What Other Message Boards Are Saying: Mizzou Edition

#76
#76
BaldBiker said:
I will agree with you on this, if you will at least agree with me that Dooley was a D'bag. :good!:
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I never knew him on a personal basis and people tend to pile on when someone becomes an easy target. He did do some things that made enemies like restricting access to former players. If he had won games, he likely would have loosened up but no one would have cared about that stuff. Jones is a wiser politician. He realizes he may some day need a vote of approval from those former players to survive a crisis.

At the start, I thought Dooley displayed a pretty funny sense of humor but that went away as the stress took him over.

He behaved like many guys I've known in leadership positions that were being smothered by their situation. He was drowning and flailing about trying to hang on... then he resigned himself to his fate and pretty much quit trying. I think that happened sometime around mid-season last year. IMO, he thought he could save himself with that team.

What I will say with complete confidence was that he failed as a coach. He failed because he lacked the interest or ability to get into the details of coaching AND because he made the worst coordinator hire I have ever seen.
 
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#77
#77
sjt18 said:
I never knew him on a personal basis and people tend to pile on when someone becomes an easy target. He did do some things that made enemies like restricting access to former players. If he had won games, he likely would have loosened up but no one would have cared about that stuff. Jones is a wiser politician. He realizes he may some day need a vote of approval from those former players to survive a crisis.

At the start, I thought Dooley displayed a pretty funny sense of humor but that went away as the stress took him over.

He behaved like many guys I've known in leadership positions that were being smothered by their situation. He was drowning and flailing about trying to hang on... then he resigned himself to his fate and pretty much quit trying. I think that happened sometime around mid-season last year. IMO, he thought he could save himself with that team.

What I will say with complete confidence was that he failed as a coach. He failed because he lacked the interest or ability to get into the details of coaching AND because he made the worst coordinator hire I have ever seen.
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So. We agree. He was a d'bag.

Thanks
 
#79
#79
sjt18 said:
I never knew him on a personal basis and people tend to pile on when someone becomes an easy target. He did do some things that made enemies like restricting access to former players. If he had won games, he likely would have loosened up but no one would have cared about that stuff. Jones is a wiser politician. He realizes he may some day need a vote of approval from those former players to survive a crisis.

At the start, I thought Dooley displayed a pretty funny sense of humor but that went away as the stress took him over.

He behaved like many guys I've known in leadership positions that were being smothered by their situation. He was drowning and flailing about trying to hang on... then he resigned himself to his fate and pretty much quit trying. I think that happened sometime around mid-season last year. IMO, he thought he could save himself with that team.

What I will say with complete confidence was that he failed as a coach. He failed because he lacked the interest or ability to get into the details of coaching AND because he made the worst coordinator hire I have ever seen.
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This is so true. I have seen it myself time and time again in Junior Leadership. You can coach them and attempt to lead them in the right direction, but they refuse to budge in the proper direction.

He was OBE Overcome By Events. Due to his own Self inflicted wounds. Once they hit the slope you throw them a rope and tell them to tie it around their waist but they are so hard headed that they tie it around their necks.

You are spot on.
 
#80
#80
sjt18 said:
I never knew him on a personal basis and people tend to pile on when someone becomes an easy target. He did do some things that made enemies like restricting access to former players. If he had won games, he likely would have loosened up but no one would have cared about that stuff. Jones is a wiser politician. He realizes he may some day need a vote of approval from those former players to survive a crisis.

At the start, I thought Dooley displayed a pretty funny sense of humor but that went away as the stress took him over.

He behaved like many guys I've known in leadership positions that were being smothered by their situation. He was drowning and flailing about trying to hang on... then he resigned himself to his fate and pretty much quit trying. I think that happened sometime around mid-season last year. IMO, he thought he could save himself with that team.

What I will say with complete confidence was that he failed as a coach. He failed because he lacked the interest or ability to get into the details of coaching AND because he made the worst coordinator hire I have ever seen.
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Probably the best summary of Dooley I have ever read
 
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#82
#82
-A lot of what you'll find on their boards is still talk about last weeks game. Talking about the death threats and verbal abuse the kicker is getting, talking about how the laces were in, etc. A lot less time spent discussing the upcoming UT game.

