Orange_Crush
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He was not a very good recruiter. When will people understand it doesn't take a miracle worker to recruit to UT.
"Miracle worker"? Probably not.
But it wasn't just recruiting to UT or the lack of instate talent. He took over a program in shambles. The roster was horrible. Fulmer let the program both on and off the field decline from a national powerhouse to a 2nd tier at best program.... and NO backing into the SEC CG in 07 does not prove otherwise.
Kiffin came in and made a mockery of everything Orange then urinated on the Vols on his way out of town to his "dream job"... in retrospect it looks like UT dodged a bullet.
So Dooley comes in with next to nothing to work with and a program that "used to be good" to sell.
He flat out could not get it done on gameday. His decision to hire Sunseri and go to the 3-4 in a make or break year was gutsy.... but turned out to be foolish.
But he DID get good players to UT. His signees have turned out better than Kiffin's or anything Fulmer did in his last several years. Jones inherits a much better roster at virtually every position than Dooley did. Deeper. More talented.
Dooley served a function. Someone was going to have to bleed for a couple of years because of the mess that existed in the wake of Fulmer and Kiffin. All things considered, it was a "success" that he left a foundation to build on. Ultimately it came down to '12. His decisions resulted in a bad year. He got fired and ALL is as it should be with regard to Dooley.
I like having guys like Malik representing the university. Great share.Just wanted to throw this out there. My daughter is a Senior at DB and has a couple of classes with Malik. She said he has worn orange and white almost exclusively since he got the offer from Tennessee. He really wanted to be a Vol, but did not think he would get an offer. He is Orange and White to the core.
I watched him play several times and his stats would have been unbelievable had he not been forced to play out of position due to the starting QBs very serious injury. He is cat quick and nearly uncatchable in the open field.
PS After he decommitted from Vandy, my daughter said he tried to give away all of his Vandy swag....but no one would take it![]()