Former Tennessee Coach Derek Dooley (Unemployed)

[Jaxbuck]

Maybe Dooley is a good coach and they'll be just fine, but this seems to me to be a rush to judgement. There can't be (m)any college jobs that offer better facilities, a 100K stadium, consistent national leader in attendance, a winning tradition, loyal alums who will travel outside/inside the South.

Seems to me that schools are surprised that certain coaches don't want to move -- Les Myles to Michigan, Bob Stoops to OSU, Mike Riley at the other OSU to USC (!!). And it also seems to me that most ADs get caught without an SOP new hire plan and thus rush to judgement. I'm thinking especially of Michigan, whose AD should have seen the retirement coming. Can one recruiting year be that important? I don't think there are more than a handful of kids in any program that are sold solely on the coach and not the school or the program. some of you who are closer to the recruiting scene -- enlighten me on this.

I have heard the same things Elephant has from people down here (not so much detail on the second part obviously). Not being free to pick your own staff eliminates a school from consideration of any proven, big name coach or for that matter most promising candidates. Most people qualified for a position aren't going to take a job where they feel they are being set up for failure in any profession.

A HC lives and dies by his staff and if he knows going into it he can't control that then most are going to pass and you are going to get a Dooley type hire. No offense to him, he may turn out just fine but as far as why it seems UT "settled" I'd say its 99% due to the staff issue.

 

[DontHateOState]

"A program is based on the intangible value of how you compete and what you show," Dooley said. "That's on the field, in the classroom and as a member of your community representing your university. It is the foundation of who you are, and who we want to be at Tennessee. There are no shortcuts."

Familiar?

 

[korchiki]

I am a big fan of his. He has the family pedigree and is in a place where he views Tennessee as a destination job. I absolutley believe that he will do wonders there.

 

[BB73]

Derek, was it over when the Germans bombed Pearl Harbor?

CBS

Dooley: Vols like surprised Germans in WWII

KNOXVILLE, Tenn. -- Tennessee coach Derek Dooley on Monday compared his young, inexperienced team's struggles to that of the German forces during the Allies' invasion of Normandy during World War II.

Dooley spent two minutes during his weekly media appearance describing the confusion caused by the surprise landing of the Americans at Omaha Beach on D-Day and the Germans' slow reaction in the absence of their leader, Field Marshal Erwin Rommel.

"Right now we're like the Germans in World War II," Dooley said. "Here comes the boats, they're coming. You have the binoculars, and it's like, 'Oh, my God, the invasion is coming."'

Tennessee (2-5, 0-4 Southeastern Conference) is playing with a depleted lineup because of injuries and attrition from back-to-back coaching turnovers. The Vols have lost three straight games.

Dooley compared Tennessee's inability to handle difficult game situations to how the Germans handled the D-Day invasion.

"I don't want the German people to get upset at me," he said. "I'm not attacking them, but that's what happened. You had one group, they weren't worried about what the plan was and orders and all that. When the war hits, things change. You've got to go.

"You had the other group, and they go, 'Wait a minute, they told us the invasion was way further north,' where we had the empty tanks and we were hiding Patton out. 'We weren't ready for this, now what do we do?' 'We better wait until Rommel tells us what to do."'

Dooley may not have intended to anger anyone, but comparisons drawn between sports and military battles or disasters usually offend someone.

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[Poe McKnoe]

Derek, was it over when the Germans bombed Pearl Harbor?

CBS

Blatant secondary violations are funnier. Damn you, Kiffin and your merry band of nomadic misfits.

 

[Gatorubet]

May a curse be upon all Dooleys, yeah unto the 1,000th generation.

May they fail at all they attempt, and die alone, starving, cold and in the dark, lying on the cat urine stained floor in a shack on the longest day of winter as the Meals on Wheels van drives past because the shack's address is obscured and the van driver is intently listening to the radio where the Gators have just put half-a-hundred unanswered points on the butt sniffing mutts in the Cocktail Party...

Fuck Dooley. That is all.

 

[BB73]

SI.com

Report: Tennessee self-imposes 2-year probation

KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (AP) -- The Knoxville News Sentinel is reporting that Tennessee has self-imposed a two-year probation on its athletics department as part of its response to alleged NCAA violations.

