ESPN crawl: Tennessee to hire LA Tech coach

[lazarus]

Just saw on ESPN that Tennessee is on track to hire LA Tech coach Derek Dooley. Dooley is the son of famed coach Vince Dooley.

Ooh, I found a linky: http://sports.espn.go.com/ncf/news/story?id=4829107

[joeybee12]

1. He's got big shoes to fill...

...whoops, I meant a big mouth to follow!

[jesus_of_suburbia]

2. I'm listening to him now (Vol fan here).... he sounds like a good fit.

Much better than Kiffin (as far as being comfortable in the SEC).
Kiffin obviously wanted to be in California.



Now let's give him 3-4 years to see what he can do.

[El Supremo]

4. He won't be given 3-4 years.

Vols want to erase the memory of Kiffin right now.

[fishwax]

3. like his predecessor, he's the son of a famous coach and comes to Tennessee with a losing record

Maybe he'll be a good fit at Tennessee, I don't know. But I think it's odd that fourteen months after firing Fulmer they're bringing in a coach who finished in the bottom half of the WAC this year. :shrug:

[Syrinx]

5. my local sports TV guy said he's reminded of Mike Shula

Former Alabama coach. Not meant as praise, I think.

[lazarus]

6. ouch!

That's damning with faint praise, or praising with faint damns. One or the other. But it ain't good.

[Syrinx]

7. I agree

I think Mike Shula is a decent guy, even though, apparently, he was a fan of W. But he just isn't cut out to be a head college coach. Maybe in the pros, I don't know. I think he's a decent QB coach. And his wife is cute. :)

[Hare K Beauregard]

8. I hope he does well.

I'm an SEC fan and root for the SEC East.

I hope he hears "Rocky Top" a lot.