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Derek Dooley fired: Tennessee takes its football seriously enough

Bama Charlie said:
It is all about taking your football seriously. cpf had two losing seasons in his last four. Fans don't want to celebrate wins in 1998. What have you done for me lately? It is the same at your job. 'I had the top sales figures in 2004'. Nobody cares-you got paid for that already and this is 2012.
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The CU administration begs to differ. They take their football so seriously, they go back to 1989 and 1990. Hell, right now, they like to go back to the 1984 season.

Holy crap we are so ****ed.

What I wouldn't give for an admin that actually cared and took football seriously.
 
Some Tenn fans on rivals posted that they are doomed for mediocrity because their Chancellor doesn't care about football
 
lawdogg said:
They'll definitely keep throwing their money around in pursuit of that success. Something to be said for that I guess.
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That's all you can do. Nobody has a crystal ball. DD looked like a very solid hire at the time. He's an impressive guy, but he's not gettign it done.
You don't know until you know. Move on. Keep goign untill you find the guy that gets it done. The worst thing you can do is keep digging your hole. That's a killer. That's a death spiral and feeds on itself.
 
sliderNcider said:
Some Tenn fans on rivals posted that they are doomed for mediocrity because their Chancellor doesn't care about football
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I'd kill for mediocrity.

Certainly some factors in a successful football team are situational, and some are pure luck. But I'd argue that you really have to **** up to create a team as bad as ours. This isn't luck. This is what happens when you hold a struggling coach for one year too long, and then hire an inexperienced replacement without proven HC, or coordinator credentials.
 
buffedup said:
In SEC country, the University administration will lose their jobs if they don't put football first.
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I would not say first but if a President/Chancellor ignores football he will not last. The level of alumni giving is in direct relation to the football program.
 
buffedup said:
Imagine that.
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But that has never been the case at CU. after the 1989 and 1990 national championship / Orange Bowl teams, CU's athletic department did not see a significant increase in donor support. After the 2001 Big 12 Championship team, which almost made it to the title game, CU's athletic department didn't see a big boost in donor support.
 
Lt.Col.FrankSlade said:
But that has never been the case at CU. after the 1989 and 1990 national championship / Orange Bowl teams, CU's athletic department did not see a significant increase in donor support. After the 2001 Big 12 Championship team, which almost made it to the title game, CU's athletic department didn't see a big boost in donor support.
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It just tells you how poorly managed the AD has always been at CU. There have been ADs who were skilled at hiring and managing coaches, but CU has never had a visionary in the position who built an efficient organization. From that standpoint, Bohn is probably the best AD that CU has ever had.
 
Lt.Col.FrankSlade said:
But that has never been the case at CU. after the 1989 and 1990 national championship / Orange Bowl teams, CU's athletic department did not see a significant increase in donor support. After the 2001 Big 12 Championship team, which almost made it to the title game, CU's athletic department didn't see a big boost in donor support.
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Is that true?
 
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