Dooley to Tennessee????

Ok, let me get this out of the way. Derek Dooley just might end up being a good coach for the Tennessee Volunteers, but is this the best that they can do? Dooley did take Louisiana Tech to a bowl game, but he was also 17-20 (12-12 in conference). Even the departing Lane Kiffin called Tennessee a top 10 job (sadly for Voluneteer fans he thought USC was a little better). If this is a top 10 job, why did Tennesse have to go to Louisiana Tech to get a coach?

I compare the Tennessee situation to the Arkansas basketball situation when hiring John Pelphrey. Arkansas has been considered a top 10 job in college basketball by many, (see John Calipari's comments on the Arkansas job) but there has been a lot happen since Arkansas has performed like a top 10 basketball program much the same as Tennessee. The Volunteers count themselves as having six football national championships, I don't know what the exact number would be but I would think that they probably have half that number (much like Alabama and their 13 national championships) with the last one coming in 1998. By my count that's 12 years since they won a national championship. Since about 2005 the Vols have fallen off the map. In a game that is what have you done for me lately, the Vols haven't done a whole lot. This is why the Vols have had to go get Derek Dooley to be their next head coach.

This program made a splash with the hire of Kiffin last year, but should have known that it would come to this. Kiffin has already shown to be a man who lacked integrity before he came to Tennesse. Now it will be interesting to see how the Volunteer program recovers. In my opinion, the Volunteer nation better give Dooley a few years to pick up the pieces much like Arkansas has had to give Pelphrey.

In this time of what have you done for me lately in both Arkansas and Tennessee's case, patience must rule the day. Will that happen? Only time will tell.