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Big Orange 1

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First of thank you for considering the University of Tennessee.

Please consider some of the sources on here when you read some of the crap on here you will see.

Fan is short for Fanatic

Most reasonable fans will never bash players. I dare say that people who bash players on here have never had a football helmet on.

We will be back!!!!! Come be a part of it.

Go Big Orange!!!!
 
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Yes. Realize that bad fans exist at every school. Recognize that there is a great opportunity to see the field early at a school with great facilities in the best conference in the country.
 
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Dear Recruits,

Our offensive staff is horrible right now. If changes are not made at least on that side of the ball, be very afraid. You will not develop and jeopardize your NFL careers.
 
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WesternKyVol said:
Dear Recruits,

Our offensive staff is horrible right now. If changes are not made at least on that side of the ball, be very afraid. You will not develop and jeopardize your NFL careers.
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Your attitude is horrible right now.
 
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WesternKyVol said:
Dear Recruits,

Our offensive staff is horrible right now. If changes are not made at least on that side of the ball, be very afraid. You will not develop and jeopardize your NFL careers.
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The truth sometimes hurts. But it's still the truth.
 
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WesternKyVol said:
Dear Recruits,

Our offensive staff is horrible right now. If changes are not made at least on that side of the ball, be very afraid. You will not develop and jeopardize your NFL careers.
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Why would you even say that unless you're maybe a 12 year old that just can't control his emotions. Wow.
 
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Dear Recruits:
If you come a kick for us...you never have to worry about a coach telling you what to do. At practice...just go over there and kick it.
 
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Dear Recruits:
If you want to play center, you can spend up to five games learning how to snap the ball; however, if by the sixth game, you have not mastered this skill, you will be moved to a different position.
 
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WesternKyVol said:
Yes, Orange Pearl, I have lost confidence in the staff. I understand the limitations of our roster. But given the young roster they had, our staff still completely failed. I fully expected us to improve all season long and to be playing decent football by November. It never happened. I am not down on guys like you for keeping the faith, but I think at this point you are ignoring the handwriting on the wall.

It would be a bad idea to fire Dooley. It would be a worse idea to keep him. Sadly, we really don't have any good options at this point. How do we decide whether to fire him or not? By trying to predict the future. I posted some negative comments yesterday and thought I would wake up regretting them. I do not. After giving it some more thought there is only one logical thing to do: can him. The future is very dim with CDD at the helm as much as it saddens me to say it. I find his character fun and refreshing. I am glad he changed the culture and instituted some much needed changes. But he is not a winning football coach.

This team is poorly coached and uninspired. The defense was the bright spot but even they looked very soft and uninspired many times. Did youth hurt? Absolutely. But anyone who thinks that youth is the only reason we went 1-7 in the SEC has their head completely in the sand. This season was an utter failure. One and Seven, 1-7, really? Phil Fulmer was a bad coach at the end, but he could beat that with this bunch.

The most damning evidence: the team absolutely regressed since last year. The 2010 Vols whip the tails of the 2011. Why? Because they were coached up decently in 2009. At the beginning of the season Dooley said we had upgraded in every aspect of the game. Well, it didn't show on the field and that's on the coaches. In a perfect world of I would like to see what Dooley can do in 2012. I would expect failure but hope that he could figure it out. I would totally simulate that on a video game. But this is the real world so let's be hones with ourselves: Dooley will never be a winning SEC coach.
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I'm sure you have had plenty of other threads to ***** in. Why this one?
 
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If there is any bright spot it's the fact recruits stand to play right away on this team than probably 90% of the rest of the teams out there. What, we were like in the top five of playing the most freshmen.
 
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Big Orange 1 said:
First of thank you for considering the University of Tennessee.

Please consider some of the sources on here when you read some of the crap on here you will see.

Fan is short for Fanatic

Most reasonable fans will never bash players. I dare say that people who bash players on here have never had a football helmet on.

We will be back!!!!! Come be a part of it.

Go Big Orange!!!!
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If anything will dissuade recruits from attending UT-Knoxville, then it will be the performance of the head coach and his staff.

Blaming a certain segment of the fanbase for what is taking place is mere projection. You know where the problem resides. But you choose to ignore the glaring fact our last game exposed for everyone, whether
coaches, recruits, or fans, to see: Dooley is in over his head. He's our modern-day Harvey Robinson, a Bill Battle knock-off without the wins.

If that game yesterday is the best this staff can do for Tennessee, then you can expect future recruiting efforts to suffer. That isn't on the fans. That is on the coaches.

As an aside, how did fans flying banners demanding Houston Nutt's dismissal over Reynolds Razorback Stadium hurt Arkansas or its ability to recruit? Seems to me Arkansas actually benefited from the portion of the fanbase demanding accountability from coaches.

Had it been left to the Nutt Huggers, Houston would still be in charge over there as we speak.

OP may now carry on with the natural course of his opinion and blame the fans for everything that took place over the course of this season. Fans aren't responsible for teaching the kicking game. Fans aren't responsible for teaching basic run-blocking skills. Fans aren't responsible for a lack of leadership and a complete inability to instill pride and confidence within the squad.
 
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WesternKyVol said:
Misplaced post was moved.
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This team is poorly coached and uninspired. The defense was the bright spot but even they looked very soft and uninspired many times. Did youth hurt? Absolutely. But anyone who thinks that youth is the only reason we went 1-7 in the SEC has their head completely in the sand. This season was an utter failure. One and Seven, 1-7, really? Phil Fulmer was a bad coach at the end, but he could beat that with this bunch.

The most damning evidence: the team absolutely regressed since last year. The 2010 Vols whip the tails of the 2011. Why? Because they were coached up decently in 2009. At the beginning of the season Dooley said we had upgraded in every aspect of the game. Well, it didn't show on the field and that's on the coaches. In a perfect world of I would like to see what Dooley can do in 2012. I would expect failure but hope that he could figure it out. I would totally simulate that on a video game. But this is the real world so let's be hones with ourselves: Dooley will never be a winning SEC coach.
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VolNation....when the truth hurts you have to say ouch...regardless of how harsh or rude it seems. :cray:
 
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Big Orange 1 said:
First of thank you for considering the University of Tennessee.

Please consider some of the sources on here when you read some of the crap on here you will see.

Fan is short for Fanatic

Most reasonable fans will never bash players. I dare say that people who bash players on here have never had a football helmet on.

We will be back!!!!! Come be a part of it.

Go Big Orange!!!!
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You missed the part about if they actually want to play for championships they should consider going somewhere else to play college ball.
 
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