Clay Travis Live Derek Dooley Interview Thread

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landscapingvol said:
I love CDD now that he is gone and is someone else's problem. The fact that someone was dumb enough to hire him again is a bit surprising. The man has no business coaching above high school football.
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Well, he must be doing something right. He's coaching WR for the Cowboys.
 
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I don't hate Dooley. Sure, he was an atrocious head coach, but really just think he was in over his head. No reason to hate on the guy.
 
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Power T-Rev said:
Well, he must be doing something right. He's coaching WR for the Cowboys.
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If you really don't understand the difference between coaching a position and being the coach of a major power 5 football program I fear I may not be able to help you.

I'll still try though. One job requires the skill of being able to coach 6-7 guys to maximize their ability at one position. There's some pressure because the NFL is a high pressure league but you're not THE guy.

The other job requires the skill set to manage all your other coaches, plus your 80+ players, plus current players families, deal with your AD, your insane fan base, deal with high pressure and expectations, recruit other top notch players to replace your players that graduate or move to NFL, build in state relationships, participate in local events and still try to balance your own personal life with your family and friends as well as staff.

Dooley did a nice job here I guess if you look at how well the WR's played and how many points our offense put up, but he utterly failed at everything else on that list.

Off season work is minimal thanks to the new NFL camp rules nothing like the lead up to spring ball, on campus visits, summer camp and start of season. Seems College ball is more year round to me. It requires much more management skill, organization, effort(CDD lacked all four of those things, Butch has it in droves) and is totally more time consuming.

That's the difference. :hi:
 
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Godfatha said:
I don't hate Dooley. Sure, he was an atrocious head coach, but really just think he was in over his head. No reason to hate on the guy.
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Exactly he was in over his head. I'm not gonna apply to be the CEO of Coca-Cola. I'm not naïve enough to think I could be a position coach in the NFL right now. He got in his own way because of his ego.

I truly, honestly, sincerely wanted him to succeed. But that's because I love UT football, and his success meant Tennessee's success. However, after the Kentucky debacle, it was obvious he was damaging UT football. Then it was, as Conway said, goodbye time.

If he had resigned after that loss, my opinion of him would be much more favorable.
 
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This interview was gold, and reminds me of the one and only thing I missed about Dools (apart from bespoke tailored orange pants of course) - the quotes. I lost it when he aid he was scared the TN State Trooper would just let go of his wheelchair on that ramp in Starkville!

Butch is pretty dull by comparison, but hell, you can't argue with the results. That's my guy.

At the end of the day, gotta hand it to him for giving his all for Tennessee, but it just wasn't good enough. I wish him the best, and maybe he would be a good fit at Baylor.
 
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kcvols1 said:
This interview was gold, and reminds me of the one and only thing I missed about Dools (apart from bespoke tailored orange pants of course) - the quotes. I lost it when he aid he was scared the TN State Trooper would just let go of his wheelchair on that ramp in Starkville!

Butch is pretty dull by comparison, but hell, you can't argue with the results. That's my guy.

At the end of the day, gotta hand it to him for giving his all for Tennessee, but it just wasn't good enough. I wish him the best, and maybe he would be a good fit at Baylor.
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It really was an entertaining interview, and Dooley comes across as a decent guy. He just wasn't a great head football coach. His press conferences were always worth a watch just to see what the heck he'd say. With Butch, we don't get the interesting PCs but we get the wins we'd so desperately rather have.
 
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Coach_Z said:
Exactly he was in over his head. I'm not gonna apply to be the CEO of Coca-Cola. I'm not naïve enough to think I could be a position coach in the NFL right now. He got in his own way because of his ego.

I truly, honestly, sincerely wanted him to succeed. But that's because I love UT football, and his success meant Tennessee's success. However, after the Kentucky debacle, it was obvious he was damaging UT football. Then it was, as Conway said, goodbye time.

If he had resigned after that loss, my opinion of him would be much more favorable.
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Believe me, I wanted him gone, especially after losses to Kentucky and Vanderbilt. Also, we never were competitive with Alabama or any other good team for that matter.
 
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I have to admit I watched it all and enjoyed it.

Honestly, I wouldn't be surprised if he works his way back to another shot one of these days. I also wouldn't be completely surprised if he has some success.

I am not predicting it, but I wouldn't be surprised at all. Obviously, he has something going for him if Saban kept him around.
 
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SaintLouisVol said:
I have to admit I watched it all and enjoyed it.

