My Problem with Dooley

[GahLee]

I understand we don't have the players, I really do. We are not good enough to beat the majority of teams on our schedule even with Bray, Hunter, and Janzen Jackson, including Arkansas.

My problem is that our team seriously lacks fundamentals. We don't tackle, we don't catch, we turn it over, and we get stupid penalties. These are all things that regardless of talent we should be solid at.

I've been a Dooley fan and hope to see him succeed, but I'm starting to think he's just a pile of WAC garbage.

Then it's obvious that you don't understand our situation.

When you are a bad team all the little things become magnified.

UT will be a good team next year, at least 8 wins, be patient Vol fans, good days are ahead.

 

[zjcvols]

Then it's obvious that you don't understand our situation.

When you are a bad team all the little things become magnified.

UT will be a good team next year, at least 8 wins, be patient Vol fans, good days are ahead.

Not just you, but if had a nickel every time I've heard that since 2001, I could get me season tickets for life at Neyland.

 

[str8upVOL]

Then it's obvious that you don't understand our situation.

When you are a bad team all the little things become magnified.

UT will be a good team next year, at least 8 wins, be patient Vol fans, good days are ahead.

+1

 

[jdogvol]

But they have the talent to overcome those mistakes, we don't. When you're as bad as the Vols are this year, you have to minimize mistakes and maximize your positives. Neither of those two things are happening.

This. Also, EVERY team has stupid penalties and mental breakdowns. Because our roster is young and depleted by injuries, OUR penalties and mental breakdowns are simply magnified, especially against teams like LSU, Bama, Ark, SC, this year. We have to play a near perfect game to be competitive.

 

[Brewerw]

Clearly all these freshmen we have playing shouldn't be stupid mistakes. How dare them not play like seniors
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It's not only Freshman, and for the record LSU, Florida, and Auburn are all starting around as many underclassmen.

 

[milohimself]

This team doesn't make that many more mistakes than any other underclassmen-heavy college team I've ever seen.

Whoever said it had it right, that if we had Bray and Hunter to go score for score here, people wouldn't be *****ing quite so much.

 

[GoBigOrangeUT]

My problem with Dooley...He is 0-20 at Tennessee while tied or trailing at halftime. Plain and simple out of his league. I hope he proves me wrong...but prove it first.

Wrong. He hasn't even lost 20 games while at UT...but way to regurgitate what ESPN shows.
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[vollygirl]

No, I'm demanding more than we show on the field. I don't care about the final score, I care about how we play. I'm not daft enough to think Dooley should win the East with the talent we have out there.

You're insinuating it's okay because Arkansas has also made mistakes. I'm not referring to this game, I'm talking about the season holistically. I couldn't care less how stupid the other team is. We should play more intelligent football than we are.

And... now you're reading waaayyyy too much. My point was you can't coach mistakes out of people. Period. They're gonna happen. You teach them skill. You condition them. You give them the plays that will give them the best opportunity on the field. And then you leave it up to them.

You aren't bright enough to know what I was or wasn't insinuating.

 

[rockytop9808]

It's not only Freshman, and for the record LSU, Florida, and Auburn are all starting around as many underclassmen.

We are starting four or five more than any other team in the SEC, I'm pretty sure. Nobody is starting/playing as many freshman.

That said, some of these issues we've been seeing should not be as much of a factor 10 games into the year.

 

[milohimself]

It's not only Freshman, and for the record LSU, Florida, and Auburn are all starting around as many underclassmen.

Who all had offers from virtually every D-I school on the planet. Our underclassmen would be riding the pine anywhere else in the SEC or be inconspicuous on some C-USA roster.

 

[GBOVOLS]

Last time I remember Clemson is really young GA is pretty young stop making excuses for DD man he is a young coach that has ALOT of improvement to make as a leader. It starts with putting the right people around you that can coach YOUNG players up the Defensive staff had done a good job at this Offense has done terrible. He really needs to invest heavily in player development and after the midpoint in a season fans should see the team improving and we aren't seeing that on the offensive side of the ball I dont want to here we lost hunter and bray cause great leaders adjust and make it work not feed you bull.

 

[Brewerw]

And... now you're reading waaayyyy too much. My point was you can't coach mistakes out of people. Period. They're gonna happen. You teach them skill. You condition them. You give them the plays that will give them the best opportunity on the field. And then you leave it up to them.

