Beyond Frustrated...

#27
#27
KingtUT said:
I still think he can get the job done in time. However, he made a terrible coaching hire and he has to own up to it. IMO we have improved on special teams and offense but we have regressed on defense without question. The one hire that so many were happy about is the same one that is going to cause his dismissal.
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Improved on special teams??? Some of our fans our worse than Dools.
 
#30
#30
KingtUT said:
I hate it for Dooley but his deciding to hire Sal and swap to the 3-4 is the reason were in the shape were in. If our defense could have just been mediocre, we would probably have at least two more games in the win column. Dooley should have hired a compitent DC no matter what conference they came from. It would have changed the entire outcome of all this mess. In the end Dools has to take responsibility for making the poor desicion of hiring Sal and swapping schemes when so much was on the line.
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I wished he wouldve stayed at bama. This coaching staff has no clue. How do you get deeper and return just about everybody on defense and be this bad? If the coaches would actually try to teach some basic fundamentals (i.e. how to tackle, how to catch passes, how to not get manhandled by a blocker) we might actually win more than 1 game in conference.
 
#34
#34
g8terh8ter_eric said:
Sal is Dooley's Clawson.
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Sure seems that way. Without a miracle finish, im afraid your right. It will be a sad day for the U of T when we have to start this thing all over again, but I think its coming. I hate it for Dools, I hate it for the fans, I hate it for UT, I hate it for the players, I just plain ol hate it!
 
#35
#35
zehr27 said:
Improved on special teams??? Some of our fans our worse than Dools.
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Yes there have been mistakes but if im not mistaken our return yards are way up and our return defense hasnt given up a lot of yards either. Weve had one dropped punt so far this year as opposed to one per game last year. No doubt our kickers are still somewhat struggling but all you can do is recruit the # 1 kicker in the nation and hope he pans out, so far he really hasnt. So yes , I still feel better about our ST compared to the last few years. If you focus only on the bad things I can see why you might not think so.
 
#36
#36
BlueHalo said:
Last night converted a lot of people. It is a 90-10 fanbase split in favor of firing Dooley at this point.
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It converted me. There is no reason that our team should look like total rank amateurs out there. Our oline looked great, run game was great, but the linebackers didn't have a clue. Nor did Byron Moore. Six games into this defense should not have these issues. To our defense though it looked like the bulldogs could do no wrong. They caught everything and got every break. We still should have pounded them. They have no playmakers and their d wasn't much. I'm sick of sucking. All these peeps that think we don't have the money to make a homerun hire are crazy. Pony up and bring in a big boy, its time.
 
#37
#37
This whole thing is sickening to me. I normally get very emotionally involved over a game, I yell, walk can’t sit still, worry, cheer, it all depends on what is happing in the game, but last night I just watched in horror as I as all the comical errors unfolded in the game. I have come to expect the loss with this couching staff. (that 3rd and 1 sealed it for me) Some are still holding on that Dooley can do something, but they haven't faced reality yet.
 
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#38
#38
g8terh8ter_eric said:
I have watched enough of this team, to realize that we resemble Vanderbilt, more than we resemble Tennessee. Always close, but never cashing the check. This team reminds me when Vandy had Cutler and Bennett, but then again they had a much better defense then, than we do now.

It's not about when's enough, is enough, for me, it's more like, do our big-time donors actually truly give a damn about winning football games at UT anymore?? ...
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Don't pin it on the donors, it's their money. If you care so much than cash in your 401k or max out your credit card and pony up.
 
#39
#39
KingtUT said:
I hate it for Dooley but his deciding to hire Sal and swap to the 3-4 is the reason were in the shape were in. If our defense could have just been mediocre, we would probably have at least two more games in the win column. Dooley should have hired a compitent DC no matter what conference they came from. It would have changed the entire outcome of all this mess. In the end Dools has to take responsibility for making the poor desicion of hiring Sal and swapping schemes when so much was on the line.
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Just for the sake of argument here.. If I were to argue the opposite of this I would say it was a calculated risk. Knowing that there are going to be a lot of mistakes made on defense you are going to have to score a lot of points to be in ballgames. Knowing the offense was our strength this year, maybe that's why the did what they did with the scheme change etc.. But then again, who knows what's really going on over there..

I wanted Dooley to make it, but I just don't know anymore.. Honestly though, it feels like we have been saying since 2001 the same things about poor tackling, mental errors, and all the other things you should have learned way before getting to college ball.
 
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#40
webleedorange said:
Just for the sake of argument here.. If I were to argue the opposite of this I would say it was a calculated risk. Knowing that there are going to be a lot of mistakes made on defense you are going to have to score a lot of points to be in ballgames. Knowing the offense was our strength this year, maybe that's why the did what they did with the scheme change etc.. But then again, who knows what's really going on over there..

I wanted Dooley to make it, but I just don't know anymore.. Honestly though, it feels like we have been saying since 2001 the same things about poor tackling, mental errors, and all the other things you should have learned way before getting to college ball.
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I agree it was a calculated risk. The calculations couldnt have predicted such horrible statistics though. In this case, there has been no reward for the risk that was taken.
 
#41
#41
KingtUT said:
Yes there have been mistakes but if im not mistaken our return yards are way up and our return defense hasnt given up a lot of yards either. Weve had one dropped punt so far this year as opposed to one per game last year. No doubt our kickers are still somewhat struggling but all you can do is recruit the # 1 kicker in the nation and hope he pans out, so far he really hasnt. So yes , I still feel better about our ST compared to the last few years. If you focus only on the bad things I can see why you might not think so.
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Here's the kicking game just last nite:

- A 14 yard punt
- 6 men on line of scrimmage negates 49 yard punt
- A time out for FG defense
- A kick off out of bounds
- A running into the kicker penalty
- A fumbled punt
- A botched pooch kick

Aside from CP the kicking game is a total embarrassment. And this is David Shula's- I mean Derek Dooley's area of expertise, right?
 
#43
#43
I don't usually post very much on this board , but have been a member for a very long time. I'm so angry, upset , etc.., i don't know what to say or think.
 
#44
#44
jack_2222 said:
Here's the kicking game just last nite:

- A 14 yard punt
- 6 men on line of scrimmage negates 49 yard punt
- A time out for FG defense
- A kick off out of bounds
- A running into the kicker penalty
- A fumbled punt
- A botched pooch kick

Aside from CP the kicking game is a total embarrassment. And this is David Shula's- I mean Derek Dooley's area of expertise, right?
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Like I said, there have been plenty of mistakes. Its just my opinion that the ST unit as a whole is better this year based on what I mentioned earlier.
 
#46
#46
Volatility said:
Because you have money too. Not as much as the top boosters but I'm sure if you gave thousands it wouldn't hurt.
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WTF does that have to do with anything?? Players don't look prepared to play, you blame the coaches. Coaches can't coach, you blame the people who signed the check to hire them. Really simple actually.
 
#47
#47
Which is why I said if people who give money are the issue then set up a fund and give your own money instead of giving nothing and complaining.
 
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