Dooley jokes about Bray incident
UPDATE: Head coach Derek Dooley has responded to the vandalism incident involving quarterback Tyler Bray, saying he was disappointed in his quarterback, and then joking about it.
Dooley’s reaction, reported in the Tennessean:
“He’s made some progress in a lot of areas, but that’s just silly behavior. Any time we get a little negative publicity for our program, we take it seriously.”
“Obviously, his accuracy isn’t where it needs to be. He missed the trash can.”
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Tyler Bray was accused of throwing beer bottles and golf balls from his apartment balcony. (UT Athletic Dept. photo)
Bray, 20, has offered to pay for the damages he inflicted to one of the cars, so he will not be charged in that incident, police told the Knoxville News-Sentinel.
“The victim called us and said she no longer wishes to prosecute,” Knoxville Police spokesman Darrell DeBusk told GoVolsxtra.com, part of the newspaper’s website. “[Bray] reached out to her and told her he would take care of the damages to her vehicle,” he said.
The victim, Bradi Hudson, said the windshield of her 2008 Ford was broken and that Bray and his roommate also damaged the car last Friday.
Hudson told police that after the Friday incident Kirstie Allen, another resident of the apartment complex, told her that Bray and roommate Michael Grandinetti were responsible for the damage.
On Monday, Allen, called police to report that her windshield had been smashed in apparent retaliation for implicating Bray and Grandinetti.
She told police that Bray and Grandinetti had thrown beer bottles off a balcony and onto vehicles in the parking lot, the Associated Press reported. The report quotes her as saying an office manager for the complex told her Bray and Grandinetti had been “served with an eviction notice just prior to her arriving home.”
As of Thursday morning, Tennessee Coach Derek Dooley had not commented, even though police said they notified him of the incident on Monday.
The Vols open the season Aug. 31 against North Carolina State in the Georgia Dome.
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Concerned
July 27th, 2012
9:28 am
So intimadation and threats are okay here, as well putting fear into this girls life. I wonder if the QB will have any legs left after running his butt off for a week or longer. This smarts or self contempt from the so called leader of the team. I hope for Tenn. that this nut case is not their starting QB. On second thought, hope he does start as UGA will have a bunch to get into his head with. They will start off calling him a winnie and a closet / balcony preditor. Go figure, bored, lazy, selfish, idiot, so called student/athlete, and the list goes on. What is happening to us in America?
You would think by the time we are 20 we would not act like we are 13. Wake up call for our kids as they are very immature for their age. Years ago a guy like this would be so embarrassed, he could not go back to school. Today he will get high five for what other idiots will call a display of his inner manhood.
My last thought is schools, administrative groups, and leaders should say one and done period. The punishment is not sever enough to deter people from stupid, and people are not this stupid.
Lou Holtz "AKA The Spitting Cobra"
July 27th, 2012
11:09 am
Stupid is as stupid does. Dude even looks like a ‘tard in the picture.
Timmy
July 27th, 2012
11:50 am
They were roofing the apartment, damage most likely occurred there. If anyone is a bonehead, its Bray’s roommate… well, ok, maybe Bray: for rooming with a bonehead!
blankdawg
July 27th, 2012
11:54 am
So how is it Tyler Bray had beer bottles to throw when the drinking age in Tennessee is 21 and he is only 20. Guess Precious Orange Dooley is not as particular as Coach Strict Richt.
Jimbo Fisher
July 27th, 2012
12:36 pm
I am not impressed the least with UGA football. Its just darn fraudulent!
Saint Richt
July 27th, 2012
12:50 pm
If Murray had done that, I would suspend him for the first series of the Buffalo game. I know how to lay down the law over here in Athens by golly garsh darn it.
Jimbo Fisher
July 27th, 2012
12:56 pm
I am forcasting at least 3 losses maybe 4.
Jimbo Fisher
July 27th, 2012
1:13 pm
Murray makes some very questionable decisions that will end up costing UGA dearly
Prometheus
July 27th, 2012
1:24 pm
Whatever policy Tenn and UGa have regarding conduct of Bray and Crowell, it is what it is. But as far as I and my family are concerned, keep them both away fr public.
Dawgnlex is a complete tool
July 27th, 2012
1:24 pm
Tyler Bray > Erin Murray
Tyler Bray
July 27th, 2012
2:26 pm
Me throw bottle. Bottle go boom! Me laugh. Broken glass be funny!
gwiz13
July 27th, 2012
3:12 pm
I am honestly speechless that so many in the UT community arent more outraged over this situation. Its appalling to begin with, then the lack of respect due the situation by DD and all involved makes us look like the laughingstock of college football. Especially in light of the Joe Paterno situation, we all see what ’sweeping under the carpet’ can lead too. Dooley needs to show some respect and do something so as not to be construed as covering up.
