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This afternoon we saw the clip below and found it a little odd.  

The audio quality is quite poor for the first few seconds but we believe the initial question from a member of the media is, "Would it be fair to say that coach Sunseri has not been effective in either teaching or communicating the scheme (to the players)?" 

Dooley, after offering "that's a pretty harsh statement" provides what we thought was a decent enough answer.

Shortly after Dooley provided his response to the initial question, another member of the media came back to Dooley with, "You didn't quite answer...is Sal having problems communicating with the players?"

Dooley doesn't duck the questions at all and seems to provide full answers. 

This probably won't shock anyone; but things seem fairly tense right now up in Knoxville. Settle down everyone. Let the man and his staff focus on coaching their team. They, like every other staff in the country, will be evaluated after the season. 

Video is courtesy of knoxnews.com

It's not a secret that there is a lot of pressure on Tennessee head coach Derek Dooley to close the 2012 season in impressive fashion. After a 44-13 loss to Alabama on Saturday, Tennessee is 3-4 overall and 0-4 in SEC play. Dooley is 14-18 (4-14 in the SEC) in two and a half seasons as the head coach of the Volunteers.

This morning a report surfaced that Dooley offered to resign following Tennessee's loss to Kentucky last season. According to the report, Dooley offered his resignation with the condition that Tennessee honor his $5 million buyout. From our staffs knowledge of Dooley, we were highly skeptical of this report.

Dooley vehemently denied the report at his Monday press conference. 

"That's absurd," Dooley said on Monday. "I'd be a real dumbass to do something like that."

"I'm not upset that people are angry and screaming at the coach," Dooley continued. "You haven't been in this business if you don't expect otherwise. That's the way it is."

Watch Dooley talk about this below. He even throws in a good story about his high school coach to boot. (Video courtesy Knoxville News-Sentinel)

This weekend Derek Dooley and Tennessee face an Alabama team that leads the country in rushing defense, pass efficiency defense, total defense, scoring defense, turnover margin, and pass defense, and rank in the top 25 nationally in rushing offense, scoring offense, kick returns, pass efficiency and sacks. Quite the tall order.

Dooley was asked about Alabama during his presser today and responded with a quote that you just have to hear. It's so good that he interrupts the next reporter's question not just once, but twice, just to keep it rolling.

We present to you, the quote of the week.