Thoughts on Dooley

[PowerT4me]

I'm not really surprised by Mizzou's offensive success last night. DD's offenses were always pretty solid when he coached here. His problem was on the defensive side of the ball. The departure of Justin Wilcox and the hiring of Sal Sunseri was what did him in. Any thoughts on this?

 

[dduncan4163]

Honestly when I think of Dooley this is usually the only thing that pops up in my mind

 

[vol-un-tear]

He embarrassed us. Sad days

 

[RollerVol]

his shower discipline was his downfall...well, you do have a point, but hard to dwell on the past now...I'll just say congrats to the Tiger staff and players...they had the personnel and a good gameplan that beat us like a drum...and, with that...

GO VOLS...BEAT VANDY!

 

[Cartervol]

Drew Lock embarrassed us. Dooley called a good game.

 

[LosingFaithVol]

And what does this speak about Pruitt, when that abomination in the pictures above, offense was able to come in and truck his defense?

 

[chargervol]

Dooley is a failure at all aspects of being a head coach.
Relationships
Recruiting
Team building and respect
Defensive hires and so on.

Take all that away and I never had a problem with his offensive scheming. He failed miserably as a hc and probably would again but will most likely be successful as an offensive game planner/ play caller.

 

[dduncan4163]

He represents to worst era of TN football imo. For all of Butch's faults at least he owned quality Big 10 teams in bowl games and got a victory against Florida. Dooley did jack s**t and constantly embarrassed us in the process

 

[vol_sec]

Very hard to judge this year. Let’s see how he does next year without Lock.

 

[Volsfaninva917]

Dooley was a better game day coach than Butch was, Dooley just didn't connect with people especially in recruiting.

 

[Volsfaninva917]

He represents to worst era of TN football imo. For all of Butch's faults at least he owned quality Big 10 teams in bowl games and got a victory against Florida. Dooley did jack s**t and constantly embarrassed us in the process

Butch was pretty embarrassing and vastly under performed with the talent he had in place. At the end of the day both are no more than MAC level head coaches.

 

[wmcovol]

Mizzou, with many of the same players, ran up and down the field on the Vols the two yrs before Dooley showed up. Why do people think he made a difference? His offense also had 8 straight 3 & outs vs Ky at home! How is that good coaching?

 

[The Original Fade]

And what does this speak about Pruitt, when that abomination in the pictures above, offense was able to come in and truck his defense?

It says nothing about Pruitt if you understand what he has to work with vs what Dooley had last night

 

[BigOrangeTrain]

And what does this speak about Pruitt, when that abomination in the pictures above, offense was able to come in and truck his defense?

He trucked Mullen as well and he has much more to work with. He is a proven HC with a proven DC.

 

[savannahfan]

I try not to think about him at all!!! With the advantages The Mo. TEAM had over out team, Dooley had little or no effect that differed from the last year or two.
Forget him.......

 

[ptcarter]

It is what it is. Dooley has a first round draft pick QB and a solid OL. Both of which he had nothing to do with getting there. Here Derrick, take the keys to this Mercedes and have a spin around the block. There are a couple of freshmen cornerbacks over there in Knoxville, see what you can do.

 

[HuntlandVolinColo]

Dooley really hasn't tinkered with the well oiled machine that Josh Heupal (UCF) left him. He said the only changes he made was more runs to balance it out.

Let's see what he does next year without his star QB, TE, and at least 1 WR (Hall). I'm guessing that at least Roundtree will declare early too (RBs have a short shelf life and need to get to the NFL ASAP).

 

[VolGirl1126]

I don't want to think about Dooley. I heard about him too much during that game yesterday.

 

[Titan&Volfan4life]

DD took over a good O that was built and trained long before he got there.

He did nothing but to add in some more running plays.

Even his best friend, HC of the Cowgirls, chased him out of Dallass.

5 years was enough of DD in Dallass.

DD sucks and always will but he's gotten rich off of football.

Smooth talking lawyer always seems to find a job.

VFL...GBO!!!

 

[Bucket18]

Not HC quality but impressive OC

 

[VolFreakJosh]

Dooley got outcoached by Joker Phillips and a WR playing QB.

Let’s not act like Dooley is all the sudden a genius.

 

[DiderotsGhost]

Dooley is a failure at all aspects of being a head coach.
Relationships
Recruiting
Team building and respect
Defensive hires and so on.

Take all that away and I never had a problem with his offensive scheming. He failed miserably as a hc and probably would again but will most likely be successful as an offensive game planner/ play caller.

This is spot-on.

Dooley was a better strategist and position coach than a "CEO". He was great with WRs and his offenses were pretty good when he was here. Never could deal with the relationship aspect, motivating players, hiring, and all the "big picture" stuff that's part of being a Head Coach. I'm not surprised he's a much better OC than HC.

 

[arkyvol]

Think of Dooley? That's like thinking of a case of the clap with a long recovery--in other words, its best forgotten.

 

[utvols74]

The bottom line is that Dooley came to UT after UT was "left at the alter" by Lame. Yes, he had a good pedigree. He was born with a silver/gold spoon in his mouth - and that fact bore out in adult years. He had terrible relations with HS coaches in TN; was arrogant with his players and admin; emphasized some of the more peculiar aspects of football (shower etiquette); threw his players under the bus after a loss ("...we're just not a very good football team..."); had coaching turnover; displayed the most incredibly poor game-day management I've ever seen (remember last 45 seconds of MZ game when he let the game clock expire - all the while having NFL players at QB, RB, TE and WR? Game went to OT and UT lost); and lastly he came from a school that is normally scheduled as homecoming opponent (victim) at many SEC schools and thus brought no "street-cred" or experience with him which led to a lack of trust initially with fans. The orange pants and water-skiing accident / crutches added jet fuel to the fire.

However, that was a while ago. People learn. People change. His offense, executed like a first-rounder in his QB play, trucked us for all they were worth. I knew this would happen when I saw the result of their game vs. UF and that of UT's game. This was almost always going to be a "L".

Next year for Dooley will tell the real story.

 

[Volfan2012]

Dooley had a game anyone could have with a top QB and the time to take a nap before you have to make a play. Second anytime your making 6 yards on first down runs it starts getting easy to look good. We've tried running on first and second down this year same plays they run yet we get like a yard and they get a first or third and 1. I think Dooley has some football knowledge but you can look good or bad depending on your opponent. If they stuff your running game and smack your QB around the play calling doesn't look quite so good.