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A 6'4" 245 pound RB at 4.37.....who want to take that on? when, not if, he gets into the secondary, not to many DBs out there like tackling a Comet....that's gonna huurrrt. Go Jalen, Goal Line might be easy for him to reach. How many DEs and DTs run 4.37s?
GBO!!!
David, David, David, If you are only going to look at the SEC Football through rose colored........oh forget it. David is a loser, never played football and listens to a coach who has disappointed his fans, its called deflection.
SEC!! SEC! SEC!
It's not the braun, it's the brains. I love UT, but I was not a TB fan of his attitude and the way he carried himself...Ryan Leaf(sp) jumps out about him. He seems to be the type to not take accountability. His demeanor turns a lot of people off. Yes, he had big numbers, but when the game was on the line, he failed 100% of the time. Who wants to take a million dollar risk with someone who does not handle media or a "get in your face" type coach?
The NFL guys are not stupid, they see what everyone saw...sorry, but that is my opinion.
Go Vols and Go Butch!! you can't spell Butch without UT :)
I like CBJ, but I liked CDD at first as well. I am going to wait for the first SEC game to see if he can coach from the sideline....something CDD proved he could not do.
Go Vols!!
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Whoa! Whoa! Whoa! Dude, you're talking the same smack as the ones your supppose to be slaming...what is up with that? as for your CBJ rant...you might want to see a doctor and get some Xanax...life is not football and football is not life. Get over yourself and remember this is a sport of 18-20 year boys and nothing is promised...unless you sign a contract with Satan like some schools have done (ie. Bama and Ky)
in response to volthrunthru#658770: Wrong.... Graham's departure is not at all about anything but the crude and condescending attitude of a couple of the long-term Butch Jones coaching staff. Graham,is far better on paper than all but one of the Jones-gang...and better on paper as a coach--- and certainly better as a recruiter than his replacement. A couple of smart mouthed comments by the new coaching staff---from people who had never been where Graham had been--- who were depending on the relationship with Jones to keep them rather than expertise, experience and recruiting ability--- cost us Jay Graham. Now...Graham's replacement is a proven commodity...and does not have to be beholden to the new system, now that a high-quality casualty in Jay Graham has occurred.Where Graham had to put up with garbage...or be labeled a trouble maker or disloyal or arrogant... Graham's replacement has Graham's departure as insulation to use, in case any more of the mid-major coaching staff that Jones brought with him... decide to be rude to the new RB coach, as they were to Graham---who clearly could out-recruit all but the head coach---and that is only because the Head Coach can do things that other have to ask permission to do. Just that simple. Losing Graham was a screwup. Nothing less...regardless of how it is positioned by the pro-Jones media and an administration accustomed to ducking bullets and able to breathe finally because of the all out campaign to promote Jones that has coopted all but one of the Knoxville media. Fact is, the media has lost it over Jones. Mostly that's because green reporters are at work...and UT plays them like fish. If Fulmer had gotten this kind of help his last two years, he would have had better classes than Jones. After all, Fulmer had a coaching staff that had only won a National Championship,., Now that may not be as good as winning a co-championship at Cincinnati... but at least it's something.
in response to volthrunthru#658770:
Wrong....
Graham's departure is not at all about anything but the crude and condescending attitude of a couple of the long-term Butch Jones coaching staff.
Graham,is far better on paper than all but one of the Jones-gang...and better on paper as a coach---
and certainly better as a recruiter than his replacement.
A couple of smart mouthed comments by the new coaching staff---from people who had never been where Graham had been---
who were depending on the relationship with Jones to keep them rather than expertise, experience and recruiting ability---
cost us Jay Graham.
Now...Graham's replacement is a proven commodity...and does not have to be beholden to the new system, now that a high-quality casualty in Jay Graham has occurred.Where Graham had to put up with garbage...or be labeled a trouble maker or disloyal or arrogant...
Graham's replacement has Graham's departure as insulation to use, in case any more of the mid-major coaching staff that Jones brought with him...
decide to be rude to the new RB coach, as they were to Graham---who clearly could out-recruit all but the head coach---and that is only because the Head Coach can do things that other have to ask permission to do.
Just that simple. Losing Graham was a screwup. Nothing less...regardless of how it is positioned by the pro-Jones media and an administration accustomed to ducking bullets and able to breathe finally because of the all out campaign to promote Jones that has coopted all but one of the Knoxville media. Fact is, the media has lost it over Jones. Mostly that's because green reporters are at work...and UT plays them like fish.
