Official VN "Eat Crow" Thread

#76
#76
LadyinOrange said:
I miss the days when we competed with anybody no matter what the schedule looked like. I'm tired of the whole season being shot if we lose to Florida.
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Phil went 4-7 against Spurrier at Florida and he went 0-4 against Meyer so for almost 20 years our season has been judged against Florida whether we want to admit to it or not.
 
#77
#77
If we go 8-4, my tone will still be the same with Dooley; relatively stable, decent recruiting coach who will never get us over the hump. If he wins 9 or 10 then I'll eat crow happily. Buckets of it.
 
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The Ron Mexico said:
Nor do I. If Tennessee wins 8 games (or more) I will be very happy amd will admit to everyone that I didn't give them enough credit.
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If we don't win 8 games with the o fire power, flying around the ball D, and schedule that we get, we may never be back to The Tennessee standard!!! But I do understand anyone's hesitation to be optimistic, take 2005 for example, top 5 in the country preseason and we blew, so ill say this "DON'T COUNT THE DAYS, MAKE THE DAYS COUNT" GO VOLS
 
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VolBeef88 said:
I've stated many times since we saw the 2012 schedule that there's 8 wins built in to the schedule. If we win more than 8 I'll be very happy. Beating 8 teams that we have NO reason losing to will not impress me.
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If we win 9 I'll be here as well. Won't be the first or the last time I'm wrong.

FWIW...I hope I'm posting in this thread in December.
 
#81
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Ttucke11 said:
If we go 8-4, my tone will still be the same with Dooley; relatively stable, decent recruiting coach who will never get us over the hump. If he wins 9 or 10 then I'll eat crow happily. Buckets of it.
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With the talent of the first 22 we trot out it seems like we could do better than 8-4, but our depth is just not there yet. It's easy to overlook, too, because the lack of depth is usually only seen in the final score. 8-4 is a solid step forward and gets Dools another year. If Bray, Hunter, Rogers all go pro, then 8-4 will be another solid effort by Dools in 2013 as well.
 
#82
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VolBeef88 said:
So in your opinion those of us who think he has underachieved since donning the orange pants have no idea the shape the program was in? So I guess in your eyes all of us only started watching UT 2 years ago?
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Yes.

Only the Marshall disaster created a worse situation, remember?
 
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Ttucke11 said:
If we go 8-4, my tone will still be the same with Dooley; relatively stable, decent recruiting coach who will never get us over the hump. If he wins 9 or 10 then I'll eat crow happily. Buckets of it.
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My feelings exactly. I think the guy has done a solid job of recruiting, I'm just not sold on him as a coach. I hope I'm wrong, and if I am I'll glady admit I was wrong. I just feel that he is our Zook.
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CountVolcula said:
Since the season is just around the corner, I would like to make the Official VN "Eat Crow" Thread

This is for all the Negative Nancies, Debbie Downers, and other people who talk crap about those of us who support the coach and the team. The ones that use words like Doolander, Doolaider, Doolite, Dools, Doolops, Doobers, Doolickers, Doolholes, Doolkins, and whatever other word they can come up with

This is your thread. This is for you to talk all the negative crap you want about the coach and the team.

This is where we will come back to when the season is over so we can feed you all the Southern Fried Crow plates you can eat

You can have Crow and Waffles if ou want. All you can eat. Served with a nice side of kiss my ass.


Maybe the mods will even sticky it, so we can enjoy it throughout the season, so you cant come back and rejoice with the rest of us, proclaiming you knew all the time but you were just tempering your emotions so that you wouldnt be disappointed at the end of the season.

Get on now, or prepare your palate


Its Almost FOOTBALL TIME IN TENNESSEE

GO VOLS!!!!!


WOO!!!
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WELL SAID COUNT:yahoo::number1::td::cheer::3cheers::3083yourock::baloon::fireworks::fireworks::fireworks::fireworks:
 
#87
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CountVolcula said:
They know who they are. Wins wont matter to them, they are going to talk crap no matter what

I expect 8 wins or better
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I expect 8 as well. I can see some giving him a pass for 6 or 7 tho.

Could get up to 9 or 10 if we out plan and out play a couple.

That would not be the ultimate goal or expectation but a step toward.
 
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BeecherVol said:
I expect 8 as well. I can see some giving him a pass for 6 or 7 tho.

Could get up to 9 or 10 if we out plan and out play a couple.

That would not be the ultimate goal or expectation but a step toward.
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An average coach should win a minimum of 8. He shows he has potential to be a good one at 9. He shows he is capable of being a good one at 10.
 
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k-town_king said:
We should win 9 or 10 games regular season if Dooley can coach at all. I'm not sure if he can. We will see this year.
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I actually the NC this year or he is fired. Since we are into setting absurd expectations. Expectations=opines=behinds.....most everyone has one.
 
