LOOK: Tennessee fans mock Arizona Cardinals for adopting an infamous Butch Jones catchphrase
By Adam Spencer
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Former Tennessee coach Butch Jones was routinely mocked for his cliche catchphrases, such as “Champions of Life,” “Brick by Brick” and bringing a trash can onto the sidelines.
Now, the Arizona Cardinals are adopting the “Brick by Brick” phrase, and the reaction to them on Twitter has not been kind.
As you can see below, the Cardinals tweeted that each player had received a brick with their name on it when they arrived for training camp:
Building it brick by brick.
Each player had a brick with their name on it in their locker when they got here for #CardsCamp.https://t.co/ltUJvZoKPJ
— Arizona Cardinals (@AZCardinals) July 29, 2018
Needless to say, Tennessee fans jumped at the chance to mock the Cardinals for the phrase, as you can see in the replies below:
As this was posted, the entire state of Tennessee felt a great disturbance in the Force, as if millions of voices suddenly cried out in terror…
— Ron Jarvis (@rkjjr79) July 29, 2018
https://twitter.com/GoVols67/status/1023995346349899776
— Andy (@mrmax86) July 30, 2018
#TheGhostofButchJones pic.twitter.com/O2XfpwXpZ2
— Justin C. Brown (@shorn_unicorn) July 30, 2018
https://twitter.com/denning_dave/status/1023911234586984448?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1023911234586984448&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.sbnation.com%2Fcollege-football%2F2018%2F7%2F30%2F17631466%2Farizona-cardinals-brick-by-brick-tennessee-fans
We tried that once.
Ask me how it went.
Go on.
Ask me. pic.twitter.com/ofSpGN4XND
— Lonzo Vol (@Joeberman) July 29, 2018
The Head Coach that came up with this at Tennessee is now an Intern. Someone in Arizona is about to get demoted.
— Vol of the North ?? (@VoloftheNorth) July 30, 2018
Arizona may want to quickly and quietly scrub this from team history, and other teams in all sports should let this serve as a lesson — don’t follow in Butch Jones’s footsteps.
Adam is a daily fantasy sports (DFS) and sports betting expert. A 2012 graduate of the University of Missouri, Adam now covers all 16 SEC football teams. He is the director of DFS, evergreen and newsletter content across all Saturday Football brands.
