Dooley's future at UT (merged)

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Tennessee may be a "tough" place to coach because of recruiting, but keerist amighty, did you folks see those aerial shots of Neyland stadium? Who would NOT want to come coach at a place like that? It was amazing to behold. We have some of the best facilities in the nation. Our fanbase is HUGE. And yet, teams with single-level 45,000-seat stadiums are pulling in better coaches and playing better football than we are. Obviously, there is something endemically wrong with the program. I think it has something to do with our reputation among young players and coaches. That has to be fixed first and foremost. And it gets fixed by winning. So we have a chicken-and-egg dilemma here.
 
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Doolittle needs to go back to practicing law because he sucks as a football coach.
 
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carolinaviking said:
Tennessee may be a "tough" place to coach because of recruiting, but keerist amighty, did you folks see those aerial shots of Neyland stadium? Who would NOT want to come coach at a place like that? It was amazing to behold. We have some of the best facilities in the nation. Our fanbase is HUGE. And yet, teams with single-level 45,000-seat stadiums are pulling in better coaches and playing better football than we are. Obviously, there is something endemically wrong with the program. I think it has something to do with our reputation among young players and coaches. That has to be fixed first and foremost. And it gets fixed by winning. So we have a chicken-and-egg dilemma here.
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First it was like that in 4 years...
 
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KingNick865 said:
None. It's never Dooley's fault. It's always Jim Chaney's fault, or it's always Mike Hamilton's fault, or it's Dave Hart's fault. No wait, it's Tyler Bray's fault. No wait, it's the fans fault for going quiet in the 4th quarter when they saw the collapse ensuing.
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I for one say it's completely 100% Dooley's fault. There was a reason every coach on the staff left after last year except Chaney. Yes Chaney sucks but Dooley should have realized that two years ago. I'm not impressed that his offense can roll it up against Montana, Ga State, MTSU etc. Obviously when you have much better skill players then the other team you should be able to score a bunch of points. Chaney has never out schemed a good team since he's been here.

Wonder if everyone still thinks Wilcox sucked as bad as they thought now? Our defense has to much talent to get run over by a very average Florida offense like they did.
 
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willinhf said:
And when Bray, Patterson and Hunter go pro after this year, what will the excuse be next year (when it all of a sudden is the 4th year. More coaches will see this job as a potential to be successful with a real roster now...a coach who can win.
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Who even knows at this point.
 
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My Dad is content either way, says it's fine if we lose we will finally (maybe) get a proven coach. If not then thats great he will give credit to Dooley.
 
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GLDunlap said:
I for one say it's completely 100% Dooley's fault. There was a reason every coach on the staff left after last year except Chaney. Yes Chaney sucks but Dooley should have realized that two years ago. I'm not impressed that his offense can roll it up against Montana, Ga State, MTSU etc. Obviously when you have much better skill players then the other team you should be able to score a bunch of points. Chaney has never out schemed a good team since he's been here.
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Matter of fact, Cheney's greatest success as a coach has been when he had Drew Brees at Purdue.
 
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carolinaviking said:
This is the first time I have read "four years" on VN. All I have ever seen is three years. Heck, even the non-Volunteer sports media pegged this year as his make-or-break. So far, it is a break.

I suppose we can be glad that we know how to win outside of the conference. As long as we avoid the Michigans and Utahs of the world.
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Yeah everyone says this is a make-or-break year bc any team with subpar seasons like ours is gonna have some questions to answer, but after two coaching changes w/ a depleted roster, people seriously believe 3 years is enough to compete for championships again???

Smh...
 
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Some perspective: All the sharp pundits picked UF because of their D and our inability to run the ball. As much as I hate to admit it, they were right. We got beat by the team that was a little bit better. What upsets me more than anything is that this team quits when things don't go their way. Bray was done when we went down by 2 TD's. His body language said it all. He should have been pulled for his lack of leadership (no matter the outcome). I am not a panic and fire the coach kind of guy, but this gets real old (8 in a roll!!!!). Tragic. Why can't we run the ball? Are our guys really that soft?
 
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I am tired of this mediocracy we have turned into the Vandys and MS State of the SEC. I have been a Tennessee fan for 22 years, most have been good but the last few years have been awful to watch. I don't see us beating Florida anytime soon. They are no longer a rival because we can't beat them. The worst thing we ever did was fire Fulmer.
 
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Does anyone remember the Oregon game from 2 years ago? Almost exactly the same. Enough excuses, Dooley is not good. Sucks.
 
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KingNick865 said:
Matter of fact, Cheney's greatest success as a coach has been when he had Drew Brees at Purdue.
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Yep a great QB with wheels in a very slow league.....his career as an OC went straight down after Brees. Most here think he was the OC in the NFL which he wasn't he was the TE coach.
 
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