Doug Mathews

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Lots of people (including me) give Doug Mathews a hard time because he's old school, vanilla, and really conservative with his comments. He never wants to ruffle feathers or say too much.

But he's literally the only person I heard saying consistently that our three juniors were returning. The most likely to leave candidates are returning for sure and hopefully a third one soon. On here, the consensus was that Cam, at least, was definitely gone. Not pointing fingers at VN, but I am giving props to Doug.

Gonna start giving him a lot more weight in the prognostication/connected with coaches arena.
 
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daniel3417 said:
Lots of people (including me) give Doug Mathews a hard time because he's old school, vanilla, and really conservative with his comments. He never wants to ruffle feathers or say too much.

But he's literally the only person I heard saying consistently that our three juniors were returning. The most likely to leave candidates are returning for sure and hopefully a third one soon. On here, the consensus was that Cam, at least, was definitely gone. Not pointing fingers at VN, but I am giving props to Doug.

Gonna start giving him a lot more weight in the prognostication/connected with coaches arena.
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Love his show.
 
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Volteacher said:
Not yet only one is north who got an agent so he cannot come back even if he is not drafted...
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Any truth to the rumor that North's agent is....LLoyd!!!!

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Doug Mathews is smart, informative & ALL VOL! He is factual rather than being a self-serving, sensational clown.:hi:
 
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daniel3417 said:
Lots of people (including me) give Doug Mathews a hard time because he's old school, vanilla, and really conservative with his comments. He never wants to ruffle feathers or say too much.

But he's literally the only person I heard saying consistently that our three juniors were returning. The most likely to leave candidates are returning for sure and hopefully a third one soon. On here, the consensus was that Cam, at least, was definitely gone. Not pointing fingers at VN, but I am giving props to Doug.

Gonna start giving him a lot more weight in the prognostication/connected with coaches arena.
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Thanks Doug
 
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daniel3417 said:
Lots of people (including me) give Doug Mathews a hard time because he's old school, vanilla, and really conservative with his comments. He never wants to ruffle feathers or say too much.

But he's literally the only person I heard saying consistently that our three juniors were returning. The most likely to leave candidates are returning for sure and hopefully a third one soon. On here, the consensus was that Cam, at least, was definitely gone. Not pointing fingers at VN, but I am giving props to Doug.

Gonna start giving him a lot more weight in the prognostication/connected with coaches arena.
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Uh Doug does know what he is talking about so you should. But I said all three were coming back. But admit north caught me by surprise
 
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Like I said earlier, love his show, but I noticed he played football at Vanderbilt and even coached there. I noticed he coached at Tennessee for one or two years, but why is he such a big Tennessee guy? I figured it'd be vice versa.
 
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RockyTop411 said:
Like I said earlier, love his show, but I noticed he played football at Vanderbilt and even coached there. I noticed he coached at Tennessee for one or two years, but why is he such a big Tennessee guy? I figured it'd be vice versa.
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Try 9 years in orange. 1980-89. He was a Juco at Vandy and coached there one year, so 3 years total at Vandy. More connections at UT over the years than at Vandy and more years of service. He left to be DC at Vandy in 1990 for Watson Brown and left after a year to start his sports apparel business.
 
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RockyTop411 said:
Like I said earlier, love his show, but I noticed he played football at Vanderbilt and even coached there. I noticed he coached at Tennessee for one or two years, but why is he such a big Tennessee guy? I figured it'd be vice versa.
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Doug coached at Tennessee for 10 years. He and Phillip Fulmer shared an office almost all of those years.

He only coached one year at Vandy and only because his good friend Watson Brown asked him to coordinate the defense. Brown was fired after that season and Doug retired from coaching.

He played at Vandy two years and led SEC in rushing once year. Cam from junior college. Really has little ties to Vandy other than playing there.

He speaks with someone at Tennessee on a daily basis so he is well informed.
 
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ksgovols said:
Try 9 years in orange. 1980-89. Not sure, but I believe he coached with Fulmer at Vandy prior to coming to Tennessee. He was a Juco at Vandy and coached there a couple of years. More connections at UT over the years than at Vandy and more years of service.
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he coached at Vandy in 1990 after leaving Tennessee. He was not at Vandy when Phillip was there
 
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jordan4vols said:
He gets his info from insiders on volnation
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No he doesn't. Not remotely. He gets it directly from Bob Welton, Butch Jones or the coaching staff. When he just giving his opinion, he routinely says, "I didn't hear this from the staff, it's just my opinion". The guy, a former UT coach/coordinator who regularly attends practices and speaks directly with the staff up there, is legit.
 
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