I think Doak and family were so upset and the number of reps he got in the spring game, they made a very reactionary move without looking at the big picture. I don't think Doak ever got de-recruited, as the coaches would say...
Ultimately it is was his/his family's decision for him to transfer - and as Zharkins mentioned, Granpaw was very upset with the reps he got in the spring game - VERY VOCAL about it
Everyone was basically back to SQUARE ONE with the new staff and I don't think that sat very well
''Don't be a bad dagh..."
Very poorly handled by our coaches and a very dumb move by Doak. Doak will never see the field at Tennessee. Everybody lost.
Disagree with the first part, but dead on on the second. I think he and his family thought he was Joe Montana. We are going to have a good TEAM this year. Doak and Granpaw where more worried about Doak than the team.
He will doing fine hold DD's clipboard at Tenn.
RD
We're gonna miss you dawgpound!
What could the coaches have done differently? I think him going to Tennessee tells you all you need to know. If he had made a lateral move, then you could say he thought he didn't get a fair shake, but heading to Tennessee makes it appear more like Chad Beverage 2.0 than something being mishandled by coaches. If anything was done wrong, it was the fact that this kid and his family were built up so much by T.J. that they had unrealistic expectations and couldn't face reality. So what do they do? They follow the guy that built up the expectations.
I met grandpa last year. He was extremely convinced that Doak would start this year. Considered his grandson to be the best thing that ever happened at Tech.
Nice enough but completely bought into the Dooley cult.
I think Doak did the right thing. He was a game manager ala Ross and Colby. I also think Dooley did the right thing bringing him over to Tennessee. He must have recruited him really hard while he was at Tech and made some promises to Doak. He fits the Tennessee system better than this one. Franklin's best offenses are with dual-threat QB's.