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Ryan,

The same thing happened when Kiffin bailed in the middle of the night for USCw. About the only real revelation about Dooley's tenure post-firing was the TFP article about how he and his staff had failed to maintain ties with HS coaches in the Chattanooga area. The tensions between him and the former lettermen was something that was known about, but never really discussed in any detail beyond his press conference where he said he wanted them to call him first. The bottom line for many people that follow the Vols is that despite the improvements he made off the field (S&C, the VFL program, the lower number of off-field issues, rebuilding a depleted roster), the on-field problems overshadowed much of the work he did to shore up the foundations of the program. The roster that Jones inherits is better than the one Dooley took over from Kiffin, and hopefully that will translate into wins down the road.

People need to lay off Dooley.......he loved UT. He just didnt win the 2-4 games he need to. He worked hard for UT. I am sure he wished he had more time in Jan 2010 to hire a staff and make it more like his 2nd staff minus Sal of course. He just flat out was hired at a poor time and ya.....lost a few too many games in a tough rebuild.

Hope Jones recruits and has the staff to get it done.