The Official Fire Dooley Thread.

[Escape Goat]

Sal Sunseri needs to go before Dooley.

It's easy for people to look at a losing team and blame the head coach. They're not looking at all aspects of what is going on.

Dooley. Hired. Sal. Sunseri.

It all falls back on him.

 

[Burger]

We suck on so many things. We are failing our players with the pathetic coaching, that stings as a fan. We need to change course before it ends like last year.

 

[Escape Goat]

Agreed. This experiment needs to end. It failed miserably.

 

[PKT_VOL]

Saying Dooley isn't responsible because he's never missed a tackle, fumbled, etc is as ad hominem as it gets.

Logic isn't your strong suit. You should refrain from commenting on such matters in the future.

 

[PKT_VOL]

Really, this is all u got? This argument does not hold water any longer. Stupid to continue using this as argument. This team has not shown one ounce of improvement. If they have taken one or two steps forward, it always seems to fall ten steps behind.

Seriously?

What planet are you living on?

 

[DredHarper]

:rock::rock::rock:Only reason I'm on the fence is I want to see if this team gives a flip about there coaches. After the Bama game I hope to make a decision. Right now I still support this team.

I've been a UT fan all my life & have seen it go up/down. When the opportunity for a big name coach came along, who did UT pick? Lame Dorkin who promptly ran off with his tail tucked underneath. Who next? Someone who doesn't know how to coach & the proof is in his record before & after. Losing record in the previous stint and overall (not just a VERY discouraging losing SEC record). For the past 3 years, I record games & watch afterwards IF they win. As you can guess, I haven't seen many games.

 

[SteveninTenn]

This came from Beano on Tony Basilio's blog. Just read... it's the truth...

VOL FOR LIFE? NOT THE GUY THAT COINED THE PHRASE HALF WAY HOME ALREADY? PLEASE SLOW DOWN Posted: Thursday, October 18th, 2012, 11:00 PM


SINCE WE LAST SPOKE 10-18-12

"GET THE RIGHT GUY BEFORE SAYING GOODBYE: The Derek Dooley era for all intents and purposes came to a close in a defense-gashing, special team gaffe-filled, untimely turnover fashion early Sunday morning in Starkville, Mississippi. A better than average yet very beatable Mississippi State team put the lid on the coffin that the Tide and Gamecocks will in all probability nail shut. The roster is certainly fortified from the one Dooley inherited but the wins have come too slow and against the wrong opponents to save him from becoming the latest in a long line of University of Tennessee Athletic Program employees to be removed from the payroll since Dave Hart’s arrival. If he had some combination of a track record of success, Tennessee pedigree, an Athletic Director that hired him or strong booster support he could survive with competitive efforts versus Bama and South Carolina followed by a strong November. He has none of the above. Barring an improbable win on either of the next two Saturdays and a sweep of his last four opponents Dooley will certainly not be a Vol for Life and Tennessee will have its 4th new Head Football Coach in the last five seasons. As I’ve said several times recently I believe one day the Big Orange Nation will look back upon Derek as a good transition coach; one that laid the groundwork so another can be successful. In order for that to occur however the powers-that-be must be very un-Tennessee-like and hire an established, winning, proven head coach. Neither the fan base nor the program can survive another botched on-the-job-trainee, off-brand, ground beef hire. We need Dave Hart to be smart not simply hire someone by that name. Chris Peterson, John Gruden, Gary Patterson and Bobby Petrino should all be contacted and the offer should be one that guarantees all four will not decline. Call it throwing money at a problem if you like I call it investing in human capital for a change. Here is a novel idea; how about paying the big money up-front to someone who can fix the problem rather than on the backside to someone who just screwed it up. It’s time to go all-in. If not we might as well just fold."

-Beano
All this is sooooooooo true.

 

[koz]

situation for you... you are mike hart, youve made up your mind to fire dooley, do you do it after the SC game (where we have a chance of ending up 7-5) or do you do it at the end of the season and compete with other schools looking for a new coach?

 

[photovol]

The most unprepared team I have ever seen. Obvious this coach and this staff don't have a clue. Hart needs to fire Dooley after this game. I'm done!,,

I couldn't agree more with you! Less talented Kiffin coached team was much better coached and played fundamentally much better. I've never seen any Vol squad make the mistakes as those under Dooley! It has become ....well Dooley ball

 

[pualsline]

Dooley seems to be dropping in his popularity poll

 

[terrypedigo]

lol:Cant even get a kicker in 3 years think about it.

 

[DredHarper]

Dooley seems to be dropping in his popularity poll

Today everyone will see how much the popularity of UT is. Take a gander at the stands at every angle you can while Alabama beats up on a still unprepared yet highly skilled UT team. I've gone to games every year that I have been able to and over the past 5 years, the stands are starting to open up (meaning open seats galore). Also, you start to see more and more visiting team fans. UT used to sell out every game and it was almost all orange and white. If Fooley isnt gone by the time Alabama & S.Car humiliates the coaching staff, maybe the AD needs to go. At the MSU game (and possibly at others), it seems like the players dont have faith in the coaching and maybe they are even playing subpar because they want the coaches gone to. Food for thought!

 

[DredHarper]

Today everyone will see how much the popularity of UT is. Take a gander at the stands at every angle you can while Alabama beats up on a still unprepared yet highly skilled UT team. I've gone to games every year that I have been able to and over the past 5 years, the stands are starting to open up (meaning open seats galore). Also, you start to see more and more visiting team fans. UT used to sell out every game and it was almost all orange and white. If Fooley isnt gone by the time Alabama & S.Car humiliates the coaching staff, maybe the AD needs to go. At the MSU game (and possibly at others), it seems like the players dont have faith in the coaching and maybe they are even playing subpar because they want the coaches gone too. Food for thought!

 

[OH-Vol]

Everyone knows Dooley is done - Hart, Dooley, Staff, Recruits, Opponents. What is the best way to pull the plug with as minimal collateral damage as possible to the foreseable future?

 

[diehardvolsfan]

Dooley needs to be fired immediately after this game specially if its a massacre...im done with this losing and we need a PROVEN WINNER of a coach to get this team BACK to respectibility!!!! Hart, PLEASE do the right thing and end this misery NOW!!!!!!!!!!

 

[BigOrangeFanatic]

Bump. Need to see more votes.

 

[BigOrangeFanatic]

Actually need to start it over and see if anyone moved from the fence to anti Dooley

 

[hamm64]

HELLO VOLS FANS YES DOOLEY NEEDS TO GO AND TAKE SUNSERI WITH HIM. I got in argument yesterday about our defense coach telling a bama they have him back. It's not the players it's the leadership our defense was better last year under wilcox.

 

[photovol]

I'm glad this is finally OFFICAL....News I've been so patiently waiting for....thank God

 

[jjvolsfan]

After last nights election, I now see that a man can get re-elected after four years of mediocrity. Might as well give Dooley one more year, we gave Obama 4 more.