nm. The BottomLine: Grading the Recruiting Class and On Dooley Blaming Fans... - Blogs - The 8th Maxim
Signing zero OL is an F. I doubt you can find a Saban, Miles, Meyer, or Richt class without a single lineman.
Generally good stuff, although I tend to be on the "not a good idea to take 0 OL" side. Also, I'm pretty sure this is demonstrably false: He said that you can't expect to have 100,000 fans at games and 35,000 at the Vol Walk and then have an "oh well, that's okay" attitude when you lose games you shouldn't. He said directly "We were giving our competition a lot of ammunition."
He has said that. He did not say that when he was dishing out posting advice. He should have left it alone after making the comments you posted.
Random question, I saw a link to a 1 hour video of the recruiting celebration but can't find it anywhere now. Anyone have it? Want to see Sunseri and Graham
Exactly. If you are the head coach of football at The University of Tennessee, you don't start commenting on message board posts- positive or negative. It screams bush league.
Ah, I interpreted "failed to note" much more globally. My apologies. I tend to think most of what Dooley says is something any coach in his situation would be thinking, but he should definitely keep his mouth shut in situations like this. He's probably the most candid coach I'm aware of. That makes him very relatable for a lot of people, but it also means he says way more than he should in certain cases.