Meh, Pruitt at least recruited olinemen and was so shitty Tennessee didn't have to pay him to leave. Butch was by far the worst
Butch was an idiot but Dooley could’ve coached here 100 years and never had the 2015/16 seasons, however fraudulent and not great even they were
Dooley was a pathetic hire handpicked by the Haslams because he had a southern accent and a UVA degree. He knew he didn't deserve it. He got paid and left. Butch called himself "the caretaker" and put the national championship trophy under the steps. [uck fay] him
I'm pretty sure Dooley could have turned us into a national laugh stock in 2015 by blowing 3 two TD leads (seems like it was some kind of record), lie to us about his chart and why he didn't go for two in Gainesville, and kick a FG from the 6" line against OU. He could have also probably lost to South Carolina and Vanderbilt with NFL talent all over the roster in 2016.
Putting butch's picture up there with Gen. Neyland and then the guy goes to bama is the deciding factor. lyle will always be the worst in my book. I can't believe, actually I can, some of our fans were comparing the two because butch knows how to take a knee. F butch, lyle-vagina, jones.
[uck fay]’em all, but for some reason I hate Dooley the most. Maybe because he was a uppity mommas boy that only got the job because of his name. Not to mention he was more concerned with where the bathrooms were going in the new facilities than actually recruiting OL. Hating Butch is like hating a handicapped person.
Butch rode Josh Dobbs to wins that Dooley could not with Tyler Bray. Pruitt couldn’t even back his car out of the driveway.
Dooley was the worst coach and Butch was just the worst. Butch’s tenure was an all out assault on anything and everything that gave you any pride at all in being a Tennessee fan. Took our swagger and stuffed it in a trash can.
Here we go again. I have said my peace. But I will unapologetically say it again. Pruitt was the worst when you consider program management. He is the absolute worst for me. But it you ask me, and you won’t, to dissect it. Dooley was a jerk. Football IQ of 3. Control freak. Unqualified. Butch was a fake. He faked well enough and got lucky, I guess to his credit, once with Dobbs. Football IQ of 2. Pruitt had a human IQ of 45 and Football IQ of 3.1 they all 3 sucked.
If Dooley wasn’t a total piece of garbage who people were naturally inclined to loathe, then he absolutely replicates the output of the 2015/2016 seasons had he not run off every competent defensive coach on his staff heading into 2012. That 2012 offense combined with a 2011 defensive output wins at least 9 games
Dooley was goofy and made me laugh. Butch is Butch, but beating UF and Geargia btb was big. At least we won those games whether he deserves credit or not and Dobbs/Kamara etc entertained me a few games. Pruitt put a shit product in the field and no players wanted to be around him or each other. He’s the worst of the 3 imo.
Almost nothing that happens on Saturday will surprise me. I have zero expectations one way or the other.
Feel like I’ve said that a lot over the last 10 years and this program has consistently found a way to surprise me…and not in a good way.