Will CBJ return Tennessee to prominence?

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Two terrible voting options. "Yes because he has the Vols ranked highly in recruiting before the season starts!!!" and "No because the SEC has a lot of good teams!!!" are just strange choices.
 
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If he wins 7 or more games then I will feel good about his chances. If he wins 6 or less this fall then I expect to go through another coaching search in '15.
 
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sjt18 said:
If he wins 7 or more games then I will feel good about his chances. If he wins 6 or less this fall then I expect to go through another coaching search in '15.
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You went over this in another thread and I didn't tell you how ridiculous you were on this...just did
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sjt18 said:
If he wins 7 or more games then I will feel good about his chances. If he wins 6 or less this fall then I expect to go through another coaching search in '15.
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1 year won't determine if BJ fails or not. If he pulls a 6-6 next year then you might be on to something but right now that statement is ridiculous .
 
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The majority of those votes were cast by irrational rival fans . It's foolish to think a program with Tennessee's resources and commitment will stay down forever. :lol: :no:
 
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notabed22 said:
Two terrible voting options. "Yes because he has the Vols ranked highly in recruiting before the season starts!!!" and "No because the SEC has a lot of good teams!!!" are just strange choices.
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Maybe? Because just because you have a good recruiting class, doesn't mean that it will equate to on the field play. Look at Kiffin's class. Most of those guys lasted one or two seasons at most. Or look at some of Fulmer's top classes that didn't pan out.

Yes! The S.E.C. has alot of good teams, but it all runs in cycles. The teams that were good a decade ago, are no longer on top. Florida has really fallen and U.T. has really fallen. What we need to do is make consistant progress and once Alabama, A & M, LSU, etc. struggle, then we can take advantage of it and leap in to the top stop of the S.E.C. We are on the down cycle now, while Alabama, A & M, LSU are on the top cycle now. We just need to get in striking distance of them and pass them up once they struggle or get put on probabation.
 
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I think we have our guy in Butch Jones, however I am an eternal optimist :) He has united the fanbase for the most part which I felt was always going to be one of the most difficult things for a coach to do at UT. An excited and supportive fanbase goes a long way towards a winning program.
 
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LMAO, This is pretty funny..It is currently an overwhelming no.

No Doubt in my mind it is rival fans praying that he can not return us to prominence.
 
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It's all about being POSITIVE and SUPPORTIVE, the players want to hear positive things from coaches, team mates, friends, and fans. That makes you want to push yourself more, be more determine. IT just makes you want to go out and give your all for the ORANGE & WHITE.......I know Coach Jones has me ready for the future. I'm Pumped...
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bigslk said:
It's all about being POSITIVE and SUPPORTIVE, the players want to hear positive things from coaches, team mates, friends, and fans. That makes you want to push yourself more, be more determine. IT just makes you want to go out and give your all for the ORANGE & WHITE.......I know Coach Jones has me ready for the future. I'm Pumped...
VFL :toast:
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Well, when you put it that way, I have to hop aboard.
 
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sjt18 said:
If he wins 7 or more games then I will feel good about his chances. If he wins 6 or less this fall then I expect to go through another coaching search in '15.
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Not a chance we are looking for a coach after two years. If cbj keeps recruiting like this, no way he is fired before his third year.
 
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sjt18 said:
If he wins 7 or more games then I will feel good about his chances. If he wins 6 or less this fall then I expect to go through another coaching search in '15.
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Unless, there is something that happens on a legal basis, I don't see Butch gone in 2015. I think U.T. is done with buying a coaches contract out.

I am unsure, at this point, about Butch as a coach. He may be like Kiffin and be all talk. Remember the excitement that Kiffin brought to the program, maybe only for a short amount of time, but he did bring excitement to the program. Remember the recruiting class that he signed. Remember the recruiting class he signed in only a short time?

Just because Butch is saying all of the right things and bringing excitement to the program, doesn't mean he will be successful.

If we win all of the games we are favored to win and also win one game that we are not favored to win, and also keep this recruiting class together, then I will begin to believe.
 
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This is such a summer thing. Obviously we all hope he brings us to prominence, but we also all hoped Dooley and Kiffin would, so what does it matter?
 
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Rudy123 said:
Maybe? Because just because you have a good recruiting class, doesn't mean that it will equate to on the field play. Look at Kiffin's class. Most of those guys lasted one or two seasons at most. Or look at some of Fulmer's top classes that didn't pan out.

Yes! The S.E.C. has alot of good teams, but it all runs in cycles. The teams that were good a decade ago, are no longer on top. Florida has really fallen and U.T. has really fallen. What we need to do is make consistant progress and once Alabama, A & M, LSU, etc. struggle, then we can take advantage of it and leap in to the top stop of the S.E.C. We are on the down cycle now, while Alabama, A & M, LSU are on the top cycle now. We just need to get in striking distance of them and pass them up once they struggle or get put on probabation.
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Yea. I understand the optimism of Vol fans, but no one outside of the tried-and-true Tennessee supporters should look at a June recruiting class as a sign of anything major in and of itself. And, of course the SEC has some of the best programs in the country... which only furthers the reasonable belief that Tennessee playing in the SEC will have a chance at reaping the fruit of the conference's labor and returning to glory. "Yes," "no" and "wait and see" should be the options.

Also, as for Butch's contract, Tennessee definitely does not want to fire him and pay yet another coach to work elsewhere. If Butch Jones does not post a winning record by the end of the 2015 season, though, he is absolutely let go. I don't think that will be the case, but I also don't see how anyone could expect Tennessee to just endure six-consecutive losing seasons like it was nothing.
 
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