If Fulmer had gotten this kind of help his last two years, he would have had better classes than Jones. After all, Fulmer had a coaching staff that had only won a National Championship,.,
Now that may not be as good as winning a co-championship at Cincinnati...
but at least it's something.
This sounds more thought out than the other post. You have my vote on the most plausible explanation for CJG's leaving. I don't put anything past the typical "good ol'boys club" mentality. This was prabably a good move for both parties. Remember, CPF placed CRS under the bus when things went bad. There are a lot of "BAD" decisions to point our fingers at. This is a new breed of coaches coming in from all directions. CBJ is our coach, he has his team of coaches, let's hope and pray that his formula works better than the previous two. I have written short and uninformed opinions before....going forward, the proof is on the sidelines on Saturday. UT can not afford another 3 years of the same BS....we need a winning team and coaching staff. CBJ has a much larger brick on his back than the previous two, sooooo...let's stand behind this coaching staff and hope for a 7+ winning season and a new begining.
I saw a coach and a team give up, why would anyone want to play for a team that gives up? This is a bad attitude on the coach and this team. Hart should have a good talking to the team and coaching staff, THIS IS TENNESSEE, we don't quit or give up just because a couple games did not go our way, this is not a team.
There can only be ONE!
UT be the ball!
Great Game!.......Go Vols!
Maybe like CDD, there is more to the story with JG. It will come out eventually whether he was a we or a me kind of coach. It's hard sometimes for players to think about others when they were on top for so long. Maybe, JG has issues with the new staff and went to go work with others that had the same issues. Time will always tell. UT Fans and the School need to move past all this BS and start new across the board with CBJ....he is our coach, I am sure he tried to keep JG, but JG wasn't feeling it for the new staff.
Go Vols!
We have to trust CBJ, it JG wants to leave to head up the Recuiting at FSU.....fine. What does this say about his loyalty?...I know it's probably the $$$ signs. However, it you're talking to parents and try and convince them you will stay 4 years. There is no loyalty anymore.
In all seriousness, it is a business and JG has choosen $$ over his school. I am cool with it, not the worse thing I've heard in the past 12 months. I believe in CBJ, he will bring someone in that can land a big time back.
GBO!!
NEXT!!
This is a wait and see class, I am hoping these young guys are able to help. My eyes are on the WR, DB and QB positions. I think the 4 and 5* players give a more optimistic feeling. This class comes with a "I'm not sure" type...prove me worng CBJ.....PLEASE!
in response to UTvols33: Heaven forbid we go after guys who go to class and get an education. Gasp!
in response to UTvols33:
Heaven forbid we go after guys who go to class and get an education. Gasp!
I don't have an issue with the stricter education requirement, but the fans need to realize that schools that put academics first, normally have good teams when they become Jr/Sr..look at Stanford, ND, etc..these schools want athletes and Students...it comes with the territory my friends. I hope like Heck that CBJ proves me wrong, but anyone that has read all the stats on the average # of *s, these team are more likely to be successful than those who don't. It's not a perfect formula, but statistics don't lie.
in response to tnoutlaw2001#228008: Everytime I come to this board I lose IQ points. Vandy has a bunch of 3 and 2 stars. They are only ranked higher because of overall point total. They signed 26/27 kids UT signed 21. UT recruits have a higher average, but they signed less, so Vandy is only higher in total point, not in athletic talent. Please educate yourself before posting it only shows the world your ignorance. You also obviously have no clue about academic requirements these days either. All DIV schools are being graded higher and have raised the academic standards. Go read up on, what happens if your A.P.R. scores is below the minimum of 900.
in response to tnoutlaw2001#228008:
Everytime I come to this board I lose IQ points.
Vandy has a bunch of 3 and 2 stars. They are only ranked higher because of overall point total. They signed 26/27 kids UT signed 21. UT recruits have a higher average, but they signed less, so Vandy is only higher in total point, not in athletic talent.
Please educate yourself before posting it only shows the world your ignorance.
You also obviously have no clue about academic requirements these days either. All DIV schools are being graded higher and have raised the academic standards. Go read up on, what happens if your A.P.R. scores is below the minimum of 900.
