Dooley tried to lose to Kentucky?

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Dooley was aBulldog plant because of his wanting to help "daddy" as the ad at georgie.No O linemen, can't count,telegraphing plays.A typical ga coaching POS.
 
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wmcovol said:
I recall my father being pissed at Woodruff for making that decision. I’m sure there was a lot of stories behind that decision cause Dickey took both coordinators with him to Florida.
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My dad always said that Bill Majors would have gotten the job in 1970 had he lived. He was thought to be the most promising coach of the family, even moreso than Johnny.
 
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I try not to remember that game. I was unfortunately there, behind the end zone in the heart of the Kensucky fans, due to my friend friend being a Kensucky and him getting the tickets, and being so embarrassed that we lost to a converted WR starting at QB. Great fans for the most part that game though, I'll give them props on that. One dude threw a beer at me, and about 6 of them went absolutely off on my behalf and got security to kick the guy out.
 
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NighthawkVol said:
To be fair, it’s not like Dooley didn’t have a super talented QB in Bray.

Difference is, Kiffin left him Bray, while Butch actually recruited Dobbs.
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Great post!

Have to say the difference between Kiffin and Butch was that he didn’t really realize how good Dobbs was until he had to play him! Lol
 
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LegionnaireOfTheMiserable said:
It wouldn’t surprise me. Anyone who knows anything about how Dooley conducted himself as HC at UT beyond the comical quips at press conferences and looking like a fool on a stool knows he is actually a tremendous àsshole, and that’s the most charitable way to describe him.
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I heard most folks in the athletic department couldn't stand to be in the same airspace with him due to his obnoxious behavior/attitude.
 
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They ran the same 9-plays with without a QB. IMO everyone in orange and white tanked the game, coaches and players. Made Kentucky's decade though.
 
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NighthawkVol said:
I’ve been told by someone who covered Tennessee back then that Dooley tried to quit after that game and Hart talked him out of it. If true, tanking that game makes sense. It was inexcusable to lose that game.

And also if true, Hart should’ve let him quit. We had a ton of offensive talent returning and could have used it to entice a good coach. It was obvious after 2 years that DD wasn’t going to get it done.

Imagine if Tennessee had hired Hugh Freeze (that was the year Ole Miss hired him) that year instead of another year with Dooley followed by Butch.
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Tough call.
Tennessee football would have been exciting but old coach wouldn't have been able to keep his hands to himself at that point in his life.
 
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NighthawkVol said:
Tennessee fans mostly hate Butch the most of our Big 3 losers. But for me it’s Dooley. By far. Butch put in effort. Dooley was an entitled loafer. He was lazy. I can respect failing with effort. Dooley failed with half ass effort then tried to quit.
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100%. He used his attorney negotiating skills to make some money off of the university at a time when they were desperate. He was in way over his head and he knew it; it was all a money grab and it set us back even further. Truth be told, there was quite a bit of talent on his teams which just further cements his legacy as an awful coach. Imagine what a guy like Heupel would have done with Bray, Rogers and Hunter.
 
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rocketskates said:
100%. He used his attorney negotiating skills to make some money off of the university at a time when they were desperate. He was in way over his head and he knew it; it was all a money grab and it set us back even further. Truth be told, there was quite a bit of talent on his teams which just further cements his legacy as an awful coach. Imagine what a guy like Heupel would have done with Bray, Rogers and Hunter.
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I don't think Heupel would've recruited Rogers. No way he gives up a QB spot for Nash Nance.
 
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rocketskates said:
100%. He used his attorney negotiating skills to make some money off of the university at a time when they were desperate. He was in way over his head and he knew it; it was all a money grab and it set us back even further. Truth be told, there was quite a bit of talent on his teams which just further cements his legacy as an awful coach. Imagine what a guy like Heupel would have done with Bray, Rogers and Hunter.
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And he was left an offensive line that included Juwan James, James Stone, and Zach Fulton. Not to mention Bray. Kiffin actually left him some dudes.
 
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Berry4Heisman14 said:
I’m not sure I’ve ever been more angry after a game than the LSU 12 men on the field game, and the UK WR at QB game. Dooley has got to be the worst coach in SEC history. He wasn’t even that great at LA Tech
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Dooley was awful but Chad Morris's tenure at Arkansas was easily the worst in SEC history.

Hate defending Dooley even this much but he won 4 SEC games. Morris went 0-14 in SEC play and got blown out by North Texas. Not trying to defend Dooley whatsoever, but I just couldn’t resist an opening to talk about how bad Chad Morris was.
 
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Team kind of checked out on DD. Ironically his preferential treatment of Rogers is why he lost a lot of the lockerroom. More than a handful of guys on that team wanted to beat the absolute F out of DR.

Dooley didn’t intentionally tank the game; I just think at that point the team was checked out and what can you do when it gets to that point? Hart bringing him back shows what a dumpster fire we had at AD.
 
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NighthawkVol said:
Tennessee fans mostly hate Butch the most of our Big 3 losers. But for me it’s Dooley. By far. Butch put in effort. Dooley was an entitled loafer. He was lazy. I can respect failing with effort. Dooley failed with half ass effort then tried to quit.
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I’ll disagree here at least a little bit. Dooley put in effort. It just was on things that didn’t matter as far as winning ballgames. Dude was more worried about how the damn trashcans were emptied and how the Gatorade was distributed instead of important stuff
 
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DaddyChad said:
I’ll disagree here at least a little bit. Dooley put in effort. It just was on things that didn’t matter as far as winning ballgames. Dude was more worried about how the damn trashcans were emptied and how the Gatorade was distributed instead of important stuff
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He wouldn’t even go to high school games to see a recruit.
 
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