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Tennessee football: 5 people who should NOT replace Vols coach Butch Jones

By Caleb Calhoun

COLLEGE STATION, TX - OCTOBER 08: Former Tennessee Volunteers quarterback Peyton Manning walks across the field prior to the start of their game against the Texas A
COLLEGE STATION, TX - OCTOBER 08: Former Tennessee Volunteers quarterback Peyton Manning walks across the field prior to the start of their game against the Texas A /
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This has been a dream of every Tennessee football fan since roughly 2007. And it’s a dream that needs to die right now.

Yes, Peyton Manning was like a coach on the field as a player. And yes, there are great stories of him trying to recruit guys to Tennessee while he was quarterback there. So if any player was more cut out to be a head coach, it would be Manning.

However, he has no experience running the job. He is completely unproven and runs the huge risk of becoming a 100 percent failure in the position.

Let’s be clear about something. So much more goes into being a head coach, or even an assistant coach, than the little things Manning has done so far to position himself for that role. And history proves that the greater the player you are, often times the worse the head coach you are.

That could be the case for Manning for many reasons. Why? He wouldn’t connect with players.

As great as he is at X’s and O’s, Manning always had a problem understanding guys who didn’t take the game as seriously as he did. He would base everything on the assumption that his players would work as hard as he did and that they could do what he was able to do.

That would factor into his coaching and his evaluation of talent. And it would make his tenure disastrous.

Michael Jordan has the same problem as an NBA owner. It’s why he failed so miserably. He assumes that if this player takes the game as seriously as he did, he could be this good. Unfortunately, most players don’t take the game as seriously as Manning or Jordan.

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And that’s why they don’t make good executives. As a college coach, you’re the coach and the executive. Manning would not work out for that reason. Oh, and he probably doesn’t even want the job. That should be enough for Tennessee football fans to stop holding their breath.

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