TNHopeful505
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But I just cannot agree with you people who are calling for Dooley's head.
I can't agree with you when Tauren Poole, a PLAYER for Dooley, a man who most of you have never met, said that it was the players who came out and didn't want to play. He didn't say bad playcalls. He said, "WE didn't execute."
I can't agree with you when Malik Jackson, a PLAYER for Dooley, though only with him for two years, says about him that he's doing things right, and that he's getting the team built right, and that the players need to grow up.
When Dooley points to youth, he isn't talking about lack of talent, or lack of physical development. Now we see, he's talking about emotional and development as men.
Malik Jackson has been at Tennessee for two years, and came from USC, one of the great programs, and yet, he gets it. You play every game like it's your last. You bust your tail, because it may very well be your last. You enjoy every game, because it's bigger than just you. You enjoy a win more than a huge statline.
He gets what it's like to sit on the bench and wait your turn. Tauren Poole gets what it's like to sit on the bench and wait your turn. They get what it's like to get your butts handed to you while on the bench, and just think, "When I get out there, that ain't gonna happen." They get what it's like to earn your spot, and to work to make just one or two years of starting count.
These other guys? Freshmen and sophomores? They don't get it. Tyler Bray knows what it's like to sit on the bench for about 6 games, and then he's been the starter ever since, barring injury. Marlin Lane stepped in and played from day one. Da'Rick? JHunt? James Stone? Juwuan James? Eric Gordon? So on and so on? These guys don't see these games the way that Poole and Jackson and Austin Johnson see them.
These guys were stars. Straight out of high school, and walking into a system where they flourished in, and could play right away in front of 100,000 people. And all year long, it's been about them, and when they fail, blame it on youth and inexperience.
But tonight, the freshmen and sophomores got hit with the fact that they are now not stars, but black marks on this universities history. And they blew a game that should never be blown. They blew it because they didn't work the way they needed to, they didn't focus the way they needed to. The heart wasn't there. Because this team wasn't there. I promise you, if this team was all or even mostly seniors, we'd be celebrating number 27 right now.
But these boys get it now. While I HATE that the streak was broken, and while I hate that we lost period, and while I hate that Tauren, Malik, Austin, and others had to go out like this, and while I especially hate that we're not going to get those valuable bowl game practices, in a way, I'm glad we lost. I'm glad, because I hope that it sends a message to these players that it doesn't matter how young you are, how much you were highly recruited, and how quickly you got into the lineup, you better work your tail off to play every snap like it was your last.
I HOPE that this is going to make the team grow up even more than the win last week did. I hope it's going to put some thoughts into their head as they work out and train this summer. And I hope it's going to help them to come together even more next year to make for a great team.
I believe in Dooley. I like the fact we have a well spoken, organized, micro-managing coach, who has good values, is a good recruiter, and believes in our school. Do I think maybe some position coaches need changing? Yes. But I do not think in any way shape or form that we need a new Head Coach.
I love my Vols. I will support any coach that dons the orange, and takes on the challenge of dealing with some of you people. I will never stop loving the orange.
Seniors, thank you for the heart you gave.
Freshman and Sophomores....learn from it.
Go Vols, and go Coach Dooley. Here's to next year. Live and learn and move on.
I can't agree with you when Tauren Poole, a PLAYER for Dooley, a man who most of you have never met, said that it was the players who came out and didn't want to play. He didn't say bad playcalls. He said, "WE didn't execute."
I can't agree with you when Malik Jackson, a PLAYER for Dooley, though only with him for two years, says about him that he's doing things right, and that he's getting the team built right, and that the players need to grow up.
When Dooley points to youth, he isn't talking about lack of talent, or lack of physical development. Now we see, he's talking about emotional and development as men.
Malik Jackson has been at Tennessee for two years, and came from USC, one of the great programs, and yet, he gets it. You play every game like it's your last. You bust your tail, because it may very well be your last. You enjoy every game, because it's bigger than just you. You enjoy a win more than a huge statline.
He gets what it's like to sit on the bench and wait your turn. Tauren Poole gets what it's like to sit on the bench and wait your turn. They get what it's like to get your butts handed to you while on the bench, and just think, "When I get out there, that ain't gonna happen." They get what it's like to earn your spot, and to work to make just one or two years of starting count.
These other guys? Freshmen and sophomores? They don't get it. Tyler Bray knows what it's like to sit on the bench for about 6 games, and then he's been the starter ever since, barring injury. Marlin Lane stepped in and played from day one. Da'Rick? JHunt? James Stone? Juwuan James? Eric Gordon? So on and so on? These guys don't see these games the way that Poole and Jackson and Austin Johnson see them.
These guys were stars. Straight out of high school, and walking into a system where they flourished in, and could play right away in front of 100,000 people. And all year long, it's been about them, and when they fail, blame it on youth and inexperience.
But tonight, the freshmen and sophomores got hit with the fact that they are now not stars, but black marks on this universities history. And they blew a game that should never be blown. They blew it because they didn't work the way they needed to, they didn't focus the way they needed to. The heart wasn't there. Because this team wasn't there. I promise you, if this team was all or even mostly seniors, we'd be celebrating number 27 right now.
But these boys get it now. While I HATE that the streak was broken, and while I hate that we lost period, and while I hate that Tauren, Malik, Austin, and others had to go out like this, and while I especially hate that we're not going to get those valuable bowl game practices, in a way, I'm glad we lost. I'm glad, because I hope that it sends a message to these players that it doesn't matter how young you are, how much you were highly recruited, and how quickly you got into the lineup, you better work your tail off to play every snap like it was your last.
I HOPE that this is going to make the team grow up even more than the win last week did. I hope it's going to put some thoughts into their head as they work out and train this summer. And I hope it's going to help them to come together even more next year to make for a great team.
I believe in Dooley. I like the fact we have a well spoken, organized, micro-managing coach, who has good values, is a good recruiter, and believes in our school. Do I think maybe some position coaches need changing? Yes. But I do not think in any way shape or form that we need a new Head Coach.
I love my Vols. I will support any coach that dons the orange, and takes on the challenge of dealing with some of you people. I will never stop loving the orange.
Seniors, thank you for the heart you gave.
Freshman and Sophomores....learn from it.
Go Vols, and go Coach Dooley. Here's to next year. Live and learn and move on.
