Dooley: Savior or Satan?

Well played.

 

Not if your penis fell off.

 

Wow, if only I had seen this before I posted the "Negative" thread...

I'm guilty as well, I thought 9 wins were possible this year.

 

this thread is from last summer

 

I know.. Dooley is an abomination!!

 

Basilio had a guy today claiming that Gary Patterson was very interested in the job opening in 2010 and we didn't pursue him. So, if true, we passed on Kevin Sumlin and Gary Patterson for [ddiapos].

 

Basilio had a guy yesterday talking about the Patterson situation. Basically Hamilton told Patterson he couldn't hire him because he was too much like Fulmer. So that pissed Patterson off

 

Sumlin is a guy they should have pursued at the time. Everyone could see the guy was going to be a great HC in a big-time league. He was an excellent recruiter, ran great offenses at Houston and Oklahoma and was able to put together very impressive coaching staffs.

 

They were possible just not under Dooley's leadership (term used loosely)

 

I thought he had a chance to be OK until UK game last year then UF game this year. The MSU game finished me off to the point of no return. I could care less if he runs the table and blows out a decent team in a bowl game, he needs to be gone.

 

The real problem was Hamilton; Dooley and Pearl are just symptons. You can attribute Martin to blind squirrel luck.

 

The whole time during the Florida game, I could see the writing on the wall that something that was coaching attributed was going to cost us that game.

 

I always assumed he'd be an interim solution not a 10 year deal. There was just too much damage to repair and he didn't have the credibility to survive it and now he's shown he really doesn't have the ability to assemble, retain a top staff required to be successful. Time for the longer term solution.

 

This was "his year" to show that he could move the program forward. Had he not had a complete turnover in staff, it may have worked for him. However, his decisions on a defensive staff destroyed this season. Most everyone thought this team could be a 9-10 win team. I see no way that this program will do anything but be worse each year with Dooley as coach. That is, unless, the administration decides to announce him as the coach for the next 10 years and I certainly don't expect anyone to be patient enough or willing to see the athletic program overall in serious financial status to allow that to ever happen. There is really no choice but to change direction with a new HC if we are committed to having a winning program.

 

Dooley's problem is every year there's more questions and no answers as to his ability. Recruiting as a leading indicator is trending down. The kids know it, we know it, our players know it...time to change.

 

I think that's part of it. Had he been able to recruit and retain top notch assistants, recruit players better, develop players better, make and execute better gameplans, and run a more organized and disciplined program, it may have worked out for him.