Saving Butch Jones

Discussion in 'Vols Football' started by Tenacious D, Sep 20, 2017.

  1. Ssmiff

    Ssmiff Went to the White House...Again

    injuries on defense, rb and qb hurt them quite a bit.
     
  2. hohenfelsvol

    hohenfelsvol Beer run

    Nailed it
     
  3. BigOrangeBeech

    BigOrangeBeech Poster of the Month, July 2014 and recruiting guy!

    ...and he still sucks
     
  4. Lexvol

    Lexvol Super Moderator

    You coming to the Sackerlina game?
     
  5. kptvol

    kptvol Super Moderator

    Being terrible hurt a lot, too.
     
  6. droski

    droski Traffic Criminal

    no coach survives dropping attendance and dropping season ticket renewals. not even at shitty programs.
     
  7. tvolsfan

    tvolsfan Chieftain

    I thought he was done in 2015 after blowing 14 point leads against Oklahoma, Florida, and Arkansas, and being down 24-3 to Georgia, but Josh Smith makes an amazing play on 4th down, they fumble the kickoff, and here we are.

    I genuinely think beating Georgia saves him, unless we lose a minimum of three more games. The fan base is way too quick to forgive.
     
    Last edited: Sep 20, 2017
  8. TDVol1989

    TDVol1989 Always Be Menstruating

    He has to lose a 5th game. Losing to FL, GA, LSU, and Bama will be considered acceptable to enough. He has to lose to one of the weaker teams. So he can survive at 8-4. It will mean an ultimatum year in 18.

    This team looks about like his last 3 in that they find a way to lose winnable games, come back from double digits, and could very well go 8-4 again. If he beats GA or LSU, he can still lose one to the scrubs.
     
  9. BigOrangeBeech

    BigOrangeBeech Poster of the Month, July 2014 and recruiting guy!

    Not sure yet. You making the trip?
     
  10. NorrisAlan

    NorrisAlan Founder of the Mike Honcho Fan Club

    We need a Coacho Ocho shirt made with Butch Jones' face on it.
     
  11. justingroves

    justingroves supermod

    The fan base has been stripped of hope now. You can excuse so many losses before you realize your coach is a loser. The majority finally figured out Butch is a loser Saturday.
     
  12. justingroves

    justingroves supermod

    Also, they sucked. That hurt them too.

    TAMU finished the last three seasons on losing streaks because the Stephen F Austins of the world were off the schedule.
     
  13. kptvol

    kptvol Super Moderator

    You are forgetting the most important part. Against UGA the team DIDN'T QUIT. Players not quitting is the ultimate coaching accomplishment. However, when players actually did quit, as they have throughout the Jones tenure (Hurd, Williams, etc.) that is meaningless.
     
  14. tvolsfan

    tvolsfan Chieftain

    That's obviously why Butch wants 5 star hearts.
     
  15. justingroves

    justingroves supermod

    He could probably have just won one out of South Carolina/Vandy and be okay because Tennessee is in the Sugar Bowl. But, just like every other time in his career, he failed when something worth a shit was on the line. He did it at Cincinnati too.
     
  16. NorrisAlan

    NorrisAlan Founder of the Mike Honcho Fan Club

    So, players don't quit, Yay coach! Players do quit, stupid ass players.

    That about right?
     
  17. kptvol

    kptvol Super Moderator

    Yes. Also, Butch can't pass and catch the ball himself.
     
  18. NorrisAlan

    NorrisAlan Founder of the Mike Honcho Fan Club

    When he was here with Cinncy and kicked that field goal on the 1 yard line while down 21 in the third quarter should have sent alarm bells off to anyone watching.
     
  19. kptvol

    kptvol Super Moderator

    Yeah. Kind of funny. No one knew who Butch was. Then you find out he's actually coached in Neyland before. Oh, he must have given us a hell of a game. Wait a minute...
     
  20. SGMVols

    SGMVols Contributor

    Currie will be pissed at the sight of 30,000 UGA fans in Neyland.
     

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