Honestly, I wouldn't be surprised if he works his way back to another shot one of these days. I also wouldn't be completely surprised if he has some success.

I am not predicting it, but I wouldn't be surprised at all. Obviously, he has something going for him if Saban kept him around.
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Me neither...but at a lower level.

Had Wilcox not moved on, who knows? He could still be in Knoxville.
 
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scvolfan7 said:
Butch isn't in the position to blame him whereas Dooley is reflecting now and can blame them. Dooley is a straight shooter and calls it how it is (at least in his mind). Dooley did try to fix things. He admitted that he didn't fix them well though. I don't know what else you want the guy to say.
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As for me and a few others (baldbiker for sure), we just want him AND Clay effin Travis to STFU.

All Dooley proved if he is still deluded, and half assed at accepting blame for how he failed this program. He stunk at evaluating recruits, his idea of player motivation was to insult them to the press, while they and other select morons found him entertaining.

Is Saban entertaining? Meyer? Belichick? Was Bear Bryant? Gen. Neyland? Vince Lombardi? Chuck Noll? No, they have/had better things on their mind...like maintaining their player's trust and respect...and winning. Seems to me the most entertaining coaches, college or pro, in anyone's lists are failures during their "memorable moments". If Dooley is such an intelligent person, why did that fly right over his head?

I get he walked into a bad situation. And up until the Troy game, I tried to support him. I hoped he would get things fixed. But for every thing he may have improved, he screwed up three more.

Only reason this interview was done now is Tennessee is on the verge of a return to greatness, and Dooley is trying to take credit for somehow playing a part. Well, let's make a future game Derek Dooley appreciation night. He can come out and be recognized at halftime. By coincidence, it can also be free dozen egg night for the first 95,000 fans through the gates. I will be there a week early.
 
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Godfatha said:
I don't hate Dooley. Sure, he was an atrocious head coach, but really just think he was in over his head. No reason to hate on the guy.
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Of course. As he said in the interview - you're the HC of LA Tech, regardless of what situation you're inheriting, you'd be an idiot not to go to UT.

If people want someone to hate on its 100% Mike Hamilton. He or whoever hired him.
 
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Great interview. He took on some tough questions head on and I respect that. Telling Clay he used to ask some "slapdi**" questions had me cracking up. Tough 3 years to live through, but as I tell my kids, going through those years makes you appreciate the good ones.

One "excuse" he is correct on, his tenure was during an unprecedented era of parity in the SEC.
 
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distrovol said:
Great interview. He took on some tough questions head on and I respect that. Telling Clay he used to ask some "slapdi**" questions had me cracking up. Tough 3 years to live through, but as I tell my kids, going through those years makes you appreciate the good ones.

One "excuse" he is correct on, his tenure was during an unprecedented era of parity in the SEC.
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You know what 4'10" Danny DeVito said while standing next to 5'2" Prince and 5'5" Daniel Radcliffe? There is unprecedented parity around here!

Lesson learned: it wouldn't have been an era of unprecedented parity if Tennessee had been a good team, on par with our legacy.

In short, Dooley still sucks. :)
 
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TNnative said:
As for me and a few others (baldbiker for sure), we just want him AND Clay effin Travis to STFU.

All Dooley proved if he is still deluded, and half assed at accepting blame for how he failed this program. He stunk at evaluating recruits, his idea of player motivation was to insult them to the press, while they and other select morons found him entertaining.

Is Saban entertaining? Meyer? Belichick? Was Bear Bryant? Gen. Neyland? Vince Lombardi? Chuck Noll? No, they have/had better things on their mind...like maintaining their player's trust and respect...and winning. Seems to me the most entertaining coaches, college or pro, in anyone's lists are failures during their "memorable moments". If Dooley is such an intelligent person, why did that fly right over his head?

I get he walked into a bad situation. And up until the Troy game, I tried to support him. I hoped he would get things fixed. But for every thing he may have improved, he screwed up three more.

Only reason this interview was done now is Tennessee is on the verge of a return to greatness, and Dooley is trying to take credit for somehow playing a part. Well, let's make a future game Derek Dooley appreciation night. He can come out and be recognized at halftime. By coincidence, it can also be free dozen egg night for the first 95,000 fans through the gates. I will be there a week early.
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I don't often appreciate it when people speak for me, but this is one of those times that I do. :good!:

I know of nothing that he improved. Not one thing. He started the VFL Program......and then screwed over former players. Even the only thing he did here is better now (by far) than it was under him.