The probation and other smaller penalties are outlined in the university's 191-page official response to the NCAA allegations, which was filed in May and inspected by the newspaper.
...
The 12 charges against Tennessee were made by the NCAA in February after nearly two years of investigating basketball coach Bruce Pearl, football coach Lane Kiffin and their coaching staffs. Kiffin had already left Tennessee for Southern California, and Pearl was fired in March.

Both coaches were accused of recruiting violations, and Pearl also acknowledged in September lying to NCAA investigators about a cookout he hosted at his home attended by recruits. At the time of Pearl's admission, Tennessee docked his salary and limited his ability to recruit.

In addition to the probation outlined in the May response to the NCAA's allegations, Tennessee imposed punishments on new basketball coach Cuonzo Martin and new football coach Derek Dooley. Neither Martin nor Dooley have been accused of wrongdoing.

Martin and his staff are not allowed to provide off-campus meals during the 2011-12 academic year. Dooley and his staff's recruiting days during the spring 2011 recruiting period were reduced from 168 to 162, and only five of the 10 football coaches will be allowed to make recruiting phone calls during the November 2011 recruiting period.

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[OhioState001]

[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HGO927Qd2hI"]Tenn Football Coach Derek Dooley's Mom on the Radio - YouTube[/ame]

 

[Muck]

 

[NFBuck]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0Nz4evuFD3U&feature=player_profilepage#t=56s



Then he just whipes it on the tree. "Is that a bird or a squirrel shittin' on me?"

 

[matt_thatsme]

After UT's loss to Kentucky for the first time in 26 years, things in Knoxville are getting ugly. :popcorn:

http://tonybasilio.com/index.php?page=tony

One longtime member of the athletic department with inner knowledge of the football program told me the following on Monday evening. ?I don?t know where to start. There are so many issues over here that need addressing besides talent on the football field. Dooley has his hands full. I?ve never seen a level of turmoil around anything the way it is here right now.?

During the week of the Vandy game, Bray was asked in front of several upperclassmen by a member of the training staff if he completed a cursory workout exercise to which Bray shot back in the earshot of all ?No. Not really. And I?m not going to do it. Why should I? Besides we?re only going to a [Mark May]ty bowl game anyway.? Sources tell me that the upperclassmen who heard this exchange were so incensed that they went to Derek Dooley who shrugged it off and did nothing about it.

On (Da'Rick) Rogers: Countless sources paint a picture of a guy who truly is allowed to operate in his own little world with little repercussion. Multiple sources say he?s constantly cussing and belittling Charlie Baggett his position coach with impunity.

Tennessee let a QB beat them Saturday who was installed on Wednesday of game week as the starter. Sanders told one friend of mine in town that their converted WR had two full practices at QB and only ran 6 total plays. If this isn?t the bottom, what is?

 

[Gatorubet]

I fully support the son of Vince Dooley, and stand by him in his hour of need. Good job coach. Ignore the haters. The SEC East needs you. Stay strong Brah!

 

[Dryden]

Dissension in the ranks with a roster of kids recruited by Fullmer & Kiffin?

Didn't see that coming. At all.

And I am shocked - SHOCKED! - that Da'Rick (heh ... Da Rick) is allowed to operate in his own little world. He seemed such a model citizen.

 

[BrutusBobcat]

Since it's a Mike Leach kinda day, saying something about "fat little girlfriends" seems appropriate.

Looks like "The Rick" doesn't bring much game off the field, either.

 

[NFBuck]

What a dick:

DeAnthony Arnett, a promising wide receiver whose father is suffering from serious health issues, has requested a transfer from Tennessee in order to be closer to his dad.



Arnett, whose family lives in Saginaw, Michigan, says he has enjoyed being at Tennessee, where he caught 24 passes this year for 242 yards and two TDs as a freshman.

But Dooley, who I can only assume once promised DeAnthony?s family to treat their son like he was one of his own and vowed Tennessee would always act in DeAnthony?s best interests, is refusing to grant the transfer request if Arnett wants to attend Michigan, Michigan State or Notre Dame.

UT officials say there is a ?school policy? at Tennessee that prohibits players from transferring to school that Tennessee plays or recruits against. The only way Arnett can transfer is to go to a lesser-caliber program like Central Michigan, Western Michigan or Eastern Michigan -- all Mid-American Conference schools. And I say that?s awful.

http://www.chattanoogan.com/articles/article_216434.asp