Suddenly, Dooley

I read this quotation from Coach Dooley and immediately thought of “Suddenly, Seymour.” For those uninitiated in the “Little Shop of Horrors” cult, there’s this one scene where a floozy with low self esteem cries the mascara off her lashes while the nicest boy she’s ever met professes his love for her. It’s sweet and tender, and she deserves that positive attention for making it through her sordid past.

After Signing Day Coach Dooley confessed, “UT has so much to sell, so it wasn’t as hard as people think.”

After all we Vol fans have gone through in the past three seasons, and the way every bit of it has been splashed on the front pages of the media—from our embarrassing decline, the criticizing of firing Fulmer without giving him a third chance, the disdain for our hire of Kiffin, the mud he drug us through, our unceremonious dumping….it’s been rough. So thank you Coach Dooley for reminding us that we’re still Tennessee and we have so much going for us. Who wouldn’t want to be a part of it?

If anyone still doubted that Coach Dooley is exactly who we need, this should have dissolved it.