re: Did Tennessee

He had to approach it differently. He didnt give out offers to just anyone, so he wouldnt have to pull them later if someone better came around. He had to focus on going after bigger recruits, and came up 2nd a lot. Green to MI, Kamara to bama, Santos to UTx, to name some. Butch wouldnt have had Kamara if it werent for what Dooley did.

Also, kiffin depleted the roster. Dooley had like 65 players, so he was constantly rebuilding at all positions. He started his first season with no QBs on the roster that had been on the season prior. He had freshman Bray and jcc transfer matt simms. Kiffin pulled the scholys from Taj Boyd, and Bryce Petty that Fulmer had set up.

Thanks to kiffin Dooley also was down 2 schollys for 2 yrs from the ncaa. So when you are down to 65, and have 23 scholleys a year you have to approach recruiting differently than say butch who was able to offer 30-35 for 2 straight yrs.

Dooley had a complete disaster he took over. What jones walked into was nothing close to what Dooley did. He wasn't liked by some HS coaches that may have wanted to have their arses kissed, and same for players. He didnt carry on what kiffin was doing, and promising. Which hurt him with bryce brown leaving. Dooley also had to kick his best player off the team prior to starting the season 2 yrs in a row. Janzen Jackson, and then Da'rick Rogers. UT was a hot mess then.

The Dooley era was an interesting study. One I havent seen at any other school during my time.