Does anyone feel better about the program under Dooley than you did under Kiffin?

[n_huffhines]

I feel better. Not because I necessarily think we are going to be better but because I'm not worried about cashing checks our coach's mouth is writing.

 

[DD4ME]

2 polar opposite approaches to coaching and people will fall on both sides of the fence as to which is better. Kiff was focused on sizzle DD appears to be focused on steak. Kiff wasn't here long enough to prove if his shiny steak wasn't rancid and DD hasn't been here long enough to show if his boring steak melts like butter. Me I'd rather have a guy that focuses on steak but I know it takes a combination. Look at Saban versus Spurrier as examples. Long as your winning either strategy will please the masses.
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[davethevol]

Don't forget the disaster in the bowl game. Va Tech dominated the "master" lol:

I never thought Monte was a defensive genius. From what I remember, he only had a couple of seasons where his overall D was among the top ranked.

 

[n_huffhines]

2 polar opposite approaches to coaching and people will fall on both sides of the fence as to which is better. Kiff was focused on sizzle DD appears to be focused on steak. Kiff wasn't here long enough to prove if his shiny steak wasn't rancid and DD hasn't been here long enough to show if his boring steak melts like butter. Me I'd rather have a guy that focuses on steak but I know it takes a combination. Look at Saban versus Spurrier as examples. Long as your winning either strategy will please the masses.
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Mmmmm, steak.

 

[DD4ME]

Was it that obvious I wrote mine at lunch time? Lol
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[i2amavol]

This time last year, the football program needed a buzz. Now we need stability and that's what we're getting. I am choosing to believe the way things played out will be best in the long run...that is of course assuming CDD will get the program back to reasonably expecting at least 10 wins a year.

So far, this comment most matches my feelings. Unlike many, I enjoyed the constant buzz around the program. It was never boring. Right, wrong or otherwise, we seemed to getting too much attention from the NCAA cops.

I wish for my own sake that Dooley would make more headlines, but if Dooley can be a poor man's Nick Saban - or better - then I can certainly live with it. By this time next year, we may not be sitting on a winning record, but I think we will have a much better idea if Dooley has what it takes.

Did we have a competitive team? If not, was it purely because we just didn't have the players in the trenches to make it happen? Did we fill our needs and get a top 15 (at least) class in recruiting? That is where I stand.

I just hope that people do not try to run him off if we do not compete for a championship next year. Anything is possible, but I am not going in with that expectation.

 

[Escape Goat]

I believe that we are in better hands under Dooley, but that's just me.

I do as well in EVERY aspect, except recruiting.

 

[cibai]

I for one just cannot get excited about UT football's future. Spring practice is when? Does anyone care? This time last year, I was chomping at the bit.

 

[SaintBruce]

This time last year, I was chomping at the bit.

We see how last year worked out for you. lol:

 

[takalas]

I feel better in the fact that I believe the current coaches will represent the University of Tennessee in a better fashion. On the field, the jury hasnt even been selected yet so theres no way to know. But I do feel that our current staff, especially DD has a desire to be here and not just use it as a place to wait for their dream job to open up in the next year or two. I also think the current staff is working harder on building the program back to what it should be and once was, instead of trying to transform it into something that its not now and never has been.

 

[OHvol40]

I am not nearly as EXCITED about UT football under Dooley as I was under Kiffin. Kiffin could sell our football program well, but I also worried about the state of our program under Kiffin.

Under Dooley I feel more comfortable about our program in all aspects as a whole.

Everyone is worried about recruiting and excitement, but both will come with wins. We will see if that is what Dooley will produce.

 

[First&Tenn]

No.....but I don't feel worse about it either.

I can't help but feel like we traded Pete Carroll light for Nick Saban light. Whether that will be better for us down the road is impossible to know right now.

Edit: I don't mean personality wise these guys are like Saban and Carroll, but those are they guys that showed them how to run their programs.

 

[tomq_123]

we should cease comment on this issue until dec of 2010...

Wishful thinking on my part, but first week in January 2011 would be much better than December 2010.

 

[sjt18]

Could be First&Tenn. But if I had to wager, I would say that Kiffin is not more intelligent than Carroll and that Dooley is more intelligent than Saban. That is by no means the sum of a coach... alot of other things are largely unknown. But Dooley seems to have at least one thing over his mentor.

 

[tomq_123]

Kiffin could sell our football program well, but I also worried about the state of our program under Kiffin.

Kiffin was a used car salesman, who would try every trick in the book to sell himself, not the program. I don't respect anyone who doesn't respect the UT traditions. The program, the traditions, the SEC (toughest conference in the country) that's what you sell. Not video's of Reggie Brown.

As for Kiffin, good riddance. I learned all I needed to at how he handled the end of the Bama game last year. Then came up with some lame excuse of how he did it because the refs were against UT. He mismanaged that game, and we should have won.

