Derek Dooley - Hired because he was a "Southern Gentleman"

[Anubis]

We seriously need to stop doing that.

Tennessee needs to start going for outsiders like what Alabama did when it went for Saban.

 

[bamacheats]

Or even better, quit clogging up the board with stupid threads.

 

[bigsteve13]

Or even better, quit clogging up the board with stupid threads.

i 2nd and 3rd that

 

[spudvol]

We hired Dooley because the bar was closing and he was the only girl who didn't say "No".

 

[KnoxRealtorVOL]

We seriously need to stop doing that.

Tennessee needs to start going for outsiders like what Alabama did when it went for Saban.

We tried that. He coaches at USC now.

 

[VolFanNC09]

I remember all the Franklin hate and Dooley love at the beginning of the season and now Vandy is looking to go 9-4....and we are looking like Vandy

 

[OCVol82]

I remember all the Franklin hate and Dooley love at the beginning of the season and now Vandy is looking to go 9-4....and we are looking like Vandy

Dont ever...ever...make me think you like or respect Franklin...I would just dieeeeeeeee

 

[Insunseri]

Or even better, quit clogging up the board with stupid threads.

OP speaks the truth. It certainly wasnt his record that got him hired.

 

[OCVol82]

OP is racist...or a damn yankee....

 

[bamacheats]

OP speaks the truth. It certainly wasnt his record that got him hired.

Brian Kelly isn't black. Al Golden isn't black. Both got passed over for Dooley. Stupid thread is stupid.

 

[VolFan4Life87]

We hired Dooley because the bar was closing and he was the only girl who didn't say "No".

THIS. We should've just whacked one out but no we took the last girl home. She gave us a nasty std id say

 

[PennVol]

I remember all the Franklin hate and Dooley love at the beginning of the season and now Vandy is looking to go 9-4....and we are looking like Vandy

You do know Franklin is in the distinct club of losers who actually lost an SEC game to Dooley right?

 

[oregonvol]

We seriously need to stop doing that.

Tennessee needs to start going for outsiders like what Alabama did when it went for Saban.

It's not a question of outsiders. It's a question of our powers-that-be putting intangibles and name recognition and all sorts of other things ahead of the main thing, which is a solid record and a proven history of success.

Unfortunately, I'm worried that we're going to do it again. We'll hire Cutcliffe (because he's a "tennesee guy") or Tuberville or Butch Davis (because they had success ages ago and people might remember their names), when there are plenty of young proven winners in the mid major ranks who could make a big impact here, like Sumlin has at A&M.

 

[oregonvol]

Brian Kelly isn't black. Al Golden isn't black. Both got passed over for Dooley. Stupid thread is stupid.

Brian Kelly didn't get passed over for Dooley. Kelly was head coach at Notre Dame when Kiffin left. I don't know if Golden was ever contacted. He definitely had a better resume than Dooley. Still, his work at Miami is hardly impressive, so I can't say it was a major loss that we didn't hire him.

 

[oregonvol]

We hired Dooley because the bar was closing and he was the only girl who didn't say "No".

Really? How many girls did we ask? What were we offering in return? Did Sumlin turn us down?

Trite explanation for a major f&%# up.