Game Review Caveat

Sometimes, I get a little excited. And I speak rashly when I get excited. To be clear, the coaching staff was excluded from my grandiloquent gushing yesterday. Not because they were irrelevant to our turnaround or didn't display the dedication of the young players, but...let's face it. Hopefully, this staff will be around longer than our Freshman players. I'm excited about that. But, there's always a danger that a coach will stay past his usefulness. My largest fear is to ever re-experience Fulmer's malaise. I am just as much a Dooley supporter as I was at his hiring, and I will be his biggest fan for as long as he deserves it. But if ever he begins making team decisions that benefit him personally rather than the program, I'll be sending letters to the AD. Coaches should put the program before the hiring of his unqualified friends, before schmoozing for the mere sake of being a local celebrity, and before tilting at windmills in a desperate, hopeless attempt to best another's coach's personal record. I am completely behind any coach and player who represents our school with sincerity and class. But at the end of the day, my loyalty lies with the Vols, not any one personality. That wishy-washiness is reserved for NFL fans.