By: Kipp Branch

TheSouthernSportsEdition.com news services

Earlier this month Tennessee fired Butch Jones in the middle of a dumpster fire season, where the Vols finished 4-8 and 0-8 in the SEC.

Tennessee is a proud football program with over 800 wins and 13 SEC championships. Anyone in their right mind should want to take this job right?

Athletic Director John Currie needed to nail this coaching hire in the worst way possible after botching the Greg Schiano debacle from over the past weekend.

So, every morning I wake up now looking in the news at who the new Tennessee coach will be.

Regardless of who accepts the job, the public-relations damage has been done. And Tennessee is a school that recently settled a Title IX lawsuit regarding several counts of sexual misconduct by football players. It is not a place that needed more negative press.

Now you hear Tennessee is looking at Mike Leach from Washington State. Mike Leach to Knoxville would make the UT Weekly Press Conference during football season a definite landing spot for the football junkies of the world.

Leach is gold with the press. Plus, his offense would cause headaches for SEC Defensive Coordinators.

During a Tennessee football game in the future on CBS could the AFLAC question be: How many head coaches turned down the Tennessee job?

After UT botched the Schiano hire let’s get a count of who turned down the Vols:

John Gruden was never coming to start with. Used car sales should be going through the roof in Knoxville because those people will buy anything.

Dan Mullen picked Florida. Matt Campbell stayed at Iowa State. Tennessee offered Mike ” I am a man” Gundy $42 million, but he chose to stay at Oklahoma State. Dave Doeren of NC State said no. Jeff Brohm of Purdue said no. Who else turned them down?

Former coach Lane Kiffin trolls the Vols everyday on Twitter.

How about throwing $15 million a year at Nick Saban? He is not busy on Saturday; fly him up and pitch him during the SEC Championship game.

How about me, UT? I will take the job for $150k a year plus moving expenses. I am a championship coach.

My resume: Championships 3: Brunswick Fatboy Fantasy Football League 2009, 2010, 2011.

Playoffs: 7: 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2014, 2015, 2016

Radio Show: I mop the floor every Saturday morning with Jason Bishop when  the topic of college football is raised. Like taking candy from a baby on college football picks.

John Currie, call me, I will take your job in Knoxville. Protesters in Knoxville won’t bother me. I will buy them coffee on the way to the office daily.

I will even let Jason Bishop host “This week in Vol Football with Head Coach Kipp Branch”.

Championship football would back in Knoxville instead of burning couches, dumpster fires, and 0-8 in the SEC.

My, how the mighty have fallen. Hurry back Tennessee. On second thought I don’t want the job either.

Rocky Top is indeed Rocky Flop at this day and time.

Just bring back Phil Fulmer if you ever want to beat Alabama again.