Ultimately pointing out his teams 5,000 hours of community service, Jones defended Tennessee in his first public press setting since the articles publication last week.
Well it is set up for the future and we always talk about consistency and sustained success, and thats what were building this football program on, said Jones, who saw nearly double-digit players graduate last Friday and already witnessed Joshua Dobbs and Brett Kendrick visit the fire-damaged areas. And all you have to do is look in the weight room and look at the number of players. You guys see it in practice. I understand there was an article that came out with many unnamed sources. I dont stand for anybody attacking our football program because its untrue, and its very, very unfortunate. I take that personal, I know our players take it personal. Everyone in our football family takes it personal.
There are so many positive things going on here with our players. You look at recruiting right now, thats a byproduct of our players being our best ambassadors. Look at how far weve come in the program. Have we had some setbacks this year? Absolutely, but I think this football team has overcome a lot of obstacles and adversity. And thats really what you find out about people, is in adverse times and adverse situations, how do they respond. Again, its very, very unfortunate but Im never going to allow anybody to attack our football program that doesnt know our football program.