What's wrong with Dave Hooker?

[gsmnpvol]

This hack has been on a tear this week with four consecutive negative articles about Tennessee football. Today, he said Vols have a "staff of expendables." I guess he thinks he must work for CNN, Fox News, or the New York Times rather than a sports blog in eastern Tennessee. What a joke!

 

[DeerPark12]

This hack has been on a tear this week with four consecutive negative articles about Tennessee football. Today, he said Vols have a "staff of expendables." I guess he thinks he must work for CNN, Fox News, or the New York Times rather than a sports blog in eastern Tennessee. What a joke!

I learned from this post that he's still around. Last I heard of him, he had been canned from a third-tier radio station in Chattanooga.

 

[ALLVOL 4LIFE]

Only reason I opened the thread was cause I saw Hooker. What a let down.

 

[VFL_Hammer]

This hack has been on a tear this week with four consecutive negative articles about Tennessee football. Today, he said Vols have a "staff of expendables." I guess he thinks he must work for CNN, Fox News, or the New York Times rather than a sports blog in eastern Tennessee. What a joke!

The only expendable is hookers

 

[Oldvoldad]

This hack has been on a tear this week with four consecutive negative articles about Tennessee football. Today, he said Vols have a "staff of expendables." I guess he thinks he must work for CNN, Fox News, or the New York Times rather than a sports blog in eastern Tennessee. What a joke!

What’s wrong is you actually give him credit by listening to him.

 

[CAVPUT]

This hack has been on a tear this week with four consecutive negative articles about Tennessee football. Today, he said Vols have a "staff of expendables." I guess he thinks he must work for CNN, Fox News, or the New York Times rather than a sports blog in eastern Tennessee. What a joke!

Don't listen to him, but I wonder if his take is all that ridiculous? Remove those orange tinted glasses and you might find he's closer to being over the target than you think.

 

[VFL-82-JP]

Don't listen to him, but I wonder if his take is all that ridiculous? Remove those orange tinted glasses and you might find he's closer to being over the target than you think.

Not you, Cavput, but people who share your mindset are the reason hacks like this guy and Caleb Calhoun stay in their nasty little niches.

A thousand people can tell them their viewpoints and their writing suck, and they ought to get into a different line of business. But just four people telling them they're "over the target" and that's enough positive reinforcement that they never do the smart thing and become a plumber.

Go Vols!

 

[CAVPUT]

Not you, Cavput, but people who share your mindset are the reason hacks like this guy and Caleb Calhoun stay in their nasty little niches.

A thousand people can tell them their viewpoints and their writing suck, and they ought to get into a different line of business. But just four people telling them they're "over the target" and that's enough positive reinforcement that they never do the smart thing and become a plumber.

Go Vols!

Don't know Hooker's usual tone, but the way our OL and WR groups have performed since '22 would have anyone wondering about the folks evaluating, recruiting and coaching those positions. Doubt Hooker makes the kind of money plumbers do BTW.

 

[loservol]

Don't listen to him, but I wonder if his take is all that ridiculous? Remove those orange tinted glasses and you might find he's closer to being over the target than you think.

Actually nice to see for once some members of the media actually being critical and not just a propandist for the university. Heupel refused to upgrade his coaching staff in the offseason, after getting embarrassed by Ohio State in the post-season.

 

[BernardKingGOAT]

Don't know Hooker's usual tone, but the way our OL and WR groups have performed since '22 would have anyone wondering about the folks evaluating, recruiting and coaching those positions. Doubt Hooker makes the kind of money plumbers do BTW.

Pretty hilarious

 

[GUNTERSVOL]

Don't listen to him, but I wonder if his take is all that ridiculous? Remove those orange tinted glasses and you might find he's closer to being over the target than you think.

Just another step in his career spiral. Trying to extend some interest by getting clicks from our emotionally and reason challenged fans who aren’t happy unless they are making themselves and others miserable, many in serial fashion.

 

[cgbtn]

I don't disagree with Hooker. I would like to see a QB coach and coordinator of offense who could teach Nico or a Milton how to put some arc in long passes and use tight ends like Golesh (Princeton Fante in the red zone or short yardage). Neither would I mind a db coach who doesn't need a Mc Coy and Carter to be effective nor another Oline coach. I see several expendables on our staff.

 

[CAVPUT]

Just another step in his career spiral. Trying to extend some interest by getting clicks from our emotionally and reason challenged fans who aren’t happy unless they are making themselves and others miserable, many in serial fashion.

 

[Rocky Top T]

Off the Hook, Talkin vawls, sports talk J are all terrible. Volquest and Go Vols 247 have All the info we need. Josh and Swain are pretty good.

 

[BigOrangeTrain]

Hooker brings good info. Caleb Calhoun is a douche. But a lot of TN fans don’t like him because he is right on a lot of things. Most of VN thinks Elarbee, Pope and Halze need to be replaced. So does Hooker. I like him for the most part. Oh and he talked about the stuff about Nico’s dad wanting more lonely before AP did.

 

[gsmnpvol]

What’s wrong is you actually give him credit by listening to him.

I've never listened to him, I do access his website to browse Marlon McKinney's Off the Hook stories.

 

[OrangeBeachVol]

I've never listened to him, I do access his website to browse Marlon McKinney's Off the Hook stories.

Marlon posting his stuff on there is how I found his website. Marlin's stuff still a good place to get a lot of info in one site.

 

[DaddyChad]

HIs website is OfftheHook sports. Check it out. Not all but a lot of their articles are hatchet jobs. There is one on there about Pearce and another about McCoy's injury and after reading it you would think the D is totally doomed next season and cannot stop anyone. The website should be renamed OvertheTop sports. Some of their takes are ridiculous.

Yes. “Check it out.” Ignore the guy like everyone else has and he will go away. Most every radio and media outlet knows he’s irrelevant. Why can’t our fans figure that out.

 

[VolBricks]

Hooker is in it for the "Clicks" he writes hack articles about TN sports knowing TN sports fans will click on them and then share them with their "friends" saying "where does this hack get off posting these crap articles".

 

[THEONLYTENISEE]

He was saying that the money should go to the players and not the coaches. HC, DC, and D Line are the only coaches that earned their pay.

 

[Mccage]

Actually nice to see for once some members of the media actually being critical and not just a propandist for the university. Heupel refused to upgrade his coaching staff in the offseason, after getting embarrassed by Ohio State in the post-season.

He definitely fits your agenda

 

[UTFanForLife]

He was saying that the money should go to the players and not the coaches. HC, DC, and D Line are the only coaches that earned their pay.

I would think the RB coach earned his pay.

 

[Volholic]

That’s too bad. He used to be a decent Vols reporter.

 

[THEONLYTENISEE]

Off the Hook, Talkin vawls, sports talk J are all terrible. Volquest and Go Vols 247 have All the info we need. Josh and Swain are pretty good.

Agree. I’ve listen to all of these.

 

[THEONLYTENISEE]

I would think the RB coach earned his pay.

You would need to listen to the podcast to understand. I didn’t read the article, but he was saying there should be a cap on position coaches. Recruiting is where the money should be invested.