Tennessee football head coach Butch Jones said the Vols are want recruits with ‘five-star hearts.’ Volunteers fans didn’t take long to troll him on Twitter.
It’s like Butch Jones is just screwing with Tennessee football fans at this point. After his recruiting class on National Signing Day did not have the star power Vols fans wanted, the head coach of cliches provided a new explanation.
And it was another cliche.
Jones said they were looking for something beyond five-star talent.
"“We’ve spoken about the competitive nature, and I think that’s really, really big in today’s world. Everyone gets into the whole two-star, three-star, four-star, five-star thing. The only five-star that we even concern ourselves with is a five-star heart.We want five-star hearts and five-star competitors.”"
Of course, this follows his cheesy ‘Champions of Life’ comment from back in November.
At least his cliches early on were creative, such as ‘brick by brick’ and ‘one percent better at a time.’
These last two are just awful. Jones is still a solid coach and deserves another year to prove he can take the next step, but we have to have a little fun with his idiotic cliche first. Here’s how Twitter reacted to the cheesy comments.
Butch Jones is looking for 5-star hearts. pic.twitter.com/XBi6SPwVjY
— Kevin Ledbetter (@Frogdiesel) February 3, 2017
I don't think a Butch Jones team full of 5 star hearts could be coached to a Championship of Life
— Ben Hogan (@NotTheGolfer) February 2, 2017
Rain drop
— Fans of Dinosaurs (@Vandy247) February 2, 2017
Drop top
Butch Jones bringing all the 5 star hearts to Rocky Flop pic.twitter.com/sHA43UeOOY
So Butch Jones really said "5-star hearts" after "champions of life." Is this his way of applying for a job as a card writer at Hallmark!
— Greg Arias (@GregAriasSports) February 2, 2017
I bet I know what Butch Jones favorite card game is. #Hearts
— Bryant Crabtree (@BTree4UT) February 2, 2017
Butch Jones buys Lucky Charms cereal..but he only eats the hearts
— Andy (@VolSoHard88) February 2, 2017
Butch Jones said today, he only cares about "5-star hearts". 5-star hearts always win...the championship of life. #VFL #VolsNSD17
— Joe Joe (@joejoertr) February 2, 2017
At least Butch Jones isn't recruiting 5-atrium hearts.
— D (@suckatsports) February 2, 2017
Knowing when and when not to use terrible cliches has nothing to do with how your team performs on the football field, but with four years and no division championship, time is running out on Jones.
And cliches aren’t going to save him anymore than they are going to hurt him if he doesn’t take the next step soon.