Your observation skills are real keen, when does the gap between Vandy's total # of recuits and UT's total should ever be a topic of discussion......never. Your missing my point, this is not about this coaching staff's ability to recuit, UT's Academic requirements are too high for the 4 and 5* recuits we went after. Nick Saban would have the same issues with UT if he was here. Alabama is not recuiting student athletes...they are recuiting football players. Now pull that narrow minded brain out of your lower posterier and realize that coaching is not the only thing that wins ball games. I could point toward many schools who should be winning but they don't....UT is not the same UT when Fullmer was the coach. The academic side of the university got their hands in how things are managed...you'll see, I don't have to tell anyone who has an ounce of sense.......except you.
I figured my statements would generate a bunch of "flack", voffan007 and others, I had the same feeling with Dooley was hired.....lots of hope and optimism, but this staff will have to prove it on the field. IF they lose a few games the same people will be wanting to burn trash and paint the rock to fire the coach........PLEASE, get over yourselves. I will wait for Saturdays before I judge their ability to coach and develop in 2013, not blast a fan for having an opinion. If you want to stop the freedom of speech, then there is a few countries you can move to.
Go USA!!!
in response to volfan007: rockymtnvol, Please, move to Alabama and be a Tide fan. We dont need negative whiners like you in the Vol nation. Let's support our team, yall. Give the Coach a chance. Get excited about the Vols...
in response to volfan007:
rockymtnvol,
Please, move to Alabama and be a Tide fan. We dont need negative whiners like you in the Vol nation.
Let's support our team, yall. Give the Coach a chance. Get excited about the Vols...
Another fan with rose colored glasses.
in response to Dalton: So you're jumping off the boat?..cool don't reach for the stern when we head to shore without you
in response to Dalton:
So you're jumping off the boat?..cool don't reach for the stern when we head to shore without you
No one is jumping off the boat, it's the facts, I would love nothing more than to see UT best the *&^%! out of Bama and Fla, but bringing in players that will require 2+ years of development puts UT farther behind. The school gave up on the team, not the fans. I will be there for all the Ls and the Ws. I've been an SEC fan long enough to know what it takes to be in the upper tier, and this direction that Cheeks and company have chosen is making UT the laughing stock of the SEC. The fall was fast the climb will be slow and painful. Don't piss on my back and say it's raining. Anyone that has been in the SEC know fully well what type of players it takes to win. As much as I like the character of these players, it does NOT do much good when your watching a 6'1" 225 pound 4.45 RB run over your DBs.......Size, Speed, and Athleticism is the formula for the SEC.....nothing more or less. Cheeks and company have made a statement, UT will not be like those teams at the expense of academia. We'll be the first school in the SEC to file bankruptcy because of their stern policies...like it or not, it is the current state of UT Football/Sports. It has nothing to do whether I support Butch, Dooley or any other coach. It is like taxes, we really do not have any say in what we have to pay, but we'll pay it.
There is an old saying " You get what you tolerate" The road to Hell is paved with good intentions.
There is no ignoring the facts. UT use to bring in 10+ 4 Star players and we had great teams. No one is bad mouthing Butch's efforts, but five 4 stars (Rival) and a bunch of 3* looks more like a ACC team vs. SEC. These players will have to be Jr & Sr before their experience and ability become full bull. UT is mediocre and the coaching changes have killed the #1 sport in the State of Tennessee. When Vandy's squad is above ours, then it will actually take twice as long to fix the mess the UT Administration has caused. It could be as long a 6-10 years before we see a really good UT football team. These kids have heart, but the SEC (NFLjr)takes no pitty on UT or any other SEC school. Look at Ol'Miss......PLEASE! they don't have academics on their mind, it's win football games at "any" cost. These kids don't want an education, they want a fast ticket to the NFL.............PERIOD. If UT want the whole cake and eat it too, then they have no earthly idea what they have done and what they are up against. Alabama has one of the lowest adminssion requirement in the SEC.....DUH...players to the right, students to the left. Cheeks has doomed the whole athletic program at Tennessee. We lost to a pathetic UGA team AT HOME!!!! 2nd Tier coaches, 2nd Rate teams.....it is what it is. I will still root for the O&W, but I don't see us in anything remotely associated with the word Championship.
Well, he had all the good intentions to bring UT back, but I am afraid we have fallen so far behind the power curve that we might have to sign the same deal (the devils cut) to get back to the top like Alabama, Florida, etc..they will say or do anything to get a LOI, UT needs to choose between doing it the right way or paying the Devil his due.
You can't have a cookie cutter method to recuiting, knowing when to go after a JR College player vs. HS is a matter of timing...both sides of the fence should be given equal amounts of evaluation and thought. HS players don't alway provide stability and the same can be said about JR. College, it does not always come with results in the first year or ever.