I thought the announcer was going to stroke out when he missed that kick. Then they showed the laces and ... instant scape goat. Laces had nothing to do with that miss from that distance. More to do with the ball leaning in toward the kicker and misalignment.
 
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#84
#84
Its going to be the Missouri Mules and the Tennessee Walking Horses, who do you think will win?
 
#86
#86
Rifleman said:
Any news from the Mizzou boards on who will be the Mizzou QB after Dan McCullers eats Maty Mauk?

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tcp1vurIkNo[/youtube]
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Wow, I had forgotten about this. What an insane play by McCullers. He gets double-teamed, fights them off, slips the block, then tackles the QB before he can escape the pocket and go for long yardage. What a beast. I think he made himself some future money that day.
 
#87
#87
We need to focus on the future. PERIOD.

Dobbs is/will be the man. He's got the tools, and he WILL be developed/coached up. Count on it. There's no sense in speculating about what happens when -or if - Worley comes back. Things like this have a way of working themselves out. They always have, and always will.

It's a new era for Tennessee football, and Butch Jones is the man in charge. His staff is proving itself to be capable, even if some of our own ignorant and INCREDIBLY fickle "fans" can't see that, and the future of the program IS in great shape.

I know message boards have a certain dynamic, and that's fine, but GAWD, how I hate the childish - and John Penningtonesque - BS ranting about Dooley that keeps coming up. We GET it! He failed. MISERABLY!!

That's all over, and we're moving forward!

Go VOLS!!
 
#88
#88
memvol said:
-A lot of what you'll find on their boards is still talk about last weeks game. Talking about the death threats and verbal abuse the kicker is getting, talking about how the laces were in, etc. A lot less time spent discussing the upcoming UT game.

I thought the announcer was going to stroke out when he missed that kick. Then they showed the laces and ... instant scape goat. Laces had nothing to do with that miss from that distance. More to do with the ball leaning in toward the kicker and misalignment.
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I thought they were just playing up the joke, I had no idea the laces were really in and they showed that on TV? lol

Oh, man, that's internet gold. Even if they lose against us, which I think they will, they will still blame the whole season on the laces, priceless!

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#90
#90
sjt18 said:
I never knew him on a personal basis and people tend to pile on when someone becomes an easy target. He did do some things that made enemies like restricting access to former players, TN high school coaches, high level recruits, allied forces, and people who prefer baths over showers.
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#91
#91
Most of then on Tiger Board are saying that this game will be a blow out, they'll win by 20+. They base this on our road record. I hope we crush them, to shut their damn mouths.
 
#95
#95
thomaseusin said:
I like how UT fan thinks.. Smokescreen shhh
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Totally agree .. "We ain't much to write home 'bout", "You'all sooo good", "Don't you worry you're haid none 'bout the VOLS", "You surely are a better team", and etc.

Total smokescreen, right up the Az ... er Mizzou.

Seems no one on here caught on except for you.
 
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#97
#97
Should be an opportunity for Freak. Sounds like other SEC schools have poor social networking outlets. He could create a network and still have orange in his veins. He would just need people capable of admin functions, which is difficult, but not overly.
 
#98
#98
chatt-townVOL said:
Hey guys, just wanted to say don't be scared of us this year. Our secondary is a little banged up, have a true freshman QB's first start, and an over rated OL. 28-13 Tigers. Here's a fun fact: we have won ONE away game other than Vanderbilt and Kentucky in SIX years. We have some good players coming in, so give us 2 years and we will be back as a contender in the SEC. I'll be cheering for the Vols this weekend, but not expecting much at all.
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I saw that idiot post that two days ago. I couldn't believe it when I was reading it. IF he even was a VFL fan he needs his VFL card revoked.
 
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coug said:
I saw that idiot post that two days ago. I couldn't believe it when I was reading it. IF he even was a VFL fan he needs his VFL card revoked.
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Yeah it was depressing. Dude was straight up sucking up to fans of a program that would give anything to be as storied and respected as UT.
 
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#100
#100
It should be a close game. Anyone expecting a blowout on either side is silly.
 
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