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Thanks for posting the link watauga. I don't see how anyone could disagree with the column. There has been times that I have strongly disagreed with Adams, but in this case I fully agree with his comments. It appears that the "Sunfense" is going to do to Coach Dooley, barring a last minute miracle, what the Clawfense did to Coach Fulmer.

You have good points drizz. Let's play a game of "what if's". What if somehow, Tennessee wins out beating Mizzou 45-42, Vandy 48-45 and Kentucky 51-42? Assuming that Gruden is not ready to leave MNF and the powers that be retain Coach Dooley, does Coach Dooley retain Sunseri?

Is there anything, and I do mean anything since I've been a strong Dooley supporter, that could give a glimmer of hope that the defense can be better in 2013? I have accepted that there is a talent gap in the upper echelon of the SEC, but I cannot wrap my mind around how we surrendered over 700 yards to a Troy team.

I guess I am simply looking for anything to grasp onto at this time. With Franklin at QB next week, with his passing ability and running, I am not too excited about next week's game. Being an optimist, it is very difficult to find anything about this defense that gives me hope.

If Coach Dooley is retained, he will once again be on the hot seat. If we were to fire Sunseri who would possibly want to walk into this situation at UT. I don't think you could get anybody good. I doubt Hart would give out a 3 year deal to coach, and I doubt any coach would come here knowing if we don't win 8 or 9 games next year he will be out...

So if Dooley stays, i think Sal probably will to. Thats why I want both of them gone.

If Dooley returns - would Kevin Steele come into this fire storrm?

Adams cherry picked this story. It's a gimme. Defense is bad... Fire Sal... Fire Dooley. We all said the same things minutes after the game. No news here.

He may have cherry picked the story, as you say WV-Vol, but at least he did. I, for one, think the UT beat writers have inexplicably been way too easy w/ Sunseri and this unacceptable product he is putting on the field. I am not an Adams aplolgist by any stretch yet, when I read this column late last night my initial thought was "about time".

The job is so much more attractive than it was in January 2010...and DD get's the credit for that. A coach with half a motivational bone in his body could inspire this current team to play better. It's painfully obvious to me, and I never played organized football.
I've already said goodbye to Dooley.

Our defense is atrocious and doesn't seem to be getting any better. It actually seems to be getting worse.

I agree. It takes a lot of balls to write what Adams wrote. He is not an anonymous blogger, or a national writer outside Knoxville. He is local and I'm sure these coaches know him personally and will hear about the article if thy don't read it themselves. Kudos to him for writing what a growing percentage of the fan base is thinking. It's not new analysis or groundbreaking reporting, but I think it's pretty significant that even local writer are now coming out with such strong statements.