Let the coaches do the work on recuiting, and trust their judgement...that is what they are getting paid for, and I am pretty sure they want to win just as much as any UT Fan.
Go Vols!!!
1. Vandy's numbers are only based on the total, the overall quality of players still leans toward UT. One recuting class will not make or change Vandy's future. UT's struggles have been with the coaching issue, Vandy and the rest of the SEC know, UT is on its way back, it's just a matter of time. Our facilities are lightyears ahead of most of the SEC. Once Butch shows what he can do, the recuits will come.
John, continue to write your dribble, it's one thing to have an opinion, it's is another to know facts. You can ignore the facts, but you can't change them.
John,
You wrote the other day about how fans have the same right as you to speak their opinions. Not sure I agree, when your paid for yours and ours are free. Anyway, I can only go by how someone conducts themselves in person and on paper. It's easy for someone on the electronic media to be bold. However, I have observed you in public, and I would say, your not what I would call approachable, and you seem bored or disinterested. I would not call you a UT Homer, that would be far from the truth. I also would say, you try to "stir the pot" with UT Fans for for kicks and giggles. I've read your articles for years, and one thing is very apparent. You don't have anything really insightful or original. You always appear to feed off the other writer's ideas. I don't believe you try and provide another side to a story. Your paid to put words on paper and I never feel smarter after reading your articles, and I ask myself, why even read them anymore. If ever there was a person trying to justify their place in society, it's always you that defends.....well you, I've never seen one person stand up and say John Adams is a...............anything. So, most people are judged by the company they keep.......enough said.
1. You can only speak to the obvious 2. A 2nd grader could have written this article. 3. UT has mobile quarterbacks on the current roster, if you would only dig deeper than Wikipekia, your dripple might sound insightful. KNS is loosing potential customers because you think your writting something balanced and fair. However, it's more like, damn! I have to turn something in, and this is what you come up with, so, what qualifies you to even comment on offensive or defensive Xs and Os?
I am not saying, you should suck up to the fans, but please, if your going to be negative or try to educate your readers, can you please put a little work into your articles?.......PLEASE! for the love of everythng sacred to sports fans, could you please pretend to care about your profession?
I see you at press conferences and practices facilities, and it's like your bored or do not have the energy to take notes or listen to a digital recording of a coach. Why KNS keeps you on the payroll is anyone's guess. I would just once like to read an article from one KNS employee that placed a little more effort into their work.
I believe after all the issues for the past 5 years that UT Fans are not confident about any coach unless it was Gruden or Saban. I understand why, UT has fallen to the lowest depths of UT Football history and the shock that everyone feels, is how did this happen so quickly? We can point our fingers at Fulmer, Hamilton, Kiffen, Dooly and Hart,however, the reality is..........this is what it is. How do we climb out of this hole? Butch Jones is our coach, we should support him 100% and stop acting like a bunch of spoiled kids. It is my opinion, the fan base has been extremely brutal to coaches and players. We harbor some of the blame as well. Lets bring in CBJ and get our mojo back!
Hey John, this is more your speed, stick to the girl sports, it fits you.
There is not one poster or KNS writer qualified to measure the ability of any coach. I place more blame on the players than the coaches, it was plane to see they could not execute simple routes, tackels etc.., they gave up in hard times. Tyler Bray is the worse of them, he is in a leader position, and is the biggest baby when things did not go well......the only thing I think Dooley should have done, whas benched Tyler weeks ago and if your going to get fired, get fired using your QB and not Lame Kiffen's.
Good Luck CDD, the real fans of UT and UT Sports appreciate your effort and understand the mamouth task you were given, and all that Hart could do was throw you under the bus.
VFL!!
Let Vandy play our schedule and UT theirs and see the results......Vandy would be 0-9
Once again JA, you fail in your logic. Does KNS not care what is printed or do the readers not hold the writers accountable? Amazing how low the standards have gotten in East Tennessee. Writers who never played in DIV I anything, nor coached, have so many opinions as to what would fix UT's Football challenges......geesh! I guess they know best.
OMG! do you guys ever take a break from witching anything and everything UT? Do you not have life or is this it...Wow! A bunch of fudging losers most of you are.....really?
in response to BIVOLAR_BEARE: I think the scheme is wrong for the personnel UT has and the coaches have put too much on these athletes at one time. That being said how difficult can it be to grasp a defensive concept with one less down lineman?
in response to BIVOLAR_BEARE:
I think the scheme is wrong for the personnel UT has and the coaches have put too much on these athletes at one time. That being said how difficult can it be to grasp a defensive concept with one less down lineman?
