If you want to know how fast college football's coaching carousel spins, look no farther than Tennessee, which hired Butch Jones on Friday, and Cincinnati, the school Jones left. The Volunteers have had four coaches in six seasons; the Bearcats have hired and lost three in the past eight. Jones, who earlier declined an offer from Colorado, was hired by the Vols after Jon Gruden and Charlie Strong turned them down. Will Jones satisfy the hopes of Tennessee fans eager to turn around the program's first three-year stretch of losing seasons in a century?

• bryan.roemer: "Congrats to Butch Jones I really like the move to UT over the move to Colorado. UC is a stepping stone program and our fans need to accept that, without a major conference to play in and new facilities, they will never get a coach to stay long term."
• Mike_Williams7: "I really don't understand why people were avoiding the Tennessee job. It is still a premiere program and continues to get good recruits even though they've been bad recently. It was far and away the best coaching position available."
• ZZ33254ZZ: "Jones will be successful..,he's a great coach. UT fans need to take a deep breath. The coaches from UC are proven - Dantonio, Kelly and now Jones. The idea Jones won with Kelly's recruits is laughable. Yeah they lost to UT but look at what UC gets in terms of recruits and then look at how many players get drafted into the NFL...that's the sign of good coaching."
• volfanatic07: "Wish everyone would stop moaning and groaning about this. True vol fans will support their team no matter what. Still better off than dooley, at least he has a winning record coming in and can get his team to a bowl game."
• nmorton1234: "At least we have a coach now, not a fan of him but its somebody. I really hope he gets a strong defensive staff if he doesn't he will be run out of Knoxville just like his predecessor. I just don't think his style of football will hold up in the sec but maybe Im wrong..."
• Jmilesman: "I hope this works out for UT, as they have great fans, but I don't see that this guy has ever built a program. He took over a somewhat successful program at CMU and UC, while UT has been in decline for years. I guess when you get your 4th or 5th choice you really are just looking for someone with a winning record."
• thankyougus: "Let me get this straight, Auburn hires the O-coordinator of the coach they fired, and Tennessee hires the coach of the team they blew out last year? Truly a Confederacy of Dunces."

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