Ainge came down on the staff pretty hard for yanking Worley.

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Ainge basically said he thought the staff took all the credit when Worley was successful against MTSU and let Worley shoulder all the blame when the offense struggled versus USC and Arkansas. Ainge has been relatively pro-Dooley to this point, but he is starting to take issue with Dooley throwing players under the bus. I think we have a lot of dissension in the ranks, but I'm hoping a couple of wins calm the waters. We need the practice time, and we need to end the season on a high note. I think we can get it done. Bray may give us just enough to beat Vandy and Kentucky, God willing. Go Big Orange. Dooley is here for at least one more year. Hopefully he will make some staff changes and relax into a figure head role. He's good with the press. He seems like a good recruiter thus far. I believe he could possibly be successful if he would stay out of the way. I think he is tinkering with Chaney's offense similar to how Fulmer meddled with the Clawfence. I don't know. Just beat Vandy, and we can argue about it later.
 
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He should have. Dumb move all the way around. Once you start Worley you need to keep him in and not yank him when he makes the freshman mistakes you know he is going to make in that situation.
 
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I am sure this had been discussed but I haven't seen it. DD said Worley was struggling but I thought he was taken out more to protect him both mentally and physically than being yanked. I didn't think it was a change made trying to win the game.

Is EA on radio somewhere?
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Dooley would probably contend that Worley was struggling, so, instead of allowing his confidence to further erode, he made the switch. Still, I believe pulling Worley was the wrong move too. We were beaten. Aaron Rogers wasn't going to change that, and Worley desperately needs the reps for his development. Worley should have almost another half a game under his belt, but he's been yanked twice in the second half. A kid as green as Worley gets better with every snap.
 
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This is SEC football, if you do bad, you get pulled. If it bothers Worley that much, then he doesn't have what it takes to play in the SEC. Once your a starter, your fair game to every reporter, fan, player, and everyone else. If he can't handle getting benched for performing bad, then he cant handle the SEC. Thats all there is to it.

No player should get special treatment, Coleman got pulled for doing bad this year, just because he is a qb, doesn't mean he deserves different treatment.
 
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volumnus said:
Dooley would probably contend that Worley was struggling, so, instead of allowing his confidence to further erode, he made the switch. Still, I believe pulling Worley was the wrong move too. We were beaten. Aaron Rogers wasn't going to change that, and Worley desperately needs the reps for his development. Worley should have almost another half a game under his belt, but he's been yanked twice in the second half. A kid as green as Worley get better on every snap.
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I think it just depends how what they said to him when they put in Simms. They could have spun it positive or critical. Dunno.
 
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I like Ainges perspective .... Would love to hear and pick his brain with out being PC about issues
 
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volumnus said:
Dooley would probably contend that Worley was struggling, so, instead of allowing his confidence to further erode, he made the switch. Still, I believe pulling Worley was the wrong move too. We were beaten. Aaron Rogers wasn't going to change that, and Worley desperately needs the reps for his development. Worley should have almost another half a game under his belt, but he's been yanked twice in the second half. A kid as green as Worley gets better with every snap.
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Good point on the more reps the better. The flip side would be DD thought the negative of another INT would do greater detriment than the development of playing another meaningless QT. Not sure what I think but both sides make sense.
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StlCardinals2618 said:
This is SEC football, if you do bad, you get pulled. If it bothers Worley that much, then he doesn't have what it takes to play in the SEC. Once your a starter, your fair game to every reporter, fan, player, and everyone else. If he can't handle getting benched for performing bad, then he cant handle the SEC. Thats all there is to it.

No player should get special treatment, Coleman got pulled for doing bad this year, just because he is a qb, doesn't mean he deserves different treatment.
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Most coaches do not agree with you. Even young professional quarterbacks are usually protected by their coaches until they are more seasoned. A quarterback's psyche can make or break him.
 
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Ainge is hypersensitive about QB's competing for playing time, and being pulled when they are not productive.
 
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I thought Worley was ok, but we were losing by 35. If Bray isn't ready then you can't risk an injury in a lost game.
 
