Butch Jones named new UC head football coach!

• bcubed

  

  Here's the link!
  
  http://www.gobearcats.com/sports/m-footbl/spec-rel/121609aaa.html
  
  Looks like he will not coach UC in the Sugar Bowl which leaves it up to CMU to have him coach them or not in their bowl. Mo Egger 1530AM had some media on from CMu today and most of the comments we're about how they thought that Jones was a better coach and recruiter than Kelly was when he was there. Great hire to continue the strength that the UC program has shown the past few years!
• jordo212000

  

  I said all along that Butch Jones was going to be the coach there. Good hire IMO
• sleeper

  

  I think he'll do better than Brian Kelly, great hire.
• jordo212000

  

  sleeper wrote: I think he'll do better than Brian Kelly, great hire.

  That's going to be tough to do seeing how they went undefeated this year and have won the Big East two years in a row.
  
  He'll be fine though, I just bring that up because Kelly did have some nice accomplishments
• darbypitcher22

  

  With CMU playing a late bowl game(Jan 6th) it'll be interesting to see whether he coaches it or not
• jordo212000

  

  I wouldn't think Jones will coach them. The game doesn't mean anything and it is late into the year. I think it would be in both's best interests to move on
• sjmvsfscs08

  It is my understanding that Cincinnati was probably going to be better than they were this year if Brian Kelly elected to stay. They were extremely young on defense and they were about to gain one of the best receivers in the country (the transfer from Southern Cal). I could easily see Butch Jones maintaining Cincinnati's level of success as they move into next year. The question is, where can Cincinnati go from here? They are, although Bearcat supporters don't want to hear it, essentially a mid-major. The Big East hasn't garnered any respect since Miami and Virginia Tech moved to the ACC. Can Butch Jones get them into the National Championship Game? Doubtful.
• ts1227

  

  ESPN article says the associate HC for CMU, Steve Stripling, will coach the GMAC Bowl.
  
  http://sports.espn.go.com/ncf/news/story?id=4748993
  
  Jones will be around UC, but says he will be in the background (Recruiting). Basically said he'd rather see them finish what they have started this year under the old regime and will stand back until after the Sugar Bowl .
• 3reppom

  

  sleeper wrote: I think he'll do better than Brian Kelly, great hire.

  Jones can't realistically do better than Kelly. Doing better would mean winning 11 games and the Big East every year, that is technically possible but if that is the standard he is judged by he will be gone in 4 years. I think Jones is a great hire and will be able to match what Kelly has done in time, I don't expect that out of the gate, no UC fan does.
  

  sjmvsfscs08 wrote: It is my understanding that Cincinnati was probably going to be better than they were this year if Brian Kelly elected to stay. They were extremely young on defense and they were about to gain one of the best receivers in the country (the transfer from Southern Cal). I could easily see Butch Jones maintaining Cincinnati's level of success as they move into next year. The question is, where can Cincinnati go from here? They are, although Bearcat supporters don't want to hear it, essentially a mid-major. The Big East hasn't garnered any respect since Miami and Virginia Tech moved to the ACC. Can Butch Jones get them into the National Championship Game? Doubtful.

  On paper UC will be better than they were coming into this year. The defense this year was really young starting two freshmen and two true sophomores with 5 seniors in the defensive two deep. The offense will be explosive once again, Collaros has proven himself to a large extent at QB, and there are 8 returning starters on offense with Kelce, Griffin, Hoffman up front, Guiduli at TE, Armon Binns, and DJ Woods at WR and Isiah Pead at RB and the aforementioned Vidal Hazelton. I would disagree on the quality of the Big East. The conference has proven itself year after year in the out of conference and in the bowl season. Since Miami, VaTech and Boston College decamped for the ACC the Big East has clearly been the better conference.
• cavattack

  Great hire, but I think he will be gone in 4 years.
• sleeper

  

  cavattack wrote: Great hire, but I think he will be gone in 4 years.

  No way ND tries to take another Cincinnati head coach after Kelly flops completely.
• dlazz

  sleeper wrote: No way ND tries to take another Cincinnati head coach after Kelly flops completely.

  This.
• krambman

  

  An hour after he was named the new coach at Cinci he was named Coach-in-waiting at Notre Dame.