re: ESPN reporting Butch Jones new Tennessee head coach

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he recruited like shite at cincy

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Has anyone ever recruited well to fricking Cincinatti? Hardly an indictment of him. Saban didn't recruit great to MSU when he was there, did he (honestly don't know if they even did stars back then)?

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has no ties to the south

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You can hire a staff that has ties to the south that will more than make up for this.

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He was also 1-4 against top 25 teams.

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At Cincinnati.

I don't think it's a home run hire, but given the coaches that were available I think he was one of the better "up and comers." I'd probably have preferred Dave Doeren, myself, but Jones will be better than Dooley.