'24 AL EDGE Jordan Ross (Tennessee)

[PlanetVolunteer]

I was officially over him when we lost @fla on a hail mary. dude was a lame. Its kinda embarrassing he was our head coach

Dude I was completely done and ready to fire him after getting killed by VANDY in 2016. Him not winning the east in 2015 or 2016 is the most egregiously bad coaching job that's been done in our history. Worse than just sucking like Dooley and Pruitt. How you stack your roster like that and find that many ways to blow it is beyond all reason. It really killed my love of vol football for a little while.

 

[SugarCC]

I was officially over him when we lost @fla on a hail mary. dude was a lame. Its kinda embarrassing he was our head coach

I was officially over him the day Derek Dooley took him to the woodshed.

 

[#Vol4Life1991]

Dude I was completely done and ready to fire him after getting killed by VANDY in 2016. Him not winning the east in 2015 or 2016 is the most egregiously bad coaching job that's been done in our history. Worse than just sucking like Dooley and Pruitt. How you stack your roster like that and find that many ways to blow it is beyond all reason. It really killed my love of vol football for a little while.

Me too. I seriously questioned why even allowed myself to feel so defeated. I went numb for a while. I contemplated on not watching any more college football in general for a long time. That fla lost was the closest I’ve ever been wanting to fight anyone after consuming a Tennessee game. I realized I had to reevaluate my priorities and go numb to Tennessee football

 

[#Vol4Life1991]

I was officially over him the day Derek Dooley took him to the woodshed.

Lmao

 

[VolFreakJosh]

I was officially over him when we lost @fla on a hail mary. dude was a lame. Its kinda embarrassing he was our head coach

Butch was bad but Pruitt was the most embarrassing hire ever.

Georgia St loss was all you needed to know.

 

[VolunteerVandiver]

Butch was bad but Pruitt was the most embarrassing hire ever.

Georgia St loss was all you needed to know.

Yep. Worst coach ever at Tennessee. Butch at least had a couple of high points. Pruitt was just a total dud

 

[headhunter15]

Butch was bad but Pruitt was the most embarrassing hire ever.

Georgia St loss was all you needed to know.

Really liked Butch when he was here. I knew he was a prick, but thought he had things going in a good direction. 2017 was rough though. I also always thought his S&C program was not good. Injuries killed that 2016 team.

 

[norrislakevol]

Pruitt, Butch and Dooley were 3 horrible hires in a row. You couldn't have scripted it any better if you were one of our rivals. However, from hearing some people behind the scenes talk, Dooley was a total dumpster fire. He had absolutely zero business getting the job in the first place.

 

[walkenvol]

Really liked Butch when he was here.

Reported

 

[BigOrangeTrain]

Dude I was completely done and ready to fire him after getting killed by VANDY in 2016. Him not winning the east in 2015 or 2016 is the most egregiously bad coaching job that's been done in our history. Worse than just sucking like Dooley and Pruitt. How you stack your roster like that and find that many ways to blow it is beyond all reason. It really killed my love of vol football for a little while.

I was done when we lost to SC in 2016. I mean we beat UF and UGA. That’s a guaranteed SECE title for any competent head coach. What does Botch do? Lose to SC. That’s all he had to do was beat SC.

 

[volsagain]

Reported

Maybe not enough, may need to be committed

 

[LouderVol]

I was done when we lost to SC in 2016. I mean we beat UF and UGA. That’s a guaranteed SECE title for any competent head coach. What does Botch do? Lose to SC. That’s all he had to do was beat SC.

hmmmmm

 

[BigOrangeTrain]

hmmmmm

Lol. Not even comparable to last year.

 

[cncchris33]

I was done when we lost to SC in 2016. I mean we beat UF and UGA. That’s a guaranteed SECE title for any competent head coach. What does Botch do? Lose to SC. That’s all he had to do was beat SC.

Sounds familiar.

