Comments on: WR Rogers’ Tweets Raise Questions About His Status UT

By: CFT: Arkansas’ Davis back, but no contact drills « Sports Greatest Rivalries

Sat, 31 Mar 2012 05:56:08 +0000

[...] like the rest of the team. He’s shown a lot of progress, he grew as a player emotionally, but he has a long way to go,” Dooley said during a pre-spring press conference on [...]

By: CFT: Arkansas’ Davis back, but no contact drills | Times of News

CFT: Arkansas’ Davis back, but no contact drills | Times of News — Sat, 31 Mar 2012 05:30:41 +0000

[...] like a rest of a team. He’s shown a lot of progress, he grew as a actor emotionally, but he has a prolonged approach to go,” Dooley pronounced during a pre-spring press discussion on [...]

By: Neuheisel staying close to Pac-12 | Times of News

Neuheisel staying close to Pac-12 | Times of News — Sat, 31 Mar 2012 03:30:52 +0000

[...] like a rest of a team. He’s shown a lot of progress, he grew as a actor emotionally, but he has a prolonged approach to go,” Dooley pronounced during a pre-spring press discussion on [...]

By: CFT: Clemson-Georgia series looks likely after all | Times of News

CFT: Clemson-Georgia series looks likely after all | Times of News — Fri, 30 Mar 2012 23:01:10 +0000

[...] like a rest of a team. He’s shown a lot of progress, he grew as a actor emotionally, but he has a prolonged approach to go,” Dooley pronounced during a pre-spring press discussion on [...]

By: CFT: Iowa RB Canzeri out for ’12 with knee injury | Times of News

CFT: Iowa RB Canzeri out for ’12 with knee injury | Times of News — Fri, 30 Mar 2012 15:01:01 +0000

[...] like a rest of a team. He’s shown a lot of progress, he grew as a actor emotionally, but he has a prolonged approach to go,” Dooley pronounced during a pre-spring press discussion on [...]

By: News | MrSEC

News | MrSEC — Fri, 30 Mar 2012 14:08:15 +0000

[...] down when star players walk over him, his staff and his rules.Receiver Da’Rick Rogers — we chronicled his previous issues yesterday — has done something to earn himself another ban from UT’s football team. That [...]

By: kc count

kc count — Fri, 30 Mar 2012 10:15:30 +0000

how hard is this tail “wagging” the dog??

By: waskew

waskew — Thu, 29 Mar 2012 18:58:43 +0000

@tbtwnsnd I would agree with that.

By: Nobody seems to know Da’Rick Rogers’ future with Vols | CollegeFootballTalk

Thu, 29 Mar 2012 18:18:36 +0000

[...] like the rest of the team. He’s shown a lot of progress, he grew as a player emotionally, but he has a long way to go,” Dooley said during a pre-spring press conference on [...]

By: tbtwnsnd

tbtwnsnd — Thu, 29 Mar 2012 16:28:45 +0000

@waskew If they don’t win 8 games he’s gone. Would you agree?

By: Dino

Dino — Thu, 29 Mar 2012 15:49:02 +0000

da’rick is a team cancer, but dooley has to keep him to make some plays on offense. they have little else.

By: wshawnlynch

wshawnlynch — Thu, 29 Mar 2012 15:15:28 +0000

@waskew yes.

By: Kaliel2000

Kaliel2000 — Thu, 29 Mar 2012 15:11:47 +0000

@waskew GOD I hope not!

By: cmd

cmd — Thu, 29 Mar 2012 14:57:20 +0000

Lemme tell you what will happen here. Your conclusion regarding Dooley’s predicament is spot on. He desperately needs Rogers, but he can’t afford to keep him…And this is a big year coming up….What will ultimately break this stalemate for Dooley is Cordarelle Patterson. Dooley will not kick Rogers off right now (in my opinion), rather he’ll be “suspended” until summer. At which time they will let him back on the team. Also at which time they get to see Cordarelle Patterson in the flesh running routes with Bray throwing.

If Patterson turns out to be what the coaches expect, Rogers is gone the second he even looks at someone sideways again. If Patterson isn’t ready to excel from day 1, then Rogers sticks around and things certainly remain dicey for Dooley in that locker room.

Dooley cannot afford to NOT have either Rogers or Patterson out there playing well next year. And candidly, neither can the program. It HAS got to get to 8 wins this year, even if it is forced to take the “unpleasant” route there by keeping Rogers.

Anyway, I think Patterson will work out and you’ll see Rogers gone by 8/1…

By: Volguest

Volguest — Thu, 29 Mar 2012 14:53:51 +0000

Talented or not, this guy is a cancer to team unity. He should have been jettisoned after the loss to UK. Unfortunately, Dooley can’t see the writing on the wall. He is talented but he isn’t a player who wins games by himself. He didn’t beat SEC opponents when Hunter went down and he was the go to guy. Let him go.