On Thursday, Tennessee head coach Butch Jones spoke after practice about a number of varying topics pertaining to the program.

The announced retirement of AD Dave Hart broke earlier in the day. Jones addressed his thoughts on Hart right off the bat:

“I’d like to thank Dave Hart for everything he’s done for the University of Tennessee and Tennessee football and Butch Jones as well. Everything is about leaving a place better than when you came here. He was a leader.”

Jones spoke about the knee injury to a projected starter along the offensive line in Chance Hall. It’s expected Hall will be out for 4-to-6 weeks. Should Hall return for the early portion of the expected time table (week four), a vaunted Florida Gators pass rush will await.

The head coach also shed some light on the overall health of the team in general — including some personnel news.