You aren't bright enough to know what I was or wasn't insinuating.

Well maybe you should be more clear.

And you've still got a problem here regardless. Either A) We're recruiting "mistake prone" players that we shouldn't be, or B) we aren't coaching fundamentals well. You choose.

 

[UTCVol]

If you look at the amount of upperclassmen in the 2 deep, UT has the least in the conference and it really isn't even all that close.

 

[bleedorange0037]

And... now you're reading waaayyyy too much. My point was you can't coach mistakes out of people. Period. They're gonna happen. You teach them skill. You condition them. You give them the plays that will give them the best opportunity on the field. And then you leave it up to them.

You aren't bright enough to know what I was or wasn't insinuating.

To some extent, you can't coach all the mistakes out. Some will ineveitably happen. However, some of the things that have plagued us during the DD era (inability to get plays off before the play clock expires, getting the correct number of people on the field) can be coached. Why things like that plague our team for weeks on end without being corrected baffles me.

 

[VolFootballlover]

Last time I remember Clemson is really young GA is pretty young stop making excuses for DD man he is a young coach that has ALOT of improvement to make as a leader. It starts with putting the right people around you that can coach YOUNG players up the Defensive staff had done a good job at this Offense has done terrible. He really needs to invest heavily in player development and after the midpoint in a season fans should see the team improving and we aren't seeing that on the offensive side of the ball I dont want to here we lost hunter and bray cause great leaders adjust and make it work not feed you bull.

but he's funny and has a baseball player coaching our DB's give him 3 more years lol:

 

[Brewerw]

Who all had offers from virtually every D-I school on the planet. Our underclassmen would be riding the pine anywhere else in the SEC or be inconspicuous on some C-USA roster.

This is off topic and not where I wanted to take this. I agree, I'm just saying other people have young players too. That's not an excuse for the mistakes we make.

 

[volsfan4lifetg]

Ok I normally just read the stupid stuff people post on here. Most of you don't have a clue about football. This is a very young team and will make stupid mistakes. As a coach you try to stop them but they happen. What I look for is improvement and they have. Maybe that is the coach in me.

 

[milohimself]

To some extent, you can't coach all the mistakes out. Some will ineveitably happen. However, some of the things that have plagued us during the DD era (inability to get plays off before the play clock expires, getting the correct number of people on the field) can be coached. Why things like that plague our team for weeks on end without being corrected baffles me.

I can't say this enough, criticizing Dooley's coaching the last two years is like criticizing somebody's knife grip when he's going up against somebody with an assault rifle.

 

[Brewerw]

To some extent, you can't coach all the mistakes out. Some will ineveitably happen. However, some of the things that have plagued us during the DD era (inability to get plays off before the play clock expires, getting the correct number of people on the field) can be coached. Why things like that plague our team for weeks on end without being corrected baffles me.

This.

 

[getyopopcornready]

So you're saying you have a problem with Dooley since players can't catch and tackle?

 

[GahLee]

If you look at the amount of upperclassmen in the 2 deep, UT has the least in the conference and it really isn't even all that close.

The logic on this board can become a mind-numbing event.

I understand the frustration, I get it 100%, but you have to realize that UT has been put into a terrible situation throughout the years.

People are tired of excuses, it's the world we live in, instant gratification.

 

[WeekendWarrior]

Wrong. He hasn't even lost 20 games while at UT...but way to regurgitate what ESPN shows.
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point taken...should have thought about that one for a minute...:hi:

ESPN hates UT!

For the record I hope DD wins here and stays here for a while...been a long season and frustration is starting to set in...

 

[Brewerw]

So you're saying you have a problem with Dooley since players can't catch and tackle?

Partially yes. Keep thinking on it and you'll figure it out.

 

[milohimself]

This is off topic and not where I wanted to take this. I agree, I'm just saying other people have young players too. That's not an excuse for the mistakes we make.

Go look at the two deep as-is and compare it to every other in the SEC. We have more underclassmen in the 2-deep than every other SEC team by a country mile.

 

[vollygirl]

To some extent, you can't coach all the mistakes out. Some will ineveitably happen. However, some of the things that have plagued us during the DD era (inability to get plays off before the play clock expires, getting the correct number of people on the field) can be coached. Why things like that plague our team for weeks on end without being corrected baffles me.

I didn't realize he already had an era. My bad.