Tennessee Volunteers head coach Derek Dooley leaves the field after his team defeated Montana 42-16 in an NCAA college football game on Sept. 3 in Knoxville.KNOXVILLE – The Tennessee football team’s return to the practice field Tuesday didn’t go so well.
“It was pretty bad today,” left tackle Dallas Thomas admitted.
Apparently it was bad enough that coach Derek Dooley used all of his words in a passionate, profanity-laced post-practice speech. For the first time since taking over UT’s program, the Volunteers’ second-year coach didn’t meet with the local media during a time specified for him to do so.
Dooley lit into his team after practice with high enough of a volume that the media standing outside the practice field heard it.
Ten UT players did meet with reporters, however.