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Thank you.

This is such a good post. I just kills me to hear the whinners and naysayers. Once we hire a coach ya'll better get behind him cause you (The UT Fan) should make him shine. Our recruits need to know that a true UT Vol Fan has the guts to stand shoulder to shoulder with our coach. If you preach that the team should suck it up and perform to their best, then by gum you should suck it up and perform at your best! The question is, "Are ya up to the challenge?".

So he lost to Dooley.that is got to be the dumbest point you could make for not hiring butch jones.he beat strong 2 times and I bet a lot of these same donkeys making this statement were all for hiring strong.he may or may not end being a good hire but the fact he lost to dd is irrelevant.

I post about idiot fans above, and presto, they appear like magic on the ol' tweeter thingy.

Moronic, cowardly children. Even if they're 72. They don't even know the man and feel it's appropriate to attack him verbally through the insulation of cyberspace.

I'm not going to try and defend everyone, but there must be room for legitimate criticism and vigorous debate. I will be disappointed in a Jones hire and I have stated my reasons repeatedly tonight. But just because I point out what I feel are sound reasons for concern regarding Jones does NOT mean I am not a "real" or "true" fan. I will support the team and coach no matter the hire. But I will not sit idly by and stay silent in the face of what I believe to be a poor decision.

It's Florida. As in the only SEC school in the best recruiting state in the country. He inherited a stacked roster and doesn't exactly have to beg people to come there. Let's not anoint him Vince Lombardi

Speak up early and often! Help us tell the whiners and the naysayers that they are a tiny minority of the Big Orange Nation.

I believe what people have concerns over is can Jones get the elite recruits out of the south away from the likes of saban, miles, richt, spurrier etc..TONs of coaches from across the country get players out of Florida..few get the 4 and 5 stars away from the big dogs. That is in part why people liked strong - he pulled Bridgewater out..

Offensive lineman Antonio "Tiny" Richardson tweeted: "Could someone educate me on who Butch Jones is? Thanks."

Imagine what high school recruits will think & count on our best Jr's going to the NFL. He better retain Graham and bring in Tee Martin...

The Butch Jones hire sucks in every aspect and to settle on Butch further diminishes UT as a Top tier SEC school. Every UT fan has to be pissed off, just like every UT fan was pissed to lose to Vandy. Nothing wrong with setting high expectations

Well, I was trying to help you out here, but you misunderstood at least half of what I wrote, so let me try again. NO, we SHOULDN'T be like everybody else. It's NOT OK. It's WRONG. But just because something OUGHT to be a certain way (look how many times you used "should"), and using that word, I agree with you.

But it is what it is. People in every fan base, ours included, are gonna act like that. You can be mad and tear yourself up, but you CANNOT change it, even with a great, heartfelt post like the first one you made above. When I was young, I tilted at windmills, too, but after hitting my stubborn head up against a few, I learned to accept some of the realities of life that SHOULD be another way, but aren't, and that I just can't do anything about, except get mad and give myself an ulcer (which I did, btw). You know the trite, cliche', cornball serenity prayer?

As cornball as it is, it's still a good one for a reason, and if you want to know the difference between the things you can change and the things you can't, all I was doing was telling you that, even though I AGREE WITH YOU on the morality of how fans SHOULD behave, this is one of those things you can't change.

You can't get rid of the idiots by telling them to leave and go away. It won't work. They won't leave. I'd love it if it would work, but it won't.

As for the "hating crowd," young people these days seem to hate everything, not just how things are going with their sports teams, and while I don't like that, either, I can't change that except for the contact I have with a few individual kids who might actually listen to me. You brought up the Majors issue, though, so I chose to address it.

Finally, I don't owe anyone an excuse, an explanation or a reason of any sort for the behavior of idiots behaving horribly on twitter, whether or not it causes Jones to tell us no. Each of us is responsible for our own behavior. In fact, I've already expressed my opinion rather strongly in a post above, and outright condemned it.

But that's not going to change anything either.

I don't expect you to agree with me, from this last post of yours, and it is JMHO, but I've learned the hard way to fight like heck when I can do something to right a wrong, but when I can't, not to beat my head against a wall. It accomplishes nothing when I get myself that worked up, and steals my energies from the causes I can actually do something about. A few well-meaning internet posters can't change an entire fan base, even though I agree with you it SHOULD behave better.

IM FIRED UP ABOUT THIS GUY.. WATCH THIS DAMN VIDEO AND TELL ME YOU AREN'T. THIS IS WHAT WE HAVE BEEN MISSING..

WATCH IT WATCH IT WATCH IT WATCH IT WATCH IT
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6vYWuogse5k

Btw I'm not yelling.. Just want you to watch it

I loved strong I liked him more than gruden from day 1. But after looking at current recruiting numbers Jones has way better class than strong. 56 and 90 respectively according to 24/7. I mean I'm not sold on this being a good hire, YET, but I do feel like this guy has potential. Also 12th ranked scoring defense, in the country, this year. Be hopeful the pessimism is too ugly.