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IMO that is a bad analogy. UT gave Derek Dooley a five-year contract with the knowledge that it would take time to clean up the mess he inherited.

To the best of my knowledge the biggest gripes against CDD now are he came from La. Tech where he didn't have a winning record. He hasn't won a big game at UT, and has lost badly to certain teams most of us despise. He lost the last game of last season to a team that hadn't beaten us since Reagan was President. He seems to demean players and assistant coaches in public. And he sounds too much like a lawyer.

Maybe I missed one or two gripes, but none of those things are grounds for UT to break his contract, at least not after two years considering what he walked into.

In the next year or two the lack of big wins and not winning enough will become an issue even for those who still support CDD.

To judge Dooley now would be like someone with no knowledge or a limited knowledge of construction hiring a contractor to remodel their house and giving him a 10 month contract and then firing him at the end of four months because the progress wasn't going as they thought it should or because the contractor down the street seemed to be working faster than the contractor they hired.

Dooley is recruiting and trying to build a team. So far we may not like the results, but it is a work in progress.

Kids on scholarhips have certain obligations too. I agree that they shouldn't be shown the door just because there is a recruit a school wants to sign and they need to get rid of a current player.

Basically, in most cases it isn't hard for a kid to keep his scholly. All he has to do is go to class, team workouts, practices, keep the grades up and stay out of trouble.

If the four-year scholarships become the norm my question is what happens if a kid like Tyler Bray decides to go to the NFL after his junior year? The contract works both ways. Would Bray owe UT money for not living up to his four-year committment? Could a school like UT sue for damages when they were counting on Bray to be the starting quarterback his senior year and recruited with that in mind and then Bray breaks the oontract?