This can't all be coincidence...

[OrangeInKy]

Don't know, but I sure wouldn't blame him for pulling a Cuonzo.

you mean actually beating someone good or doing something meaningful in post-season?

 

[Sarms58]

There is no happy ending here.

Butch leaves and we have nobody to hire his replacement.
Butch stays and he's a lame duck coach at best.

I would be very surprised if Butch left...he's got a strong returning core...

 

[UGADawg4Life]

1. Butch is no where to be found, supposedly recruiting.

2. No tweet at all from Butch concerning the Gatlinburg fire.

3. Two flights from Knoxville to Purdue University in the past few days.

4. Butch "shortening" his press conference after Vandy (this has been explained, but still a sketch move)

5. Losing 3 recruits in 30 minutes.

6. One of the recruits retweeting a tweet telling Butch to just leave....

We may very well be looking for another coach at a terrible time to be doing so. Anyone else think this is all just coincidence?

Has to mean only one thing.........GRUDEN!

 

[BigOrangeTrain]

There is no happy ending here.

Butch leaves and we have nobody to hire his replacement.
Butch stays and he's a lame duck coach at best.

Thanks to the great UT AD. Now we get to wallow in the Dooley years again.

 

[Vol4ever]

Butch is not going anywhere. Forget all of this rubbish.

 

[BigOrangeTrain]

I would be very surprised if Butch left...he's got a strong returning core...

He had a stronger returning core this year and lost to South Carolina and freakin Vanderbilt.

 

[BULLET VOL]

#3 ???? Does Purdue have a airport?????

 

[marvin616]

I would be very surprised if Butch left...he's got a strong returning core...

He's been working on his core,

 

[BULLET VOL]

#3 ???? Does Purdue have a airport?????

Just looked. They do.

 

[Rockytoptalker]

Which recruit are you referring to in #6

 

[esarmstrong]

That was a good move. Cuonzo is living it up out here and so am I:hi:

Well, tell coach Volnation says Hey!

 

[UTwick]

No kidding.... the way he's continually bashed and criticized you'd think he's a leper version of Pol Pot

Ah, the killing fields. Kind of dramatic do you think, or dontcha?

 

[UTwick]

Get out of here with logic, can't you see it's mass hysteria time.

Time to cue Kermit?

 

[UTwick]

I wouldn't blame him either and those who would be happy if this is true will be happy until:

1. The next coach is named and it is not who they want. A coach that would be hired by the current AD or would have to wait until after a new AD is named which is going to be after the new chancellor arrives.

2. Recruits they really want bail because they have no clue who is going to be the coach.

3. Players on the current roster that they banked on being around for the next coach bail.

When I read that part about "recruits....want bail", my first thought was about the Fulmer Trophy!

 

[UTwick]

From the recruiting forum....

"Butch Jones was in the office all day but heads out tomorrow to see Trey Smith in what will be a pivotal visit. We still don't know where Smith is leaning at this point so that makes this weekend all the more important."

- Fortenberry

Hope Butch doesn't show him any video of Vandy game!

 

[UTwick]

He's been working on his core,

I just lost vision for like 3 minutes after seeing that😎

 

[Falcons02]

Butchy leaving Rockytop for Purdue is like leaving Beyoncé for Rosie O'Donnell

I'd say it's more like leaving Lindsay Lohan for Rosie O'Donnell.

Lindsay is a hot mess sometimes, much like us.

 

[Tenacguy50]

Hope Butch doesn't show him any video of Vandy game!

Maybe he should show him the video. Would prove we need him here. Richmond didn't look like a 5* tackle to me...and he red-shirted. No player development.

 

[TrueOrange]

1. Butch is no where to be found, supposedly recruiting.

2. No tweet at all from Butch concerning the Gatlinburg fire.

3. Two flights from Knoxville to Purdue University in the past few days.

4. Butch "shortening" his press conference after Vandy (this has been explained, but still a sketch move)

5. Losing 3 recruits in 30 minutes.

6. One of the recruits retweeting a tweet telling Butch to just leave....

We may very well be looking for another coach at a terrible time to be doing so. Anyone else think this is all just coincidence?

Regarding the fire:

Butch Jones ‏@UTCoachJones
Please keep all of our Emergency Personnel in your thoughts and prayers.

Butch Jones ‏@UTCoachJones
My thoughts and prayers go out to everyone that has been affected by the horrible events in the Gatlinburg area.

 

[Boca Vol]

He's been working on his core,

:lolabove:

 

[The Tall Gguy]

Unfortunately, Butch isn't leaving.

We have AT LEAST 1 more season of coach speak, excuses, champions of life, letdowns, unexplainable in game coaching, players coming out flat, and sunshine pumpers telling us this is the way Tennessee has always been.

 

[MiramarVol]

No kidding.... the way he's continually bashed and criticized you'd think he's a leper version of Pol Pot

Now Pol Pot was bad dude. CBJ loses some winnable games and the natives turn on him. Let's see, ND started the season at #10 and is now 4-8. Ole Miss was #11 and now they're 5-7. And finally Michigan St was #12 and now they're 3-9. We may have lost 3 that we shouldn't, but we won 2 that we could've easily lost. We are 8-4, and still ranked. I'm not condoning loses, but it could have been worst this year, especially with the injuries.

 

[508mikey]

He had a stronger returning core this year and lost to South Carolina and freakin Vanderbilt.

yeah to bad half of them were injured and the clown that poses as a DB coach didnt do his job once again

 

[Volsfaninva917]

yeah to bad half of them were injured and the clown that poses as a DB coach didnt do his job once again

Who hired him? Who refused to replace him?

 

[Vol til' I Fall]

I say we let Butch go to Purdue. Row the boat to Western Michigan and get PJ Fleck if he's listening. Nothing to lose at this point.