I am not saying I know anything about the 3-4, but it appears that our backfield is having to think to much about coverage, giving too much space, and I think your point is good, we don't have the "right" athletes for a 3-4.
I do believe these kids are being coached, but CDD says, "coaching is one thing, but you have to get out there and play" and there you go.
ATTENTION: All the posters with the answers to UT's defesive challenges please submit your resumes with the experience and background first. If your going to critcise, some of us would like to know why your not coaching in the Div I.........boy, its sure is easy to see the flaws after the fact and then point them out, and act like you know something about coaching and schemes, players etc...KNS is playing to a crowd of fairweather fans, who don't know jack! about anything, but how to whine.
Don't know why so many of you are sore about Dooley's comment, you certainly have not held back on your assesment of his 2012 year. I think if he had the chance to talk to each negavol, he might say you don't know JACK until your in this position. IF you don't like him, well, that's just the way it is.....move on.
The offense is great, a few bumps, but they put up the numbers with everyone, except Alabama........who has? You can tell CDD really worked hard on the Offense, but the D lacks talent and experience.....and every team is going to take advantage of our DBs. Next year will be like night and day......Go Vols!!
in response to madrigal: Hey Climer, stay in Nashville and cover Vandy football. We have plenty of crape hangers here without you sticking your $.02 in (which is about what yours is worth). KNS, are you that desperate to fill space?
in response to madrigal:
Hey Climer, stay in Nashville and cover Vandy football. We have plenty of crape hangers here without you sticking your $.02 in (which is about what yours is worth). KNS, are you that desperate to fill space?
Amen, I want our team to walk into Candy Land and kick the living.....out of Vandy, just to rub it in their face everyday for a year.
David Slimer, is a hack, of course CDD takes responsibility for the team's performance, you moron. CDD has more integrity than any of the KNS or Nashville papers, he won't lower himself to give them interviews, so, all of their articles are tainted with resentment. Why don't more of you posters that have a nack to be negative everyday, say something about the poor articles these jerks print or does that fit your daily routine of piss and vinager.
in response to StoneJackBaller: Why do you think it was such a bad article? Are you just trying to be cool by criticizing the writer? Or are just fine with a 2nd rate coach who ignores the problems? I thought it was a very eye opening article. Thanks for writing it Climer. It just proves Dooley is not a big time coach and its time for him to be replaced.
in response to StoneJackBaller:
Why do you think it was such a bad article? Are you just trying to be cool by criticizing the writer? Or are just fine with a 2nd rate coach who ignores the problems? I thought it was a very eye opening article. Thanks for writing it Climer. It just proves Dooley is not a big time coach and its time for him to be replaced.
1st StonedJac, your just about as bad as Slimer with your hacking of CDD and players. Now that we all see you throw your support to Slimer, it is obvious your a TROLL at the HIGHEST LEVEL, you have been rejected by your G@ytor Friends and now your just another.....Slimer.
in response to mjaichele#464960: What Phil did was Pure D Luck. Caught Bama, Georgia, Auburn, and LSU in-between coaching disasters and down years. Feasted on and built winnning percentage against teams with non-winning percentages. Was given gifts unheard of enabling Natl. Title win. FSU QB injured, Stoerner fumble, Gator missed FG, and others. If he was such a coaching God, then why, why, why, did no other university express any interest in picking him up? Any by the way, he could'nt beat the Gators with the best QB in the history of the game, yet still found a way to lose to Tiger High with him.
in response to mjaichele#464960:
What Phil did was Pure D Luck. Caught Bama, Georgia, Auburn, and LSU in-between coaching disasters and down years. Feasted on and built winnning percentage against teams with non-winning percentages. Was given gifts unheard of enabling Natl. Title win. FSU QB injured, Stoerner fumble, Gator missed FG, and others. If he was such a coaching God, then why, why, why, did no other university express any interest in picking him up? Any by the way, he could'nt beat the Gators with the best QB in the history of the game, yet still found a way to lose to Tiger High with him.
another poster with a clue....where have you guys been, I have been saying this for years, this is where UT football is, and getting a new coach is only going to put them further behind the power curve.....great post!
in response to StoneJackBaller: 0-5 start in SEC play last 3 years. 4-17 in SEC play in 3 years with wins over Vandy (2), KY and Ole Miss. 14-19 record at UT. 12-12 record in the WAC. 17-20 record at LA Tech. 0-14 record vs. ranked opponents at UT. Argument enough? Like I said, keep dating the ugly chick.
