Butch Jones Happy With High Expectations

The Tennessee Volunteers will enter the 2015 season with high expectations — like winning the SEC East type expectations.

And Butch Jones couldn’t be happier.

Butch on the high expectations from national media: "That's where we want to be."
— @GrantRamey (@GrantRamey) March 23, 2015

JONES: It’s a compliment to have those expectations placed on us, it means people can see how we’ve developed.
— Tennessee Football (@Vol_Football) March 23, 2015

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Jones reiterated several times on Monday, during his pre-spring practice press conference, that his team’s main goal would be to simply get better each day.

That’s a great message to send to the media, but there’s absolutely no question that Jones plans to win the SEC East. Living up to the hype isn’t good enough for Jones. He wants to exceed the expectations.

Perhaps there are some loftier internal goals that the media isn’t privy to?

There’s no way to know for sure. But if I was betting, I’d say Jones might have his eye on a slightly larger prize.

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