Tennessee's next head coach: Derek Dooley

• gorocks99

  

  http://sports.espn.go.com/ncf/news/story?id=4829107
  
  Interesting choice. Feel free to merge w/ the other thread, just felt a new title was necessary.
• se-alum

  

  The only thing I can think of is:
  
  "Dooley smokin' up the holler, Dooley tryin' to make a dollar, Dooley give me a swaller and I'll pay ya back someday"
• j_crazy

  

  I don't know about this guy. 4-8 in the WAC? Seems like they settled for less than what they are.
• osu99

  Less than inspiring hire for Vols fans IMO. People could have said that about Tressel too I guess but Tress came with some titles.
• vdubb96

  

  Very strange hire.
• Azubuike24

  

  I actually think if Dooley is hired, there is more upside there than what they would get with Cutcliffe. That family has huge ties to recruiting in the south and he will fit in perfectly in the SEC. As I said with Cutcliffe, the Vols would be settling for the safe bet and most likely, average results. This is more of a boom or bust hire...just have to hope for the boom.
• rydawg5

  They should have hired Bill Cowher
• Speedofsand

  

  son of UGA legend Vince Dooley.
  Recommended by Muschamp when Musch turned them down.
  Derek Dooley brought Muschamp and Smart to Saban when at LSU.
  Hamilton is on his way out this year
• Mulva

  

  I think this is a decent hire, but definitely not great and it won't be a crowd-pleaser in Knoxville either I wouldn't think.
• vball10set

  I'll bet he won't come out accusing and blastin' other SEC coaches--that's for sure!!!
• Ytowngirlinfla

  

  I think it's a step down for Tennessee but they got screwed this late in the college football year to hire really anyone decent. I wonder if they program will take a step back because of the Kiffin crap.
• Foul Tip

  I guess Phil Fulmer can go back to sleeping under a bridge.
• jordo212000

  

  Derek Dooley huh? I don't know much about him, so I can't really predict how he'll do or how good of a hire it is. Somebody else had a good point though, just because you havent heard of somebody, doesn't mean they won't work out.
• ZeroCool

  i think the biggest factor in this decison was muschamp recommening him. fwiw.
• darbypitcher22

  

  Very interesting choice indeed... not really great at Louisiana Tech( I believe he was 3 games under .500 overall)... kind of tells me that either A) nobody wanted this job or B) that Tennessee didn't want certain people to have this job
• osu99

  if you know a Vols fan you may want to go check on them to make sure they aren't harming or planning to harm themselves or others.
• osu99

  Press conference on ESPN News right now. He definitely has met the southern drawl requirements for the job.
• osu99

  He did sound like he has his stuff together though.
• Big Gain

  Sounds like he wasn't 1st, 2nd, or 3rd choice.
  
  Most interesting thing in that article is the Utah coached turned the job down. Sounds like he'd rather get into a BCS bowl by playing nobody, instead of competing in the SEC for a BCS Bowl. Probably the same with the Boise State coach.
• 3reppom

  

  Dooley won't impress the average fan at all, but he is very highly regarded in the coaching community. There are a lot of guys out there who have the right name and connections but can't coach worth a damn and flame out spectacularly or become your run of the mill position coach. Dooley isn't in that category.
• BCSbunk

  I think it will turn out to be a good hire. Time will tell.
• Speedofsand

  

  I see at least 5 losses and I'm only talking about the first 7 games.
  
  2010 SCHEDULE
  Sept. 4 UT-Martin
  Sept. 11 Oregon
  Sept. 18 Florida
  Sept. 25 UAB
  Oct. 2 at LSU
  Oct. 9 at Georgia
  Oct. 23 Alabama
  Oct. 30 at South Carolina
  Nov. 6 at Memphis
  Nov. 13 Mississippi
  Nov. 20 at Vanderbilt
  Nov. 27 Kentucky
  Dec. 4 SEC Championship (Atl.)--YEAH RIGHT
• osu99

  That's a tough way to start in Vol land with that schedule. How much talent do the Vols bring back next year because I know Kiffin had a good class last year that can probably play a little football and play it well.
• darbypitcher22

  

  Wow Oregon and Florida back to back in Wk 2 and 3? what was their AD thinking? I mean, I know he has no control over the SEC schedule but come on....
• NNN

  

  osu99 wrote: That's a tough way to start in Vol land with that schedule. How much talent do the Vols bring back next year because I know Kiffin had a good class last year that can probably play a little football and play it well.

  Not much; it was looking like 2010 would be worse than 2009 well before any of this transpired.
  

  darbypitcher22 wrote: Wow Oregon and Florida back to back in Wk 2 and 3? what was their AD thinking? I mean, I know he has no control over the SEC schedule but come on....

  Huh, and all I keep hearing is "SEC schools never play anyone out of conference!" Here's UT's OOC games the last 12 years.
  
  1997 - Texas Tech, Southern Mississippi, UCLA
  1998 - Syracuse, Houston, UAB
  1999 - Wyoming, Memphis, Notre Dame
  2000 - Southern Miss, ULM, Memphis
  2001 - Syracuse, Notre Dame, Memphis
  2002 - Wyoming, MTSU, Rutgers, Miami
  2003 - Fresno State, Marshall, Duke, Miami
  2004 - UNLV, Louisiana Tech, Notre Dame
  2005 - UAB, Notre Dame, Memphis
  2006 - Cal, Air Force, Marshall, Memphis
  2007 - Cal, Southern Miss, Arkansas State, ULL
  2008 - UCLA, UAB, Northern Illinois, Wyoming
  2009 - Western Kentucky, UCLA, Ohio, Memphis
  
  And throw in the future commitments...
  2011 - Cincinnati, North Carolina, North Texas, MTSU
  2012 - North Carolina, NC State, Troy
  2013 - Oregon, South Alabama
  2014 - Oklahoma
  2015 - UAB, Oklahoma, Connecticut
  2016 - Connecticut, Nebraska
  2017 - Southern Miss, Nebraska
  2018 - Ohio State
  2019 - Ohio State
  2021 - USC
  2022 - USC