0-5 start in SEC play last 3 years. 4-17 in SEC play in 3 years with wins over Vandy (2), KY and Ole Miss.
14-19 record at UT.
12-12 record in the WAC.
17-20 record at LA Tech.
0-14 record vs. ranked opponents at UT.
Argument enough? Like I said, keep dating the ugly chick.
"It's very hard because we've been working so hard to get to this point, and it just seems like nothing can go our way," sophomore wide receiver Vincent Dallas, whose 61-yard touchdown catch Saturday was the first score of his career, said. "We love our coaches, man. They're just staying with us and all of us just got faith in one another. Man, we love coach Dooley. He's a great guy. We just stay together. We're all bonded and we're all brothers. We're a family. We don't really listen to the outside stuff."
enough said, the actual players know better than any of you negative nancys.
in response to LifetimeVolFan98: "Does it really matter how much we would be set back with a coaching change"... Well, actually, YES, it does. Why?? Because people like RambleBait, 4.5WaterPistol, Walt and others will be back on here again, saying the same asinine things about the new coach. Most likely if Dooley is fired, then the BIG 3 go pro, some of our O Line (Like Dallas T) are gone too. Then what?? We won't have the horses to score 30+ points a game. Think of it this way, if Dooley stays one more year, we get in some good recruits, the D gets better and I believe there is a really good chance that at least 2 of the 3 "Big 3" on offense stay, if not all 3. As I said in another post, I think Hart is a "Big Picture" guy. He knows what it takes to rebuild a program and the consistency in a coaching staff that needs to be there to be able to build that program. Why do you think he hasn't said anything??? I don't think he will until the end of the season...and, when UT wins out (Which I blieve they can) and get a bowl bid, Hart will keep this staff one more year. I am of the opinion that if any changes need to be made "right now", then it should be in the D backfield (DB Coaching). Not Dooley, not Sunseri, not Chaney, not Pittman, not Graham. The latter two of which have had a HUGE impact on this team (offensively). Remember, it was Graham that went out and got Lattimore at SC and he recruited the kid that came in after he got injured. Did you even see how hard those guys run??? I saw Lane starting to run like that. Do you want these guys to go and ruin teh chance of some big time recruits at the RB position??It takes some time for these kids to 1) Understand a new system and 2) BUY INTO that system. Seems to me that the offense has bought into the system. The defense is getting there.
in response to LifetimeVolFan98:
"Does it really matter how much we would be set back with a coaching change"...
Well, actually, YES, it does. Why?? Because people like RambleBait, 4.5WaterPistol, Walt and others will be back on here again, saying the same asinine things about the new coach. Most likely if Dooley is fired, then the BIG 3 go pro, some of our O Line (Like Dallas T) are gone too. Then what?? We won't have the horses to score 30+ points a game. Think of it this way, if Dooley stays one more year, we get in some good recruits, the D gets better and I believe there is a really good chance that at least 2 of the 3 "Big 3" on offense stay, if not all 3. As I said in another post, I think Hart is a "Big Picture" guy. He knows what it takes to rebuild a program and the consistency in a coaching staff that needs to be there to be able to build that program. Why do you think he hasn't said anything??? I don't think he will until the end of the season...and, when UT wins out (Which I blieve they can) and get a bowl bid, Hart will keep this staff one more year.
I am of the opinion that if any changes need to be made "right now", then it should be in the D backfield (DB Coaching). Not Dooley, not Sunseri, not Chaney, not Pittman, not Graham. The latter two of which have had a HUGE impact on this team (offensively). Remember, it was Graham that went out and got Lattimore at SC and he recruited the kid that came in after he got injured. Did you even see how hard those guys run??? I saw Lane starting to run like that. Do you want these guys to go and ruin teh chance of some big time recruits at the RB position??It takes some time for these kids to 1) Understand a new system and 2) BUY INTO that system. Seems to me that the offense has bought into the system. The defense is getting there.
Who are you?...making this kind of sense will get you labeled a UT Doolaid drinking Democrat....great post.
in response to 45ReVOLver: (This comment was removed by the site staff.)
in response to 45ReVOLver:
You know not all Vol Fans come to these blogs.....I can dumb it down for you on stats, but only if you want me to UT Numb.
