Mediocre Hire.

[JAllen18]

It looks like the athletic dept is no longer committed to excellence at UT. Seems they are very content with becoming Vandy. Mediocre coaching along with Mediocre recruiting equals mediocre results.

 

[Volgrad98]

Until he can prove otherwise, I believe Coach Jones is in over his head. I believe him to be a passionate coach who will work hard and do all he can but won't be able to hang in the SEC.

 

[Volfootball55]

Exactly. I'm not accepting this crap the AD is trying to force feed us anymore.

 

[10NCVol88]

Disappointed in hire. Nuff said

 

[utkell65]

Until he can prove otherwise, I believe Coach Jones is in over his head. I believe him to be a passionate coach who will work hard and do all he can but won't be able to hang in the SEC.

I agree, but I'll withhold final judgement until he puts a staff togehter. He'll have to kill it with the staff or he won't last more than three years.

 

[JAllen18]

I was not set out on getting Gruden. I was hoping our AD would be stubborn and continue to go after Gruden like Bama did to Saban. But, if Gruden said no there are still plenty of good coaches out there that could bring excitement and boost the program. Butch Jones was not the type of hire. Hart embarassed the university and decided to go all the way down the college coaching ranks until someone said yes. He could have easliy waited, bought his time and not rushed. Continue to woo Gruden and other NFL coaches who were interested in UT and could of came out looking like genius. Instead we settled for mediocrity.

 

[OKC]

I think you guys should be happy you hired him. He was wanted by other programs and Tenn. stops getting dragged under into the mud with more and more people declining the job or declining to be interviewed.

 

[mrredskin]

thanks for the new info.

still going to cry if we get 10 wins a season within the next few years?