He's an asshat that deserves no positive recognition or sympathy for anything he did here. Negative wise......there is plenty to say.
 
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BaldBiker said:
I don't often appreciate it when people speak for me, but this is one of those times that I do. :good!:

I know of nothing that he improved. Not one thing. He started the VFL Program......and then screwed over former players. Even the only thing he did here is better now (by far) than it was under him.

He's an asshat that deserves no positive recognition or sympathy for anything he did here. Negative wise......there is plenty to say.
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Screwed over former players? The deal with asking them to call before they come by?
 
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vollygirl said:
Screwed over former players? The deal with asking them to call before they come by?
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Vollygirl, it's not the message. It's the way the message is delivered.

Look, if Derek Dooley had crafted an email to all the VFLs saying, "hey, guys, I love having you around the program. But I'm gonna be honest with you: I haven't been a Vol long enough to know you all on sight. So if you'll call in advance, it'll make me a lot more comfortable because I'll be able to give you the recognition you deserve when I see you. But if you can't call and come by anyway, just forgive me if I mess up on recognizing you."

If he had done that, he'd have won their respect and most of them would've probably called before showing up.

Instead, he gave it the old, "I'm in charge here now, do it my way or you don't do it at all" approach.

See? It's the 'how,' not the 'what.'

Just about all of his failure as a leader came back to an inability to relate well on a personal level with the people around him. This was just one of the many ways.
 
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vollygirl said:
Screwed over former players? The deal with asking them to call before they come by?
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Rather than type the same thing out.....look down....VFL-82-JP said what I would say....minus all of my colorful language, but it is the same point. :)


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Vollygirl, it's not the message. It's the way the message is delivered.

Look, if Derek Dooley had crafted an email to all the VFLs saying, "hey, guys, I love having you around the program. But I'm gonna be honest with you: I haven't been a Vol long enough to know you all on sight. So if you'll call in advance, it'll make me a lot more comfortable because I'll be able to give you the recognition you deserve when I see you. But if you can't call and come by anyway, just forgive me if I mess up on recognizing you."

If he had done that, he'd have won their respect and most of them would've probably called before showing up.

Instead, he gave it the old, "I'm in charge here now, do it my way or you don't do it at all" approach.

See? It's the 'how,' not the 'what.'

Just about all of his failure as a leader came back to an inability to relate well on a personal level with the people around him. This was just one of the many ways.
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VFL-82-JP said:
Vollygirl, it's not the message. It's the way the message is delivered.

Look, if Derek Dooley had crafted an email to all the VFLs saying, "hey, guys, I love having you around the program. But I'm gonna be honest with you: I haven't been a Vol long enough to know you all on sight. So if you'll call in advance, it'll make me a lot more comfortable because I'll be able to give you the recognition you deserve when I see you. But if you can't call and come by anyway, just forgive me if I mess up on recognizing you."

If he had done that, he'd have won their respect and most of them would've probably called before showing up.

Instead, he gave it the old, "I'm in charge here now, do it my way or you don't do it at all" approach.

See? It's the 'how,' not the 'what.'

Just about all of his failure as a leader came back to an inability to relate well on a personal level with the people around him. This was just one of the many ways.
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Very nice post. Only thing that would have made it better would be if you had called him a f***tard or something equally degrading. :)
 
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VFL-82-JP said:
Vollygirl, it's not the message. It's the way the message is delivered.

Look, if Derek Dooley had crafted an email to all the VFLs saying, "hey, guys, I love having you around the program. But I'm gonna be honest with you: I haven't been a Vol long enough to know you all on sight. So if you'll call in advance, it'll make me a lot more comfortable because I'll be able to give you the recognition you deserve when I see you. But if you can't call and come by anyway, just forgive me if I mess up on recognizing you."

If he had done that, he'd have won their respect and most of them would've probably called before showing up.

Instead, he gave it the old, "I'm in charge here now, do it my way or you don't do it at all" approach.

See? It's the 'how,' not the 'what.'

Just about all of his failure as a leader came back to an inability to relate well on a personal level with the people around him. This was just one of the many ways.
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I love you as a poster. But I don't agree with this.

I don't have any idea how it was communicated to them. I know there were former players who were pissed off. I don't know why.

I do know that if I was training a group of people and had an agenda set, I wouldn't appreciate people stopping by without checking to see if it was appropriate timing. I'm sure I'm in a very small minority that feels this way. But I felt it when all this started happening, and I feel that way now. I think there is a respect factor on both sides.
 
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