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TNGlen said:
I actually the NC this year or he is fired. Since we are into setting absurd expectations. Expectations=opines=behinds.....most everyone has one.
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How many games do you think we should win with this schedule?
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TVolRedsox said:
take 2005 for example, top 5 in the country preseason and we blew, so ill say this "DON'T COUNT THE DAYS, MAKE THE DAYS COUNT" GO VOLS
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I think 2005 was the year I stopped paying any attention whatsoever to preseason rankings.
 
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VolBeef88 said:
And for you and the other delusional fans on this site. Questioning the coach is NOT bad mouthing the team. It's questioning a guy with a losing record, a guy who lost to KY for the 1st time in almost 3 decades and to top it off it was one of the WORST KY teams in those 3 decades. It's questioning a coach whose paid millions yet his team quit on him when a bowl bid was on the line. I know y'all don't have the mental capacity to understand this concept but it is what it is.
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Questioning the coach is a legitimate argument, not one that I agree with, but still a legitimate concern. But I would submit that you name the coach or coaches that you think would have/could have done a better job than Coach Dooley, UNDER THE SAME CIRCUMSTANCES. Do we not all agree that he walked into a very difficult position, 2 weeks before signing day? Do we not also agree that Fulmer left the cupboard pretty bare talent-wise? Didn't most of Kiffin's recruits walk? Please tell me that you don't think Dooley basically had to start over from scratch recruiting? We had no depth thus he had to play the freshmen and sophmores. How many really competitive SEC teams only play freshmen/sophs and are in the top 20? Hmmm, didn't think so. When you list the coaches that would have done a better job please back up with facts on why they would have done better, before you start blasting Coach Dooley. If you can't do that, then you have no case.
 
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chuck0303 said:
Questioning the coach is a legitimate argument, not one that I agree with, but still a legitimate concern. But I would submit that you name the coach or coaches that you think would have.could have done a better job that Coach Dooley, UNDER THE SAME CIRCUMSTANCES. Do we not all agree that he walked into a very difficult position, 2 weeks before signing day? Do we not also agree that Fulmer left the cupboard pretty bare talent-wise? Didn't most of Kiffin's recruits walk? Please tell me that you don't think Dooley basically had to start over from scratch recruiting? We had no depth thus he had to play the freshmen and sophmores. When you list the coaches that would have done a better job please back up with facts on why they would have done better, before you start blasting Coach Dooley. If you can't do that, then you have no case.
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It is my opinion that Dooley is in way over his head. There are several legitimate reasons for that. The arguments have all been made, so there is no reason to rehash.

It doesn't make him a bad guy or a terrible coach....I just have doubts that he is the right guy for the job.
 
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CountVolcula said:
I have no trouble admitting I was wrong.
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I wouldn't worry about having to admit you're wrong, it isn't going to happen, at least not this year. Barring horrendous injuries like last year, I see at least 8 wins. Even if Bray went down again we have more depth and experience and I'm confident Worley would do a good job this year. It certainly would be nice if our specials teams (kicking) was consistent this year though. Nice to see you call out the naysayers though; lots of miserable people out there.
 
#95
#95
VolBeef88 said:
I've stated many times since we saw the 2012 schedule that there's 8 wins built in to the schedule. If we win more than 8 I'll be very happy. Beating 8 teams that we have NO reason losing to will not impress me.
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My thoughts exactly. Stupid thread btw.
 
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volbeef88 said:
and for you and the other delusional fans on this site. Questioning the coach is not bad mouthing the team. It's questioning a guy with a losing record, a guy who lost to ky for the 1st time in almost 3 decades and to top it off it was one of the worst ky teams in those 3 decades. It's questioning a coach whose paid millions yet his team quit on him when a bowl bid was on the line. I know y'all don't have the mental capacity to understand this concept but it is what it is.
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+1000
 
#98
#98
Ill admit ive been pi**ed, but im not gonna eat crow because i was angry about losing. When the team is doing terrible, people get angry. When the team is doing good, people are happy. It's not that hard to figure out.
 
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Lexvol said:
It is my opinion that Dooley is in way over his head. There are several legitimate reasons for that. The arguments have all been made, so there is no reason to rehash.

It doesn't make him a bad guy or a terrible coach....I just have doubts that he is the right guy for the job.
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A lot of people say this is a make or break year for Dooley, I disagree only in the fact if we go 5-7 again this year I would definitely have to rethink where we're at; I'd have to look at the facts hard as to why it happened. I don't think we're LSU or Bama talent-wise, experience-wise but I do think we have the capability to beat either this year. I know LSU isn't on the schedule this year. By the same token, I see 8 wins or more a real possibility. We've now had 3 yrs of S&C with McKeefery (spell), and I think that will show up on the field along with Sal Sunseri's (spell) coaching. I do think we'll have a good season and probably surprise a lot of folks. I just can't envision a 5-7 season.
 
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