Bio:
La Tech: 2007, 5-7; 2008, 8-5; 2009, 4-8.
Jobs: Tight ends coach, Miami Dolphins, 2005-06; running back/special teams, LSU 2003-2004; tight ends, recruiting coordinator, LSU, 2000-2002; wide receivers, SMU, 1997-99; graduate assistant, Georgia, 1996.
Well, I just got done watching Coach Dooley's press conference for the first time. This guy is completely different from Kiffin. His presser was completely different. He didn't come out with guns blazing. He clearly has the utmost respect for the University, coaches, people who have influenced him, and pretty much everyone around him. It appears that this guy has actually got some morals. He is the southern gentlemen that Kiffin was nowhere near being. He is going to respect Vol traditions unlike the previous regime. I know the majority of Vol nation wasn't too excited when they first heard about the hiring but I am excited for the future.
Dooley has done some solid recruiting in his time at LSU. Hopefully that experience will be carried over to the Vols program. His recruiting philosophy is different from Kiffin and he doesn't have the 'big names' that Kiffin had on staff but if he can recruit as well as he did under Saban, UT should be in for a bright future. I hope that he can assemble a nice staff. It is very obvious that he isn't going after big named people but rather he is going to hire coaches who are solid coaches and can develop talent. Dooley is clearly a very smart coach and has been around some great coaches in his career. I like this hire. I don't think that hiring a big name guy was necessary. The Sabans and Meyers of the world had to start somewhere. Who knows maybe the name Dooley will carry just as much significance in 10 years as those names currently do. We can only hope right?
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