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All he deserves is the amount of the buyout in his contract.

No. He needs to be fired for his performance as HC in his 3 years here. Another year would just continue to set us back.

I strongly disagree with the OP. We all know the stats: 0-14 verse ranked opponents, zero bowl game victories, 15-18 overall, zero wins against AL, FL, or GA, etc. JMO, DD's record, resume, and hiring practices all merit dismissal. Even so, I think the original hypo.is a tad bit detached from reality. DD won’t be giving up his buyout….just not going to happen man

I'm simply referring to Dooley's character. This statement would show his truthfulness in the "VFL" term he had coined, not just $$$.

I think any reasonable fan would agree that if CDD is terminated, whoever comes in inherits a more cushy situation than when Dooley was hired. That is Progress.

I'm not happy not winning. That's why he should say, I want next year and I don't want a buyout. CDD will be using year zero recruits that will be seniors and year one as juniors. Plus this gives credence to stand on this recruiting cycle.

If the wins aren't there then no problems, he is gone no questions asked. We cannot endure another ugly mess.

Georgia was ranked and so was South Carolina at the time we played them in 2007. I believe that GA team ended up number 2 overall. South Carolina was ranked in 2009 when we won. None of that, to me, makes a difference as to whether UT keeps or fires Dooley. However, I think some passionate defenders of Dooley are getting a little to aggressive with their arguments and starting to get ahead of the facts. I have no problem with Dooley staying if he wins out, but I do have a problem with the revision of history by some that are defending him.

Once again you are taking it too far, attempting to describe the state of the program when Dooley arrived. We weren't even close to a program bouncing back from the death penalty. Just ask SMU what that's like. There is way too much hyperbole around here in defense of Dooley and/or in support of giving him the boot.

If Dooley comes back next year, after winning out this year, I will not be mad. However, Dooley blew an opportunity that the better coaches turn into gold when he couldn't get the substitutions right with the game on the line and pressure on at LSU. He blew his goodwill from alot of fans and heated his own seat when he couldn't get his team up to beat an extremely less talented team at KY. In all the defenses that you and others make for Dooley, you push these two things aside as if Dooley, in those situations, shouldn't have been expected to do anything else but lose. If Dooley is finished after this year, IMO, those two games will have had more to do with that outcome than just about anything else. If he wins those two games, Sunseri probably wouldn't be here.