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I figured this might be a fun offseason thread. Does anyone have any stories they've heard from former/current players/staff around the program? This isn't for "I saw this player at a restaurant" or "This coach said hi to me" kind of stuff, I'm talking like inside stuff behind the scenes. Oh and let's keep it classy folks, no stories that slander or belittle the character of anyone.
I'll start off.....
A buddy of mine was a scout team QB during the Dooley era. He actually transferred after Dooley's second year, but got back on the team for his senior year (Butch's first year). He definitely had some interesting stories.
One of his worst is a Dooley story. Apparently late in the season one day, the QB's were having a meeting and one of the coaches was going over a certain play. He had it drawn up on the board and Dooley walked in the room. Dooley looked at the board with a puzzled look on his face, then stood there for a minute, then said "Why are we going over this? We don't even run this play." Apparently there was an awkward silence in the room until one of the players finally said "Coach.... we've been running this play all year long."
Another one, after the 2012 Vandy blowout, needless to say I was pretty upset. I was talking to my Scout Team buddy about how awful the game was. He wasn't back on the team yet, but he was still pretty close to the players (I always saw him and Rajion texting back and forth). Anyways we were talking about the game and he said "Yeah I actually talked to Tyler (Bray) when they were on their way to Nashville. I asked him how he felt about Vandy. He pretty much laughed and said 'We're going to get our @$$ kicked by Vandy'. I asked him why he thought that and told me everyone is pretty much just done at this point. They just want the season to be over."
For what it's worth, my buddy couldn't say enough good things about Butch. He said his one year under Butch was the most fun he had in his college football career.
I'll start off.....
A buddy of mine was a scout team QB during the Dooley era. He actually transferred after Dooley's second year, but got back on the team for his senior year (Butch's first year). He definitely had some interesting stories.
One of his worst is a Dooley story. Apparently late in the season one day, the QB's were having a meeting and one of the coaches was going over a certain play. He had it drawn up on the board and Dooley walked in the room. Dooley looked at the board with a puzzled look on his face, then stood there for a minute, then said "Why are we going over this? We don't even run this play." Apparently there was an awkward silence in the room until one of the players finally said "Coach.... we've been running this play all year long."
Another one, after the 2012 Vandy blowout, needless to say I was pretty upset. I was talking to my Scout Team buddy about how awful the game was. He wasn't back on the team yet, but he was still pretty close to the players (I always saw him and Rajion texting back and forth). Anyways we were talking about the game and he said "Yeah I actually talked to Tyler (Bray) when they were on their way to Nashville. I asked him how he felt about Vandy. He pretty much laughed and said 'We're going to get our @$$ kicked by Vandy'. I asked him why he thought that and told me everyone is pretty much just done at this point. They just want the season to be over."
For what it's worth, my buddy couldn't say enough good things about Butch. He said his one year under Butch was the most fun he had in his college football career.
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