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I have No idea if this is true or not, but come on - with all of the negative "chatter" on this thread concerning DD??? I ask, "if it were you were the coach under the microscope of many fans" how would you resond??? Regardless - I think we as fans, can only do the obvious. That is supporting our team. Rather you agree or not with the coaching, you/we can not do anything to change it now. The only difference we can make it to support our VOLS. I will be there Sat, cheering for our VOLS. I am asking all of you that look at these post to join me at the game against VANDY. What can we do to SHOW our support? Lets make a differance for the positive outcome! Go VOLs Go!!!: clapping:
 
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volumnus said:
Most coaches do not agree with you. Even young professional quarterbacks are usually protected by their coaches until they are more seasoned. A quarterback's psyche can make or break him.
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Ive seen freshmen quarterbacks get pulled all the time. He is getting a free ride to a university to play football. Im not going to feel sorry for a guy because his feelings got hurt he got pulled. If he wants to make it to the big leagues, he might as well get used to it now.

In the NFL, even as a rookie, if your not performing, your out. Might as well get used to it now
 
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Cindylew said:
I have No idea if this is true or not, but come on - with all of the negative "chatter" on this thread concerning DD??? I ask, "if it were you were the coach under the microscope of many fans" how would you resond??? Regardless - I think we as fans, can only do the obvious. That is supporting our team. Rather you agree or not with the coaching, you/we can not do anything to change it now. The only difference we can make it to support our VOLS. I will be there Sat, cheering for our VOLS. I am asking all of you that look at these post to join me at the game against VANDY. What can we do to SHOW our support? Lets make a differance for the positive outcome! Go VOLs Go!!!: clapping:
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Griping about the coaching doesn't mean we don't support our team. Most of us care very deeply. That's exactly why we are upset.
 
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Wait, what game are we talking about? If it's the USC game I stand by my original post.
 
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StlCardinals2618 said:
Ive seen freshmen quarterbacks get pulled all the time. He is getting a free ride to a university to play football. Im not going to feel sorry for a guy because his feelings got hurt he got pulled. If he wants to make it to the big leagues, he might as well get used to it now.

In the NFL, even as a rookie, if your not performing, your out. Might as well get used to it now
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Show me where Worley got his feelings hurt. Ainge, not Worley, complained about Worley being yanked from the game. Ainge, not Worley, felt like Dooley, by yanking Worley, effectually pinned the loss on Worley.
 
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volumnus said:
Show me where Worley got his feelings hurt. Ainge, not Worley, complained about Worley being yanked from the game. Ainge, not Worley, felt like Dooley, by yanking Worley, effectually pinned the loss on Worley.
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I never said he did, im just saying for Ainge to get upset about Worley getting pulled and hurting him mentally. He said the same thing in the USCjr game.

There is no way pulling Worley when the game is 42-7 is pinning the game on him. If that was the case, Worley would of been pulled when we actually had a chance. The whole second team came in except for the oline
 
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StlCardinals2618 said:
This is SEC football, if you do bad, you get pulled. If it bothers Worley that much, then he doesn't have what it takes to play in the SEC. Once your a starter, your fair game to every reporter, fan, player, and everyone else. If he can't handle getting benched for performing bad, then he cant handle the SEC. Thats all there is to it.

No player should get special treatment, Coleman got pulled for doing bad this year, just because he is a qb, doesn't mean he deserves different treatment.
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I think it was a smart move by Dooley, game was lost---yes, lost--so let's not take a chance on getting him hurt and let Simms have the playing time. It wasn't going to make any difference in the outcome of the game. What if Worley stayed in, got hurt, and Bray couldn't come back? Then what? You'd all be whining saying Dooley should have pulled him. You can't have it both ways.
 
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chuck0303 said:
I think it was a smart move by Dooley, game was lost---yes, lost--so let's not take a chance on getting him hurt and let Simms have the playing time. It wasn't going to make any difference in the outcome of the game. What if Worley stayed in, got hurt, and Bray couldn't come back? Then what? You'd all be whining saying Dolley should have pulled him. You can't have it both ways.
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No way I would have complained if Worley got hurt on the last play. The kid needs the reps. I would have had Worley throwing every down in the second half. Dooley pretty much knew Bray would be back for Vandy. On the sideline Bray said he could have played versus Arkansas. Worley just needs reps. He's going to be good. The reason teams don't run the ball that much in the spring game is to get a look at their quarterbacks. The passing game requires a lot of practice to develop timing. That's how I'd have treated it. I would have gone shotgun and thrown it all over the lot. That's just me though.
 
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