Four Reasons Why the Tennessee Vols Should Not Fire Butch Jones

1. Tennessee likely can’t get a sure fire star who will be better than Butch Jones

This is the million dollar question. Too often, athletic directors fire coaches with no plan to bring in a better one afterwards.

Mike Hamilton did that when he fired Phillip Fulmer. If the coach at your school has Derek Dooley’s resume at Tennessee, then yes, you fire him no matter what.

However, Butch Jones doesn’t have Dooley’s resume. Dooley had a losing record all three years with the program. Jones’s only losing record was his first year.

He has done much better things with the program. So if the Tennessee Vols are going to fire him, it should only be if they can get a home run hire. Guys like Jim Harbaugh, Urban Meyer, and Nick Saban were all home run hires.

None of them will leave for Tennessee. If the Vols can get Bobby Petrino, Chip Kelly, or Tom Herman, completely ignore this article. It is useless.

Petrino is the best X’s and O’s coach in all of college football. Kelly proved himself at Oregon. And Herman is the next great star coach.

But outside of those three guys, no coach that Tennessee could potentially get is a sure bet to do a better job than Jones.

The Vols’ best chance is to try some back channel moves and see if they can get one of those three guys. If not, stick with Jones.

Given all the good things that he has done with the program, he is simply not worth firing unless you get a sure fire superstar.

Let’s get into those good things that Jones has done.