Hit that nerve didn't I little man. I can tell you this, you lost any creditability with these post, you have no clue, no life, no integity and to make all of that logic true, you resort to a wimper of a threat. Your the guy behind your friends talking but not doing....an trust me, little is not what you'll find on the other side of this screen.......UT Alum. I can be at General Neyland's statue in 10 minutes if you want to debate in person.
in response to StoneJackBaller: You sound like an Obama supporter: "Vote for Obama or shut the hell up...don't dare criticize him...it's all Bush's (Kiffin's) fault". I'll give you a reason. I want to see Tennessee relevant again. Doesn't matter if I live on Mars, I'm a UT fan, so I can say whatever I want. You said: "Dooley deserves one more year to prove he has the formula to be competitive and get some more key players coached up on defense." You're the kind of guy that probably begs his cheating wife to give it another try. "We can do it honey...you'll get better, I know...we just need patience". Just get the divorce over with.
You sound like an Obama supporter: "Vote for Obama or shut the hell up...don't dare criticize him...it's all Bush's (Kiffin's) fault".
I'll give you a reason. I want to see Tennessee relevant again. Doesn't matter if I live on Mars, I'm a UT fan, so I can say whatever I want.
You said: "Dooley deserves one more year to prove he has the formula to be competitive and get some more key players coached up on defense."
You're the kind of guy that probably begs his cheating wife to give it another try. "We can do it honey...you'll get better, I know...we just need patience".
Just get the divorce over with.
Thank you, Thank you, EVERY ONE..please read this post from "STONEJACASS" This is what is wrong with everyone, they can't support their arguement, so it either goes to politics or religion and to just put the icing on the cake he gets really personal with the wife comment. Wow! StONEDJAC.....you are the pride and joy of the UT Family........jk.
Don't act you know that, loyalty and commitment is something some of us believe in. Wilcox left a bunch of players and coaches with empty promises and words. Dooley has honor and a lot higher integrity level than you, and you "claim" to be an alum. Graduating from UT does not give you any entitlements to what CDD does or performs; you’re just a fat lazy whiner, who still lives with his mom. I would love to see every one’s faces when CDD returns in 2013......and all of you will be pissed.... and I will be loving it......idiot.
in response to tfortennessee: What you are seeing is full fledged panic by a small group of fickle fans. They cannot think any further out than the ends of their noses. Jon Gruden is not coming to UT. Neither is Steve Spurrier, Nic Saban, or Vince Lombardi for that matter. For the AD (Hart) to react to this idiocy would be insane and give more life to what you call the "housefire". Real supporters of this program need to be patient. There are many of us who do understand it and realize all this BS from nutcases like rumblefish only serve to hamper recruiting efforts for the future.
in response to tfortennessee:
What you are seeing is full fledged panic by a small group of fickle fans. They cannot think any further out than the ends of their noses. Jon Gruden is not coming to UT. Neither is Steve Spurrier, Nic Saban, or Vince Lombardi for that matter. For the AD (Hart) to react to this idiocy would be insane and give more life to what you call the "housefire". Real supporters of this program need to be patient. There are many of us who do understand it and realize all this BS from nutcases like rumblefish only serve to hamper recruiting efforts for the future.
Well said......the negative posters are a very small piece of the Volnation.
Well John, KNS has kept you employed all these years without any real standard. When was the last time CDD granted you a one-on-one interview?
He has more integrity than you do and that is were KNS has a problem, the UT Coach does not like KNS Sports columnist...big surprise here on all your lack of support, and boring re-written dribble.
Go Vols..........Fire John Adams, heck fire all the KNS writters.
