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“NFL Draft 2016, here I come.”

Yeah right.

What's CJ Leak up to these days?

Yep, no doubt about it. We are in for a rough ride this fall. Hopefully Butch can do something that Dooley or Kiffin couldn't and that's win a game (or two) that we shouldn't.

Hope he pans out as a WR, but he'll probably do the most damage as a returner. Reminds me of Devin Hester.

First round talent, free agent smarts. Wish him luck, but he got should have stayed in school.

Not sure that Bray has a future in real estate or politics. You might be right about his future in the NFL, but his game is nothing like Heath Shuler's.

So I guess it does take a Professional Handicapper to recognize a Professional in PR after all.

Good for Phil! Does this mean we get any of our buyout money back?

No matter who is named the starter, I won't be surprised to see more than one QB play significant snaps in 2013.

James Franklin is such a hopeless boob.

Wow. Didn't see that coming. I guess it's just the way things go. Assistants jump ship all the time, just had hoped he's stick around for while since he's an alum. At least he waited until after NSD.

I think it's safe to say that he will be in the highest tax bracket of every other position coach in the NFL.

Good luck to you, Tyler. I wish you would have played during a more productive era of Tennessee football and I sincerely hope your NFL career doesn't turn into a cautionary tale.

I thought Hinshaw took a job with Kentucky? Whatever...good luck to him. I'd probably rather coach at Cincinnati if I were in his shoes, too.

Didn't realize this was in doubt. He has great numbers, but when you have dominant running game, unstoppable play-action attack, a stellar O Line and solid receivers, it makes things a lot easier on the QB (I know, an obvious observation). Even after another year in college, I don't really see him ever contributing to an NFL team beyond holding a clipboard.

To coach WRs?

Using an expression like "loosing football" is beyond ignorant. Cheek and Hart hired the best candidate that was willing to come to Knoxville. You can't hire someone that isn't willing to accept the position. Yes, the search was agonizingly long and had plenty of bumps in the road along the way, but in the end, we ended up with a solid football coach. Butch Jones' name was listed as a possible candidate from the very beginning. Nobody paid attention because of the Jon Gruden craze, but he was there and justifiably so.

Can we at least wait until the Orange and White game before we start writing next season's obituary, people?

Gruden was never going to come to UT. He just likes reading his name in the paper.

Would have loved to have been a fly on the wall for that conversation.

"Uh dad, yeah...I'm thinking you're fired. Still planning on coming over to the house for Christmas though, right?"

I think my head is going to explode the next time I hear Gruden's name. I like him as a broadcaster, but I'm so friggin tired of all of the speculation, rumors, unnamed sources, etc.
Suppose it's my own fault for wasting so much time reading message boards.

Agree 110%. I live in Atlanta and remember his tenure with the Falcons all too well. True, he has a lot of fire in his personality that would appeal to your average 18-21 year old player, but he is also a caustic pain-in-the-rear. He openly campaigned (on a radio show in Seattle) for another job while coaching the Falcons! He probably would have been allowed to return for what turned into the the disastrous Petrino (incomplete) season, but his big mouth and lack of respect for one of the most respected NFL owners got him fired.

Culturally, I don't think he would be a good fit. And I think there's a good chance that he'd bolt for the first NFL HC opportunity. Another thing to consider, if he bails on UCLA after one season, how is that any different than what Kiffin did to TN a few years ago?

I will give him this, I thought it was absolutely hilarious the way he went off on Doug Gottlieb (cause Gottlieb is an absolute knob) in an interview a few years ago, but I wouldn't want his volatile personality associated with UT. That said, check it out. Pretty funny: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P6Pf24...

As a former occupant of the 201 Poplar drunk tank in Memphis, I think I speak for a lot of people when I say, "REALLY?"

Absolutely. Bray doesn't put up all of those TDs and 300+ yard games without all of the time he had this year. Also solid improvement in run blocking.

I agree. Hart should focus his attention elsewhere. Gruden wants too much. We would basically have to hand him the keys to the AD office and allow him to do whatever he wanted. And the money that it will take to get him to come here just isn't worth the risk. Gruden's great on MNF was a great NFL coach, but that doesn't mean he'll be a great college coach. He doesn't deserve a Saban-level paycheck for coaching because he hasn't proved anything at the collegiate level, but that's exactly what he'll demand. In the end, it just isn't worth it.

+1

Some pretty classy folks on this board. I wonder how they'll fill their days now that there really isn't a need to come up with more clever "Dooleyisms" (ie Doofus, Dooloser, etc.)?