I agree with this. I kind of see Butch Jones and Les Miles as being similar. Despite it's historical success, Tennessee is a difficult school to be the head coach and to recruit to because there isn't a whole lot of elite talent in state. And the second largest metro area (Memphis) is basically on the opposite end of the state and closer geographically to Ole Miss, Miss St and Alabama. Based on my experience having family in Memphis, I'd say it's more of an Alabama town, then Ole Miss with UT last of those three. Maybe I'm wrong there. And the end of the Fulmer era, Dooley, and Kiffin basically gutted the program. So from a program building standpoint, I don't how you can say that Butch hasn't done a good job. But that's only going to get you so far. At some point you can't say that "next year is our year." I still think they have problems on the OL. And Dobbs is very limited as a passer, but what he did last week was impressive and maybe he's turned a corner. Butch, like Miles, has made some real bone-headed decisions in games, but Miles early on got away with it because he had superior talent. I think we'll learn a lot about the team and Jones in the next 2 weeks. Obviously beating Florida was a huge thing. Now let's see if he can get his team up to play two road games against quality opponents. They'll be up for the Alabama game no doubt, just like they were for Florida.
