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I am proud of all these things. I'm proud of UT. I'm proud our traditions and our heritage. I am proud to be a Vol fan.
So while others may think they measure up to UT, I don't think they do. I gather from your posts that you do? I think this is where we have a different opinion.
I talked to a Cincinnati player that Butch coached and he said that Butch turned the Colorado job down and said Butch told them thinly way he would ever leave Cincinnati was if he was offered the head coaching position at Tennessee or Michigan because those were his two "DREAM" jobs. Well so days later at 2am the players were called for a team meeting and CBJ said that his dream job had presented itself in the form of the head coach at The university of Tennessee and that he was going to take it! The pLyer also said that when Butch said it was his dream job, you could tell that he meant every single word!
I talked to a Cincinnati player that Butch coached and he said that Butch turned the Colorado job down and said Butch told them thinly way he would ever leave Cincinnati was if he was offered the head coaching position at Tennessee or Michigan because those were his two "DREAM" jobs. Well so days later at 2am the players were called for a team meeting and CBJ said that his dream job had presented itself in the form of the head coach at The university of Tennessee and that he was going to take it! The pLyer also said that when Butch said it was his dream job, you could tell that he meant every single word!
He declined the Colorado job when Tennessee opened up.
I think he is fairly sincere in what he said. The SEC is at the top the mountain as far as football goes. He gets to coach at one of the top tier schools in the SEC. He's not having to coach at one of the Miss schools, Vandy, or UK. He gets to jump in at the top.
Best traditions and fans are debatable, but none-the-less he's here and I think he's glad to be here.
Plus, UT probably triples his salary from UC.
yeah, but based on the post i responded to, jones was only going to leave cincinnati to take a job with michigan or tennessee.
my recollection is that he was going to leave for colorado until tennessee called.
the point being is that michigan and tennessee were not the only two places butch was willing to leave cincinnati for unless i am mistaken and he turned down colorado before learning of tennessee's position opening up.
Find something that said he was interest in leaving for Colorado. I'd be interested in seeing it. Cause my recollection is that he turned down that job before he ever knew Tennessee was going to be a possibility.
Find something that said he was interest in leaving for Colorado. I'd be interested in seeing it. Cause my recollection is that he turned down that job before he ever knew Tennessee was going to be a possibility.
What do y'all think about Jones saying this is his dream job?
Before he was hired, I had the attitude that the Tennessee head coaching job should be anybody's dream job.
And then, when we hired somebody who actually said it was, I thought "yeah, right, just saying what we want to hear".
As time has gone by though, I'm thinking why wouldn't it be his dream job? The SEC, the greatest traditions in the SEC, the best fan base in the SEC. Why wouldn't it be his dream job?
I wanna believe he was sincere. Whatcha think?
Exactly.
Here's a challenge for you believers: Go back one month before Jones was hired and find anything in his history which convinces a jury to reasonably conclude he wanted to be at Tennessee any more than he wanted to be at any other top ten program.
First person to find any conclusive evidence of this wins.
I'm not sure. He is from Michigan, so you'd assume that Michigan would be his dream job, but I'm from South Florida, and I hate UM and UF. We will just have to wait and see. To be honest, I don't think there would be very many jobs that people would leave UT for. Once Tennessee starts to produce better instate talent, especially in East Tennessee, I can't see of any job that would be an upgrade.