Butch Jones talks Tennessee's open offensive coordinator position
Tennessee offensive coordinator Mike DeBord’s stay in Knoxville is over after two years.
On Tuesday afternoon, news broke that the 60-year-old play-caller had accepted the same position with Indiana, leaving a significant opening on coach Butch Jones’ staff entering the offseason.
Moments ago, Jones addressed the media about the vacancy and how he plans on filling it in the coming days/weeks, discussing what he’s looking for and how the offense might look in 2017:
Jones says DeBord has “made Tennessee football much better”
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— Rocky Top Insider (@rockytopinsider) January 3, 2017
#Vols coach Butch Jones said OC search will span from college to NFL and internal and external candidates. No timeline on the hire.
— Rhiannon Potkey (@TennesseeBeat) January 3, 2017
Butch: "I don't see us making monumental changes" with the offense.
— Patrick Brown (@patrickbrownTFP) January 3, 2017
#Vols coach Butch Jones said it's already been a challenge returning all the text messages regarding the offensive coordinator opening.
— Rhiannon Potkey (@TennesseeBeat) January 3, 2017
#Vols coach Butch Jones said the No. 1 priority for a new offensive coordinator will be quarterback development.
— Rhiannon Potkey (@TennesseeBeat) January 3, 2017
This past season, Tennessee (9-4) scored more points than any other team in program history, ranking second in the SEC behind Alabama in scoring offense (36.4 points per game) while producing nearly 48 points over its final five games of the season.
The Vols finished with the conference’s best passer rating (149.55) and ranked 40th in the country in total offense with 443.7 yards per contest.
If only Butch Jones would leave…
DeBord feasted on atrocious defenses and to say we’re better because of him is yet another example of how out of touch Jones is. This team is better on talent alone; anyone with a fraction of common sense knows he did nothing but shackle and hamstring a potentially explosive offense.
Good riddance.
Any true Vol fan knows Butch has done a ton for this program and we’re much better off with him than we were before. I’m guessing you’re a Bama fan trolling, but if not, you might see if they have an open spot on their bandwagon. You’re welcome to jump back on ours this fall.
This year is probably the best you will get from Butch. Him and his Cincy team will never get any better
You little girls crack me up with all the “real Vol fans” crap.
According to you, we should be happy with a below average coaching staff that continually puts us in position to lose and then throw out every excuse you can think of.
2014 – “He inherited a mess!”
2015 – “We’re starting freshmen everywhere!”
2016 – “Everybody’s injured!”
Good coaches overcome obstacles rather than looking for reasons to explain why they failed.
Butch Jones is a hack; plain and simple. If you can continue to defend him after seeing the poor job he does–albeit with excellent recruiting–you have no pride whatsoever.
You’re a certifiable idiot…
preflight, since you don’t have your wings–by your own admission–why don’t you stay in the henhouse with the rest of the girls and let the men make the real decisions.
You obviously don’t know jack $hit about football and are probably one of the mental midgets who was complaining when Derek Dooley got fired.
Leave the executive decisions to the people qualified to make them.
volman- so leave the decisions to irrational, emotional morons like you? we fire butch itll be 4 coaches in 10 years, do you think any high caliber coaches will wanna come near here with admin like that?? wake up bozo- ut has only won 6 sec championships since 1969. the last 3 national championships ut has won were in 1998, 1967, 1951… i want the vols to win as much as possible and absolutely hate loosing but damn man you gotta be realistic. you can’t expect ut to start winning like they never have before. like ever. and that doesn’t mean i don’t have pride or i am content with mediocrity. my comments have less to do with butch and more your apparent opinion of the status of ut football because no matter who the coach is, there will always be the “legions of miserables” with you are a part of. you will never be happy and most likely live vicariously through tennessee football so you literally live and die with every game. i feel sorry for you.
How do you people even decide to people become Vol fans, did you wake up one day decide that you were or you get caught up in the hype and the hype let you down? Frick and Frack says it best, we were never like Alabama is the last 7-8 years, because our coach that was like that has the stadium built after him. Coaches like Saban and Myer are very hard to come by, so why would you fire a coach that is doing well, and having successful winning seasons. We just beat FL and UGA in the same year for the first time in a decade, that is a good season by OLD standards. When you look at our history we have had this coaching change happen one other time before and guess what Fulmer turned out to be damn good at his job.
How do vols fans feel about tee martin being head coach in the future? And i no im not saying butch should be fired.
* im not saying
If Butch doesn’t work out, n I hope he does, Tee would make a great HE candidate IMO. Great recruiter, won a title here, and nice guy. I think Butch may surprise alot b of people next year and salvage his job with the CO hire. Hes aiming at Helfrich and Chip, which would be gr8 hires.
He’d make a great OC…head coach at this level quite there yet. I think he could adjust well to the type of offense Jones runs, I was impressed with his play calling in the Rose Bowl win.
Don’ consider Tee as OC material, much less HC material.
Did you see what he did with USC?? Tee is a hot commodity in regards to being an OCS and he’s a great recruiter. Don’t know if he’s ready for HC, but alot of folks think he’s the next best thing as an OC.
They have tried to lure Tee back to UT, but he apparently is happy on the west coast.
Another chance to upgrade, he did well with the Defensive coach hire last time, so lets hit for the fence with this one. We certainly have talent at QB so I am looking forward to change.
If you “Google” Mark Helfrich it shows him as the OC for Tennessee, don’t know how true it is but that’s what it says.
I did and it does. Probably some clever UT fan.
It needs to be Tee Martin or Chip Kelly. Anything else would be another failed hire. I am orange through and through, but to all of you supporting the coaching staff. Go back and look at the schedule the last 4 years, break it down, and then comment. Proof is in the stats. Top 10 talent. Top 50 coaching at best. Btw, thanks for the catch Jennings!
I don’t see Chip Kelly taking an OC position. That seems to be quite a stretch.
Imagine us hiring chip kelly, and although that will NEVER happen, he would be around to replace butch if he gets run out
Vols 8-36 last 10 years vs Top 25 teams
Vols 2-26 last 10 years vs Top 10 teams
Vols 0-10 vs Bama last 10 years
Vols 1-9 vs Florida last 10 years
bUTch you best make a home run hire, clock ticking on you