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DinkinFlicka said:
You're overlooking the fact that Dooley didn't really improve or turn that program around.

I'm on the 'wait and see' bandwagon, but I'm not so optimistic.
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The fact is, he did turn it around and improve it. Ask anyone there now or who was there when he arrived. Yes, I'm aware of the record but you are not aware of the circumstances or the conditions. Because of what he learned there, he is one of a few coaches who has the know how to FIX the UT program and it needs fixing. He will be fine on game day as well. Wait and see is a good place to be. Put optimism and pessimism on hold for now.
 
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flash said:
The fact is, he did turn it around and improve it. Ask anyone there now or who was there when he arrived. Yes, I'm aware of the record but you are not aware of the circumstances or the conditions. Because of what he learned there, he is one of a few coaches who has the know how to FIX the UT program and it needs fixing. He will be fine on game day as well. Wait and see is a good place to be. Put optimism and pessimism on hold for now.
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Just HOW certain can anyone be of that? His SEC experience is brief, and that's what matters to me.

Turning around a storied program takes more than know-how gained at a subpar football program.
 
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DinkinFlicka said:
Just HOW certain can anyone be of that? His SEC experience is brief, and that's what matters to me.

Turning around a storied program takes more than know-how gained at a subpar football program.
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Every football program I've ever been around has the same basic components. The difference in La Tech and Tennessee is huge but it still requires organization, structure, players, coaches, etc. The difference in the 2 programs is money, facilities, number and quality of players you can recruit, size of support staff. Bottom line is you are dealing with people. Give him a chance. Just so you know, because of gender equity, Tech could not have 85 scholarship players which makes depth an issue. For example, against LSU last year, 13 of the 22 starters were true or redshirt freshmen. You cannot appreciate the job Dooley did unless you were there.
 
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I found this post from vol72 on March 1st. I was optimistic.

and you guys get your wish I am through posting so that should make you coolaid drinkers very happy. It seems that on this board if you don't agree you get blasted. I am more a vol than 90% of the posters on here and I put my money where my mouth is. I enjoyed my years as an undergrad and will continue to hold my season tickets and VASF membership and root like hell for my Vols, but I am no blind sheep and I firmly believe people should respect opinions, whether they agree or disagree.

Oh well, welcome back, you have as much right as the rest of us to continue to post a continual stream of negative crap.
 
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hmanvolfan said:
How did you miss the "on any level" part? He's saying NFL coaches who lose to other NFL coaches equals college coaches losing to other college coaches. I don't see a college to NFL coaching comparison in that statement.
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Because I didn't have someone bold it for me? Considering that was in response to the argument that people complain about CDD's 20 losses at LT more than they did CLK's losses in the NFL, I'd say that compares the two. Not sure how the "on any level" part changes anything.
 
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DinkinFlicka said:
I wouldn't if his best season throughout his career was an 8-5 triumph in the Independence Bowl.
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Then it's a good thing that you're not the AD at Texas, LSU, USC or Notre Dame.
Not to mention Appy State.
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#58
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hmanvolfan said:
Should a University on the traditional level of Tennessee hire a coach with 20 losses in three years? If I were the AD at Tennessee, even given the crappy hand dealt with the former coach leaving at the worst possible time, I would have made the coaches I really wanted tell me no about ten times sorta like bammer did when Saban said no to them initially. No reflection on Dooley (he may become the next Robert Neyland for all I know) but hiring a coach with the track record he has at Tennessee makes no sense. Dooley better produce relatively quickly because if he doesn't Hammy will be swept out with him.
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I agree with everything you said.
With UT's budget, we should have been able to get a "name" coach.

I don't know what the future holds, but every one keeps pointing to Dooley's first three years at LA Tech as if that's a precursor of what's to come and that's wrong.
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#59
#59
Thousands of experts and hundreds of fortune tellers. I think ESPN is hiring freelancers right now. Can't we just start another uniform thread or RWilks thread? I'm sure winning is the last thing on DD's mind right now seeing how he earned his chance at a major program like ours. We are all experts in our own minds. Gungagulunga.
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orange parmejohn said:
wow, people still butt hurt over the Dooley hire. this is Chizik 2.0.
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We won't know that until this fall. Chizik 2.0 is the upside potential, but that's assuming Dooley wins. If only we had Gus Malzahn, he might. I wonder if Gus Malzahn would have risked his career by taking the UT HC job. Probably not, so that's why Hammy didn't ask him. UT HFC is a challenging job. We needed someone who had no other options.
 
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