I try not to drink the orange Doolaide too often, but I can't help but feel optimistic about next season and most importantly the overall direction of our program. All of our new coaches and recruits seem to be truly bought in to what Dooley is doing here in Tennessee. These guys actually want to be here as a destination and not a pit stop. It feels great to be a Tennessee Vol once again.

The more I hear from and about the new coaches, the more optimistic I am about the 2012 season. Good write up Wes. GO VOLS!

really excited about this hire ; have a couple of really good friends that played football for UNC and are really close to the program and they absolutely love the man and the product he puts on the field . they are really pissed that he is now at UT but glad he is not coaching in the ACC

have to agree and some of the kids that are supposed to possibly play at the next level havent even gotten a real good shot at playing yet ; with the right coach i really think these kids are going to be something special soon . Tiny is going to be off the charts great this year

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Nice article, Wes. Hopefully, Coach Pittman will be more available to the media than the last OL coach was. It seems like he might provide you some good material, as well as develop a line that can block.

Coaches like Pittman will bust their butts to make the team better, and Dooley seems to have hit the jackpot with Pittman, Sunseri, Graham, Palermo, etc. This will pay huge dividends down the road for the program.