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Bruce Feldman

  • jacvol12 said...

    Feldman just posted this in his mailbag today. I can't say I disagree with anything he says here.

    From @lucky931: Did u tell Finebaum Dooley had to win the Bama or USCjr game to keep his job?

    I did. As I've said before, Derek Dooley took over a bad situation. The Tennessee program was a mess in the wake of Lane Kiffin bolting to USC. Dooley has brought some stability. I say some because he's also had a huge amount of staff turnover in his three years too, and that's been a lot more for players to sort through. UT football is certainly better than when Dooley arrived.

    I suspect the problem here is that the Vols simply haven't shown enough under him by now to convince the power brokers at UT that he is the right guy to lead them going forward. UT isn't a young team any more. There are a lot of two and three-year starters. They have talent, but for whatever reason, the Vols aren't getting results. They haven't proven they can beat a good team. Dooley has never beaten a ranked team in his coaching career. He's also 1-10 in his last 11 SEC games. That's bad if you're at UK or Ole Miss. It's unthinkable at Tennessee. He's also lost to programs UT had dominated for years (UK, Miss. State). My hunch is barring a big upset of Alabama or South Carolina, it's not going to be enough to get Year Four.

    I mean is it going to win people over if they end on a three-game winning streak in SEC play but it came against Mizzou, Vandy and Kentucky – teams that are a combined 1-11 this year in conference? I seriously doubt that.

    Just good old common sense. I don't understand how anybody can disagree with this observation.

    GoVols2011

  • The truth is nobody really knows his future. Well at least none of us do. If the crimson and the cocks beat up on us he is gone.

    hackburgman

  • jacvol12 said...

    Feldman just posted this in his mailbag today. I can't say I disagree with anything he says here.

    From @lucky931: Did u tell Finebaum Dooley had to win the Bama or USCjr game to keep his job?

    I did. As I've said before, Derek Dooley took over a bad situation. The Tennessee program was a mess in the wake of Lane Kiffin bolting to USC. Dooley has brought some stability. I say some because he's also had a huge amount of staff turnover in his three years too, and that's been a lot more for players to sort through. UT football is certainly better than when Dooley arrived.

    I suspect the problem here is that the Vols simply haven't shown enough under him by now to convince the power brokers at UT that he is the right guy to lead them going forward. UT isn't a young team any more. There are a lot of two and three-year starters. They have talent, but for whatever reason, the Vols aren't getting results. They haven't proven they can beat a good team. Dooley has never beaten a ranked team in his coaching career. He's also 1-10 in his last 11 SEC games. That's bad if you're at UK or Ole Miss. It's unthinkable at Tennessee. He's also lost to programs UT had dominated for years (UK, Miss. State). My hunch is barring a big upset of Alabama or South Carolina, it's not going to be enough to get Year Four.

    I mean is it going to win people over if they end on a three-game winning streak in SEC play but it came against Mizzou, Vandy and Kentucky – teams that are a combined 1-11 this year in conference? I seriously doubt that.

    This is a really interesting post. My gut tells me that Dooley gets another year but I don't think Feldman would report something like this unless he has seen some smoke. He has proven to me that he has good sources and when he says he "suspects" something then you must take notice because he isn't the type to make up a rumor.

    I don't know, maybe the power brokers think that without a contract extension Dooley's recruiting would suffer regardless of whether he comes back or not. But there is no doubt Dooley needs a big win and for this team to play better. We've let two winnable games slip through our fingers. That is not acceptable.

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  • RunThruThe T said...

    "My gut tells me that Dooley gets another year but I don't think Feldman would report something like this unless he has seen some smoke."

    I don't know, maybe the power brokers think that without a contract extension Dooley's recruiting would suffer regardless of whether he comes back or not. But there is no doubt Dooley needs a big win and for this team to play better. We've let two winnable games slip through our fingers. That is not acceptable.

    The problem with giving Dooley one more year is that you're virtually locking him in as your coach for two years. Hart's not going to fire Dooley after next year because his buyout will be 4 million - I would suspect he'd just keep Dooley that last year. So going back to your point about recruiting, you have two years of uncertainty as opposed to one. Just my two cents

    VooDooVolunteer

  • VooDooVolunteer said...

    The problem with giving Dooley one more year is that you're virtually locking him in as your coach for two years. Hart's not going to fire Dooley after next year because his buyout will be 4 million - I would suspect he'd just keep Dooley that last year. So going back to your point about recruiting, you have two years of uncertainty as opposed to one. Just my two cents

    Yeah, exactly. I'm less and less certain he'll be back. I guess the jury is still out. He really needs a big win though.

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