 

[NighthawkVol]

Agreed @SweetasSoda, the media and rivals definitely had questions regarding how he could recruit in the SEC. I believe most fans that thought that way were either negavols or had gotten used to us being mediocre for a time period. Heupel seems to be doing fine to me lol.

I’ve said for years that Tennessee is one of the top programs in America to recruit to. Negative fans argued that, citing “lack of instate talent” relative to other SEC schools and the fact we’ve sucked for a decade. But Tennessee is a huge draw to kids from everywhere.

The ability to acquire talent has never been a problem at UT. It was the man in the head coach’s chair. Heupel is proof that you can take a guy who was considered a “recruiting question” before, put him at Tennessee, and he suddenly becomes a good recruiter. Same happened with Butch Jones, frankly…he just didn’t do the other things well. Hell, even Dooley landed top 15-25 classes and he was the laziest recruiter on the planet.

 

[barrylee]

We have some posters on here who are quite headstrong when it comes to their opinions, never considering they may be wrong.

Hint, it's not me, I'm wrong often..

 

[jakez4ut]

i think some of y'all are just way to in the 'he is this...' or 'he isn't that...' absolutes.

the reality is that coaches develop along in their career, and hopefully get better at all parts of the job.

Nick Saban didn't do what he has done at Michigan St, did he? hell, he didn't really do it at LSU. he certainly didn't do it in the NFL. but as we all now know, 16 years after all that, he's the greatest coach in college football history. so, he got better....and part of the reason why is he got to Bama at the right time--for him and Bama.... and he was the right guy....even though they really wanted Rich Rodriguez first. man i wish he would have taken that job....

anyway, point is.....i think CJH is a good recruiter. just listen to the prospects talk about him. i think he has some 'behind closed doors' swagger, and is ultra competitive. i think him being here aligned with who our university and athletic department leadership are, the coaches he has around him, and the type of player he likes to be on his teams, has just been a good mixture. add two very good years on the field, and joila! very very rarely is it because of one or two things that determine success (or failure), it's usually a combination of things. and for the first time, in a very long time, at Tennessee, we have all of that, on the success side of the equation.

 

[All_Vol87]

We have some posters on here who are quite headstrong when it comes to their opinions, never considering they may be wrong.

Hint, it's not me, I'm wrong often..

You must be hinting at MarcoVol

 

[LouderVol]

Lol. Not even comparable to last year.

you're right of course:
one was a loss to SC that kept us from the high water mark of our program in what turns out to be about 2 decades; and the other was a loss to SC that kept us from the high water mark of our program in what turns out to be 4 decades.

 

[MarcoVol]

You must be hinting at MarcoVol

Not me, I’ve never been wrong

 

[DaddyChad]

Yep. Worst coach ever at Tennessee. Butch at least had a couple of high points. Pruitt was just a total dud

Come on now. Pruitt was an old school, football guy. We knew he would “work like heck” when he was hired.

 

[DaddyChad]

Hint, it's not me, I'm wrong often..

Tell me you’re married without telling me you’re married.^^

 

[volinbama256]

We talking about Ross or past dip-sheet coaches? Any updates here?

My son's mother-in-law is the cheer coach and a math teacher at Vestavia and has him in her class... Said he's a good kid/good family and he's worn the Power T a few times...

 

[miket4god]

I was done when we lost to SC in 2016. I mean we beat UF and UGA. That’s a guaranteed SECE title for any competent head coach. What does Botch do? Lose to SC. That’s all he had to do was beat SC.

Then even after that just beat Vandy and we would have gone to the Sugar Bowl. A good NY6 bowl would have at least been progress.
But alas he couldn't even do that.

 

[RockyTop411]

4-star EDGE Jordon Ross
An SEC battle is brewing for EDGE Jordan Ross. Depending on who I talk to, there is a level of confidence at Florida, Georgia and Tennessee. The Alabama native is planning to take at least seven official visits. Oregon is a dark horse to keep an eye on.

-Chad Simmons, On3