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Tennessee football: Butch Jones players that thrived elsewhere

While leading the Tennessee football program, Butch Jones made a name for himself. Now, the name he created for himself isn’t all that great.

Jones struggled with making the right coaching decisions in the middle of games. There are so many examples that each Tennessee fan can point to and shake their heads. Most recently, remember the coaching debacle in Gainesville?

Twice, the Vols had the ball basically in the end zone and yet, with the great coaching decisions by Butch Jones, Tennessee didn’t score on those possessions.

What about the Oklahoma game in 2015?