Dooley In Over His Head, Again

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Catbone said:
Dooley has good offenses. He will do decent
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His mistake came from (1) not being able to retain Wilcox, and then (2) changing from a 4-3 to a 3-4 defense in a pivotal year. Defense was lost that entire year and offense was potent.

I do believe if Wilcox would have stayed we would have been potential SEC East champs that year.
 
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willinhf said:
His mistake came from (1) not being able to retain Wilcox, and then (2) chain g from a 4-3 to a 3-4 defense in a pivotal year. Defense was lost that entire year and offense was potent.

I do believe if Wilcox would have stayed we would have been potential SEC East champs that year.
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A decent defense would probably have helped Tennessee to a 7-5 record in 2012 and a Bowl Game and Derek Dumbass would have probably been Tennessee head coach in 2013 and 2014.
 
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ainge10heisman said:
I can agree that Chaney called the plays to put us in position to succeed. However, he was doing it within Dooley's offense.
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It was Chaney's offense. By his own admission, Dooley had little input. And the offense was only good for one season. Have you forgotten that the 2011 offense scored 7 points or less in 5 different games, including the loss at Kentucky with Tyler Bray at QB? The people in this thread who are sticking up for Dooley are showing a selective memory... and using very questionable information.
 
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willinhf said:
His mistake came from (1) not being able to retain Wilcox, and then (2) changing from a 4-3 to a 3-4 defense in a pivotal year. Defense was lost that entire year and offense was potent.

I do believe if Wilcox would have stayed we would have been potential SEC East champs that year.
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That's ridiculous. We would have still lost games regardless of who the DC was. We simply weren't a good football team and we didn't move the ball against everyone we played in 2012 either. We only scored 18 points vs Vanderbilt and that was with a kickoff return for a TD in a 41-18 loss. Dooley showed right away, in the 2010 LSU game, that he didn't need a terrible defensive effort to blow games. He lost... because that's what losers do.
 
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BowlBrother85 said:
That's ridiculous. We would have still lost games regardless of who the DC was. We simply weren't a good football team and we didn't move the ball against everyone we played in 2012 either. We only scored 18 points vs Vanderbilt and that was with a kickoff return for a TD in a 41-18 loss. Dooley showed right away, in the 2010 LSU game, that he didn't need a terrible defensive effort to blow games. He lost... because that's what losers do.
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Yet lost by 7 on the road at Georgia, 3 points in 4 OT to Mizz, 3 on road at #17 S.C. Three games right there a decent defense would have sealed a victory.

Lost by 10 at #19 MSU. A decent defense could have easily turned 4 losses into 4 wins. Then a 5-7 campaign turns into 9-3. Then we see what happens at VU when we are 8-2 going into that game instead of 4-6.

That 2012 defense was ranked 107 out of 120 schools in total defense. By comparison, 2011 defense was ranked 36 out of 127 schools. So, yeah, I stand by the fact that falling 71 spots on total defense is the reason that year went the way it did.

By comparison, our 2012 total offense ranking was #18 out of 120 schools. Offense was NOT the problem with 2012.

But anyway, my thoughts on that year. It is water over the bridge now. I just think Wilcox would have saved Dooley’s job that year and had us playing for an SEC East Championship.
 
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He would be in over his head coaching peewee football. The man simply doesn't know what he is doing. It would have been worse around here if not for Jim Chaney and Sam Pittman. Just my opinion.
 
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Boca Vol said:
He probably sees his QB situation like what he had with Bray.

Dooley's problems occurred when Wilcox left for UW.

It's easy to make fun of Dools, and he had a ton of issues, but I wouldn't be surprised if Mizzou's O was decent to good.

Flame away.
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I can't believe he's back in the SEC.
 
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JCHateSteve said:
Dools fielded some good offenses here. But, I have to question how much of that was him, and how much was Chaney. His teams as a whole were undisciplined and schizophrenic at times. I think in the end he may end up being a decent coach if he can learn to take some responsibility. It doesn't sound like he is doing it in this interview. I fully expect his offense to crumble under pressure as that has been his pattern so far.
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Chaney has proven time and again that he is a top notch OC.
 
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MyBloodRunnethOrange said:
Chaney has proven time and again that he is a top notch OC.
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Exactly, he was doing the play calling as well. The fact that Dooley had never been an OC before getting a HC job is pretty strange. At this point it's hard to say what his offense will even look like. All we know is the personality his team's had and that wasn't a positive for him.
 
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JCHateSteve said:
Exactly, he was doing the play calling as well. The fact that Dooley had never been an OC before getting a HC job is pretty strange. At this point it's hard to say what his offense will even look like. All we know is the personality his team's had and that wasn't a positive for him.
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I don't think Kiffin had either, he might have split roles but I don't think he was the only OC at USC
 
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LouderVol said:
I don't think Kiffin had either, he might have split roles but I don't think he was the only OC at USC
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But he drew up and called plays. And then again with the Raiders. He did this relative early in his coaching career. Dooley’s taking on the role for the FIRST time at 50!
 
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