So are we putting all of our eggs in the Aaron Medley basket?

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DeerPark12 said:
It was a live drill that put the kicker in a dangerous position. Which is why they had the backup kicker running it instead of Palardy.
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Did it happen to every kicker that Dooley ever coached, or was it just a freak accident?
 
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#55
I like that the op seems to think that only 3 scholarship kickers is not enough.

VNs ideal roster:

12 kickers
12 TEs
61 DTs
 
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1972 Grad said:
Did it happen to every kicker that Dooley ever coached, or was it just a freak accident?
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You've asked this question twice now and I don't understand what you're getting at. He was injured as a result of a faulty drill that put the kicker at unnecessary risk after a grotesque injury, they stopped doing the drill.
 
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Vol8188 said:
I like that the op seems to think that only 3 scholarship kickers is not enough.

VNs ideal roster:

12 kickers
12 TEs
61 DTs
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I thought that we have four kickers on scholly?

D. 'there is a tear in my beer' Brodus
Sir Shanks-a-Lot Bullock
Matt 'Whoops, darr it is!" Darr

plus

6* Medley
 
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DeerPark12 said:
You've asked this question twice now and I don't understand what you're getting at. He was injured as a result of a faulty drill that put the kicker at unnecessary risk after a grotesque injury, they stopped doing the drill.
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The reason that I asked it is because you made it sound like Dooley did it knowing that Bullock would get hurt. If several previous kickers had been hurt, then I would agree that it was negligence.

I think you are one of those who likes to blame Dooley every chance you get. He obviously did not do it on purpose, unless he knew that every kicker that ever participated got hurt. It was an accident.
 
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1972 Grad said:
I think you are one of those who likes to blame Dooley every chance you get. He obviously did not do it on purpose, unless he knew that every kicker that ever participated got hurt. It was an accident.
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He didn't exactly do a great deal on or off the field to give him the benefit of the doubt.

Somebody referenced the incident, you asked him to clarify it, I provided the story of what happened. I wasn't blaming Dooley for anything, I was explaining what happened.

I'm going to blame him for things he was guilty of. The list is long. Outside of the Vol for Life program, there are very few things that he did well or was responsible for that improved. Talent, recruiting, on-field performance, academics, alumni relations, all of it went down and he was directly responsible for much of it. He literally could not have made the program worse if he had set out to run it into the ground. I'd defend him, but the things that I saw were completely indefensible.
 
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DeerPark12 said:
He didn't exactly do a great deal on or off the field to give him the benefit of the doubt.

Somebody referenced the incident, you asked him to clarify it, I provided the story of what happened. I wasn't blaming Dooley for anything, I was explaining what happened.

I'm going to blame him for things he was guilty of. The list is long. Outside of the Vol for Life program, there are very few things that he did well or was responsible for that improved. Talent, recruiting, on-field performance, academics, alumni relations, all of it went down and he was directly responsible for much of it. He literally could not have made the program worse if he had set out to run it into the ground. I'd defend him, but the things that I saw were completely indefensible.
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Fine. Did Dooley get his kicker hurt on purpose? If he didn't, I find it irresponsible to insinuate that it was his fault.
 
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1972 Grad said:
Fine. Did Dooley get his kicker hurt on purpose? If he didn't, I find it irresponsible to insinuate that it was his fault.
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I never said he got him hurt on purpose.

He created a practice situation, against the advice of two coaches on his staff, that led to a grotesque injury.

In fact, one of those two coaches predicted that exact situation would happen. Dooley called him an idiot in front of others.

A walk-on had previously been injured standing in for a kicker in the same drill, though he didn't break his leg because he didn't complete the kicking motion.
 
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DeerPark12 said:
I never said he got him hurt on purpose.

He created a practice situation, against the advice of two coaches on his staff, that led to a grotesque injury.

In fact, one of those two coaches predicted that exact situation would happen. Dooley called him an idiot in front of others.

A walk-on had previously been injured standing in for a kicker in the same drill, though he didn't break his leg because he didn't complete the kicking motion.
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Alrighty then.
 
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Jax_Vol said:
I thought that we have four kickers on scholly?

D. 'there is a tear in my beer' Brodus
Sir Shanks-a-Lot Bullock
Matt 'Whoops, darr it is!" Darr

plus

6* Medley
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Did we give Brodus a scholarship?
 
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#68
More like we are putting all our eggs in the offense and defensive lines. I worry much more about UT's lines than the place kicker. UT has many areas to improve on, many.
 
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