 

[arTfuldodger]

Could be First&Tenn. But if I had to wager, I would say that Kiffin is not more intelligent than Carroll and that Dooley is more intelligent than Saban. That is by no means the sum of a coach... alot of other things are largely unknown. But Dooley seems to have at least one thing over his mentor.

Even the bottom of the classes at Harvard are really smart kids. It takes a man of above average intelligence to get 3 BIG TIME Jobs, Oak,UT,USC with his HC experience. If you interviewed him tomorow for X job, (football or not), he would make you strongly consider hiring him.
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[coffeevol]

All that mean is that he is a good salesman. I have known plenty of dumb smooth talkers.

 

[NEO]

Ok ... let me get this straight ...

We're not sure if Dooley will be better than Kiffin because:


The game was close last year against FL?

The game was close last year against AL?

We ended up in the same tier bowl games that got CPF fired and we lost that same bowl game pretty bad?

Because he was always on tv running his mouth?

Because Monte allowed a rb back from Ole Miss to place himself in the record books against us?

Because he never put that border around TN like he said he would?


For those of you who have short term memory, Dooley and the current staff held together the class (NO ONE ASKED FOR A TRANSFER THAT EE'D) and he picked up some real good guys like Rogers with only TWENTY ONE days before NSD.

Seriously, SABAN doesn't run hios mouth and SABAN and Dooley turned LSU around without a peep. He runs his ship like Saban. Not all great coaches are loud mouth morons ...

 

[OrangeEmpire]

I'm on a wait and see just as I was with Kiffin. Trying not to make any preconceived opinions which is hard to do.

+1

:hi:

 

[NEO]

This is Saban's record at MSU. If he was coming here right now as our HC alot of you would be complaining. Yeah, all he's done since leaving MSU is win championships and kept his mouth shut. Dooley is a clone of Saban. And honestly, I like that alot.

1995–1997 – Beginning in 1995, Saban moderately improved MSU's fortunes, taking the Spartans to minor bowl games (all of which they lost by double-digit margins) in each of his first three seasons. From 1995 to 1997, Michigan State finished 6–5-1, 6–6, and 7–5. In comparison, MSU had finished 5–6, 6–6 and 5–6 (prior to NCAA forfeits) in 1992–1994

 

[volwarrior33]

Ok ... let me get this straight ...

We're not sure if Dooley will be better than Kiffin because:


The game was close last year against FL?

The game was close last year against AL?

We ended up in the same tier bowl games that got CPF fired and we lost that same bowl game pretty bad?

Because he was always on tv running his mouth?

Because Monte allowed a rb back from Ole Miss to place himself in the record books against us?

Because he never put that border around TN like he said he would?


For those of you who have short term memory, Dooley and the current staff held together the class (NO ONE ASKED FOR A TRANSFER THAT EE'D) and he picked up some real good guys like Rogers with only TWENTY ONE days before NSD.

Seriously, SABAN doesn't run hios mouth and SABAN and Dooley turned LSU around without a peep. He runs his ship like Saban. Not all great coaches are loud mouth morons ...

You forget about those Georgia and South Carolina games? Also, Kiffin outcoached Saban, not his fault Lincoln is one of the worst kickers in conference history. He is also a much better recruiter. Mr. WAC just doesn’t bring much to the table IMO.

 

[volsfan32]

Ok ... let me get this straight ...

We're not sure if Dooley will be better than Kiffin because:


The game was close last year against FL?

The game was close last year against AL?

We ended up in the same tier bowl games that got CPF fired and we lost that same bowl game pretty bad?

Because he was always on tv running his mouth?

Because Monte allowed a rb back from Ole Miss to place himself in the record books against us?

Because he never put that border around TN like he said he would?


For those of you who have short term memory, Dooley and the current staff held together the class (NO ONE ASKED FOR A TRANSFER THAT EE'D) and he picked up some real good guys like Rogers with only TWENTY ONE days before NSD.

Seriously, SABAN doesn't run hios mouth and SABAN and Dooley turned LSU around without a peep. He runs his ship like Saban. Not all great coaches are loud mouth morons ...

i completely agree with this post for the most part. i will say though i thought that kiffin is a good coach and i do not care who tries to hammer the comment. but having said that with dooley here we got some recruits that openly said they would not attend UT if kiffin was still here. and the EE could leave UT this season but would be obligated to red shirt as most will probably do this year. i like this post.

 

[VolsRule]

I'll report back after the 2010 season and make a determination.

 

[Orngbleedr]

I never cared for the weasel.He was to flashy for my liking. He did no more than Fulmer could have done this past season. Now comes this country-boy and does the opposite and really shows he cares about the program. I am like most of you, wait and see what happens.

 

[easleychuck]

You forget about those Georgia and South Carolina games? Also, Kiffin outcoached Saban, not his fault Lincoln is one of the worst kickers in conference history. He is also a much better recruiter. Mr. WAC just doesn’t bring much to the table IMO.

Coach K totally bungled the end of the game execution against Bama. He knew his kicker had issues but he played it like a FG was a for gone conclusion.

Kiffin can recruit, but he has yet to prove that he can coach.:hi: