEC or a NC his first two years here. Not even Gruden would do that. But he might be able to win some he's not supposed to and build a couple strong recruiting classes that would put us in a good position to make a run at the east in his third year. I will echo what a lot of others are saying, he seems like he wants to be here and that puts him ahead of those who were supposedly top tier on the list.

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  • Butch Jones was my choice after Gruden. This guy is a winner. Watch him on the side lines coaching and you will like him.

    Strong didn't come to Tennessee because he knew that he would be fired after two or three years.

    TN Barney

  • AugustaVol1 said...

    Just because someone thinks that Jones is not the right hire for the Vols, doesn't mean our blood is less orange. We don't make the decision, we will cheer for the Big Orange, but we won't pretend this is Vince Lombardi-esque hire.

    Your right, you will and I will. All the morons on here pulling season tickets and being irrational are the ones I am talking about. No one thinks he is Vince. He'll I don't think he is Fulmer but I will support the man till he gives me a reason not too or shows me he can't get it one in the SEC! No one knew who Sabean was till he got to LSU. He was a good coach from a mid western school with no big 10 tiles.

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  • DaddyHink said...

    I've already studied the recruiting at Cincy and Butch Jones out-recruited Brian Kelly and Jones won this year, which was a rebuilding year. Best hold your tongue before you criticize the two-time Big East Coach of the Year.

    hilarious! Soooo, Kelly took teams with less talented recruits and went to two BCS bowls and had an undefeated season.. I'm confused, are you arguing for Jones or against?? And if the best you have is big east coach of the year, we are in trouble...

    frostyvol

  • DaddyHink said...

    Didnt beat anybody of note? Butch Jones beat Charlie Strong twice and James Franklin in the Liberty Bowl last year.

    that's what passes for big wins for you?? Let me ask you, what were those teams ranked?? I seriously cannot believe this is the best the Jones supporters have..heck, Dooley beat franklin last hear too!!

    frostyvol

  • I can't believe you people. He's FAR more proven that Dooley. He's a proven winner.

    volbry1

  • Thanks for posting, bry1.

    Will take care of that 34_ for you in a bit. Going to go through them now.

    preciatecha

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  • dogassnat said...

    This will make it the third time that it's the guy that the majority did not want. I don't know why, but that's just how it works out for us. If it happens hopefully everyone can get over it and support him instead of wanting to run him out of here before he even gets started.

    UT is not a great job. The two long term coaches we have had recently were home grown. We need to give the new coach a chance,

    ohioVol

  • Winkle said...

    The guy is a winner. Hell he's beat Charlie strong . The Cincy athletic facilities are a joke and yet he still gets recruits to come and they compete. Give the man a chance before you run him off before first game.

    I agree 100%. I wish we had more of you on here.
    Some of these guys wouldn't want Vice Lombardi.

    coltsman

  • ohioVol said...

    UT is not a great job. The two long term coaches we have had recently were home grown. We need to give the new coach a chance,

    welcome to the board, ohioVol! Happy to have you here. Thanks for posting!

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