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re: How close was Dooley to being fired after the UK loss? Very close
Posted on 5/19/12 at 10:58 pm to UTVols2618
Posted on 5/19/12 at 10:58 pm to UTVols2618
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You said the good ones don't make excuses and get results. Dooley took over a 3 win La Tech team and won them their first bowl game in over 20 years. He did that in 2 years. It is a fact he did faster than the other coaches. Is that saying he inherited a similar problem? I don't know, La Tech's rivals writer has said time and time again Dooley was given a hard job at La Tech.
The bowl game achievement doesn't mean as much when you consider they've added a ridiculous number of bowl games over the years. Didn't his predecessor win the conference at La Tech? Didn't his successor win the conference, too?
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Posted on 5/19/12 at 11:08 pm to ohiovol
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The bowl game achievement doesn't mean as much when you consider they've added a ridiculous number of bowl games over the years. Didn't his predecessor win the conference at La Tech? Didn't his successor win the conference, too?
Then why did it take La Tech over 20 years to win one then?
Jack Bicknell won it in 2001, but that was in a much weaker WAC, plus it was Gary Crowton that built up La Tech, he left after his third year to coach at BYU. The WAC was the strongest nonaq conference when Dooley was in there. Nevada, Hawaii, Fresno State, and Boise State were all good programs at the time.
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