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Butch Jones on Baylor comparison: ‘I’m proud of the culture we’ve built at Tennessee’
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Tennessee coach Butch Jones was one of the many coaches to speak during the SEC spring meetings on Tuesday afternoon, and one of the topics that was brought up was the sexual assault scandal at Baylor that recently cost coach Art Briles his job.
Earlier this year, the University of Tennessee was handed a Title IX lawsuit alleging a hostile sexual assault environment at the school, specifically within the athletic department. That is an ongoing investigation, despite Jones’ continued efforts to refute any personal involvement.
Here are updates from the presser in accordance to the discussion:
Butch says UT tries to do background checks on prospects
— Barrett Sallee ?? (@BarrettSallee) May 31, 2016
Tennessee’s Butch Jones said school does background checks on recruits: “1st thing in our recruiting profile is character"
— Brett McMurphy (@Brett_McMurphy) May 31, 2016
Butch on comparisons to Baylor: “I’m not into comparisons…I’m proud of the culture that we have built at Tennessee.”
— Barrett Sallee ?? (@BarrettSallee) May 31, 2016
Butch Jones says that he doesn’t use investigators to check into recruits.
— Barrett Sallee ?? (@BarrettSallee) May 31, 2016
Butch Jones asked how the situations are different b/w Baylor & Tennessee: “I’m not into comparisons. We’ve done the right things"
— Brett McMurphy (@Brett_McMurphy) May 31, 2016
Butch Jones: “I believe you do everything the right way. You have clearly defined and articulated standards.”
— Barrett Sallee ?? (@BarrettSallee) May 31, 2016
Below we will continue to provide updates from Jones’s time in front of the mic:
Butch Jones says he hasn’t heard of a prospect picking a school based on cost of attendance disparity.
— Barrett Sallee ?? (@BarrettSallee) May 31, 2016
Butch Jones said that he didn’t go full-contact down the stretch last year.
— Barrett Sallee ?? (@BarrettSallee) May 31, 2016
Butch Jones says he hasn’t really thought about breaking the 11-game streak vs. Florida. Says it’s important to take it one game at a time.
— Barrett Sallee ?? (@BarrettSallee) May 31, 2016
Butch on underclassmen combine: “I’d have to do more research on that and the timing of it.”
— Barrett Sallee ?? (@BarrettSallee) May 31, 2016
Butch Jones says that there’s no reason to realign divisions in CFB.
— Barrett Sallee ?? (@BarrettSallee) May 31, 2016
Tyler Waddell is a member of the Saturday Down South news team. He brings over five years of professional journalism experience and is closing in on a Bachelor's in sports management. Follow him on Twitter (@Tyler_Waddell).