in response to bvol1inSC: #1, I hope all the "knowledgeable fan wannabees" will STOP it with this most irrational, illogical reasoning: that getting rid of DD will set us back. There was a post at this site in the last 2-3 days that listed out 7-8 of the 2008-2012 coaching hires/changes and their respective records of achievement: Kelly/Notre Dame; Tubberville/Texas Tech; Taggert/W KY; Urban Meyer/OSU; Muschamp/FL; Kelly/Oregon; Dan Mullen/M. St.; Art Briles/Baylor; Rich Rod/Ariz; O'Brien/Penn St...just to name a few off the top of my head. Please backtrack/search to find that list. Each of these programs was in just as bad, if not worse, condition than U.T. - each made a necessary/needed change, and each experienced an almost immediate turnaround. SO STOP IT WITH THE LOSING DD SETS US BACK BULLONEY! #2) Posted on THIS ARTICLE, username "Classof72" listed the top 10 all time programs in NCAA history, VOLS being #9. With a "storied" program like this from which to build, SEC or not, current state of the program or not, there will be numerous big-time coaches that will consider the UT job - and the opportunity to turn around an historic program and return it to greatness (would almost insure hall of fame selection). SO STOP WITH THE BULLONEY of who would possibly want to follow Dooley here? ANYBODY WOULD - BECAUSE ANYBODY WILL DO BETTER THAN DOOLEY...anybody that has real head coaching experience, anybody that has people/leadership skills, anybody that understands the relevance of the student body/fan base to the success of the program, anybody that understands the need for discipline of all the players on the team, anybody that understands that the assistant coaches/coordinators have to be empowered and not micromanaged... These two points are simply irrefutable. It is time for a change now - the only potential delay is working out all of the $$$. I can tell you failure to make a move and work out the $$$ now will mean a huge loss of $$$ to the U.T. FB & Athletic programs...the longer we take to make the change, the tougher the rebuilding project and the LESS the likelihood of getting the right person. Why? Mediocrity, OR LACK THEREOF, will continue to waste away leverage that we have to get the right replacement NOW.
in response to bvol1inSC:
#1, I hope all the "knowledgeable fan wannabees" will STOP it with this most irrational, illogical reasoning: that getting rid of DD will set us back. There was a post at this site in the last 2-3 days that listed out 7-8 of the 2008-2012 coaching hires/changes and their respective records of achievement: Kelly/Notre Dame; Tubberville/Texas Tech; Taggert/W KY; Urban Meyer/OSU; Muschamp/FL; Kelly/Oregon; Dan Mullen/M. St.; Art Briles/Baylor; Rich Rod/Ariz; O'Brien/Penn St...just to name a few off the top of my head. Please backtrack/search to find that list. Each of these programs was in just as bad, if not worse, condition than U.T. - each made a necessary/needed change, and each experienced an almost immediate turnaround. SO STOP IT WITH THE LOSING DD SETS US BACK BULLONEY!
#2) Posted on THIS ARTICLE, username "Classof72" listed the top 10 all time programs in NCAA history, VOLS being #9. With a "storied" program like this from which to build, SEC or not, current state of the program or not, there will be numerous big-time coaches that will consider the UT job - and the opportunity to turn around an historic program and return it to greatness (would almost insure hall of fame selection). SO STOP WITH THE BULLONEY of who would possibly want to follow Dooley here? ANYBODY WOULD - BECAUSE ANYBODY WILL DO BETTER THAN DOOLEY...anybody that has real head coaching experience, anybody that has people/leadership skills, anybody that understands the relevance of the student body/fan base to the success of the program, anybody that understands the need for discipline of all the players on the team, anybody that understands that the assistant coaches/coordinators have to be empowered and not micromanaged...
These two points are simply irrefutable. It is time for a change now - the only potential delay is working out all of the $$$. I can tell you failure to make a move and work out the $$$ now will mean a huge loss of $$$ to the U.T. FB & Athletic programs...the longer we take to make the change, the tougher the rebuilding project and the LESS the likelihood of getting the right person. Why? Mediocrity, OR LACK THEREOF, will continue to waste away leverage that we have to get the right replacement NOW.
Boy, you take a few stats and make it look like it is the gospel. First, one of those programs are in the SEC 2. They did not have the personnel issues UT did 3. Their schedules do not even come close to what UT has played in the last two years. 4. The whole entire defensive coaches left like a bunch of rats on a sinking ship, leaving CDD to put together a new staff in <12 months in the same year of his 2012 schedule (hardest in SEC and Nation).Your logic is so full of holes, that the common everyday nega-Vol would not catch it. Your claims of CDD's management style is hyperinflation and full of emotion, you are not a Vol Fan……you’re a VOL WHINER, you don't know Jack! So, all you that are giving this pompous a__ any credit.......Don't!
Well, no need to re-hash everything again about why you Dooley Haters should back off, I don't think its in your nature to be patient. I would like just one of you to list why your opinion matters, buying a ticker, or even a UT student does not give you any entitlement to do anything other to 1. root for the Vols 2. Shut the H__L up.
Dooley deserves one more year to prove he has the formula to be competitive and get some more key players coached up on defense.
I got a great idea, lets put a poll on the website after UT loses to USC, that will get a fair measurement..........KNS = Idiots.
CDD is making strides, maybe not to the light speed that some Vol Fans want, but I like his strategic vision. He is building a program that will not resemble the last 4 years. WE need to support him, not throw him under the bus. Come On Vol Fans.....we are better than that!!
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