Tennessee head coach Butch Jones is taking a ton of heat this morning after Saturday’s error-filled loss at Florida.
Watch as football analysts breakdown the hail mary pass that beat the Volunteers:
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The Tennessean says the loss is an indictment on Butch Jones:
And there are no family-friendly words for Jones’ second-half coaching Saturday at Ben Hill Griffin Stadium. There are no excuses, there isn’t a catch phrase to smooth this over and there is not a single person who wants to hear how the Vols (2-1) just played “three games in 13 days” — not when they played Indiana State a week ago and had the normal amount of time to prepare for this game.
No, this could be a breaking point for Jones. And for his defensive coordinator, Bob Shoop, whose defense actually did fine for most of the day against what has to be one of the worst offenses in college football right now. Giving up that play at the end is absolutely senseless. Yes, there was a slim chance Franks could complete a pass long enough to set up a long field-goal try, but you absolutely can’t let receivers get free deep.
This is a Florida team, missing its top receiver and top rusher among nine suspended players, that now has two offensive touchdowns in two games. This is a Florida coach, Jim McElwain, who was thought by many to have jumped the shark in Gainesville (that’s a reference to Fonzie jumping over a shark on water skis in a 1977 episode of “Happy Days,” a sure sign that he and the show were on the decline — what did you think I meant?)
McElwain was booed, correctly, for botching the clock management late and requiring that Hail Mary when the Gators had time to try to work for a field goal. He then met his match in late-game coaching botchery.
Here’s Jones after the loss:
And, of course, Clay Travis is calling for Jones’ head (language WARNING):
Then, there’s this:
