Interview with Coach Dooley...

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Chuck Smith:

Spent this past season with the Jets' No. 1-ranked defense as pass rush specialist and assistant defensive line coach. Jets head coach Rex Ryan hired Smith in Baltimore in 2008 when Ryan was the Ravens' defensive coordinator and named Smith his pass rush coach.

There are nearly 60 NFL players over the last five seasons to whom Smith has personally taught, trained and mentored the art of defensive line play.

Guys that have trained under Smith: Albert Haynesworth, Robert Ayers, Shaun Ellis, Ray Lewis, Richard Seymour, Osi Umenyior, Shaun Rogers, and Patrick Kearney. There are too many to list.

In the 2009 NFL Draft, seven linemen selected in the first five rounds trained under Smith.
 
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Sabanocchio said:
In regards to the field goals, the guy is 100% correct. That ball, if kicked higher, clears the outstretched hands of the guy with the worst lateral reach on the team.

Many forget the multitude of mistakes that were made from a game management perspective. There were way more head-scratchers than you would expect.
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I don't disagree at all. Sure, Lincoln's supposed to be an SEC caliber kicker. . . the kind of garbage that he was dinking out there was inexcusable. But to pin that on him while insinuating that it doesn't at least partially fall on the shoulder's of the playcaller is ridiculous. Lincoln had screwed the pooch twice earlier, in the same game. And wasn't he also injured? As the coach, if you're going to put him out there again, I would think you try to make it as easy as possible by getting as close as possible.

Then again, Kiffin called the same play over and over again on the goal line against UCLA to no avail, also, so. . .
 
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PrimeTime said:
I think you can find players like these that C. Smith has coached.
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Independent work-outs in the offseason don't count. If they did, there'd be a ton of wives/girlfriends/mistresses who could claim they've "coached" NFLers.

Chuck Smith was an assistant DL coach. O was THE DL coach. And I'm pretty sure the Saints didn't hire him for his extraordinary recruiting abilities.
 
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Kiffin61 said:
Independent work-outs in the offseason don't count. If they did, there'd be a ton of wives/girlfriends/mistresses who could claim they've "coached" NFLers.

Chuck Smith was an assistant DL coach. O was THE DL coach. And I'm pretty sure the Saints didn't hire him for his extraordinary recruiting abilities.
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Off-season workouts are just as important as in-season workouts from a technique standpoint.In 5-10 years C. Smith will have just as many big named proteges.
 
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Kiffin61 said:
If Daniel Lincoln doesn't nail Terrence Cody in the tit, we score 13. And win.
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If a frog had wings it wouldnt bump its butt when it jumped either. This moral victory for you was still a loss to me. It also showed that LK has no nuts to back that mouth of his up. He knew what he had for a kicker. A guy that had already had what two kicks blocked? Yet he still put the game on the kicker? Then when he was asked why he chose that he blames the officials. Give me a break. You can say what you want about Les Miles. I bet money he isnt using a lame legged kicker to win his game though. I would rather have seen JC throw a pick six than watch him run Lincoln back on the field. You got to see exactly what Lane is in that game. I was actually a Lane fan when he first came. It became pretty apparent quickly what he was though. If he wins championships at usc it will be on the talent of the players not his playcalling.
 
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zidanefan said:
I don't disagree at all. Sure, Lincoln's supposed to be an SEC caliber kicker. . . the kind of garbage that he was dinking out there was inexcusable. But to pin that on him while insinuating that it doesn't at least partially fall on the shoulder's of the playcaller is ridiculous. Lincoln had screwed the pooch twice earlier, in the same game. And wasn't he also injured? As the coach, if you're going to put him out there again, I would think you try to make it as easy as possible by getting as close as possible.

Then again, Kiffin called the same play over and over again on the goal line against UCLA to no avail, also, so. . .
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Oh, I completely agree. Didn't realize that was the point you were trying to make. It was obvious to everyone but Lane Kiffin that Lincoln couldn't hit a field goal to save his life. He was hurt. It was apparent.
 
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PrimeTime said:
Yes, but the rational of the people who say he is going to be GREAT here is extremely funny as well.

I hope he is the next Neyland, but I just don't know at this point.
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No one knows. That is the point. The only thing you can do is look at the people that he has surrounded himself with.

Almost all are top notch coaches.

Secondly, there are a lot of people who coach football for a living that think Dooley will do very well. I will take their opinion over the XBox Experts.
 
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Kiffin61 said:
Smith was Dooley's best hire, but he's not Orgeron, and the former isn't saying much.
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Im glad he isn't Orgeron.

Smith, a guy who bleeds orange, is 10x the defensive line coach that Orgeron is, and is respected by more NFL players and Hall of Famers.

The only unproven thing is his recruiting. However, he is the coach that top highschool, college and NFL defensive line players went to to improve their game. I think that will translate pretty well in the "living room" pitch.
 
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LittleDTO said:
Im glad he isn't Orgeron.

Smith, a guy who bleeds orange, is 10x the defensive line coach that Orgeron is, and is respected by more NFL players and Hall of Famers.
The only unproven thing is his recruiting. However, he is the coach that top highschool, college and NFL defensive line players went to to improve their game. I think that will translate pretty well in the "living room" pitch.
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Completely baseless and most likely erroneous.

If Smith's so much better than O, why didn't the Saints go after him instead?

Hell, why didn't any NFL or college team go after Chuck Smith for DL coach?

Seems to me he was a glorified cheerleader for the Jets.
 
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braths said:
I'll just stay out of this one. I've said all I need to say about Dooley.
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There's nothing wrong with a healthy bit of skepticism. But saying that you know he will fail based on the evidence available to everyone is a bit premature. Plenty of unbiased observers think he'll do well.
 
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Sabanocchio said:
There's nothing wrong with a healthy bit of skepticism. But saying that you know he will fail based on the evidence available to everyone is a bit premature. Plenty of unbiased observers think he'll do well.
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So is saying that he will be successful based on what he did at La Tech. Just sayin. Plenty of people have acted that way too.
 
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Sabanocchio said:
I'm just saying don't expect anyone to take any of your Kiffin criticism seriously, you just seem like a jilted lover.
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That covers 99% of the fanbase. Only a handfull of people were on here complaining about Kiffin last year, and they were mostly just bitter Fulmerities.

It is amazing how butthurt the people here are.
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braths said:
So is saying that he will be successful based on what he did at La Tech. Just sayin. Plenty of people have acted that way too.
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La. Tech doesn't even need to be in anyone's thought process though, that's ALWAYS been my point. It's a trash school, IMO, whose endowment is at the bottom 2-3 of the WAC. Hard to win when you don't have the funds to do what is necessary to recruit great talent. Besides, if you look at Dooley's recruiting there going into this past class, he has recruited better each year there. If you can continue to do that at a bottom feeder WHACK school, then when you have the resources to go after the best kids at a school like UT, then it's a much easier product to sell.
 
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g8terh8ter_eric said:
La. Tech doesn't even need to be in anyone's thought process though, that's ALWAYS been my point. It's a trash school, IMO, whose endowment is at the bottom 2-3 of the WAC. Hard to win when you don't have the funds to do what is necessary to recruit great talent. Besides, if you look at Dooley's recruiting there going into this past class, he has recruited better each year there. If you can continue to do that at a bottom feeder WHACK school, then when you have the resources to go after the best kids at a school like UT, then it's a much easier product to sell.
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He finished third, fourth, and third in the WAC in recruiting. That's not impressive.
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timmy said:
That covers 99% of the fanbase. Only a handfull of people were on here complaining about Kiffin last year, and they were mostly just bitter Fulmerities.

It is amazing how butthurt the people here are.
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So, wait a minute, I'm just supposed to sit here and act like nothing happened and Lane Kiffin did the right thing in the way he handled this program and the way he left?? I don't think so, and if you think anyone should, then your sorely mistaken. The way I am is because he showed ZERO respect for my favorite school and it's program. There is no way ANYONE should sit here and act like he gave a damn about this place, when he didn't have guts to stay here and build something. Instead, he took his USC memorobilia that was throughout the UT football complex, and went back to LA where he belongs. I hope none of those guys EVER come back to be a part of this conference, which they left to go be a part of the 3rd or 4th best football conference versus the best in the SEC. Butthurt no, jilted probably, pissed because he disrespected my favorite football team in the world, your damn right.
 
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SGMVols said:
Especially in a conference with only one team worth more than diddly dick.
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It's also a conference that is spread out more geographically than any other conference in America. Every school in that conference has a different recruiting base, and also hasn't always been a D-1 school. Both La. Tech and Boise St. came into that conference the same year.
 
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g8terh8ter_eric said:
La. Tech doesn't even need to be in anyone's thought process though, that's ALWAYS been my point. It's a trash school, IMO, whose endowment is at the bottom 2-3 of the WAC. Hard to win when you don't have the funds to do what is necessary to recruit great talent. Besides, if you look at Dooley's recruiting there going into this past class, he has recruited better each year there. If you can continue to do that at a bottom feeder WHACK school, then when you have the resources to go after the best kids at a school like UT, then it's a much easier product to sell.
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Look at what Brian Kelly did at Central Michigan and Cincy.

That is what a great coach does at a "trash school" as you call it.

I can promise you the Chippewas and the Bearcats were in no better shape than La Tech when Kelly got there.
 
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justingroves said:
Look at what Brian Kelly did at Central Michigan and Cincy.

That is what a great coach does at a "trash school" as you call it.

I can promise you the Chippewas and the Bearcats were in no better shape than La Tech when Kelly got there.
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Justin, I know you are smarter than that to try and compare La. Tech to Cincinnati. La. Tech has 5% the endowment of Cincinnati, which has just over a $1 billion dollar endowment. Dude, that's the biggest reach I have ever seen. Cincinnati has the 4th largest endowment in the Big East.
 
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