What Mr. Bray did, is a FELONY under Tennessee Law(over $500 damage, and he did it twice) . I know there are a bunch of ‘hes only a kid, let it alone’ types out there but….the second incident which was done in “RETALIATION” shows that there is a serious problem here, and the coach sweeping it under the rug puts him in the same category as any college coach or administrator that puts the FOOTBALL TEAM above all else. Sure, it isnt Child Molesting but right now, do we really want our team and our Coach(who I have NO RESPECT FOR AT ALL, and I will be cancelling my annual donation of $500 to the Athletic Fund today) considered in the same thought process as Joe Paterno and other inherently flawed people in his position.
gwiz13
July 27th, 2012
3:27 pm
Also, just because Mr. Bray was lucky enough that nobody was in the parking lot when he was throwing the stuff, doesnt excuse his actions. I can give you the name and number of a former college student, now 39, that was paralyzed from the neck down when a beer bottle thrown by ‘a member’ of a college football team in ohio hit him on the back of the head. That would have been instant 2 year jail time.
By inaction, Dooley and the ENTIRE Tennessee community are looking like fools. All Alumnus right now, well, at least the ones with an IQ and all their teeth, are not very proud right now.
gwiz13
July 27th, 2012
4:32 pm
One more thing….tomorrow is my 16th birthday. I hope my mommy gets me a pony and a pink saddle like I want.
Jim
July 27th, 2012
4:38 pm
There are 2 Tyler Bray’s in Knoxville. We sure this isn’t the little guy who plays golf???
Ted Striker
July 27th, 2012
6:08 pm
Pi$$ poor reaction by Dooley. Pi$$ poor.
Bob
July 27th, 2012
6:09 pm
Dooley’s job is on death watch…he can’t afford to lose any player. Even if Richt let’s him win in Athens, Dooley is history at Tenn. Next coach will be from TCU…just my opinion.
v,b
July 27th, 2012
7:18 pm
for all y’all saying he should get an underage consumption charge, it’s pretty difficult to charge someone with underage consumption after the fact. I am in no way saying he wasn’t drinking – he almost definitely was, but he was also with a 26 year old who could easily just say, “I drank the beer, not Tyler.” Case closed.
Cats hav fleas 2
July 27th, 2012
8:12 pm
There is a lot going on in Knoxville that gets swept under the carpet when it involves this team and their Head excuse maker Dooley!
Doofus Dooley
July 27th, 2012
9:22 pm
Tomorrow, as a part of Tyler’s punishment, he will stand on the bank of the river and throw rocks at Fulmers fat azz while he floats on an inner tube. For every time he misses, he will drink a six pack and run stadium steps. We are serious disciplinarians at UT!
Straight Truth
July 27th, 2012
10:28 pm
Cornerback Branden Smith’s discipline for possession of pot is a joke. Haters gonna hate. It’s amazing how many Georgia players come off suspensions in time for big games. Backwoods Georgia Deliverance-inspiring hypocrites.
Straight Truth
July 27th, 2012
10:32 pm
Putting UT down doesn’t make Georgia a better team. Hope you enjoyed being second in the east, UT is on it’s way back up! Back to 3rd or 4th place for the DAWGS!! WOOF WOOF WOOF!!!
Straight Truth
July 27th, 2012
10:34 pm
The Bulldogs were named after Georgia girls from what I’ve seen. WOOF!!! Megan Fox is a Tennessee girl just for perspective. GO VOLS!!!
Jim
July 28th, 2012
1:33 am
you Georgia fans are hilarious. Saying Richt is better than Dooley because he “rules with an iron fist”. Crowell was arrested on felony weapon charges. That gets you kicked off any team in America. Get real.
Jim
July 28th, 2012
1:42 am
I can’t believe Georgia fans have the nerve to call Tennessee a criminal school. Georgia is the biggest damn criminal school of all time. Get that out of here.
P.S. Tennessee will beat UGA this fall and that is a fact
Blake
July 28th, 2012
2:45 am
Bammer, I gotta give you that one. lol
I can’t be reading this right though. A NON-UGA player getting into trouble and the AJC is actually reporting it? I think hell just froze over!
Blake
July 28th, 2012
2:46 am
The Bammer comment came from page 1. “4 of them got intercepted”. lmao
Blake
July 28th, 2012
2:48 am
We will see Jim.
maindog
July 28th, 2012
4:49 am
local police–cover up the crime because the criminal is a UT QB!!! Nice!!! Look the other way for the connected people in town!!! Regular people would be in jail for the same thing!!!
Jim Tavegia
July 28th, 2012
8:57 am
He needs to be dismissed from the team, period. Once again it is time for college athletics to clean up the sport. You are not special just because you play football. Go play Div 3 somewhere. As far as I am concerned you are paid with your scholarship and have a chance at a great college education for free just because you can do something with a ball? It is time for all of us to demand that character make a comeback and it starts with the coach. For Dooley to joke about it only tells you where he is taking the Vols program. Another university president ignoring the obvious.
John Boehner's Tanning Bed
July 28th, 2012
9:56 am
what a dumb a** redneck
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Vol for life
July 29th, 2012
9:21 pm
Whatever, Georgia Fan!! Obviously you haven’t been following Georgia football for very long!!