I will love the shit out of that. Butch Jones would have somehow out Butch Jonse'd himself at that point.
"This hire was all about the Tennessee family. The love for this program and recognizing how special this place is. We searched the country. Nobody loves Tennessee more, nobody wanted to be here more than coach Z."
If Blackburn was already on the Hill for the last month, I could see something happening. But we cannot have nice things.
Letting Butch go to land a guy who has a show cause in his history is the most non-UT thing UT could conceivably do. A&M? Yes. Heck, I could see LSU telling Orgeron to hit the road for him. Tennessee? No.
I don't remember Kelly being given a show-cause, so learn something new everyday. That would be a fly in the ointment, as they say. Especially after the Tyndall disaster.
Someone just told me that they read that Butch has apparently met with Bajakian in Tampa. If true, God help us.