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| Strange: Dooley, Saban share philosophy - GoVolsXtra Posted: 19 Oct 2010 04:15 AM PDT Urban Meyer, Les Miles and Mark Richt. Chris Peterson, Pat Hill and Jeff Tedford. In three-plus seasons as a head coach Derek Dooley has taken on some of the household names in college football. This week, however, is a little different. There is no bigger name in college football at the moment than Nick Saban. Who else has won national titles at two different schools in the past seven years? Besides that, there's no bigger name on Dooley's resume than Nick Saban. Dooley wouldn't be leading Tennessee onto the field Saturday night at Neyland Stadium against Alabama were it not for a seven-year apprenticeship under Saban. His name might be Dooley - an honored designation in SEC circles - but his coaching pedigree has a larger dose of Saban: five years at LSU and two with the Miami Dolphins. So this week, it's the student vs. the master. It's not a fair fight, though. Alabama is a 16-point favorite, which is to say Saban has a samurai sword and Dooley a Swiss Army knife. Their paths first crossed in late 1999 after LSU hired Saban from Michigan State. Dooley, a late-comer to coaching after a brief run at law, had only three years under his belt on the staff at SMU. But he landed an interview with Saban. "He had never hired young coaches,'' Dooley said. The two talked for five hours, Dooley recalled. Saban wrapped it up with an inconclusive nice-to-meet-you and Dooley left thinking that would be the end of that. But Saban hired this young coach and was impressed enough to promote him to various titles in five years at LSU and then invite Dooley along to the Dolphins in 2005-06. Dooley was there for every game of Saban's 48-16 run at LSU that included two SEC titles and the 2003 national championship. With Saban in his corner, Dooley was able to grab the head job at Louisiana Tech in 2007. Had that break not materialized, Dooley likely would have followed Saban to Alabama. Saban on Monday remembered Dooley as a "very bright guy" with a broad vision. "He understands the big picture of issues and problems that you have to deal with in a program,'' Saban said, "and I think he is a really good recruiter. "I think he has all the right stuff to be a very successful college coach.'' If that turns out to be the case, Tennessee will look a lot like Alabama - and that's a good thing. "Philosophically,'' Dooley said, "I've always believed in what he believes in. "That's a starting point. And a lot of our organizational structure is very similar. But we're very different personalities.'' Dooley, for one thing, has a sharp sense of humor. If Saban has cracked wise, I missed it. But both are relentlessly detail-oriented. And at the end of the day, the similarities outnumber the differences. "The base philosophy and the ways they win are very simple,'' Dooley said. "It's stop the run, it's pressure the quarterback on third down, it's a good return game and special teams to control the vertical field position and it's run the ball. "That formula has been around a long time in football and it's what I believe in.'' Now, if Dooley can only go get players like Saban has to implement that philosophy. Then one day it might be a fair fight. Mike Strange may be reached at strangem@knoxnews.com or 865-342-6276. This entry passed through the Full-Text RSS service — if this is your content and you're reading it on someone else's site, please read our FAQ page at fivefilters.org/content-only/faq.php |
| Tell me about it: Seek night-time crying descriptions that align with your philosophy - Coloradoan Posted: 16 Oct 2010 04:05 AM PDT Adapted from an online discussion. DEAR CAROLYN: I have a 16-month-old daughter who rarely sleeps through the night. I have discovered that neither my husband nor I have the stomach for "cry it out" methods. Usually leads to all three of us crying it out. Other than teething and the occasional cold/cough, there is nothing physically wrong with her. And during the day she is the happiest, most engaging thing ever. Am I dooming her for a life of failure if I continue to comfort her, or are the "experts" right that I must "sleep train" her now before she becomes a serial killer? - SLEEPLESS Your tone suggests you think the cry-it-out proponents are fascists who would suck the joy out of your child just to serve their thesis on sleep. If I've got that wrong, please do say so. I can validate the idea that if you are all happy with the situation, parents and child, then it's OK to treat experts (and/or "experts") with some skepticism. But I can also say that at some point, be it over sleep or candy or sleeping over at her friend's house while the friend's parents are away, you're going to need the backbone to say "no" and mean it, no matter how hard your child cries. I'm not saying you're there or even headed there - you haven't given me enough to draw that conclusion - but I hope you and your husband can be honest with yourselves if you are in fact so tear-averse that you're headed toward obeying your kid. DEAR CAROLYN: I actually don't hate the "cry it out" folks at all, and kind of wish I was one of them. I'm just not. At least at night. We're not averse to saying no, even when it results in a roll-on-the-floor tantrum. To me there's a difference between hearing her cry for the forbidden cookie and hearing her wail all by herself at night. I think my angst over the "experts" comes from every book having that propaganda angle that their way is the only way. I don't know what I'm looking for, really. I'm exhausted and just wondering if we're on a path to years of sleepless nights or if she'll just figure it out eventually. - SLEEPLESS AGAIN That's such a common feeling - when the advice doesn't seem right but acting on instinct isn't working, either. Next stop: Ask your pediatrician about alternative schools of thought on sleep training. If you've tried and your doc hasn't been helpful, then hit the Web. You have to anticipate the knuckleheads and crank your skepticism to HIGH, but: Parents love to brag about what books/ experts/approaches worked for them. Eventually you'll read a few descriptions that resemble what you're going through now, paired with philosophies that align with yours - something based on, say, tapering your attention gently. The argument for a program is to help you make decisions and remain consistent when you're out of your mind with frustration and sleep deprivation. Look for a program that dovetails with what you're already doing or seeing, but tweaks it for the better - and run it by your doc, just in case. E-mail Carolyn Hax at tellme@washpost. com or chat online with her each Friday at noon Eastern time, at www.washingtonpost.com. Write to her care of The Washington Post, Style Plus, 1150 15th St. NW, Washington, D.C. 20071. This entry passed through the Full-Text RSS service — if this is your content and you're reading it on someone else's site, please read our FAQ page at fivefilters.org/content-only/faq.php |
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