Butch Jones and Close Games

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Ran across an article I found interesting. I pulled out the main parts here. Hopefully his trend of finishing strong carries over.

Butch Jones is 16-11 (.592) in one possession games as a head coach. For reference, Phillip Fulmer was 49-23-1 (.671) in one possession games. But Fulmer remains the loftiest of goals - the better comparison is to see what the Vols have done in one possession games since 2008: 5-13 (.277). And the five wins? Northern Illinois in 2008, Kentucky in overtime in 2009, UAB in overtime in 2010, Vanderbilt in overtime in 2011, and Troy in 2012. Not exactly a confidence booster.

And of those 16 one possession wins, 10 happened because a Butch Jones team came from behind in the fourth quarter:


●2007 at Western Michigan: down 31-27 with 1:34 to play, won 34-31
●2007 at Akron: down 32-20 with 8:08 to play, won 35-32
●2008 vs Buffalo: down 18-17 with 14:26 to play, won 27-25
●2008 at Toledo: down 23-17 at start of 4th, won 24-23
●2008 at Indiana: down 34-28 at start of 4th, won 37-34
●2009 at Michigan State: down 27-20 with 7:33 to play, won 29-27
●2009 vs Troy: down 31-19 with 8:01 to play, won 44-41 in 2OT
●2011 at South Florida: down 34-30 with 1:27 to play, won 37-34
●2011 vs Vanderbilt: down 21-17 with 14:03 to play, won 31-24
●2012 vs Virginia Tech: down 24-20 with 1:49 to play, won 27-24
●2012 vs Duke: down 31-27 with 12:45 to play, won 48-34


Butch Jones, Close Games, and The Fourth Quarter Comeback - Rocky Top Talk
 
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Embarassing that we were in one possession games against the likes of Northern Ill, UAB, and Troy. Even more embarassing that Denarius Moore was carried off the field for an overtime victory at home against UAB. Surely the worst is behind us?
 
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I'm encouraged that while at CMU, his teams managed 4th quarter comebacks against 2 Big 10 teams. Usually, it is in the 4th quarter when smaller conference teams fall behind, because they do not have the depth to keep up. When I see this, it looks like he overachieved at least one game a season at CMU and Cincy. Very promising.
 
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chattaboogie said:
Ran across an article I found interesting. I pulled out the main parts here. Hopefully his trend of finishing strong carries over.

Butch Jones is 16-11 (.592) in one possession games as a head coach. For reference, Phillip Fulmer was 49-23-1 (.671) in one possession games. But Fulmer remains the loftiest of goals - the better comparison is to see what the Vols have done in one possession games since 2008: 5-13 (.277). And the five wins? Northern Illinois in 2008, Kentucky in overtime in 2009, UAB in overtime in 2010, Vanderbilt in overtime in 2011, and Troy in 2012. Not exactly a confidence booster.

And of those 16 one possession wins, 10 happened because a Butch Jones team came from behind in the fourth quarter:


●2007 at Western Michigan: down 31-27 with 1:34 to play, won 34-31
●2007 at Akron: down 32-20 with 8:08 to play, won 35-32
●2008 vs Buffalo: down 18-17 with 14:26 to play, won 27-25
●2008 at Toledo: down 23-17 at start of 4th, won 24-23
●2008 at Indiana: down 34-28 at start of 4th, won 37-34
●2009 at Michigan State: down 27-20 with 7:33 to play, won 29-27
●2009 vs Troy: down 31-19 with 8:01 to play, won 44-41 in 2OT
●2011 at South Florida: down 34-30 with 1:27 to play, won 37-34
●2011 vs Vanderbilt: down 21-17 with 14:03 to play, won 31-24
●2012 vs Virginia Tech: down 24-20 with 1:49 to play, won 27-24
●2012 vs Duke: down 31-27 with 12:45 to play, won 48-34


Butch Jones, Close Games, and The Fourth Quarter Comeback - Rocky Top Talk
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Oops
 
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Jones didn't coach the bowl game against Duke.

Still, It's nice to see some comeback wins.
 
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Its stressing Physical and Mental toughness. Also developing and having leaders on the field and sideline who refuse to lose! GBO!
 
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fade route said:
Embarassing that we were in one possession games against the likes of Northern Ill, UAB, and Troy. Even more embarassing that Denarius Moore was carried off the field for an overtime victory at home against UAB. Surely the worst is behind us?
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Worst is such a relative term... Things can always get worse.
 
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Once we get a few of Butch's recruiting classes in here & he coaches up the players we have, I think we will be reliving the glory days of the 90s. Better get your season tkts now folks, they'll be scarce in a year or 2!
 
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volboy81 said:
Once we get a few of Butch's recruiting classes in here & he coaches up the players we have, I think we will be reliving the glory days of the 90s. Better get your season tkts now folks, they'll be scarce in a year or 2!
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I hope so! :thumbsup:
 
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