Dooley presser link

#251
#251
DrunkJohnny said:
Why don't I compare what happens on the football field.

22 months ago we were playing a bowl game in Atlanta. Today we are sitting on our asses watching a pathetic coach lead a contrived pep rally in front of the Knoxville media.

The personnel may have slightly improved. Everything else has regressed... a lot.
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another failed post by the drunk tard
 
#252
#252
Sounded upbeat and optimistic. Didn't make any excuses, didn't throw anyone under the bus, didn't sound vindictive about Wilcox leaving. Didn't sound like a guy that was forced to call the pressor. He just lost his two best coaches, don't you think just about anyone would make some kind of public statement after losing your two best coaches?

He blew up at least two big rumors in the first 5 minutes. I'm almost embarrassed to be associated with some of our fans. :ermm:
 
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DrunkJohnny said:
Why don't I compare what happens on the football field.

22 months ago we were playing a bowl game in Atlanta. Today we are sitting on our asses watching a pathetic coach lead a contrived pep rally in front of the Knoxville media.

The personnel may have slightly improved. Everything else has regressed... a lot.
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Nevermind the impact of Kiffin's exit.

As I've said before, Dooley may not be the guy, but the logic some are using is perplexing.
 
#256
#256
How could any true Vol fan not want our own head coach (whoever it is) to be successful. I would never root against our head coach to do well just so we would get somebody else. I was for Johnny Majors, Phil Fulmer, Lane Kiffin, and now Derek Dooley to be successful. If Dooley does not turn our program around, he will be gone and I will pull for the next coach also. I'm a VFL. We should all stay positive towards the program because all the negativity coming from sites like this has a negative impact on our program and idiots on here just help it to continue to get worse. Its time to be positive about our program.
 
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#257
Col_Cathcart said:
Yes really. Where you hear 22 months ago?
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Well if you had actually been paying attention to the press conference you would know...22 months ago We were competing in bowl games and beating teams we were suppose to beat...In the present We LOST to a Kentucky team that started a WR at QB...Maybe its just me but personally, I don't see ANY improvement.
 
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#258
tvols75 said:
QB- Simms vs. Bray
RB- Poole vs. Lane
WR- Jones and Moore vs. Hunter and Da'Rick

The OL has got more experience since most of the juniors to be made up the OL when he got here.

D-Line depth is better, LBs are much better, and the secondary is better.

Not sure what is debatable.
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What's not debatable is RESULTS on the field over the past 22 months. This team looked worse at the end of the season than at the beginning of the season. Execution was poor, preparation was poor, and most of the team looked like they didn't want to be on the field in Lexington.

I don't give a **** about different players we have now or more experience we have now vs 22 months ago.

The OL regressed significantly compared to last year and the running game got WORSE with basically the same personnel.

Give me RESULTS and not philosophical ramblings about how losing to KY (aka "adversity") is possibly the best thing that could have happened to the team. 100% BS.
 
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#259
sjt18 said:
Compare the rosters. Yes. The current roster is MUCH better than the one Dooley inherited. Discipline within the program is night and day.

He may or may not be the guy who can coach the program to success... but if he isn't he will leave it about a million percent better than he found it.
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Ericvol2096 said:
Well since this is a hypothetical situation I am going to imagine that both teams would be playing at full strength and when you match the two rosters up against each other the spring practice 2012 roster is light years ahead of the 2010 spring practice roster.

QB light years better
WR's about the same maybe a bit better
RB's no more Poole means addition by subtraction
OL a SR 3 JR's and So compared to a rag tag joke.
DL Quality depth across the board compared to Montori Hughes and the gang.
LB Nick Reveiz and the band of misfits compared to some of the most impressive young LB talent in the country.
DB's this is the hardest one to evaluate IMO. Probably better with Janzen in 2010.
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On paper they are head and shoulders better. But the team that should have beaten LSU in 2010 would beat this team.
 
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#261
Over all I think he's as passionate about the Job he's doing & the progress he's made for UT as the majority of this forum is about hating him!

At this point, He's our Coach!! He WILL Coach next Season! Like he said, either get on board or go somewhere else!!! If & when he is replaced... the NegaVOLS can come back out, but until then crying about Dooley isn't going to accomplish a da__ thing! I've never drank the Doolaide, but I also know a Leader has to ignore the meaningless peons & drama that may surface beneath him.

Get a Great Defensive Coordinator & Get to Feb 2nd with a Top 20 Class, & a lot of this BS will slow down....
 
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GAVol said:
Nevermind the impact of Kiffin's exit.

As I've said before, Dooley may not be the guy, but the logic some are using is perplexing.
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Dooley pulled "his" best recruiting class of his short tenure here after that exit. Let's not be ridiculous.
 
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#265
onevol74 said:
Most people I know do not hate Dooley but think that he is incompetent as a SEC coach. He is just not credible at this time.
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You are parsing terms. Whatever you want to call it... we are largely divided into two groups. One group of irrational, "I want what I want now" reactionaries ignore the condition of the program when he took over and call him a failure or "incompetent" because they don't like what they see. The other group is withholding judgment knowing he took over a terrible situation and that a rebuilding effort of that magnitude isn't going to always be pretty. Sometimes it is downright disgusting... like losing to UK.

Neither group actually KNOWS whether Dooley can coach UT to success or not. One group has either deluded themselves into believing they do or has a vested personal interest in talking him down. The other group is hopeful that he either is the guy or will do a great job of setting "the guy" up.
 
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Dolley's a LAWYER, for crying out loud. This is his element. I'd have been surprised if he did anything else.

But despite the Polyanna speech, there is reason for real skepticism here. If we're going to use the 22 month argument, how about was the team better at the end of the season than when it began? Under what definition is that 'progress?'
 
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VolsFanRJ said:
I'm still not sure how we are returning 9 starters on defense instead of only 8. You have Austin Johnson, Malik Jackson and Ben Martin all leaving.That's 3. Was Ben not considered a starter?
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Ben was injured a lot. He was a starter, but so was his replacement.
 
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