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UT commits react to Jones hiring

  • muddy waters said...

    I know everyone is emotional right now however, going onto public sites and making such comments only do more harm than good. and I bet it didn;t even make you feel any better doing it, did it?

    you certainly have the right to express yourself and no I did not down vote you. I would appreciate it though if you would just stay off the net if you are going to say such things. the guy has a conf championship 4 of the past 6 seasons and he wants to be here. he is 2-1 against Strong and probably should be 3-0.

    so, please give the guy a chance and not to mention a little support. otherwise grab a shovel, dig a hole, and insert your head. and/or go another team.

    Completely agree....Urban had to start at Bowling Green and then Boise State....

    If we need to complain and vent, keep it out of the public eye, keep it away from all recruits. Trust me, they all know how to Google and Tweet!!!! They will find the info if it's there....they can even get a 30 day free trial to 247!!! Whooaaa!!!

    dougdejong

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    volnut64

  • I'll give him a chance because it's not his fault it has come to this. I put the blame on the A.D.(hart). I think he should be the next to go. There is a reason didn't nobody want the job and it can't be the facilities,money,or fan support. He's the only thing left that could've been the problem.

    Tn country boy1

  • tom cat said...

    ryan
    i do remember a player we got to flip that had commited to cincy.
    if he hadn't committed he sure was about to. can't remember his name.
    GO BIG ORANGE!!! volsvols

    Ken Bynum I think from Jacksonville FL

    hueypilot

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    hueypilot

  • vols4life1969 said...

    i think jones like the option in running the quarterback alot ..best i can remember..but coming to tenn
    we got worley and peterman..peterman and jones could be a winning combo
    jones will have to play what offense worley can run right?

    Jones recruited Peterman heavily. They both know each other

    hueypilot

  • ....they can even get a 30 day free trial to 247!!! Whooaaa!!!

    And so can their parents....

    If you're going to be a bear, you might as well be a Grizzly...

    Govols1979

  • JSamson7 said...

    I could care less. I see I have 23 down votes now, woopty do!! I love this site & about everyone else on here. It's still not going to change my opinion on this & I will stand my ground. If he wins that's great, but I seriously doubt it. At this stage of the game, Roman would have been a better fit & much better option than good ole Lyle. By the way, how am I doing harm by saying what a lot of people are already thinking? People have their own opinions & I'm not trying to convince anyone on here otherwise, right? I'm just stating mine & thankfully getting down voted won't take my birthday away or cause me to lose my privileges on this site.

    Getting back to Butch, he’s 1-2 in Bowl games with his only win coming last year to Vandy & they would have lost to Duke if he was still coaching there. They lost to a Sun Belt school (FAU) & a sorry Purdue team. On top of that, he lost to Dooley! Talk about a turn around, with MAC teams & Big East on your schedule anybody have a winning record. As far as I'm concerned, all he's done is take Brian Kelly’s sloppy seconds & make a career out of being just above mediocre... At least I'm not condemning him to hell or anything like that kind of like some of the more extreme UT fans are doing to Hart, Cheek, & Butch.

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    You were all for strong though right?he has out recruited and his teams have out played Charlie's.and yes running your mouth on message boards does have a negative effect.bottom line is butch jones is our coach now so show support or Gfo!by the way what makes you qualified to determine whether he is good or not?your time on the youth league team?although you probably played soccer.i personally would love to see you get butch slapped.

    volmanchris

  • Just updated with comments from three-star linebacker Corey Vereen, who said he just spoke with Butch Jones a few minutes ago.

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    Ryan Callahan

  • Butch slapped. That goes in the repertoire.

    Chartervol

  • Ryan Callahan said...

    Just updated with comments from three-star linebacker Corey Vereen, who said he just spoke with Butch Jones a few minutes ago.

    He is calling recruits today - outstanding start!!! Now go visit Bell.

    dougdejong

  • JSamson7 said...

    Can we fire this guy already? I know I will get some down votes & I honestly don't care. I would rather clean out the AD, Chancellor, & this hack of a HC so we can start over.

    I am so glad you, Dionne Warwick and the whole phsycic network are so plugged into the college football scene that you would not even give someone a chance. He may end up making history here. He may not, but how do you know? Unless you are phsycic??? It amazes me how utterly shallow and idiotic the thought process is. I may get banned from this site, but people like you are the reason UT fans are sometimes called dillusional, and are said to be living in fantasyland. If you aren't gonna support him, find another team! Simple as that.hammer

    Sogozit

  • I kept thinking man we need to find a qb who matches CBJ system better fast. Little did I know we already had one on the roster, was even heavily recruited by him at Cincy. Peterman could be the man of the future.

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D5g857wk-cY

    JArnold35

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    genius vol

  • JSamson7 said...

    Can we fire this guy already? I know I will get some down votes & I honestly don't care. I would rather clean out the AD, Chancellor, & this hack of a HC so we can start over.

    It is the ignorant a$$holes like you that make people not want to coach here! I am so ashamed of fans like you!

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    stooks5786

  • stooks5786 said...

    It is the ignorant a$$holes like you that make people not want to coach here! I am so ashamed of fans like you!

    Thank you, Dooley was a decent coach that worked his butt off to right this program and everybody was on him from the day he got here. I'm sure all the coaches that wanted to come saw a bunch of jackels waiting to pounce. Anyway, this guy is a winner and he comes into a alot better situation than Dooley did. He has players that played in college and some were highly rated. I am worried about the O-line being stable. Thats where it starts in football. Defensively, we can correct this because of the energy and the drive I saw from those guys even though they stunk it up. Just wasnt the defense for them against a schedule that was ridiculous. We lost to the #2/#3/ GA which had Ala. beat in SEC championship game. SC in the top 10. They ran the gauntlet. If they only lost to one team this year we would probably been playing in the National championship if that team was FLA.

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    UTBooter

  • Free trials can't be over soon enough........ I mean, I want the site to grow for W/R/K as much as anyone, but not at the expense of looking like the GQ.

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  • VolInIndy said...

    Other than saying effect instead of affect. nono

    Lol who cares if he spelled effect or affect, if he has football skills it won't AFFECT his playing. :)

    ArnieFife

  • genius vol said...

    I wish we could purge fans such as you from our fan base. You all want the moon and stars but fail to realize how much you and your negativity hurt the big orange. Coaches of high caliber may be more open to accepting the ut job if werent so many people such as yourself. Butch Jones is an overachieving coach. He may or may not have success however it will not help him or our football team to be negative nancy! IMHO Butch Jones is a realistic solid hire. I will support him 100% as long as he is our coach. I hope nothing taken personally here and not trying to be ill. Just gets frustrating to always have so many negative people. I question your loyalty or reasons for choosing the vols. I am sure you leave games early to beat the traffic, don't know much about Butch Jones, understand little about football in general, were never told as a child if nothing positive then keep your mouth shut etc. Ultimately if he doesn't have success he will be fired with or without your opinion. You are a fan, fans are supposed to cheer and support a team, not make hiring and firing decisions. You can always change your team since you obviously have little positive to say about Tennessee anyway. Hope i didn't cross a line here, if so Ryan, Wes, Kevin please let me know so i can know what is allowed and what isn't.

    Wrong genius, I have supported them my entire life. Not this hire, all you turds can say whatever you want & I'm not even close to being the only one who thinks this guy will flame out. I will support the team, but I don't support the hire at all. Prove me wrong Butch, prove me wrong...

    To answer a few more asinine questions some of you have about me one here, yes I did play football, I did go to college on a D1 scholly, I do have a long family lineage of football coaches, I never leave UT games early, continued to support Dooley even when we were losing (ask my wife) & can back up my intelligence with my MENSA card if needed. I used to get mad at all the other fan bases who made fun of us & now I'm starting to see their point. Call it a breakdown or whatever you want, but until every shred of evidence of he Hart/Cheek regime has been purged from UT we will continue to spiral toward mediocrity.

    As far as you genius, having that word in your title should means you should know what MENSA is, although I seriously doubt 1/2 of these people have even heard of that society. So let's go for the record here, more down votes please.

    JSamson7

  • JSamson7 said...

    As far as you genius, having that word in your title should means you should know what MENSA is, although I seriously doubt 1/2 of these people have even heard of that society. So let's go for the record here, more down votes please.

    Just because you have a card that proves you have a high IQ doesn't mean you know as much about football as you claim. And insulting fellow posters is a tactic used on other sites, but it's not welcome here...

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    tntoak

  • Chill, everybody. We aren't OK with personal attacks on this site. Keep it respectful or take it elsewhere, but we won't tolerate that kind of discussion here. Consider this a warning.

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    Ryan Callahan

  • Ryan Callahan said...

    Chill, everybody. We aren't OK with personal attacks on this site. Keep it respectful or take it elsewhere, but we won't tolerate that kind of discussion here. Consider this a warning.

    Warning understood! Sorry and thank you guys for all the hard work and info.

    genius vol

  • You didn't necessarily cross the line or anything - at least not that I saw - but just be careful.

    We appreciate you being here. thumbsup

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  • Ryan Callahan said...

    You didn't necessarily cross the line or anything - at least not that I saw - but just be careful.

    We appreciate you being here. thumbsup

    Ryan, I know of a new emocon or whatever they are called. One that has punching gloves that swing and a head that moves around, and at the end a fist that hits the head. That would be a good one for threads like this. I kid by the way, but it would be a funny emocon.

    woody_12